Blade Runner (1982)

Director:

Ridley Scott

Writers:

Philip K. Dick (novel)
Hampton Fancher (writer) ...
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Release Date:

25 June 1982 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Drama | Sci-Fi | Thriller

Tagline:

Man Has Made His Match... Now It's His Problem

Plot:

Deckard, a blade runner, has to track down and terminate 4 replicants who hijacked a ship in space and have returned to earth seeking their maker...

Plot Keywords:

Rainstorm | 555 Phone Number | Memory | Bleeding | Blood In Liquor

Awards:

Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 8 wins & 14 nominations

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Cast

Harrison Ford	...	Rick Deckard
Rutger Hauer	...	Roy Batty
Sean Young	...	Rachael
Edward James Olmos	...	Gaff
M. Emmet Walsh	...	Bryant
Daryl Hannah	...	Pris
William Sanderson	...	J.F. Sebastian
Brion James	...	Leon Kowalski
Joe Turkel	...	Eldon Tyrell
Joanna Cassidy	...	Zhora
James Hong	...	Hannibal Chew
Morgan Paull	...	Holden
Kevin Thompson	...	Bear
John Edward Allen	...	Kaiser
Hy Pyke	...	Taffey Lewis
Kimiko Hiroshige	...	Cambodian lady
Bob Okazaki	...	Howie Lee
Carolyn DeMirjian	...	Saleslady
Ben Astar	...	Abdul ben Hassan
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Judith Burnett	...	Ming-Fa (uncredited)
Leo Gorcey Jr.	...	Louie (the bartender) (uncredited)
Sharon Hesky	...	Bar patron (uncredited)
Kelly Hine	...	Showgirl (uncredited)
Tom Hutchinson	...	Bartender (uncredited)
Charles Knapp	...	Bartender (uncredited)
Rose Mascari	...	Bar patron (uncredited)
Jiro Okazaki	...	Policeman (uncredited)
Steve Pope	...	Policeman (uncredited)
Robert Reiter	...	Policeman (uncredited)
Alexis Rhee	...	Geisha #1 (uncredited)

Directed by
Ridley Scott

Writing credits
Philip K. Dick		(novel "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?")
Hampton Fancher		(writer) and
David Webb Peoples		(writer) (as David Peoples)
Roland Kibbee		(voiceovers) uncredited

Produced by
Michael Deeley	....	producer
Charles de Lauzirika	....	producer (final cut version)
Hampton Fancher	....	executive producer
Brian Kelly	....	executive producer
Jerry Perenchio	....	co-executive producer
Ivor Powell	....	associate producer
Paul Prischman	....	associate producer (final cut version)
Run Run Shaw	....	associate producer
Bud Yorkin	....	co-executive producer
Ridley Scott	....	co-producer (uncredited)

Original Music by
Vangelis

Cinematography by
Jordan Cronenweth

Film Editing by
Les Healey		(director's cut)
Marsha Nakashima

Casting by
Jane Feinberg
Mike Fenton
Marci Liroff

Production Design by
Lawrence G. Paull
Peter J. Hampton		(additional scenes) (uncredited)

Art Direction by
David L. Snyder		(as David Snyder)

Set Decoration by
Linda DeScenna
Leslie McCarthy-Frankenheimer		(as Leslie Frankenheimer)
Thomas L. Roysden		(as Tom Roysden)
Peg Cummings		(uncredited)

Costume Design by
Michael Kaplan
Charles Knode
Jean Giraud		(uncredited)

Makeup Department
Bridget O'Neill	....	makeup artist: Joanna Cassidy (final cut version)
Shirley Padgett	....	hair stylist (as Shirley L. Padgett)
Marvin G. Westmore	....	makeup artist
John Chambers	....	prosthetic makeups (uncredited)
Michael Westmore	....	prosthetic makeups (uncredited)

