On the Edge of 'Blade Runner' (2000) (TV)

Director:

Andrew Abbott

Writer:

Mark Kermode (written by)

Release Date:

15 July 2000 (UK)

Genre:

Documentary

Plot:

Plot Keywords:

2010s | Behind The Scenes | Detective | Film Making | Futuristic

Cast

Mark Kermode	...	Presenter
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Brian Aldiss	...	Himself
Michael Arick	...	Himself
Joanna Cassidy	...	Herself
Michael Deeley	...	Himself
Philip K. Dick	...	Himself (archive footage)
David Dryer	...	Himself
Hampton Fancher	...	Himself
Katherine Haber	...	Herself
Daryl Hannah	...	Herself
Rutger Hauer	...	Himself
James Hong	...	Himself
Syd Mead	...	Himself
Lawrence G. Paull	...	Himself
David Webb Peoples	...	Himself (as David Peoples)
Terry Rawlings	...	Himself
Paul Sammon	...	Himself (as Paul M. Sammon)
William Sanderson	...	Himself
Ridley Scott	...	Himself
David L. Snyder	...	Himself
Douglas Trumbull	...	Himself
Joe Turkel	...	Himself
M. Emmet Walsh	...	Himself (as M. Emmett Walsh)
Bud Yorkin	...	Himself
Richard Yuricich	...	Himself

Runtime:

52 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Filming Locations:

2nd Street Tunnel, Downtown, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Nobles Gate Scotland

Quotes:

[on Harrison Ford's performance]
Rutger Hauer: His role didn't seem to fit him, or he couldn't make it fit. I know that that was going on and I don't know why but if he would have been stronger, I would of not been so shiny, y'know.

Movie Connections:

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Just saw this on Film Four tonight (UK TV chanel)... very interesting, but 50 minutes isn't even near long enough if you've read Paul Sammon's excellent "Future Noir: the Making of Blade Runner". Interviews with everybody involved except Harrison Ford and Sean Young of course, who hated each other's guts during the making of the film. We even see Philip K. Dick before he died - what a paranoid bloke he was! And even, for the first time ever, a look at the deleted scene where Deckard visits Holden in hospital. If you look you'll see the set for that scene was from Alien.

It's amazing visiting the buildings Ridley Scott used to make his future vision of Los Angeles. In the daytime they look NOTHING like Scott's sets, particularly the Bradbury Building in L.A., used for the final battle... when you see the before and after shots it really brings home what a genius of visual style Scott is.

Most shocking is that whilst all of the people have obviously aged in the last 20 years, Joe Turkel (Eldon Tyrell) hasn't aged a day! Hmmmm...

For anyone that hasn't read Paul Sammon's book, you'll be amazed at the problems encountered making this film, a true up-hill struggle. But Blade Runner still remains one of the best American movies of all time.

Ridley Scott admits this is one of his best films, and millions of cult fans worldwide agree. A true original...