| Harrison Ford | Rick Deckard |
| Rutger Hauer | Roy Batty |
| Sean Young | Rachael |
| Edward James Olmos | Gaff |
| M. Emmet Walsh | Harry Bryant |
| Daryl Hannah | Pris |
| William Sanderson | J.F. Sebastian |
| Brion James | Leon |
| Joe Turkel | Tyrell |
| Joanna Cassidy | Zhora |
| James Hong | Chew |
| Morgan Paull | Holden |
| Kevin Thompson | Bear |
| John E. Allen | Kaiser |
| Hy Pyke | Taffey Lewis |
| Kimiko Hiroshige | Cambodian Woman |
| Charles Knapp | Bartender |
| Robert Okazaki | Sushi Master |
| Ridley Scott | Director |
| Bud Alper | Sound/Sound Designer |
| Newt Arnold | Asst. Director |
| Charles Breen | Set Decoration/Design |
| Jordan S. Cronenweth | Cinematographer |
| Peg Cummings | Set Decoration/Design |
| Linda de Scenna | Set Decoration/Design |
| Michael Deeley | Producer |
| David Dryer | Special Effects Supervisor |
| Hampton Fancher | Executive Producer, Screenwriter |
| Jane Feinberg | Casting |
| Mike Fenton | Casting |
| Michael Kaplan | Costumes/Costume Designer |
| Brian Kelly | Executive Producer |
| Charles Knode | Costumes/Costume Designer |
| Marci Liroff | Casting |
| Louis Mann | Set Decoration/Design |
| Lawrence G. Paull | Production Designer, Set Decoration/Design |
| David Peoples | Screenwriter |
| Gregory Pickrell | Set Decoration/Design |
| Darryl Ponicsan | Screenwriter |
| Ivor Powell | Associate Producer |
| Terry Rawlings | Editor |
| Thomas Roysden | Set Decoration/Design |
| William Ladd Skinner | Set Decoration/Design |
| David Snyder | Art Director |
| Douglas Trumbull | Special Effects Supervisor |
| Vangelis | Score Composer |
| Marvin Westmore | Makeup |
| Bud Yorkin | Producer |
| Richard Yuricich | Special Effects Supervisor |
Anonymous
Posted August 14, 2011
the director,s cut and final cut are far superior films for many reasons...that being said i do wish there was some happy medium between the narration /unicorn scene....i like the narration but their should be less of it and the extra stuff makes it a better film by far, the unicorn and narraztion both make the film better because you as a viewer get insight into the thoughts of ford's charater and his doubts ....could he really be a replicant...the happy ending or possilble happy ending i think most will agree is poor at best .it takes a great dysotopian film and cuts off the hard edges, and makes the end result (the origanal release in theaters) an inferior product.
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Posted October 1, 2010
I remember watchinbg Blade Runner in the big screen theater when it first came out in the early 80's. Since then, over the past twenty plus years I have enjoyed watching it again many times on both tape and CD. Now with the release of the Blu-ray 5-disc version I have another reason to go back and watch it again. Also, I think it has one of the most fabulous sound tracks for a sci-fi film. I have the movie sound track CD and enjoy listening to it when I want some soothing relaxing listening.
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Posted October 1, 2010
I have taken another look at my past criticism of the Director’s cut. That fine-tuning improved and clarified the narrative. The added footage of the unicorn did the same. The two disc set was a great joy and the four disc set was well worth buying. I am tempted to write more, but the film deserves better than I can give it today. This is a great set to own. The film is a masterwork. The final cut is the best version. I think that the voice over can be fun to hear, but it adds nothing essential to the narration.
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Posted October 1, 2010
Blade Runner, while undoubtedly an imaginative feat, cannot be logically elevated to the position of "remarkable", and barely attains "passable". The beginning is compelling and forces the viewer immediately into the story, and Harrison Ford is quick to display his lovable roguish personality, yet gradually descends from there. In addition, the ending is masterful and heartrenching, as well as thought-provoking and intelligent. Yet the concept of humanoid robots, regardless of the fancy name "replicants" they are embellished with, is far from original (Look at I Robot, Robot Series, Foundation Series, 2001 Space Oddyssey, etc. etc.). Additonal concepts within the film, such as the gravitic cars, large digital billboards, etc. are present in films such as the Fifth Element, I Robot, Starship Troopers, and even Star Wars. In other words, the film lacked substance, and was often dull and repetitive. This is not to discredit Harrison Ford, however, who remains commanding in any role. In regards to those certain reviwers who refer to Star Wars fans as "childish", I personally very deeply regret that you lack the depth and penetration of thought to appreciate true art and a saga that embraces all of mankind when it is thrust so obviously before you.
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Posted October 1, 2010
This film remains one of the most influential and worthwhile of all time. It works because it can be simply a detective/sci-fi film that one enjoys with the theater popcorn and walks away from. Or it is an incredible film noir of a dark time where of lawlessness and where big business are more powerful than government and stays with you through the decades. The climax scene with Harrison Ford and Rutger Hauer on the roof in the rain is one of the most poignant cinematic moments of all time.What does it mean to be human? I hated this film the first time I saw it when it first arrived on screens in the 1980s, but grew to see more in it with each successive visit to the theater. It remains in my top five films now, 20+ years later. I'm a not sure removing Deckard's voiceovers in the Director's cut was the best move. In the original they provided an important backdrop to the film. Great performances by Edward James Olmos, Ford, Hauer, et al are not lost. Watch it more than once and you will pick up missed nuances that enhance one's understanding of the film.