Production Management
C.O. Erickson	....	executive in charge of production
John W. Rogers	....	unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Newt Arnold	....	first assistant director (as Newton Arnold)
Morris Chapnick	....	second assistant director
Peter Cornberg	....	first assistant director
Donald Hauer	....	second assistant director (as Don Hauer)
Victoria E. Rhodes	....	dga trainee (as Victoria Rhodes)
Richard Peter Schroer	....	second assistant director (as Richard Schroer)

Art Department
William Apperson	....	model maker
Stephen Dane	....	assistant art director
Michael L. Fink	....	action property supervisor (as Mike Fink)
Linda Fleisher	....	action property consultant
Mentor Huebner	....	production illustrator
Sherman Labby	....	production illustrator
Terry E. Lewis	....	props (as Terry Lewis)
Basil Lombardo	....	stand-by painter (as Buzz Lombardo)
James F. Orendorff	....	construction coordinator (as James F. Orendorf)
David Q. Quick	....	assistant property master (as David Quick)
John A. Scott III	....	assistant property master
Arthur Shippee	....	assistant property master (as Arthur Shippee Jr.)
Tom Southwell	....	production illustrator
Michael Taylor	....	lead man
John C. Wash	....	graphic artist (as John Wash)
James T. Woods	....	painting coordinator
William Apperson	....	construction foreman (uncredited)
Charles Breen	....	set designer (uncredited)
Marco A. Campos	....	propmaker (uncredited)
Edward T. McAvoy	....	scenic artist (uncredited)
Michael McMillen	....	model maker (uncredited)
Curtis A. Schnell	....	set designer (uncredited)
Kevin Shanks	....	drapery man/floor covering (uncredited)
William Ladd Skinner	....	set designer (uncredited)

Sound Department
Bud Alper	....	sound mixer
Gene Ashbrook	....	boom operator (as Eugene Byron Ashbrook)
Brydon Baker III	....	cable person (as Beau Baker)
Peter Baldock	....	assistant dialogue editor
Joe Gallagher	....	assistant sound editor
Graham V. Hartstone	....	chief dubbing mixer
Mike Hopkins	....	dialogue editor (as Michael Hopkins)
Gerry Humphreys	....	dubbing mixer
Peter Pennell	....	sound editor
Joel Fein	....	sound recording mixer (uncredited)
John Hayward	....	sound re-recording mixer (uncredited)
Nicolas Le Messurier	....	sound re-recording mixer (uncredited)
Gordon K. McCallum	....	sound mixer (uncredited)

Special Effects by
William Curtis	....	special effects technician (as William G. Curtis)
David Dryer	....	special photographic effects supervisor
Logan Frazee	....	special effects technician
Terry D. Frazee	....	special floor effects supervisor (as Terry Frazee)
Steve Galich	....	special effects technician
Douglas Trumbull	....	special photographic effects supervisor
Richard Yuricich	....	special photographic effects supervisor
Robert Cole	....	special effects action property foreman (uncredited)
Robert DeVine	....	special effects (uncredited)
Ken Estes	....	special effects foreman (uncredited)
Gene Young	....	model construction (uncredited)

