HD 5 Discs Ultimate Collector's Edition Gift Case HD DVD
Format
HD DVD
Disc Aspect Ratio
2.40:1 (2.40:1)
MPAA Rating
R Restricted
Runtime
9 hours 38 minutes
Studio
Warner Home Video
UPC
085391185710
Number of Discs
5
Disc Sides
5
Production Year
1982
Plot
A blend of science fiction and noir detective fiction, Blade Runner (1982) was a box office and critical bust upon its initial exhibition, but its unique postmodern production design became hugely influential within the sci-fi genre, and the film gained a significant cult following that increased its stature. Harrison Ford stars as Rick Deckard, a retired cop in Los Angeles circa 2019. L.A. has become a pan-cultural dystopia of corporate advertising, pollution and flying automobiles, as well as replicants, human-like androids with short life spans built by the Tyrell Corporation for use in dangerous off-world colonization. Deckard's former job in the police department was as a talented blade runner, a euphemism for detectives that hunt down and assassinate rogue replicants. Called before his one-time superior (M. Emmett Walsh), Deckard is forced back into active duty. A quartet of replicants led by Roy Batty (Rutger Hauer) has escaped and headed to Earth, killing several humans in the process. After meeting with the eccentric Eldon Tyrell (Joe Turkel), creator of the replicants, Deckard finds and eliminates Zhora (Joanna Cassidy), one of his targets. Attacked by another replicant, Leon (Brion James), Deckard is about to be killed when he's saved by Rachael (Sean Young), Tyrell's assistant and a replicant who's unaware of her true nature. In the meantime, Batty and his replicant pleasure model lover, Pris (Darryl Hannah) use a dying inventor, J.F. Sebastian (William Sanderson) to get close to Tyrell and murder him. Deckard tracks the pair to Sebastian's, where a bloody and violent final confrontation between Deckard and Batty takes place on a skyscraper rooftop high above the city. In 1992, Ridley Scott released a popular director's cut that removed Deckard's narration, added a dream sequence, and excised a happy ending imposed by the results of test screenings; these legendary behind-the-scenes battles were chronicled in a 1996 tome, Future Noir: The Making of Blade Runner by Paul M. Sammon. ~ Karl Williams, All Movie Guide
Special Features
Specific introductions to all Blade Runner versions by Ridley Scott
Disc 1:
The final cut (2007)
Disc 2:
Dangerous Days - Making Blade Runner: Definitie documentary incorporating outtakes, deleted scenes and all-new interviews. The ultimate look at the movie's difficult creation and controversial legacy
Dolby 2.0 audio
Disc 3:
Three complete archival versions -
1982 U.S. theatrical cut, 1982 international theatrical cut and 1992 director's cut, all seamlessly branched and separately available on one disc with introduction of each version by Ridley Scott. All versions digitally restored and remastered form original elements for enhanced picture and audio
Disc 4:
Audiovisual mosaic of more than a dozen segments chronicling aspects of the production, plus focuses on Syd Mead, Jordan Cronenweth, DVD restoration and vintage featurettes
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