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Posted October 1, 2010
i remember seeing a little bit of this i think on tv maybe scifi or something. but now i finally get the see the whole thing on dvd, and its the director's cut. this movie was weird but very very imaginative. and was seeing this because of hauer after seeing him in the hitcher and ladyhawke. harrison's cool too. anyway, this is about a guy who has to find 5 replicants in a city that seems almost too real but still in the future. it was interesting and glad that i saw the director's cut which was the only one i could find at my library. and batty was one bad ass yet sad villian and love the hair. but will always remember hauer from hitcher and ladyhawke and this of course. and harrison has always been in any classic ish movie from star wars to indiana to witness. same with kurt russell and keith david.
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Posted October 1, 2010
The four and five disc versions of Blade Runner DO have the narration and happy ending on them. On disc three, choose the US Theatrical Cut or the International Theatrical Cut (also known as the home video version). These releases include all versions of the film produced. The briefcase set (five discs) even includes a rough workprint cut, which has even more changes.
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Posted October 1, 2010
I was going to buy but now I'm waiting for the original narration to come out.
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Posted October 1, 2010
The first time I saw this film, I didn't understand it, but I was so intrigued by the way it was done that I had to watch again to catch everything. After a while it grew on me, and it has become the benchmark for every sci-fi film I've watched afterwards. It's dark, broody, murky, abstract and even cozy. What a ride.
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Posted October 1, 2010
But you can listen to the voiceover. It's on both the theatrical & international versions included in the set.
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Posted October 1, 2010
Despite what the reviewer below says, the four and five disc editions of Blade Runner DO include, in addition to Scott's new 'Final Cut': the 'Original U.S. Theatrical' version of the film, complete with full narraton/voiceover, the International cut with more violence, AND the 1992 'Director's Cut'. The five disc suitcase edition even includes the rarely-seen 'Workprint' version from the first screenings, which has many different variances from the others. This is simply the best DVD release of '07 because it has everything a Blade Runner fan, whether he loves the narration or hates it, could want.
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Posted October 1, 2010
If you don't like the original narration, fair enough and if you do, that's fair enough also. But it really seems to me like there should be an option of whether or not to have it. The other one-disc edition of the DVD doesn't have the narration either, and my fiancee really likes the narration. You'd think that over FOUR DISCS with all the crazy things they can do with DVDs they'd have an option to put the narration on, or another version of the DVD. Ridiculous, and a missed market.
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Posted October 1, 2010
Simply the best sci-fi I have ever seen. It never gets old. How ironic that the androids have a fail safe that if they develop emotions, they have a 7 year life span. It doesn't get much better than that! Special effects have remained timeless, the cast is flawless, and the story adapted from Philip Dicks, "Do androids dream of electic sheep," is absolutely superb. Classic. Gary
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Posted October 1, 2010
A great film, although I think the narrated version is better. Harrison Ford's voice sounds tired and disconnected. If he was trying to undermine the director, in my opinion it backfired. His voice spoke for all the extra's who wandered thru the Los Angeles streets of 2019. A nihilstic nightmare masterpiece of the future. Ironically I saw this in a theatre while it poured rain outside.
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Posted October 1, 2010
When Blade Runner came out in 1982 I was befuddled by the almost unbarable "narration". The images are beautiful, the story imaginative but that narration killed it for me. Then I learned that Ford hated the narration and vowed to do as bad a job as possible so that the studio couldn't use it. This just goes to prove what yutzes Most studio heads are. Even though Forf gave a zombie like voicover they decided to keep it in the film. It wasn't until they released the director's cut in 1992 that I realized just exactly what a wonderful film this is. I hate to be negative but those people who prefer the original are just wrong, wrong, wrong. This film is now what it needed to be when it was released and I'm just as pleased as punch
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Posted October 1, 2010
Why not offer both the Voice over and the directors cut? I like the original much better. This film is the closest I have come to some of my weird dreams. Dreamlike and mesmerizing. Rutger - absolutly nasty and wonderful at the same time. The menace he projects... "Not an easy man to see, I guess." True adult Science Fiction with not an Ewok in the house.
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Posted October 1, 2010
I, too, miss the ending narration. This is one of the few times I think the studio's opinion was better than the director's.
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Posted October 1, 2010
This movie is one of those life-changing experiences, where you see it, your jaw drops, and you feel different. My dad was a giant BR fan and I never wanted to see the movie, until I played (and fell in love with) the old PC game. After that, I finally sat through the movie, and...just wow. I love the story, the characters, and especially the setting. Just how everything is, dark and rainy, yet at the same time neon, is just awe-inspiring. Rutger Hauer makes Roy Batty one of the top villains EVER in the history of cinema, as you both hate and root him on. Words cannot express just how great this movie is, definitely check it out, in either the original form(with the voice overs, which for some reason I loved better) or the Director's Cut.
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Posted October 1, 2010
I, too, had the original on VHS. Unfortunately, it has fizzled away with time. The director's cut just does not have the same feel. Without the voice overs, much of the detail is lost. The viewer is left to guess at the characters' personalities and motives. Will not even address the unicorn insertion. We can only hope that the original theatrical release is finally put into DVD format.
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Posted October 1, 2010
This release does have its charm, but Scott has not made the film better with the director's cut. The new ending is good. The added scene with the unicorn is an improvement. Deleting the voice over is a mistake.
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