Visual Effects by
Michael Backauskas	....	visual effects assistant editor (as Michael Bakauskas)
Robert D. Bailey	....	matte photographer (as Robert Bailey)
Don Baker	....	camera operator: special photographic effects
Philip Barberio	....	optical line-up
Christian Boudman	....	compositing supervisor: SPI (final cut version)
Diane Caliva	....	visual effects producer: The Orphanage (The Final Cut version)
Trent Claus	....	digital compositor (final cut version)
Charles Cowles	....	camera operator: special photographic effects
Lisa Deaner	....	lead artist (final cut version)
Leslie Ekker	....	model maker
Collin Fowler	....	visual effects coordinator: Illusion Arts Arts (final cut version)
Robert Hall	....	optical photography supervisor
David R. Hardberger	....	camera operator: special photographic effects (as David Hardberger)
Jeffrey Jasper	....	digital artist: New Deal Studios (final cut version)
Benjamin Kutsko	....	Flame artist (final cut version)
Ronald Longo	....	camera operator: special photographic effects
Tim McHugh	....	camera operator: special photographic effects (as Timothy McHugh)
Gregory L. McMurry	....	electronic engineer (as Greg McMurray)
Syd Mead	....	visual futurist
Jarrod Nesbit	....	visual effects coordinator (final cut version)
Thomas Nittmann	....	visual effects producer: Lola Visual Effects (final cut version)
Brian Nugent	....	Flame artist (final cut)
Luke O'Byrne	....	visual effects executive producer: The Orphanage (The Final Cut version)
Richard Ripple	....	optical line-up
Jonathan Rothbart	....	visual effects supervisor: The Orphanage (The Final Cut version)
Marc Sadeghi	....	executive visual effects producer: The Orphanage (final cut version)
Georgia Scheele	....	visual effects coordinator (final cut version)
John Scheele	....	visual effects supervisor (final cut version)
Robert Spurlock	....	miniature technician (as Bob Spurlock)
Mark Stetson	....	chief model maker
David K. Stewart	....	cinematographer: special photographic effects (as Dave Stewart)
Tama Takahashi	....	matte photography
Sean Wallitsch	....	Flame artist (final cut version)
Edson Williams	....	visual effects supervisor: Lola Visual Effects (final cut version)
Matthew Yuricich	....	matte artist
Ryan Zuttermeister	....	associate visual effects producer: Lola Visual Effects (final cut version)
Daphne Apellanes-Ackerson	....	rotoscope artist: The Orphanage (The Final Cut version) (uncredited)
Dana Basinger	....	film I/O coordinator: The Orphanage (The Final Cut version) (uncredited)
Jerry Castro	....	editorial supervisor: The Orphanage (The Final Cut version) (uncredited)
Craig Chandler	....	optical effects (uncredited)
Steve Cho	....	lead compositor: The Orphanage (The Final Cut version) (uncredited)
Joe C. D'Amato	....	resource manager: The Orphanage (The Final Cut version) (uncredited)
Tim Dobbert	....	matchmove supervisor: The Orphanage (The Final Cut version) (uncredited)
Rama Dunayevich	....	public relations: The Orphanage (The Final Cut version) (uncredited)
Bill George	....	miniature design and construction (uncredited)
Rocco Gioffre	....	matte artist (uncredited)
Julieta Gleiser	....	digital production manager: The Orphanage (The Final Cut version) (uncredited)
Daniel Gloates	....	senior staff: The Orphanage (The Final Cut version) (uncredited)
Joanna Goldfarb	....	post production supervisor: The Orphanage (The Final Cut version) (uncredited)
Monique Gougeon	....	human resources: The Orphanage (The Final Cut version) (uncredited)
Rich Grande	....	rotoscope artist: The Orphanage (The Final Cut version) (uncredited)
Sunghwan Hong	....	rotoscope artist: The Orphanage (The Final Cut version) (uncredited)
Michelle Kater	....	rotoscope artist: The Orphanage (The Final Cut version) (uncredited)
Bill Kent	....	camera operator: special photographic effects (uncredited)
Ivan Landau	....	visual effects editor: The Orphanage (The Final Cut version) (uncredited)
Diana K. Lee	....	roto/matchmove coordinator: The Orphanage (The Final Cut version) (uncredited)
Soyoun Lee	....	rotoscope artist: The Orphanage (The Final Cut version) (uncredited)
Stuart T. Maschwitz	....	senior staff: The Orphanage (The Final Cut version) (uncredited)
Dan McNamara	....	senior staff: The Orphanage (The Final Cut version) (uncredited)
Michele Moen	....	matte artist: EEG (uncredited)
Tom Pahk	....	model maker (uncredited)
Christine Peterson	....	roto/paint artist: The Orphanage (final cut version) (uncredited)
Aaron Rhodes	....	compositing supervisor: The Orphanage (The Final Cut version) (uncredited)
Christopher S. Ross	....	miniature design and construction (uncredited)
Jonathan Seay	....	visual effects camera (uncredited)
Carsten Sørensen	....	senior staff: The Orphanage (The Final Cut version) (uncredited)
Scott Squires	....	visual displays: DQI (uncredited)
Scott Charles Stewart	....	senior staff: The Orphanage (The Final Cut version) (uncredited)
Bee Jin Tan	....	rotoscope artist: The Orphanage (The Final Cut version) (uncredited)
George Trimmer	....	model maker (uncredited)
Ryan Tudhope	....	compositor: The Orphanage (The Final Cut version) (uncredited)
Tiffany Wu	....	roto/matchmove coordinator: The Orphanage (The Final Cut version) (uncredited)
Hoyt Yeatman	....	visual displays: DQI (uncredited)

Stunts
Gary Combs	....	stunt coordinator
Ray Bickel	....	stunts (uncredited)
Janet Brady	....	stunts (uncredited)
Diane Carter	....	stunts (uncredited)
Ann Chatterton	....	stunts (uncredited)
Gilbert B. Combs	....	stunts (uncredited)
Tony Cox	....	stunts (uncredited)
Rita Egleston	....	stunts (uncredited)
Gary Epper	....	stunts (uncredited)
Jeannie Epper	....	stunts (uncredited)
James M. Halty	....	stunts (uncredited)
Jeff Imada	....	stunts (uncredited)
Gary McLarty	....	stunts (uncredited)
Karen McLarty	....	stunts (uncredited)
Beth Nufer	....	stunts (uncredited)
Roy K. Ogata	....	stunts (uncredited)
Bobby Porter	....	stunts (uncredited)
Lee Pulford	....	stunts (uncredited)
Ruth A. Redfern	....	stunts (uncredited)
George Sawaya	....	stunts (uncredited)
Charles A. Tamburro	....	stunts (uncredited)
Jack Tyree	....	stunts (uncredited)
Mike Washlake	....	stunts (uncredited)
Michael Zurich	....	stunts (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Albert Bettcher	....	camera operator
Dick Colean	....	camera operator
Michael Genne	....	first assistant camera (as Mike Genne)
George D. Greer	....	second assistant camera
Cary Griffith	....	key grip (as Carey Griffith)
Alan Harding	....	special camera technician
Richard Hart	....	gaffer (as Dick Hart)
Steven B. Poster	....	additional photographer (as Steven Poster)
Gary Randall	....	gaffer
Steven H. Smith	....	first assistant camera (as Steve Smith)
Robert C. Thomas	....	camera operator (as Robert Thomas)
Brian Tufano	....	additional photographer
Patrick Van Auken	....	key grip
Stephen Vaughan	....	still photographer
Thomas Baker	....	motion-control camera (uncredited)
Michael B. Corbett	....	lighting technician (uncredited)
Adam Glick	....	set lighting technician (uncredited)
Dan Greer	....	assistant camera (uncredited)
Ernest Holzman	....	film loader (uncredited)
Michael E. Matteson	....	key grip (uncredited)
Peter Santoro	....	second assistant camera (uncredited)
Bernie Schwartz	....	grip (uncredited)
Haskell Wexler	....	additional photographer (uncredited)

Animation Department
John C. Wash	....	animator (as John Wash)

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Winnie D. Brown	....	costumer: women (as Winnie Brown)
Bob E. Horn	....	costumer: men (as Bobby E. Horn)
James Lapidus	....	costumer: men
Linda Matthews	....	costumer: women (as Linda A. Matthews)
Jan Ferris	....	designer/sculptor: jewelry and metalwork for costumes (uncredited)
Jerry Herrin	....	costumer supervisor: day crew (uncredited)

Editorial Department
Les Healey	....	first assistant editor
Terry Rawlings	....	supervising editor
R. William Zabala	....	assistant editor (as William Zabala)

Music Department
Vangelis	....	music arranger
Vangelis	....	music producer
Ian Underwood	....	musician: synthesizers (uncredited)

