Blade runner

Author

Michael Deeley

Call Number

• DVD SCIENCE FICTION/FANTASY (CEN)

Edition

Four-disc collector's ed.; widescreen version.

Languages

English or dubbed French dialogue, English, French or Spanish subtitles; English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.

Performers

Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer, Sean Young, Edward James Olmos, M. Emmet Walsh, Daryl Hannah, William Sanderson, Brion James, Joe Turkel, Joanna Cassidy.

Publication Information

Burbank, CA : Distributed by Warner Home Video, [2007]

Physical Description

4 videodiscs (117 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

Audience

MPAA rating: R; for violence and brief nudity; special features not rated.

Summary

Los Angeles, 2019: Rick Deckard of the LAPD's Blade Runner unit prowls the steel & microchip jungle of the 21st century. His job is to track down and eliminate assumed humanoids known as 'replicants.' Replicants were declared illegal after a bloody mutiny on an Off-World Colony, and are to be terminated upon detection. He wants to get out of the force, but is drawn back in when 6 "skin jobs," the slang for replicants, hijack a ship back to Earth. The city that Deckard must search for his prey is a huge, sprawling, bleak vision of the future.

Notes

Some credits from container.

"Presented in a 'letterbox' widescreen format preserving the 'scope' aspect ratio of its original theatrical exhibition, enhanced for widescreen TVs"--Container.

Based on the novel "Do androids dream of electric sheep?" by Philip K. Dick.

Originally released as a motion picture in 1982.

"Dual-layer format"--Container.

Recorded in Dolby digital surround 5.1 (all movie versions) and Dolby surround stereo (disc 3 versions).

Special features: Disc 1: New footage and special effects never before seen; introduction by director Ridley Scott; three filmmaker commentaries, including one by Ridley Scott -- disc 2: Definitive documentary incorporating outtakes, deleted scenes, all-new interviews -- disc 3: introductions of each version by Ridley Scott -- disc 4. Audiovisual mosaic of segments chronicling aspects of the production; focuses on Syd Mead, Jordan Cronenweth, DVD restoration, and vintage featurettes.

Contents

• Disc 1. The final cut (2007)
• disc 2. Dangerous days : making Blade Runner
• disc 3. U.S. theatrical cut (1982) ; International theatrical cut (1982) ; Director's cut (1992)
• disc 4. Enhancement archive.