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A Scanner Darkly & Dog Day Afternoon (HD) in April

21-02-2007 21:42 | 4030 views  |  Dave Foster  |  Show Backlinks

Warner Home Video have announced the US Blu-ray Disc and HD DVD releases of A Scanner Darkly and Dog Day Afternoon for 10th April 2007. Priced at $28.99 SRP each the films feature all-star casts including Keanu Reeves, Winona Ryder, Robert Downey Jr., Woody Harrelson and Al Pacino. All bonus materials on the Standard Definition versions will be included on the high definition versions.

A Scanner Darkly is presented in 1080P 1.85:1 Widescreen with English 5.1 Surround audio and subtitles in English, French and Spanish subtitles. Extras include:
  • Commentary by Keanu Reeves, Writer/Director Richard Linklater, Producer Tommy Pallotta, Author Jonatham Lemen and Philip K. Dick’s Daughter Isa Dick-Hackett
  • One Summer in Austin: The Story of Filming A Scanner Darkly
  • The Wright of the Line: Animation Tales
  • Theatrical Trailer

Dog Day Afternoon is presented in 1080P 1.85:1 Widescreen with English, French and Spanish 1.0 audio and subtitle options. Extras include:
  • Commentary by Director Sidney Lumet
  • The Making of Dog Day Afternoon: 4-Part Documentary exploring the actual events that inspired the movie, casting, filming and aftermath
  • Vintage Featurette Lumet: Film Maker
  • Theatrical Trailer

Both films use 30GB Dual-Layer HD DVDs and 25GB Single-Layer Blu-ray Discs with audio in Dolby Digital Plus on HD DVD and Dolby Digital on Blu-ray.





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#1 Posted: 22-02-2007 00:36
Michael Mackenzie
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Report this post		I'm all over A Scanner Darkly - in fact, I held off getting the standard def version because I suspected an HD DVD release would be announced shortly.

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#2 Posted: 22-02-2007 14:04
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Report this post		I am interested in Dog Day Afternoon on BD.

Warner are good, I've stopped buying all their Standard DVDs! Sony are getting good also.

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#3 Posted: 23-02-2007 02:42
RisingSun
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Report this post		Damm, only a BD 25 on a Scanner Darkly?? I guess no PCM then!

I see that both discs though is exactly the same on both Blu-ray and HD-DVD, though! ;) Good on Warner!
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