Transportation Department
Howard Brady Davidson	....	transportation captain

Other crew
Vickie Alper	....	production coordinator
Tom Cranham	....	effects illustrator
Bud Elam	....	special engineering consultant
Joyce Goldberg	....	production office manager
David Grafton	....	special engineering consultant
Katherine Haber	....	production executive
Jack Hinkle	....	film coordinator
Richard E. Hollander	....	computer engineer (as Richard Hollander)
Saul Kahan	....	publicist
Michael Knutsen	....	craft service
Gregory L. McMurry	....	electronic engineer (as Greg McMurray)
Virgil Mirano	....	still lab
George Polkinghorne	....	cinetechnician
Ana Maria Quintana	....	script supervisor (as Anna Maria Quintana)
David Scharf	....	electron microscope photography
Charles A. Tamburro	....	helicopter pilot
Steve Warner	....	production controller
Evans Wetmore	....	electronic and mechanical design
Brian O. Haynes	....	production assistant (uncredited)
Jeffrey A. Humphreys	....	studio utility (uncredited)
Michael Neale	....	location manager (uncredited)
Nancy Ramey	....	assistant accountant (uncredited)
Jasmine Sabu	....	horse trainer (final cut) (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Blade Runner Partnership
• Ladd Company, The
• Run Run Shaw
• Shaw Brothers

Distributors

• Warner Bros. Pictures (1982) (USA) (theatrical)
• Warner-Columbia Film (1982) (Sweden) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (1992) (Sweden) (theatrical) (director's cut)
• Svenska Filminstitutet (SFI) (1992) (Sweden) (theatrical) (director's cut)
• Warner Home Video (1998) (Sweden) (VHS) (director's cut)
• Warner Home Video (2007) (Sweden) (DVD) (final cut)
• Columbia-EMI-Warner (1982) (UK) (theatrical)
• Warner-Columbia Films (1982) (Finland) (theatrical)
• Warner-Columbia Filmverleih (1982) (West Germany) (theatrical)
• Shaw Brothers (1982) (Hong Kong) (theatrical)
• Shaw Brothers (1982) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. Finland (1992) (Finland) (theatrical) (director's cut)
• Warner Bros. (1993) (Argentina) (theatrical) (director's cut)
• Warner Bros. (1992) (UK) (theatrical) (director's cut)
• Argentina Video Home (Argentina) (video)
• Audio Visual Enterprises (Greece)
• CBS Television (1986) (USA) (TV) (broadcast premiere)
• Columbia TriStar (TV syndication)
• Criterion Collection, The (1989) (USA) (video) (laserdisc)
• ELKE (Greece)
• Embassy Pictures Corporation
• Falcon (19??) (Czech Republic) (theatrical)
• Fazer Musiikki Oy/Fazer Video (1988) (Finland) (VHS)
• Nelson Entertainment (19??) (USA) (video) (laserdisc)
• Sandrew Metronome Distribution Finland (2000) (Finland) (DVD) (director's cut)
• Varus Video (Russia) (VHS)
• Warner Home Video (1995) (Germany) (video) (laserdisc) (director's cut)
• Warner Home Video (1999) (Germany) (DVD)
• Warner Home Video (2006) (Germany) (DVD) (director's cut)
• Warner Home Video (1993) (Finland) (VHS) (director's cut)
• Warner Home Video (1999) (UK) (DVD) (director's cut)
• Warner Home Video (2007) (Japan) (DVD)
• Warner Home Video (1999) (Netherlands) (VHS) (director's cut)
• Warner Home Video (2001) (Netherlands) (DVD) (director's cut)
• Warner Home Video (2008) (Netherlands) (DVD) (Blu-Ray Disc)
• Warner Home Video (1993) (USA) (video) (laserdisc) (director's cut)
• Warner Home Video (1994) (USA) (VHS) (director's cut)
• Warner Home Video (1997) (USA) (DVD) (director's cut)
• Warner Home Video (1999) (USA) (VHS) (director's cut)
• Warner Home Video (2005) (USA) (DVD)
• Warner Home Video (2006) (USA) (DVD) (director's cut)
• Warner Home Video (2007) (USA) (DVD)
• Warner Home Video (2007) (USA) (DVD) (HD-DVD)
• Warner Home Video (2007) (USA) (DVD) (final cut) (two-disc special edition)
• Warner Home Vidéo (1997) (France) (VHS)
• Warner Home Vídeo (Brazil) (DVD)
• Warner Home Vídeo (Brazil) (VHS)

Special Effects

• Orphanage, The (final cut)
• Anatomorphex
• Filmfex Animation Services Ltd.

