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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.

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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
... Rick Deckard
... Roy Batty
... Rachael
... Gaff
... Bryant
... Pris
... J.F. Sebastian
... Leon Kowalski
... Dr. Eldon Tyrell
... Zhora
... Hannibal Chew
... Holden
... Bear
John Edward Allen ... Kaiser
... Taffey Lewis
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In the 21st century, a corporation develops human clones to be used as slaves in colonies outside the Earth, identified as replicants. In 2019, a former police officer is hired to hunt down a fugitive group of clones living undercover in Los Angeles. Written by MadMovieManiac

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The star of "RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK" and the director of "ALIEN" take you on a spectacular journey to the savage world of the year 2019!! See more »

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Sci-Fi | Thriller

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Rated R for violence | See all certifications »

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Release Date:

25 June 1982 (USA)  »

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Dangerous Days  »

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Box Office

Budget:

$28,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$6,150,002, 27 June 1982, Wide Release

Gross USA:

$27,000,000
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(70 mm prints)| (35 mm prints)| (IMAX 12 .0 Surround)

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2.39 : 1
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Joe Pantoliano was considered for the role of J.F. Sebastian. See more »

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During Deckart's interview of Racheal (Final Cut) there is some strange extra dialogue: After Deckart says (20:38) He likes it so much he hangs it on your bedroom wall, you can barely hear him say (20:40) bush outside your window. Then after Racheal says (20:41) I wouldn't let him, Deckart says (20:42) orange body, green legs. Then Rachael says (20:43) Why not? You can barely hear this extra dialogue, but when you turn subtitles on, this dialogue is displayed. Something in overlapping video editing perhaps, but it is an oddity and it makes you wonder what it could have meant if this part if the interview had been fully included. I looked in Phil Dick's text and there was no apparent similar text, and the rest of the interview sticks pretty close to what's in the movie. See more »

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

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Tales of the Future
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Written by Vangelis
Performed by Demis Roussos
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A Milestone Of Science Fiction And A Cyberpunk Masterpiece
11 February 2018 | by See all my reviews

A feast for the eyes. Dark and uncompromising. With a haunting musical score by Vangelis that adds a hypnotic quality to those breathtaking megacity landscapes of future Los Angeles. Ridley Scott's adaptation of Philip K. Dick's post-apocalyptic bounty hunter story 'Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep' is a visionary work of art; it's a dystopian masterpiece and I'd personally call it as much a milestone of science fiction as Kubrick's '2001' (and be advised to watch the version known as the "final cut" if you want to catch 'Blade Runner' as it was intended by its director).

It's hard to overstate how influential the film was; it invented the sci-fi subgenre now known as "cyberpunk", and it was also the first "film noir" in a sci-fi setting. And although it looks so distractingly gorgeous that even today there are people who still dismiss it as superficial and mere "eye candy", it is a philosphically deep film that ponders existential questions about the nature of being human. Its slow, brooding quality will perhaps leave some modern audiences who are used to a different pace and more action underwhelmed - but make no mistake: this is a groundbreaking masterwork of its genre and a timeles classic. 10 stars out of 10.

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