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"A Scanner Darkly" DVD Arrives December 19th

A Scanner Darkly posterHere at DVDF we're fans of  the bizarre (and occassionally, fans of the popcorn-mindless-narrative as well, as long as it's a genre-flick). That's why we loved "Waking Life," and why we were equally stoked to see "A Scanner Darkly" when it hit theaters this past summer.

We're also fans of author Philip K. Dick (although we've never read this particular novel), and a mash-up of the "interpolated rotoscoping" animation technique and Dick's drug-induced imagination seemed like a match made in heaven. Here's the synopsis from the official site:

"America's endless and futile war on drugs has become one and the same with its war on terror. Reluctant undercover cop Bob Arctor (Keanu Reeves) follows orders to start spying on his friends, Jim Barris (Robert Downey, Jr.), Ernie Luckman (Woody Harrelson), Donna Hawthorne (Winona Ryder) and Charles Freck (Rory Cochrane). When he is directed to step up the surveillance on himself, he is launched on a paranoid journey into the absurd, where identities and loyalties are impossible to decode."

Here are the deets on the DVD release:

Features:
  • Audio commentary by Richard Linklater, star Keanu Reeves, producer Tommy Pallotta, author Jonathan Lethem and Isa Hackett Dick (daughter of author Philip K. Dick, upon whose novel the film was based)
  • 2 Behind-the-Scenes Documentaries (One Summer in Austin: The Story of Filming A Scanner Darkly and The Weight of the Line: Animation Tales)
Tech Specs:
  • Rating: R
  • No. of Discs: 1 
  • Run Time: 100
  • CC: Yes
  • Soundtrack Language: English
  • Subtitles: English, Francais, Espanol
  • Aspect Ratio: Original Aspect Ratio - 1.85 Widescreen [16:9 Transfer]
  • Audio: English - Dolby Surround 5.1
"A Scanner Darkly" will crank up your paranoia when it hits DVD shelves on December 19th.

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Source: Movieweb
Posted by on October 13, 2006 4:17 PM
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