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Blade Runner

  • 1982
  • R
  • 1h 57m
IMDb RATING
8.1/10
782K
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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
    782K
    YOUR RATING
    POPULARITY
    347
    31
    • Director
      • Ridley Scott
    • Writers
      • Hampton Fancher
      • David Webb Peoples
      • Philip K. Dick
    • Stars
      • Harrison Ford
      • Rutger Hauer
      • Sean Young
    • 1.7KUser reviews
    • 291Critic reviews
    • 84Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
  • Top rated movie #177
    • 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(screenplay)
      • David Webb Peoples(screenplay)
      • Philip K. Dick(novel "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?")
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    Remembering Rutger Hauer (1944-2019)

    Remembering Rutger Hauer (1944-2019)

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    Storyline

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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

      Courtesy of Laurel Records

    User reviews1.7K

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    Featured review
    10/10
    All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain...
    Blade Runner describes a future in which, through genetics, artificial humans are manufactured and called "replicants"; employees in dangerous jobs and slaves in the outer colonies of the Earth. Made by Tyrell Corporation under the motto "more humans than humans" -especially the "Nexus-6" models- not only resembles humans, they are far superior physically.

    The replicants were declared illegal on planet Earth after a bloody mutiny occurred on the planet Mars, where they worked as slaves. A special police force, Blade Runners, is in charge of identifying, tracking and killing - or "withdrawing", in terms of the police itself - the fugitive replicants found on Earth. With a group of replicants loose in Los Angeles, Rick Deckard, the best agent that has existed in regard to the recovery and removal of the replicas, is removed from his semi-retirement to use some of "the old magic blade runner".

    Ridley Scott fantastic dark cyberpunk style and futuristic design is so well made that accomplished to create a visual vocabulary: neon lights, abandonment, decay, loneliness, obscurity, indifference and alienation are the core of the aesthetics of the film, which will eventually become and serve as a pattern for successive cinematographic works.

    The script David Webb Peoples adapted from 'Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?' takes the viewer into a dwelling and philosophical controversy, as it creates doubt and empathy to the so called replicants, primarily as seen in many shots of Rick Deckard hesitating about the true nature of his task.

    Harrison Ford and Rutger Hauer haunts the attention into the essence of the story. Their characterization throughout infiltrates the different conceptions of life. A saddened soul searching for the meaning of his punished existence and the other, ruminating a task sinking him into a moral void brimming with guilt.

    At the end, the movie leaves you wondering about the implications the creation of highly intelligent beings (IA) must have and, if it's worth treating them as machines or they have become so human that the difference is non existent.

    "Time... to die".

    10/10.
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    • Aug 20, 2018

    FAQ46

    • If you can spot a replicant by looking at their eyes then why bother doing the test?
    • Is 'Blade Runner' based on a book?
    • When and where does the story take place?

    Details

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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
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    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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