Blade Runner (Warner Brothers/ The Final Cut/ Special Edition)

Blade Runner (1982)

Plot Synopsis: In a rain-soaked, neon-lit Los Angeles of 2019, former police officer Rick Deckard is forced back into service as a “blade runner,” a specialist tasked with hunting down bioengineered humans called replicants. Four advanced Nexus-6 replicants have returned to Earth illegally, seeking answers from the powerful Tyrell Corporation about their limited lifespans. As Deckard tracks their charismatic leader Roy Batty and his companions, he develops feelings for Rachael, an enigmatic woman whose identity challenges everything he believes about humanity. The pursuit becomes a haunting exploration of memory, mortality, identity and what it means to be alive.

Film Information

Original release: 1982

Screenplay: Hampton Fancher and David Peoples

Based on: Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick

Genres: Science fiction, neo-noir, thriller, drama

Runtime: Approximately 117 minutes for The Final Cut; other cuts vary

MPAA rating: R

Principal Cast and Characters

• Harrison Ford — Rick Deckard
• Rutger Hauer — Roy Batty
• Sean Young — Rachael
• Edward James Olmos — Gaff
• M. Emmet Walsh — Captain Harry Bryant
• Daryl Hannah — Pris Stratton
• William Sanderson — J. F. Sebastian
• Brion James — Leon Kowalski
• Joe Turkel — Dr. Eldon Tyrell
• Joanna Cassidy — Zhora Salome
• James Hong — Hannibal Chew

Five Interesting Facts

1. The film adapts ideas from Philip K. Dick's 1968 novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?.
2. Its atmospheric electronic score was composed by Vangelis.
3. The movie received Academy Award nominations for art direction and visual effects.
4. Multiple cuts of the film have been released, with meaningful differences in narration, editing and ending.
5. Ridley Scott's Final Cut, released in 2007, represents the director's preferred version and features restored imagery and sound.

Edition: The Final Cut. This edition presents Ridley Scott's 2007 definitive cut of the original 1982 film.

Condition: Used physical media. Any originally included digital redemption code is not guaranteed.