Blade Runner (1982)

Taglines:

A chilling, bold, mesmerizing, futuristic detective thriller. See more »

Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for violence and brief nudity (Definitive Cut) See all certifications »

Parents Guide:

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Official Sites:

Warner Bros [France] | Warner Bros. [United States] | Add/edit official sites  »

Country:

USA | Hong Kong

Language:

English | German (only a few words) | Cantonese (only a few words) | Japanese (only a few words) | Hungarian

Release Date:

25 June 1982 (USA) See more »

Also Known As:

Blade Runner: The Final Cut See more »

Filming Locations:

Warner Brothers Burbank Studios - 4000 Warner Boulevard, Burbank, California, USA See more »

Budget:

$28,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$6,150,002 (USA) (27 June 1982) (1295 Screens)

Gross:

$27,580,111 (USA) (1982)

Production Co:

Ladd Company, The, Shaw Brothers, Warner Bros. Pictures See more »

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Runtime:

117 min

Sound Mix:

70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints) | Dolby Stereo (35 mm prints)

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.20 : 1

Trivia

Philip K. Dick first came up with the idea for his novel 'Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?' in 1962, when researching 'The Man in the High Castle' which deals with the Nazis conquering the planet in the 1940s. Dick had been granted access to archived World War II Gestapo documents in the University of California at Berkley, and had come across diaries written by S.S. men stationed in Poland, which he found almost unreadable in their casual cruelty and lack of human empathy. One sentence in particular troubled him: "We are kept awake at night by the cries of starving children." Dick was so horrified by this sentence that he reasoned there was obviously something wrong with the man who wrote it. This led him to hypothesize that Nazism in general was a defective group mind, a mind so emotionally flawed that the word human could not be applied to them; their lack of empathy was so pronounced that Dick reasoned they couldn't be referred to as human beings, even though their outward appearance seemed to indicate that they were human. The novel sprang from this. See more »

Goofs

Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): In the opening interview with Leon, Leon states: "Let me tell you about my mother..." Later, when Deckard is thinking about the interview (as he drives through the tunnel) Leon is heard saying "I'll tell you about my mother..." This could be attributed to Deckard simply remembering the dialogue incorrectly. See more »

Quotes

[first lines]
Female announcer over intercom: Next subject: Kowalski, Leon. Engineer, waste disposal. File section: New employee, six days.
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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. See more »

Connections

Referenced in "South Park: Cartman's Silly Hate Crime 2000 (#4.2)" (2000) See more »

Soundtracks

"LOVE THEME"
(uncredited)
Written by Vangelis
Saxaphone solo Dick Morrisey (uncredited) See more »