Blade runner [videorecording] / a Ladd Company, in association with Sir Run Run Shaw, thru Warner Bros. ; Jerry Perenchio and Bud Yorkin present ; a Michael Deeley-Ridley Scott production ; screenplay by Hampton Fancher and David Peoples ; produced by Michael Deeley ; directed by Ridley Scott.
Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer, Sean Young, Edward James Olmos, M. Emmet Walsh, Daryl Hannah, William Sanderson, Brion James, Joe Turkel, Joanna Cassidy. Based on the novel : Do androids dream of electric sheep? / by Philip K. Dick. Originally produced as a motion picture in 1982. Special features: [disc 1]: optional introduction by Scott (1 min.); optional audio commentary by Scott; optional commentary by Fancher, Peoples, Deeley, and executive producer Katherine Haber; optional commentary by visual futurist Syd Mead, Paull, art director David Snyder, and special effects supervisors Trumbull, Richard Yuricich, and David Dryer. [disc 2]: Dangerous days: making Blade Runner (214 min. ; 2007) / producer and director, Charles de Lauzirika ; editor, William Hooke (documentary featuring production history, deleted scenes, interviews with cast and crew). "Enhanced for widescreen tvs"--Container. "All new final cut by director Ridley Scott"--Slipcase. "Digitally restored and remastered incorporating new footage and special effects never before seen. Soundtrack remastered in Dolby digital 5.1. Definitive documentary incorporating outtakes, deleted scenes, and all-new interviews."--Container.
Summary:
In a futuristic Los Angeles of 2019, detective Rick Deckard is a highly rated "Blade Runner" assigned to find and kill illegal cybernetic "replicants", genetic creations with superhuman abilities. Pulled unwillingly out of retirement, Deckard is forced into one last case, six exceptionally dangerous replicants who have escaped from slave labor and made their way into the city, apparently with plans to gain vengeance on the corporate masters who created them. In the course of investigation, Deckard falls in love with a beautiful woman who holds a disturbing secret, creating additional doubt and confusion in Deckard's mind. This 2007 "final cut" was remastered with improved visual and sound effects, and made some revisions to the 1992 "director's cut" revision.
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