Blade Runner is a 1982 science fiction film directed by Ridley Scott. Starring Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer, Sean Young, and Edward James Olmos, it is loosely based on Philip K. Dick’s 1968 novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? The film is set in a dystopian future Los Angeles of 2019, in which synthetic humans known as replicants are bio-engineered by the powerful Tyrell Corporation. The film initially underperformed in North American theaters and polarized critics. It later became an acclaimed cult film regarded as one of the all-time best science fiction films.
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Blade Runner is a 1982 science fiction film directed by Ridley Scott. Starring Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer, Sean Young, and Edward James Olmos, it is loosely based on Philip K. Dick’s 1968 novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? The film is set in a dystopian future Los Angeles of 2019, in which synthetic humans known as replicants are bio-engineered by the powerful Tyrell Corporation. The film initially underperformed in North American theaters and polarized critics; some praised its thematic complexity and visuals, while others critiqued its slow pacing and lack of action. It later became an acclaimed cult film regarded as one of the all-time best science fiction films. Seven different versions of Blade Runner exist as a result of controversial changes requested by studio executives. In 1993 it was selected for preservation in the U.S. National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being \”culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant\”. A sequel, Blade Runner 2049, was released in October 2017. It brought the work of Philip Dick to the attention of Hollywood, and several later big-budget films were based on his work, such as Total Recall, Minority Report and A Scanner Darkly. The film’s soundtrack, composed by Vangelis, was nominated in 1982 for a BAFTA and a Golden Globe as best original score. It is a leading example of neo-noir cinema, and has influenced many science Fiction films, video games, anime, and television series. The final cut of the film, released in 2007, is a 25th-anniversary digitally remastered version.
This is the only version over which Scott retained artistic control. It was released as a director’s cut in 1992 after a strong response to test screenings of a workprint. It has been released on DVD in 2007 and has been a hit with video rental customers. It won the Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation in the year after its release, and in 1993 the film was selected to be preserved in the National Film registry by the Library of Congress. It also won the Golden Globe for Best Original Score in the same year as the film’s release, as well as the BAFTA for Best Soundtrack for a Motion Picture for a Drama and the Golden Globes for Best Actor in a Leading Role for Harrison Ford. The movie is about a cop named Rick Deckard, whose job is to track down bioengineered humanoids known as Replicants and terminally \”retire\” them. In 2019 Los Angeles, Deckard is detained by Officer Gaff, and brought to his former supervisor, Bryant. Bryant wants Deckard to retire Leon, Roy Batty, Zhora, and Pris. Deckard begins to leave, but Bryant ambiguously threatens him and Deckard stays. The two watch a video of a blade runner named Holden administering the Voight-Kampff test, which is designed to distinguish replicant from humans based on their emotional response to questions. After a much longer than standard test, Deckard concludes that Rachael is an experiment who has been given false memories to provide an emotional cushion.
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