| Blade Runner (1982)
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| Front Cover |
Actor |
Back Cover |
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| Harrison Ford |
Rick Deckard
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| Rutger Hauer |
Roy Batty
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| Sean Young |
Rachael
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| Edward James Olmos |
Gaff
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| M. Emmet Walsh |
Harry Bryant
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| Daryl Hannah |
Pris
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| William Sanderson |
J.F. Sebastian
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| Brion James |
Leon
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| Joe Turkel |
Tyrell
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| Joanna Cassidy |
Zhora
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| Plot |
| A blend of science fiction and noir detective fiction, Blade Runner (1982) was a box office and critical bust upon its initial exhibition, but its unique postmodern production design became hugely influential within the sci-fi genre, and the film gained a significant cult following that increased its stature. Harrison Ford stars as Rick Deckard, a retired cop in Los Angeles circa 2019. L.A. has become a pan-cultural dystopia of corporate advertising, pollution and flying automobiles, as well as replicants, human-like androids with short life spans built by the Tyrell Corporation for use in dangerous off-world colonization. Deckard's former job in the police department was as a talented blade runner, a euphemism for detectives that hunt down and assassinate rogue replicants. Called before his one-time superior ( M. Emmett Walsh ), Deckard is forced back into active duty. A quartet of replicants led by Roy Batty ( Rutger Hauer ) has escaped and headed to Earth, killing several humans in the process. After meeting with the eccentric Eldon Tyrell ( Joe Turkel ), creator of the replicants, Deckard finds and eliminates Zhora ( Joanna Cassidy ), one of his targets. Attacked by another replicant, Leon ( Brion James ), Deckard is about to be killed when he's saved by Rachael ( Sean Young ), Tyrell's assistant and a replicant who's unaware of her true nature. In the meantime, Batty and his replicant pleasure model lover, Pris ( Darryl Hannah ) use a dying inventor, J.F. Sebastian ( William Sanderson ) to get close to Tyrell and murder him. Deckard tracks the pair to Sebastian's, where a bloody and violent final confrontation between Deckard and Batty takes place on a skyscraper rooftop high above the city. In 1992, Ridley Scott released a popular director's cut that removed Deckard's narration, added a dream sequence, and excised a happy ending imposed by the results of test screenings; these legendary behind-the-scenes battles were chronicled in a 1996 tome, Future Noir: The Making of Blade Runner by Paul M. Sammon . — Karl Williams |
| Movie Details |
| Genre |
Action; Drama; Sci-Fi |
| Director |
Ridley Scott |
| Producer |
Michael Deeley |
| Writer |
Philip K. Dick; Hampton Fancher; David Webb Peoples |
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| Studio |
Warner Bros. |
| Country |
USA
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| Language |
English |
| Audience Rating |
R |
| Running Time |
114 mins |
| Movie Release Date |
6/25/1982 |
| Color |
Color |
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| Personal Details |
| Format |
DVD |
| Seen It |
Yes |
| Index |
137 |
| Collection Status |
In Collection |
| Purchase Date |
1/1/2000 |
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| Product Details |
| Edition |
Director's Cut |
| Region |
 Region 1 |
| Screen Ratio |
 Widescreen 2.35:1 Color (Anamorphic) |
| Layers |
Dual Side, Single Layer |
| UPC (Barcode) |
085391268222 |
| Chapters |
36 |
| Release Date |
2003 |
| Subtitles |
English; French; Spanish |
| Packaging |
Snap Case |
| Audio Tracks |
 English Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround |
| Nr of Disks/Tapes |
1 |
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Extra Features
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| Color Closed-captioned Dolby Widescreen Director's Cut |
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