Blade Runner is a 1982 American science fiction film directed by Ridley Scott, starring Harrison Ford as a bounty hunter tasked with tracking down bioengineered beings called replicants in a dystopian, rain-soaked future Los Angeles, loosely based on Philip K. Dick's novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?. The film received a mixed critical reception and modest box office on its original release, but its dense, atmospheric visual design has since been highly influential on science fiction filmmaking, and it was later revisited in multiple director-approved recut versions. Blade Runner is widely regarded as a landmark of science fiction cinema and one of the most visually influential films of its genre.
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What changed in the Blade Runner Director's Cut?
The Director's Cut dropped the narration, ended on the elevator and added the unicorn dream.
The Director's Cut of 1992 cut out all of the voice-over narration that the 1982 release carried, and it ended the film with Rachael and Deckard walking into the elevator as Deckard notices the tinfoil unicorn left behind by Gaff. It was also the first version to include the unicorn dream sequence, which Ridley Scott had wanted reinserted from the beginning. The atlas entry Versions of Blade Runner covers the other cuts.
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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.
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Blade Runner is a 1982 American science fiction film directed by Ridley Scott, starring Harrison Ford as a bounty hunter tasked with tracking down bioengineered beings called replicants in a dystopian, rain-soaked future Los Angeles, loosely based on Philip K. Dick's novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?. The film received a mixed critical reception and modest box office on its original release, but its dense, atmospheric visual design has since been highly influential on science fiction filmmaking, and it was later revisited in multiple director-approved recut versions.
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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.
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Wikidata P166: BAFTA Award for Best Production Design
Wikidata P166 (award received): BAFTA Award for Best Production Design.
Wikidata P166: Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation
Wikidata P166 (award received): Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation.
Wikidata P166: Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Cinematography
Wikidata P166 (award received): Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Cinematography.
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