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.
- Nominated for 2 Oscars
- 13 wins & 22 nominations total
Bob Okazaki
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- (as Robert Okazaki)
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Remembering Rutger Hauer (1944-2019)
Remembering Rutger Hauer (1944-2019)
We celebrate the life and legacy of Rutger Hauer, the award-winning actor best known for Blade Runner and The Hitcher.
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- TriviaDirector Sir Ridley Scott and director of photography Jordan Cronenweth achieved the famous "shining eyes" effect by using a technique invented by Fritz Lang and his cinematographer Eugen Schüfftan known as the "Schüfftan Process": light is bounced into the actors' and actresses' eyes off a piece of half-mirrored glass mounted at a forty-five-degree angle to the camera.
- Goofs(at around 9 mins) When we see Deckard waiting for his noodles, he is reading that day's newspaper. Later in Leon's apartment (at around 25 mins), the same newspaper is seen in one of the drawers, except it is old and soiled, as if it has been there for years. We know they are the same since both newspapers have the same headline about farming on the moon.
- Crazy creditsIn 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 versionsAll 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.
- ConnectionsEdited into 5 Second Movies: Blade Runner (2009)
- SoundtracksHarps of the Ancient Temples
Composed by Gail Laughton
Performed by Gail Laughton
Courtesy of Laurel Records
Featured review
One of the Best Looking Dark Films Ever Made
Blade Runner (1982)
** 1/2 (out of 4) Rick Deckard (Harrison Ford) is one of the best Blade Runner's in the business. A Blade Runner is a person who is paid to go after illegal replicants and the most recent case has him going after four including the sadistic Roy Batty (Rutger Hauer).
Ridley Scott's BLADE RUNNER was released with minor fans but overtime it grew into what many consider one of the greatest science fiction movies ever made. It's really hard to judge or rate this movie because it's available in so many different versions. This viewing here was actually the third version I've seen and I gotta say that if you have to keep re-editing, adding and altering a movie then I question how good it is to begin with.
I know many people consider BLADE RUNNER to be one of the greatest movies ever made. I honestly get their reaction but I certainly don't share it. The film is certainly one of the most brilliantly looking movies ever made. Visually this film is rather incredible as director Scott has no problem creating the mood of this dark city as well as the rather grim nature. The special effects, costume design, sets and music score are all flawless and perfectly capture a terrific vision.
With that said, I think there's a lot more style than substance here. Not for a second did I ever get totally involved in the "story" going on. I thought it was a rather interesting idea but storywise there's nothing great here. I also thought the slow nature was a bit too boring. I know this is a thinking man's approach but it just didn't work with me. With that said, the ending is quite excellent and I thought the scenes between Ford and Hauer were extremely effective.
The performances from the entire cast is another major plus with Ford perfect in the role, which is a throwback to the type of detectives that we'd see in film noir titles of the 40s and 50s. Hauer makes for a great villain and we get nice support from Sean Young, M. Emmet Walsh, Edward James Olmos, William Sanderson, Joe Turkel and Daryl Hannah among others.
Again, I understand why some call BLADE RUNNER one of the greatest films ever made. In my opinion, the original theatrical cut is quite poor. The Director's Cut was certainly an improvement. Having now just watched "The Final Cut" it reall didn't improve too much from the director's cut. As is, I'd probably recommend the Director's Cut.
** 1/2 (out of 4) Rick Deckard (Harrison Ford) is one of the best Blade Runner's in the business. A Blade Runner is a person who is paid to go after illegal replicants and the most recent case has him going after four including the sadistic Roy Batty (Rutger Hauer).
Ridley Scott's BLADE RUNNER was released with minor fans but overtime it grew into what many consider one of the greatest science fiction movies ever made. It's really hard to judge or rate this movie because it's available in so many different versions. This viewing here was actually the third version I've seen and I gotta say that if you have to keep re-editing, adding and altering a movie then I question how good it is to begin with.
I know many people consider BLADE RUNNER to be one of the greatest movies ever made. I honestly get their reaction but I certainly don't share it. The film is certainly one of the most brilliantly looking movies ever made. Visually this film is rather incredible as director Scott has no problem creating the mood of this dark city as well as the rather grim nature. The special effects, costume design, sets and music score are all flawless and perfectly capture a terrific vision.
With that said, I think there's a lot more style than substance here. Not for a second did I ever get totally involved in the "story" going on. I thought it was a rather interesting idea but storywise there's nothing great here. I also thought the slow nature was a bit too boring. I know this is a thinking man's approach but it just didn't work with me. With that said, the ending is quite excellent and I thought the scenes between Ford and Hauer were extremely effective.
The performances from the entire cast is another major plus with Ford perfect in the role, which is a throwback to the type of detectives that we'd see in film noir titles of the 40s and 50s. Hauer makes for a great villain and we get nice support from Sean Young, M. Emmet Walsh, Edward James Olmos, William Sanderson, Joe Turkel and Daryl Hannah among others.
Again, I understand why some call BLADE RUNNER one of the greatest films ever made. In my opinion, the original theatrical cut is quite poor. The Director's Cut was certainly an improvement. Having now just watched "The Final Cut" it reall didn't improve too much from the director's cut. As is, I'd probably recommend the Director's Cut.
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- Nov 24, 2012
Exceptional Robots on Film & TV
Exceptional Robots on Film & TV
From Transformers to droids and everything in between, these memorable robots made their mark on viewers.
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- Also known as
- Dangerous Days
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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
- $41,757,041
- Runtime1 hour 57 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.39 : 1
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