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Blade Runner (1982)

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Overview

Director:
Ridley Scott
Writers:
Philip K. Dick (novel)
Hampton Fancher (writer) ...
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Release Date:
25 June 1982 (USA) more view trailer
Tagline:
Man Has Made His Match... Now It's His Problem more
Plot:
Deckard, a blade runner, has to track down and terminate 4 replicants who hijacked a ship in space and have returned to earth seeking their maker... full summary | full synopsis (warning! may contain spoilers)
Awards:
Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 8 wins & 14 nominations more
User Comments:
Intriguingly Philosophical more

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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated R for violence and brief nudity (definitive cut); Rated R for violence. (1991 version)
Runtime:
117 min
Country:
USA | Singapore
Colour:
Colour (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
2.20 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints) | Dolby (35 mm prints)
Certification:
Germany:12 (re-rating) (2007) | Portugal:M/12 | USA:R (Definitive Cut) | Brazil:16 | Italy:T | Canada:A (Nova Scotia) | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | West Germany:16 (f) | Canada:AA (Ontario) | Canada:PA (Manitoba) | Ireland:15A | UK:15 (video rating) (1986) | Argentina:16 | Australia:M | Chile:18 | Finland:K-16 | France:-12 | Ireland:15 | Israel:PG | Japan:R-15 (director's cut) | Netherlands:16 (director's cut) | Norway:15 | Peru:18 | Singapore:NC-16 | South Korea:18 | Sweden:15 | UK:AA (original rating) | USA:R | Norway:16 (original rating) | Iceland:16
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Trivia:
The brand of cigarettes smoked by the characters Rachael, Holden, and Pris are Boyard, French cigarettes. more
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Continuity: At the end of the Zhora chase, Deckard fires four shots from his pistol as Zhora runs directly away from him, in line with his shots. His first two shots miss her; the second as she breaks through a plate glass window. His next two shots hit, but both pass through her shoulder and continue out in front of her. All the glass windows in her path should have been shattered by the first shot, but none is. 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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Featured in Screen Tests: Rachael and Pris (2007) (V) more
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LOVE THEME more

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Problems in Blade Runner
How did Gaff get Deckard's gun? Was he following them?
How can Deckard be a replicant, when he's physically outmatched by Roy, Leon, Zhora, and Pris?
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134 out of 171 people found the following comment useful:-
Intriguingly Philosophical, 6 March 2001
Author: brendan (jfitch7@aol.com) from Flushing, N.Y

Blade Runner, directed by Ridley Scott and based on Philip K. Dick's novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep, is a Sci-fi slash Noir film about a cop named Rick Deckard (Harrison Ford) in a decrepit 2019 Los Angeles whose job it is to "retire" four genetically engineered syborgues, known as "Replicants". The four fugitives, Pris (Daryl Hannah), Zhora (Joanna Cassidy), Leon (Brion James), and their leader, Roy Batty (Rutger Hauer), have escaped from an off-world colony in order to find their creator and bully him into expanding their pre-determined four year life span. This film originally flopped when it came out in 1982, but since has become a widely acclaimed cult classic with a director's cut to boot. A large part of the success that this movie has received can be attributed to its ability to operate on many different levels.

Ridley Scott's hauntingly possible depiction of what might become of Los Angeles down the line is absolutely brilliant. It captures elements of Noir with its urban atmosphere of decadence, lighting, and characters neither clearly defined as good nor evil. Corruption is everywhere. The garbage-littered streets and permanence of dark and rain give us the sense that we've seriously screwed up the atmosphere, and the impression that all respectable human beings have fled to the off-world colonies, leaving only the scum of the earth behind.

There is a hint of style from the 40's, especially with respect to cars, costumes, and music. Rachael's entire outfit, including her hair, screams the 40's.

The soundtrack, arranged by Vangelis (who won an Oscar for his Chariots of Fire score), consisted mainly of Jazz and Blues. This functioned to represent a dark, moody world of uncertainty and pessimism.

The special effects were exceptional. Much of the set was pulled off using models. In my opinion, sets made by hand require leagues more of skill and are much more impressive and realistic than those computer generated. These guys really knew what they were doing. I was especially fond of the pyramidesque Tyrell Corporation building, which hinted at the god-like presence of Eldon Tyrell (Joe Turkell), the creator.

The script (Hampton Fancher, David Peoples, and of course Phil Dick) worked for me, as well as the actors who gave voice to it. Harrison Ford was well...Harrison Ford. I thought he did a tremendous job down-playing the role. His voice-over narration helped you along, and was yet another feature conducive to Film Noir (apparently this was taken out of the Director's Cut). Rutger Hauer's performance was intense. His lines at the end were intriguingly philosophical. Daryl Hannah's chilling robotic expressions were quite impressive. Joanna Cassidy was just plain hot.

There is more to this film than just pulp. It works on so many remarkable levels. The movie itself is a detective noir quest for the meaning of life in a science fiction environment, but the story is a commentary on what it means to be human and the questions each one of us have about life, like: How long have I to live? Why do I have to die? What happens when I die? Doesn't my maker care? Is this all merely an illusion? At the end of the film we are left to wonder if these Replicants are human, and if Deckard himself is in fact a Replicant. Scott raises more questions here than he answers, and as a result, critics are still debating the mysteries of this film today. In a sense, the ambiguity of Blade Runner is the culprit of its success.

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