Other Companies

• Dolby Laboratories  sound mix
• Dream Quest Images  visual displays
• Intralink Film Graphic Design  titles

MPAA:

Rated R for violence and brief nudity (definitive cut); Rated R for violence. (1991 version)

Runtime:

117 min

Country:

USA | Singapore

Language:

English | German | Cantonese | Japanese

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.20 : 1

Sound Mix:

70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints) | Dolby (35 mm prints)

Certification:

Portugal:M/12 | Italy:T | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:AA (Ontario) | Ireland:15A | West Germany:16 (f) | Canada:PA (Manitoba) | Germany:12 (re-rating) (2007) | Brazil:16 | USA:R (Definitive Cut) | Canada:A (Nova Scotia) | UK:15 (video rating) (1986) | Argentina:16 | Australia:M | Chile:18 | Finland:K-16 | France:-12 | Ireland:15 | Israel:PG | Japan:R-15 (director's cut) | Netherlands:16 (director's cut) | Norway:15 | Peru:18 | Singapore:NC-16 | South Korea:18 | Sweden:15 | UK:AA (original rating) | USA:R | Norway:16 (original rating) | Iceland:16

Filming Locations:

Warner Brothers Burbank Studios - 4000 Warner Boulevard, Burbank, California, USA

Company:

Blade Runner Partnership

Trivia:

Producers Bud Yorkin and Jerry Perenchio were the movie's bond-completion guarantors, which meant that they received rights to the movie when it went over budget.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: Support cables for spinner. (Corrected in the 2007 "Final Cut" of the movie.)

Quotes:

[first lines]
Female announcer over intercom: Next subject: Kowalski, Leon. Engineer, waste disposal. File section: New employee, six days.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Battlestar Galactica: Downloaded (#2.18)" (2006)

Soundtrack:

MEMORIES OF GREEN

The Last Great Noir

This is a film that is so deep, rich, and multi-layered, it may require more than one viewing to fully absorb the brilliance of what you've just seen. At first glance, it can be a bit slow. It's told in a classic film noir fashion, so this is to be expected. Director Ridley Scott seems to want to savor every shot, and an astute audience will be able to sense this.

Now, I say the film is told in a classic Noir style, but this can be misleading. There is no Humphrey Bogart in Blade Runner, snapping off brilliant one-liners once a second. Only hopeless people, in many ways victims of the merciless world of which they are all a part. Deckard is a typically downbeat protagonist, a hard-boiled cynical leading man with a weakness for heavy drinking. The plot is a mystery in name only, as the audience is allowed to know what Roy Batty, Pris and Leon are all up to before Deckard ever finds out. This only lends to the dread and inevitability of the film, lending further to its pervasive gloom. There is no final scene at the end where the bold detective puts all the pieces together and says "Ah-Ha!". Instead, we find Rick Deckard questioning his own existence and drinking away his constant doubts, all the while embroiled in a romantic relationship with someone he's sworn to kill.

Blade Runner requires audience participation, particularly in the Director's Cut, which is entirely devoid of some rather necessary exposition provided by the Original Cut's much-maligned voice-over. Certain facts will not be clear even at the end of the film, requiring personal interpretation in order to be appreciated fully. Other facts will be given away in much more subtle ways than in most modern cinema, such as through visual cues and tenuous dialogue.

Finally, visually, this movie is quite simply a science fiction triumph. It looks better than modern computer effects in every way that counts. Superimposed special effect objects don't give off that unnatural, clearly computer-generated "Lord of the Rings" sheen common in today's effects-driven blockbusters. This, of course, is because Blade Runner - while a gorgeous movie - is not effects driven in the least. Rather, it is a visually driven story that doesn't rely on special effects. This is an important distinction to make in today's Hollywood.

"Touch of Evil" really wasn't the last of the Great Film Noirs!