Webmaster (original title Skyggen, also known as The Shadow) is a 1998 Danish cyberpunk thriller film.
Directed by Thomas Borch Nielsen, it stars Danish actor Lars Bom as the cerebral, machine-like hacker-turned-webmaster J.B., who performs his job while hanging upside down, wearing virtual reality goggles, his mind busy deep inside cyberspace. Upon witnessing a murder, he teams up with the impulsive, energetic Miauv (Puk Scharbau).
The film won a Silver Grand Prize at the 1999 Brussels International Festival of Fantasy Film and a Danish Robert Award for Best Production Design.
Webmaster was financed by the Danish bank Forstædernes Bank;Forstædernes Bank is no longer a functional lending and savings institution. the final production cost was not disclosed by the producers or the director. The film was met with mixed reviews when it was released in Denmark in 1998.
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External links
Skyggen at the Danish National Filmography Zeitgeist (production company)