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Blade Runner

  • 1982
  • R
  • 1h 57m
IMDb RATING
8.1/10
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Harrison Ford and Sean Young in Blade Runner (1982)
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A blade runner must pursue and terminate four replicants who stole a ship in space and have returned to Earth to find their creator.A blade runner must pursue and terminate four replicants who stole a ship in space and have returned to Earth to find their creator.A blade runner must pursue and terminate four replicants who stole a ship in space and have returned to Earth to find their creator.

  • Director
    • Ridley Scott
  • Writers
    • Hampton Fancher
    • David Webb Peoples
    • Philip K. Dick
  • Stars
    • Harrison Ford
    • Rutger Hauer
    • Sean Young
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  • IMDb RATING
    8.1/10
    789K
    YOUR RATING
    POPULARITY
    290
    41
    • Director
      • Ridley Scott
    • Writers
      • Hampton Fancher
      • David Webb Peoples
      • Philip K. Dick
    • Stars
      • Harrison Ford
      • Rutger Hauer
      • Sean Young
    • 1.7KUser reviews
    • 296Critic reviews
    • 84Metascore
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  • Top rated movie #179
    • Nominated for 2 Oscars
      • 13 wins & 19 nominations total

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    Harrison Ford
    Harrison Ford
    • Deckard
    Rutger Hauer
    Rutger Hauer
    • Batty
    Sean Young
    Sean Young
    • Rachael
    Edward James Olmos
    Edward James Olmos
    • Gaff
    M. Emmet Walsh
    M. Emmet Walsh
    • Bryant
    Daryl Hannah
    Daryl Hannah
    • Pris
    William Sanderson
    William Sanderson
    • Sebastian
    Brion James
    Brion James
    • Leon
    Joe Turkel
    Joe Turkel
    • Tyrell
    Joanna Cassidy
    Joanna Cassidy
    • Zhora
    James Hong
    James Hong
    • Chew
    Morgan Paull
    Morgan Paull
    • Holden
    Kevin Thompson
    Kevin Thompson
    • Bear
    John Edward Allen
    • Kaiser
    Hy Pyke
    Hy Pyke
    • Taffey Lewis
    Kimiko Hiroshige
    Kimiko Hiroshige
    • Cambodian Lady
    Bob Okazaki
    • Sushi Master
    • (as Robert Okazaki)
    Carolyn DeMirjian
    • Saleslady
    • Director
      • Ridley Scott
    • Writers
      • Hampton Fancher
      • David Webb Peoples
      • Philip K. Dick
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    • Trivia
      Director Sir Ridley Scott and director of photography Jordan Cronenweth achieved the famous "shining eyes" effect by using a technique invented by Fritz Lang known as the "Schüfftan Process": light is bounced into the actors' and actresses' eyes off of a piece of half mirrored glass mounted at a forty-five-degree angle to the camera.
    • Goofs
      (at around 14 mins) Bryant tells Deckard that six replicants escaped from an Off-World colony. One was killed trying to break into Tyrell's, and the others escaped. However, there are only four replicants in the film (Roy, Leon, Zhora and Pris); if one goes by Bryant's dialogue, there should be five. This infamous goof has been corrected in the 2007 Final Cut where Bryant now says that two replicants were killed trying to break into Tyrell's.
    • Quotes

      Batty: I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhauser gate. All those moments will be lost in time... like tears in rain... Time to die.

    • Crazy credits
      In the "happy ending" Theatrical/International cuts, the credits play over the gorgeous scenery. In later Director/Final cuts, they play over a normal black background.
    • Alternate versions
      All U.S video tape releases before January 1993 are the unrated version and contain the extra violence in the Euro-release that's not seen in the 117 minute American theatrical release:
      • When Roy attacks Tyrell we clearly see him pushing his thumbs into Tyrell's eyes, and blood spurting out
      • When Pris (Daryl Hannah) attacks Deckard, she reaches down and grabs him by the nostrils
      • When Deckard shoots Pris, he shoots 3 times instead of 2
      • When Roy pushes the nail through his hand, there is a shot of the nail coming through the skin on the other side.
    • Connections
      Edited into 5 Second Movies: Blade Runner (2009)
    • Soundtracks
      Harps of the Ancient Temples
      Composed by Gail Laughton

      Performed by Gail Laughton

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    A frame to die for.
    I spent a weekend with the new DVD set of Blade Runner. Watched all four versions pretty much back to back (minus the work print version) starting with the US theatrical and finishing with the Final Cut. And across those eight hours I spent with the film, I did not get tired of watching – just watching – that futuristic film-noir vibe: deep dark shadows and majestic use of light and color used to make a run-down polluted cityscape look so beautiful. In fact, when I got to the Final Cut, which had been cleaned up, restored, and remixed, the picture and sound quite literally took my breath away.

