Blade Runner

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Original title: Blade Runner
Year: 1982
Running time: 117 min.
Country: United States
Director: Ridley Scott
Screenwriter: David Webb Peoples, Hampton Fancher (Novel: Philip K. Dick)
Music: Vangelis
Cinematography: Jordan Cronenweth
Cast: Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer, Sean Young, Daryl Hannah, Edward James Olmos, Joanna Cassidy, Brion James, Joe Turkel, M. Emmet Walsh, William Sanderson, James Hong, Morgan Paull, Hy Pyke
Producer: Warner Bros. / Ladd Company / Shaw Brothers
Genre: Sci-Fi. Action | Neo-noir. Futuristic Thriller. Cyberpunk. Dystopia. Robots. Cult Movie
Movie Groups: Philip K. Dick Adaptations | Blade Runner
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Synopsis / Plot: Rick Deckard (Harrison Ford) is 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.

Awards: 1982: 2 Nominations for Oscar: Best Art Direction, Visual Effects

1982: Nominated Golden Globes: Best Original Score - Motion Picture

1983: 3 BAFTA: Best Cinematography, Costume Design & Production Design. 8 nominations

1982: New York Film Critics Circle: Nominated for Best Cinematography

1982: Los Angeles Film Critics Association: Best Cinematography

Critics' reviews

"This is a seminal film, building on older classics like 'Metropolis' or 'Things to Come', but establishing a pervasive view of the future that has influenced science fiction films ever since. (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 4)"

Roger Ebert: rogerebert.com
"Ridley Scott created a triumph of retro-futuristic design over narrative or character richness. (...) Rating: ★★★½ (out of four)"

Michael Phillips: Chicago Tribune
"Science-fiction devotees may find 'Blade Runner' a wonderfully meticulous movie and marvel at the comprehensiveness of its vision (...) It's also a mess, at least as far as its narrative is concerned"

Janet Maslin: The New York Times
"A stylistically dazzling film noir set in November 2019 in a brilliantly imagined Los Angeles marked by both technological wonders and horrendous squalor."

Variety
"Admittedly, it's a film that will turn off many, but it will also bulge eyeballs and cause talk"

Robert Osborne: The Hollywood Reporter
"'Blade Runner' never feels heavy or pretentious -- only more and more engrossing with each viewing."

Rita Kempley: The Washington Post
"One of the most spellbinding 'looks' of any modern movie. Its script (...) was unusual. But its vision was unique: film noir cubed, science fiction a step beyond '2001'."

Michael Wilmington: Los Angeles Times
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