Blade Runner
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Blade Runner is a 1982 science fiction film directed by Ridley Scott, starring Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer, Sean Young. It drew a wide audience and shaped its genre.
Plot
Blade Runner is a 1982 science fiction film directed by Ridley Scott from a screenplay by Hampton Fancher and David Peoples. Starring Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer, Sean Young, and Edward James Olmos, it is an adaptation of Philip K. Dick's 1968 novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? The film is set in a dystopian future Los Angeles of 2019, in which synthetic humans known as replicants are bio-engineered by the powerful Tyrell Corporation to work on space colonies. When a fugitive group of advanced replicants led by Roy Batty (Hauer) escapes back to Earth, former cop Rick Deckard (Ford) is recalled to hunt them down.
Production
Written by Hampton Fancher and David Webb Peoples, the film was produced by Shaw Brothers. Vangelis composed the score. Jordan Cronenweth handled the cinematography. The film runs 118 minutes. The crew and editing refined every shot.
Reception
On a budget of $28,000,000, Blade Runner grossed $41,722,424 worldwide at the box office. A critic consensus praised its screenplay and score.
Legacy
Blade Runner is part of the Blade Runner Collection franchise; its influence and legacy endure in later cinema.
See also
References
- "The 100 Greatest Films of All Time". topfilms100. Retrieved 30 June 2026.
- Ebert, Roger. The Great Movies. Broadway Books.
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