"Blade Runner" is a 1982 science fiction film directed by Ridley Scott, and written 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, burnt-out cop Rick Deckard (Ford) reluctantly agrees to hunt them down.

"Blade Runner" initially under-performed in North American theaters and polarized critics; some praised its thematic complexity and visuals, while others critiqued its slow pacing and lack of action. It later became a cult film, and has since come to be regarded as one of the all-time best science fiction films. Hailed for its production design depicting a high-tech but decaying future, "Blade Runner" is often regarded as both a leading example of neo-noir cinema as well as a foundational work of the cyberpunk genre. The film's soundtrack, composed by Vangelis, was nominated in 1982 for a BAFTA and a Golden Globe as best original score.

In 1993, it was selected for preservation in the U.S. National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".

A director's cut was released in 1992 after a strong response to test screenings of a workprint. This, in conjunction with the film's popularity as a video rental, made it one of the earliest movies to be released on DVD. In 2007, Warner Bros. released "The Final Cut", a 25th-anniversary digitally remastered version. This is the only version over which Scott retained artistic control.

Cast

• Harrison Ford as Rick Deckard
• Rutger Hauer as Roy Batty
• Sean Young as Rachael
• Edward James Olmos as Gaff
• M. Emmet Walsh as Bryant
• Daryl Hannah as Pris
• William Sanderson as J.F. Sebastian
• Brion James as Leon Kowalski
• Joe Turkel as Eldon Tyrell
• Joanna Cassidy as Zhora Salome
• James Hong as Hannibal Chew
• Morgan Paull as Dave Holden
• Hy Pyke as Taffey Lewis

Thanks to Wikipedia for the full write-up at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blade_Runner

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