Blade runner [videorecording] / the Ladd Company in association with Sir Run Run Shaw thru Warner Bros. ; Jerry Perenchio and Bud Yorkin present ; screenplay by Hampton Fancher and David Peoples ; produced by Michael Deeley ; directed by Ridley Scott ; a Michael Deeley-Ridley Scott production.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1982. Based on the novel "Do androids dream of electric sheep?" by Philip K. Dick. Special features: Disc 1: Introduction and commentary by director Ridley Scott; commentary by executive producer/screenwriter Hampton Fancher, screenwriter David Peoples, producer Michael Deeley and production executive Katherine Haber; commentary by visual futurist Syd Meed, production designer, Lawrence G. Paull, art director David Snyder and special photographic effects supervisors Douglas Trumbull, Richard Yuricich and David Dryer. Special features: Disc 2: Introductions by Ridley Scott. Special features: Disc 3: Introduction by Ridley Scott; commentary by Paul M. Sammon, author of "Future noir: the making of Blade Runner"; stills gallery; All our variant futures: from workprint to final cut; The electric dreamer: remembering Philip K. Dick; Sacrificial sheep: the novel vs. the film; Philip K. Dick: the Blade runner interviews; Signs of the times: graphic design; Fashion forward: wardrobe and styling; Screen tests: Rachael and Pris; The light that burns: remembering Jordan Cronenweth; deleted and alternate scenes; 1982 promotional featurettes; trailers and TV spots; Promoting dystopia: rendering the poster art; Deck-a-rep: the true nature of Rick Deckard; Nexus generation: fans & filmmakers. Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer, Sean Young, Edward James Olmos, M. Emmet Walsh, Daryl Hannah, William Sanderson, Brion James, Joe Turkel, Joanna Cassidy.
Contents:
disc 1. Blade runner : the final cut (2007, 117 min.) -- disc 2. Original theatrical cut (1982, 117 min.) ; International theatrical cut (1982, 117 min.) ; Director's cut (1991, 117 min.) -- disc 3. Workprint (113 min.) ; Dangerous days : making Blade runner.
Summary:
"Los Angeles, 2019. Jaded ex-cop Rick Deckard is hired to track down and 'retire' a rogue group of Nexus 6 replicants, highly advanced androids designed to supply 'off-world' labour that have escaped to Earth. As they appear totally human and have been programmed with emotions and false memories, the task of eliminating them is doubly difficult, and they themselves may be unaware that they are machines."--Film Index International.
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