Blade Runner Review

Blade Runner

Release Date: 16th December 1982 - Australia

Production Companies

The Ladd Company (presents)

Saw Brothers (In association with)

Warner Bros. Pictures
Blade Runner Partnership

Genre: Sci-Fi

Rating: M (Not Suitable

for Young Children)

Runtime: 117 minutes


Budget: $30,000,000

Box Office Gross: $41,818,325 (Worldwide)

Plot Summary

The year was 2019. A former police officer named Rick Deckard was called out of retirement by the LAPD to take one last assignment to hunt down a group of Replicants. These artificial humanoids are illegal and are heading to Los Angeles to search for their creator.

Cast

Harrison Ford - Rick Deckard

Rutger Hauer - Roy Batty

Sean Young - Rachael

Edward James Olmos - Gaff

Daryl Hannah - Pris

Joanna Cassidy - Zhora

Brion James - Leon Kowalski

M. Emmet Walsh - Bryant

Joe Turkel - Eldon Tyrell

William Sanderson - J.F.

Sebastian

James Hong - Hannibal Chew
Morgan Paull - Holden
Kevin Thompson - Bear
John Edward Allen - Kaiser
Hy Pyke - Taffey Lewis

Kimiko Hiroshige - Cambodian Lady

Bob Okazaki - Sushi Master

Carolyn DeMirjian - Saleslady

Crew

Co-Producer (Uncredited)/
Director - Ridley Scott

Based on the Novel "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" - Phillip K. Dick

Screenplay/Executive

Producer - Hampton Fancher

Screenplay - David Webb Peoples

Script Supervisor - Ana Maria Quintana

Associate Producers - Ivor Powell and Paul Prischman
(2007 Final Cut Version)

Executive Producer - Brian Keeley
Co-Executive Producers -

Jerry Perenchio, Run Run Shaw

and Bud Yorkin (Uncredited)

Producer - Michael Deeley
Restoration Producer (2007 Final Cut Version) -

Charles de Lauzirika

Restoration Consultant - Kurt P. Galvao

Casting Directors - Jane Feinberg,

Mike Fenton and Marci Liroff (Uncredited)

Production Designer - Lawrence G. Paull

Visual Futurist - Syd Mead

Production Illustrators - Mentor Huebner,

Sherman Labby and Tom Southwell

Art Director - David L. Snyder

Assistant Art Director - Stephen Dane

Set Decorators - Linda DeScenna,

Leslie McCarthy-Frankenheimer,

Thomas L. Roysden and Peg Cummings

(Uncredited)

Costume Designers - Michael Kaplan

and Charles Knode

Prosthetic Makeup - Michael Mills

Director of Photography - Jordan Croneworth

Additional Photographers - Steven Poster,

Brian Tufano and Haskell Wexler (Uncredited)

First Assistant Camera - Michael Genne

and Steven H. Smith

Executive in Charge of Production - C.O. Erickson

Production Executive - Katherine Haber

Production Manager - Alan Collis

First Assistant Directors - Newt Arnold

and Peter Cornberg
Stunt Coordinator - Gary Combs

Special Floor Effects Supervisor - Terry D. Frazee

Special Photographic Effects Supervisors -

Douglas Trumbull, David Dryer and Richard Yuricich
Visual Effects Supervisors (2007 Final Cut

Version) - Georgia & John Scheele

Chief Model Maker: EEG - Mark Stetson

Miniature Design and Construction - Bill George

and Christopher S. Ross (Uncredited)

Miniature Technician: EEG - Robert Spurlock

Director of Photography: EEG - David K. Stewart

Camera Operators: EEG - Don Baker,

Charles Cowles, David R. Hardberger,

Ronald Longo and Tim McHugh

Matte Artists: EEG - Matthew Yuricich and

Michele Moen (Uncredited)

Matte Artist - Rocco Gioffre (Uncredited)

Action Prop Supervisor - Michael L. Fink

Animation and Graphics: EEG - John C. Wash

Additional Green Screen Photography: New Deal

Studios (2007 Final Cut Version) - Tim Angulo

and David Sanger
Supervising Editor - Terry Rawlings
Editors - Marsha Nakashima and

Gillian L. Hutshing (2007 Final Cut Version)

First Assistant Editor - Les Healey

Chief Dubbing Mixers - Graham V. Hartstone

and Gerry Humphreys

Supervising Sound Editors (2007 Final Cut

Version) - Karen Baker Landers and

Per Hallberg

Re-Recording Mixers (2007 Final Cut Version) -

Ron Bartlett and Doug Hemphill

Foley Artists (2007 Final Cut Version) -

John Roesch and Alyson Dee Moore

Music - Vangelis


Awards

1983 Academy Awards
Best Art Direction - Lawrence G. Paull,

David L. Snyder and Linda De Scenna (Nominated)
Best Visual Effects - Douglas Trumbull,

Richard Yuricich and David Dryer (Nominated)

Review

Painstakingly made with director Ridley Scott at the helm, BLADE RUNNER is a neo-noir science-fiction movie fancier than a chandelier. Its mastery of camerawork and visual flair has been impressive, but it has faced a turbulent history. Because the film opened in 1982, BLADE RUNNER missed the applause of the big crowds and, of course, everyone nearly forgot about it. Fortunately, the film had a complex plot, profound themes, striking visuals, and a stellar cast, with Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer, Sean Young, and Daryl Hannah, all of whom gave outstanding performances. It contains some plausible moments written for a sci-fi epic, along with electronic arrangements of Vangelis' score. The film's groundbreaking work is the city and hover-vehicle designs, which would inspire two different stylised movies: The Fifth Element and Attack of the Clones.

It is challenging to define the genre and style of BLADE RUNNER; it is unique and innovative. People often debate which version is superior, whether the original or the director's cut. After watching the final cut version, I concluded that it fused two contrasting genres by incorporating pulp sci-fi elements into a neo-noir crime thriller. This cult film gradually influenced cyberpunk fiction, helping to define a dark future.

Star rating: (4/5) Good Movie

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