    Blade Runner is easily one of the best looking films ever made.

    In some ways, many ways, Blade Runner strikes me as silly. Particularly in its more climactic moments where the protagonist faces off against a replicant. Pris's acrobatic means of attacking Deckard? When Roy Batty chases Deckard in his shorts (when a few moments before he was fully clothed?) The film goes over-the-top to the point where I find myself asking, "why in the world would the characters do that?!" But here's what's interesting: as silly as Blade Runner may get it never betrays its own world. Everything that happens, in some queer way, feels natural to this strange futuristic world.

    I like the movie in its action scenes, but I simply adore it during the quieter moments – the parts where not a whole hell of a lot is happening, and you can simply watch and absorb Jordan Cronenweth's marvelous cinematography. My favorite scene comes when Rachel has saved Deckard's life. An emotional wreck of killing another replicant on top of the revelation that she, herself, is a replicant – she stands by a window where light floods in, so much light that the whole screen goes white, and then it recedes again and we see the characters again. Later in that same scene, she sits at the piano, plays for a bit, and then lets her hair down. Hearing Deckard stumbling in the other room, she looks out of the corner of her eye … and shot after shot after shot through this entire sequence demonstrates absolute mastery over the frame.

    Plus some of the other quiet moments resonate with a truer low-key science-fiction feel such as the scene in Tyrell corporation where Deckard applies the Voight-Kampff test to Rachel. More or less a mundane questionaire/interview with a typical sci-fi gadget sitting on the table, but Ridley Scott and Terry Rawlings compacts the lengthy endeavor into a few short moments using a stunningly simple montage.

    Later on, Deckard sits in front of a voice-activated screen analyzing a photograph. The task is presented as a dull monotonous job (made especially evident in Harrison Ford's delivery), yet the scene, itself, never bores. The voice-activation not only serves as a staple sci-fi device, but cleverly allows Deckard to take the audience's hand and guide them through this investigative process. And perhaps what I like most about the scene: the audience, and even Deckard himself, doesn't even really know what he's found. Things don't magically fall into place with a Scooby-Doo moment of revelation. He finds another clue that might lead somewhere (albeit, since it's a movie it's a good guess the clue does lead somewhere.) In my mind at least moments such as the Voight-Kampff scenes, Deckard's briefing, the photograph analysis, both of Rachel's scenes in Deckard's apartment gives the world of Blade Runner a solid grounding so later on it can get away with the absurd.

    Which brings me to the replicants. Roy Batty (Rutger Hauer) in particular, whose strangely sympathetic in that his murderous tendencies spawn directly from his fear of dying. This is a man who possesses a strong conviction that he deserves life perhaps because he looks around on earth and sees people squandering their existence while he knows he only has a few short moments. Why should a shmuck like Deckard live for 50+ years when Roy in his 4 short years has seen attack ships burning off the shoulder of Orion and seen C-beams glitter in the dark … "If only you could see what I've seen with your eyes," he proudly and warmly tells one of the scientists who helped create him.

    As for which cut of the film, I don't think any single one is perfect (and I'd honestly watch any of them in a heartbeat.) I prefer the "Final Cut" over the others and admire Ridley Scott's restraint in his definitive DVD release. Most of the modifications are fine-tuning tweaks the casual viewer won't even notice unless watching two version back to back, and most of said fine-tuning improve the film (although, admittingly, Roy's beckoning of Sebastian could've been left out.) But hell, all versions of Blade Runner are included, so people don't have much room to complain about the changes. And no matter what version you go with, it's still a beautiful film to just … watch.
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    • Feb 2, 2008

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    • Release date
      • June 25, 1982 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official site
      • Warner Bros. (United States)
    • Languages
      • English
      • German
      • Cantonese
      • Japanese
      • Hungarian
      • Arabic
      • Korean
    • Also known as
      • Dangerous Days
    • Filming locations
      • Bradbury Building - 304 S. Broadway, Downtown, Los Angeles, California, USA(Sebastian's home)
    • Production companies
      • The Ladd Company
      • Shaw Brothers
      • Warner Bros.
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $28,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $32,914,489
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $6,150,002
      • Jun 27, 1982
    • Gross worldwide
      • $41,722,424
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 57 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Atmos
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.39 : 1

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