Radio Free Albemuth
Radio Free Albemuth is an upcoming American film adaptation of the 1985 science fiction novel Radio Free Albemuth by author Philip K. Dick. The film is written, directed, and produced by John Alan Simon and stars Alanis Morissette in a lead role. Filming began in October 2007 in and around Los Angeles. The film does not yet have a release date scheduled. In February 2004, Utopia Pictures & Television acquired the rights to six novels by science fiction author Philip K. Dick, including the 1985 novel Radio Free Albemuth, considered to be a semiautobiography of the author. Producer John Alan Simon was attached to produce film adaptations based on the novels, including Radio Free Albemuth. Official Website for the film. http://radiofreealbemuth.com/
Radio Free Albemuth is an upcoming American film adaptation of the 1985 science fiction novel Radio Free Albemuth by author Philip K. Dick. The film is written, directed, and produced by John Alan Simon and stars Alanis Morissette in a lead role. Filming began in October 2007 in and around Los Angeles. The film does not yet have a release date scheduled. In February 2004, Utopia Pictures & Television acquired the rights to six novels by science fiction author Philip K. Dick, including the 1985 novel Radio Free Albemuth, considered to be a semiautobiography of the author. Producer John Alan Simon was attached to produce film adaptations based on the novels, including Radio Free Albemuth. Official Website for the film. http://radiofreealbemuth.com/
First she played god, and now Alanis Morissette is going to be the best friend of Philip K. Dick. Morissette co-stars in the new movie of Radio Free Albemuth, which has been completed but has yet to find a release date. In addition to being Dick's first semi-autobiographical novel (in which he appears as a character), Albemuth also has something very important in common with Alan Moore's graphic novel Watchmen.
Both stories take place in an alternate universe where Richard Nixon is still president, years after Watergate. In the case of Albemuth, though, the president is a sort of Nixon clone named Ferris F. Freemont, and he's cracking down in an effort to get rid of the terrorist organization Aramchek. The U.S. has become a police state, with civil liberties thrown out the window. And then a record store clerk named Richard starts having weird visions and decides to overthrow the U.S. government. He teams up with a folk singer named Sylvia (Morissette) and her best friend, science fiction writer Philip K. Dick (Shea Whigham, left).
There's a new interview with first-time director John Alan Simon, in which he talks about the process of making the film. (The actors had to do their own makeup and wardrobe, at least at first.) And he explains how he cut the 150-minute movie down to a 128-minute version that still includes most of Dick's novel, and how he tried to preserve the metaphysical and subversive aspects of Dick's work, more than previous movies. 
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Based on a novel by Philip K. Dick (Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?).
Radio Free Albemuth was Dick's most autobiographical novel. In an alternate reality circa 1985, President Ferris F. Fremont, a Richard Nixon clone, is still in the White House chasing after the shadowy terrorist organization called Aramchek. In the name of security the U.S. has become a police state. A record store clerk in Berkeley named Nick Brady (Jonathan Scarfe) begins to have visions and embarks upon a plot to overthrow the government with the help of a mysterious woman named Sylvia (Alanis Morissette) and his best friend, science fiction writer Philip K. Dick himself (Shea Whigham).
In the below interview, director John Alan Simon talks about Dick and how he wanted to do a faithful adaptation of his book: