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Blade Runner is a 1982 science fiction film directed by Ridley Scott from a screenplay by Hampton Fancher and David Peoples. [7] [8] Starring Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer, Sean Young, and Edward James Olmos, it is an adaptation of Philip K. Dick's 1968 novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
Roy Batty (portrayed by Rutger Hauer) during the scene in the Final Cut of Blade Runner "Tears in rain" is a 42-word monologue, consisting of the last words of character Roy Batty (portrayed by Rutger Hauer) in the 1982 Ridley Scott film Blade Runner. Written by David Peoples and altered by Hauer, [1] [2] [3] the monologue is frequently quoted. [4]
The Bladerunner (also published as The Blade Runner) is a 1974 science fiction novel by Alan E. Nourse, about underground medical services and smuggling.It was the source for the title, but no major plot elements, of the 1982 film Blade Runner, adapted from the novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick, [1] though elements of the Nourse novel recur in a pair of 2002 films ...
The "Gladiator II" director says he learned "never believe your own press" from the ordeal. Some people frame awards or diplomas. Then there's director Ridley Scott, who has a 42-year-old review ...
A new audiobook version was released in 2007 by Random House Audio to coincide with the release of Blade Runner: The Final Cut. This version, read by Scott Brick, is unabridged and runs approximately 9.5 hours over eight CDs. This version is a tie-in, using the Blade Runner: The Final Cut film poster and Blade Runner title. [6]
By the late 90s I learned to have a third-date discussion about “Blade Runner” with prospective boyfriends. You know the bones of the plot, so let’s jump to the marrow, the scene that causes ...
This article became the book Future Noir: The Making of Blade Runner. [128] The book chronicles Blade Runner ' s evolution, focusing on film-set politics, especially the British director's experiences with his first American film crew; of which producer Alan Ladd, Jr. has said, "Harrison wouldn't speak to Ridley and Ridley wouldn't speak to ...
Despite the initial appearance and marketing of an action film, Blade Runner operates on an unusually rich number of dramatic levels. As with much of the cyberpunk genre, it owes a large debt to film noir, containing and exploring such conventions as the femme fatale, a Chandleresque first-person narration in the Theatrical Version, the questionable moral outlook of the hero—extended here to ...