- Actors: Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer, Sean Young, Edward James Olmos, M. Emmet Walsh
- Directors: Ridley Scott
- Writers: Hampton Fancher, David Webb Peoples, Philip K. Dick
- Producers: Brian Kelly, Bud Yorkin, Charles de Lauzirika, Hampton Fancher
- Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Colour, Director's Cut, Dolby, DVD-Video, Full Screen, Widescreen, NTSC
- Language English
- Subtitles: English, Spanish, French
- Region: Region 1 (US and Canada DVD formats.)
- Aspect Ratio: 4:3 - 1.33:1
- Number of discs: 1
- Classification: R (Restricted) (US MPAA rating. See details.)
- Studio: Warner Home Video
- DVD Release Date: 26 Mar 1997
- Run Time: 117 minutes
- Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
- ASIN: 0790729628
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 34,930 in Film & TV (See Top 100 in Film & TV)
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When Ridley Scott's cut of Blade Runner was finally released in 1993, one had to wonder why the studio hadn't done it right the first time--11 years earlier. This version is so much better, mostly because of what's been eliminated (the ludicrous and redundant voice-over narration and the phoney happy ending) rather than what's been added (a bit more character development and a brief unicorn dream that drops a big hint about Deckard's origins). Star Harrison Ford originally recorded the narration under duress at the insistence of Warner Bros. executives who thought the story needed further "explanation"; he later confessed that he thought if he did it badly they wouldn't use it. (Moral: never overestimate the taste of movie executives.) The movie's spectacular futuristic vision of Los Angeles--a perpetually dark and rainy metropolis that's the nightmare antithesis of "Sunny Southern California"--is still its most seductive feature, another worldly atmosphere in which you can immerse yourself. The movie's shadowy visual style, along with its classic private-detective/murder-mystery plot line (with Ford on the trail of a murderous android, or "replicant"), makes Blade Runner one of the few science fiction pictures legitimately to claim a place in the film noir tradition. And, as in the best noir, the sleuth discovers a whole lot more (about himself and the people he encounters) than he anticipates. The cast also includes Sean Young, Edward James Olmos, Daryl Hannah Rutger Hauer and M. Emmet Walsh. --Jim Emerson, Amazon.com
In the Box Set: It is a fitting testament to Blade Runner's enduring appeal that it should receive the red-carpet box set treatment in this Collector's Edition, which represents a sizeable outlay not least in terms of shelf space. The chunky black box (about the size of the yellow pages) houses a slide-out tray containing the DVD, eight original lobby cards an original one-sheet movie poster, the draft shooting script and a movie image card with the corresponding 35mm film frame attached. As with all such sets the whole is rapidly diminished by removing its parts, presenting the dilemma of whether to mount the poster and pictures, or leave them pristine but unseen in their original state.
The DVD included contains Ridley Scott's director's cut version of the film, but offers no new features or commentaries which would have added considerably to the set's desirability. The original draft shooting script by Hampton Fancher and David Peoples does, however, provide some fascinating insights in its moments of departure from the version that was finally filmed. Perhaps the most compelling example is Deckard's final, decisive contribution to the "is he or isn't he" debate: "I knew it on the roof that night. We were bothers, Roy Batty and I! Combat models of the highest order. We had fought in wars not yet dreamed of in vast nightmares still unnamed. We were the new people ... Roy and me and Rachael! We were made for this world. It was ours!" --Steve Napleton
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
You can't beat this film for originality, talk about ground breaking. Ford is fantastic and Hauer was made for the part. I recommend only watching this film in it's original Directors cut version, the general release is spoilt by ford's talk over. A must for everybodies collection, if you've never seen it you must have been living on Mars for the last fifteen years. Many have tried to copy this film and none have suceeded.
17 of 20 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
There's nothing else to say about this movie, a milestone in Sci-Fi moviemaking at the highest level. The celebrated set design of a breathtaking visual of the dark future is awesomely created by Ridley Scott. This definitive movie for Sci-Fi fans is however a letdown in its DVD format. I was hoping the transfer would be better than it is but the grains still exist. Talking about extras (or lack of it) is the sore point of this release. NOT EVEN A TRAILER! Saved however by the attached merchandise (lobby cards, film cell etc)
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
What is there to say about a film which had and still has as much impact on the art as Blade Runner. I would have expected extras in the DVD included in this set as compared to the standard DVD ,but the book makes up to the void......as do the other extras. It's a bit like taking part in the making of the movie and having taken a cut out of the trash can....
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