1982, American film, DIRECTOR Ridley Scott SCREENWRITER David Webb Peoples & Hampton Fancher (Based on the novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, by Philip K. Dick) COMPOSER Vangelis CINEMATOGRAPHER Jordan Cronenweth CAST Harrison Ford, Sean Young, Daryl Hannah, Rutger Hauer, Edward J. Olmos, Joanna Cassidy, Brion James, Joe Turkel
AWARDS 1982: 2 Nominations for Oscar: Best Art Direction, Visual Effects 1982: Nominated Golden Globes: Best Original Score - Motion Picture 1983: 3 BAFTA: Best Cinematography, Costume Design, Art Direction. 8 nominations 1982: Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards: Best Cinematography
GENRE Sci-Fi, Action, Cult movie, Robots, Cyberpunk
SYNOPSIS/PLOT A blend of science fiction and noir detective fiction, Blade Runner was a box office and critical bust upon its initial exhibition, but its unique postmodern production design became hugely influential within the sci-fi genre, and the film gained a significant cult following that increased its stature.
In a cyberpunk vision of the future, man has developed the technology to create replicants, human-like androids used to serve in the colonies outside Earth but with fixed life spans. Los Angeles in 2019 has become a pan-cultural dystopia (anti-utopia) of corporate advertising, pollution and flying automobiles, as well as replicants, built by Tyrell Corporation for use in dangerous off-world colonization. Deckard (Harrison Ford) is a retired blade runner, a euphemism for detectives who specialize in terminating replicants, forced to re-enter the force when a quartet of replicants led by Roy Batty (Rutger Hauer) escape from an off world colony to Earth, killing several humans in the process.
In 1992, Ridley Scott released a popular director's cut that removed Deckard's narration, added a dream sequence, and excised a happy ending imposed by Warner Bros.
Some quotes:
“Replicants weren't supposed to have feelings... neither were blade runners.”
“We're not computers, Sebastian, we're physical.”
“Quite an experience to live in fear, isn't it? That's what it is to be a slave.”
“I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I've watched c- beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhäuser Gate. All those ... moments will be lost in time, like tears...in rain. Time to die.” http://www.filmaffinity.com/en/film358476.html http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083658/