Blade Runner
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Blade Runner is an important 1982 dark science fiction movie directed by Ridley Scott and written by Hampton Fancher and David Peoples. It was based on the book Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick. Blade Runner's main actors are Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer, Sean Young, Edward James Olmos and Daryl Hannah.
The movie happens in Los Angeles on November 2019 when artificial human adults called "replicants" come to Earth. As replicants are not allowed on Earth anymore after some of them had attacked humans, police officers called "Blade Runners" hunt down and kill them on Earth. Rick Deckard is forced to hunt down some replicants in Los Angeles.
Some movie critics did not like Blade Runner because they thought it was slow, others liked its many ideas. The movie did not sell many tickets in North American movie theaters but was more popular in other countries. Even though it did not make much money, it was liked very much by teachers and science fiction fans. Blade Runner looked good and made the future look very dark and old. The movie showed important ideas of the 21st century such as globalization and genetic engineering. Blade Runner is an important example of cyberpunk and people believe it has changed the world and effected many cultures. Blade Runner made Hollywood interested in stories written by Philip K. Dick.
Seven versions of Blade Runner exist because of changes made by different people. A quick Director's Cut was made in 1992 after people saw new versions of the movie. The Director's Cut was one of the first DVD's to be made because Blade Runner was a popular video. Warner Bros. released the Final Cut, a new 25th anniversary version of the movie in October 2007. It is the last version and was made with Ridley Scott's help.
[change] Other websites
- 2019: Off-World — One of the first Blade Runner fan sites
- BladeZone — The Online Blade Runner Fan Club & Museum
- BRMovie.com — alt.fan.blade-runner newsgroup site
- BR-Insight — Thoughts of the film
- Los Angeles, 2019
- Wikia has a wiki about: Blade Runner
