Warner Home Video today announced that they will debut A Scanner Darkly and Dog Day Afternoon on Blu-ray Disc on April 10. The films feature all-star casts including Keanu Reeves, Winona Ryder, Robert Downey Jr., Woody Harrelson and Academy Award winner Al Pacino.
A Scanner Darkly is set in a not-too-distant future where America has lost its "war" on drugs, the films centers around a character named Fred, an undercover cop, who's one of many hooked on the popular drug, Substance D, which causes its users to develop split personalities. Fred is obsessed with taking down a notorious drug dealer named Bob, but due to his Substance D addiction, Fred doesn't know that, in fact, he is also Bob.
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Dog Day Afternoon Al Pacino and director Sidney Lumet (collaborators on Serpico) re-team for a unique thriller, filled with sardonic comedy, that earned six Academy Award nominations (including Best Picture) and won an Oscar for Frank Pierson's streetwise screenplay. Based on a true incident, Al Pacino plays mastermind Sonny and John Cazale is his partner Sal — two optimistic nobodies who set out to rob a bank, resulting in an unexpected media circus and complete disaster.
All bonus materials on the Standard Definition version will be included on the high-definition versions and will be available for $28.99 SRP.