Rating: Full

 

Cast: Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer, Sean Young and Edward James Olmos

 

Director: Ridley Scott

 

Writers: Hampton Fancher and David Peoples

 

Based on: the novel “So Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?” by Philip K. Dick

 

Producer: Michael Deeley

 

Music by: Vangelis

 

Oscar Nominations: 2; Best Art Direction (Lawrence G. Paull, David L. Snyder (Art Direction); Linda DeScenna (Set Decoration)), and Best Visual Effects (Douglas Trumbull, Richard Yuricich and David Dryer)

 

Oscar Wins: 0

 

Rated: R for violence

 

Release Date: 06/25/82

 

Favorite Character: Roy Batty

 

Tagline: Man Has Made His Match… Now It’s His Problem

 

Quote: “All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain…”- Roy Batty

 

Fun Facts: Dustin Hoffman was going to play Rick Deckard but declined it.

 

Although Philip K. Dick saw only the opening 20 minutes of footage prior to his death on March 2, 1982, he was extremely impressed with it.

 

The film was released at the bad time at the box office because its release is the same year as E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial, Poltergeist, Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, etc.

 

Today, the “spinners,” the flying cars (above), would probably be created digitally, but for “Blade Runner,” Scott’s production crew built life-size spinners that weighed several tons each. To simulate flight, they were hoisted by cranes. The constant rain effects helped hide the cables.

 

Summary: A former police officer is assigned as the Blade Runner to hunt down four of the human-like Replicants.

 

The Review: Fasten your seatbelts cause this sci-fi gives a powerful drama. I can actually follow it good, even though it didn’t exactly satisfy the movie goers in the 1982 and I can see why. And for this film, it should be shortened. Despite that, this is probably the best Noir films I saw (so far).