Format:
Video disc
Title:
Blade runner
Uniform Title:
Blade runner (Motion picture)
ISBN:
9781419862403
Edition:
5-disc complete collector's ed., [Blu-ray version].
Publication Information:
Burbank, CA : Distributed by Warner Home Video, [2007]
Physical Description:
5 videodiscs (117 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
General Note:
Blu-ray Disc.
Title from container.
Based on the novel "Do androids dream of electric sheep?" by Philip K. Dick.
Originally released as a motion pictures in 1982 and 1992.
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: (In standard definition) Ultimate documentary on the making of the films, culled from over 80 all-new interviews with cast, crew and colleagues and hours of never-before-released outtakes and on-set footage.
Special features: Disc 3: All seamlessly branched and separately available on one disc with introductions to each film by Ridley Scott.
Special features: Disc 4: 1982 promotional featurettes: "On the set;" "Convention reel" and "Behind-the-scenes outtakes;" 6 theatrical trailers; promoting dystopia: rendering the poster art; deck-a-rep: the true nature of Rick Deckard; nexus generation: fans and filmmakers; "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 & styling;" "Screen tests: Rachael and Pris;" "The light that burns: remembering Jordan Cronenweth;" deleted & alternate scenes
Special features: Disc 5: First-ever home video release of the rarely seen pre-release workprint, featuring alternate footage, music and voice-over; introduction by Ridley Scott; commentary by Paul M. Sammon, author of "Future noir: the making of Blade Runner;" (in standard definition - featurette tracking the fascinating history behind the film's multiple versions and an in-depth look at creating The final cut)
Contents:
Disc 1: Blade Runner: the final cut (117 min.) -- Disc 2: Blade Runner: Dangerous days: making Blade Runner (special features) -- Disc 3: Blade Runner (contains U.S. theatrical cut (1982) ; International theatrical cut (1982) ; director's cut (1992) (117 min.) -- Disc 4: Blade Runner: enhancement archive (special features) -- Disc 5: Blade Runner: Workprint (110 min.).
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
Reading Level:
MPAA rating: R; violence and brief nudity.
Genre:
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Added Uniform Title:
Blade runner (Motion picture : Final cut)
Blade runner (Motion picture : Director's cut)