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Harrison Ford and Sean Young in Blade Runner (1982)

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Blade Runner

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Edited into

    • "Off the Air" Falling (TV Episode 2012)

      Rachael and Deckard's dialogue audio about the owl is distorted and edited into a clip.
    • 8½ Cars (Video 2018)

      "Tears in the rain" sound clip
    • Trumbull Land (TV Movie 2018)

      Clips shown

Featured in

    • "Visions" Cinema, Cinemas/Q & A with Paul Schrader/A Film Comment by Angela Carter (TV Episode 1982)

      Clip.
    • Blade Runner: Convention Reel (Video 1982)

      Making Of
    • Blade Runner: On the Set (Video 1982)

      Making Of
    • Precious Images (Short 1986)

    • "Siskel & Ebert" What's Wrong with Home Video (TV Episode 1988)

      A clip is shown.

Followed by

    • Blade Runner 2049 (2017)

    • 2036: Nexus Dawn (Short 2017)

    • 2048: Nowhere to Run (Short 2017)

    • Blade Runner: Black Out 2022 (Video 2017)

Referenced in

    • The King of Comedy (1982)

      A marquee of Blade Runner playing at a movie theater is visible in Times Square
    • Mazes and Monsters (TV Movie 1982)

      A poster in Jay Jay's dorm room
    • Gridrunner (Video Game 1982)

      Game title was inspired by film's title.
    • Superman III (1983)

      The film's poster can be seen briefly in the junkyard scene
    • Getting It On (1983)

      A poster is visible.

References

    • Metropolis (1927)

      numerous references
    • Bride of Frankenstein (1935)

      Insert cut of an owl while a person is killed by an artificial creature
    • Citizen Kane (1941)

      Camera and light techniques and existential issues.
    • The Maltese Falcon (1941)

    • Casablanca (1942)

      Abdul's costume is reminiscent of Signor Ferrari

Spin-off

    • Blade Runner (Video Game 1997)

    • Voidrunner (Video Game 2017)

      One of the playable levels titled "Tears in Rain", sets in a similar dark, post apocalyptic city like New York in Blade Runner (1982). The title of the level also quotes from the legendary ending scene.
    • Blade Runner: Revelations (Video Game 2018)

      This is a VR game based off of the Blade Runner franchise.

Spoofed in

    • Orandazuma wa Denkiunagi no Yume wo Miruka? (Video Game 1984)

      Adult video game spoof.
    • Myth Makers Vol. 7: Myth Runner (Video 1987)

    • Back to the Future Part II (1989)

    • Rise of the Dragon (Video Game 1990)

      The name of the game protagonist William 'Blade' Hunter is a pun on Blade Runner. His clothing resembles Rick Deckard's.
    • "Mystery Science Theater 3000" Gamera (TV Episode 1991)

      "Live the good life on the off-world colonies."

Version of

    • Time Hunter (Short 2014)

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