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Due October 23
The #1 Sci-Fi Film
of All Time[1] Celebrates 30th Anniversary with
NEW Commemorative Gift Set October 23!
BLADE RUNNER 30th ANNIVERSARY
COLLECTORS EDITION
4-DISC BLU-RAY + DVD COMBO PACK + UV
Warner Home Video Gift Set with New Collectible Memorabilia,
Including 72-Page Production Art Book, Hi-Definition Photo Gallery,
New Commemorative Spinner Car Replica and More
Final Cut Feature with all Bonus Content from Acclaimed 25th
Anniversary Ultimate Collectors Edition
Burbank, CA. (July 17, 2012) Blade Runner (Presented
by Jerry Perenchio and Bud Yorkin; A Michael Deeley-Ridley Scott production) is
one of the most important science-fiction movies of the 20th
century. The film, starring Harrison Ford, has had immeasurable influence on
society, and its futuristic depiction of a post-apocalyptic, dystopian world
makes it perhaps more powerful and relevant today than when it was made.
Produced by Michael Deeley and directed by Sir Ridley Scott (a three-time Best
Director Oscar nominee for Gladiator, Thelma & Louise and
Black Hawk Down) Blade Runner, a Ladd Company release in
association with Sir Run Run Shaw, has appeared on more Top Five sci-fi lists
than any other film.
In celebration of its 30th anniversary, Warner Home Video (WHV) will end the
films moratorium with the debut of a beautiful new commemorative 4-Disc
Blu-ray + DVD Combo Pack which also includes an Ultra Violet
(UV) copy of The Final Cut feature. This comprehensive gift set edition
includes The Final Cut version of the feature presented on both Blu-ray
and DVD, as well as the other four versions: 1992 Directors Cut, Domestic and
International Theatrical versions, and the rare Workprint feature
version previously only available in the 25th Anniversary Ultimate
Collectors Edition. The set also boasts never-before-seen production photos
with more than 1,000 archival images presented in hi-definition, a 72-page
production art book with printed versions of the newly discovered art, a
collectible Spinner car replica from an official concept sketch conceived by Blade
Runners visual futurist Syd Mead, and collectible motion lenticular card.
In addition, included are all 10+ hours of bonus content from the critically
acclaimed 2007 Ultimate Collectors Edition.
Blade Runner 30th Anniversary Collectors Edition will
be available in two stunning editions-- 4-Disc Blu-ray + DVD Combo Pack
with UV ($64.99 SRP) and a Three Disc Blu-ray Book
($34.99 SRP).
About Blade
Runner
Blade Runner made its first appearance in U.S.
theaters on June 25, 1982, dazzling audiences with its stylish, brooding look
into the future. From its intelligent, provocative story line to its stunning
camera work and state-of-the art special effects, the film opened the door to a
new view of tomorrow in addition to prefiguring important concerns of the 21st
century, such as globalization, urban decay, global warming, over-population
and genetic engineering.
Set in a multi-ethnic, overcrowded, high-tech city of the future, Blade
Runner was also a benchmark in costume and production design and helped
spawn a new genre/lifestyle -- neo-noir cyberpunk which has flourished in
todays mainstream society and is reflected in all facets of entertainment,
design and fashion trends.
In Blade Runner, genetically manufactured beings called
"replicants" are built to do dangerous and degrading work on Earth's
"Off-World colonies." Physically identical to adult humans, yet much
more powerful, a group of replicants hides in Los Angeles after a bloody
mutiny.
Heading the all-star cast, many in career-expanding roles, is Harrison Ford as
Rick Deckard, a special police "blade runner" assigned to hunt down
and kill the escapees. Also starring are Sean Young as Rachael, Deckard's
replicant lover; Edward James Olmos as Gaff, a mysterious fellow policeman;
Daryl Hannah as Pris and Joanna Cassidy as Zhora, two beautiful yet murderous
replicants; and Rutger Hauer as Roy Batty, the replicant leader who challenges
Deckard's ideas of what it is to be human.
Blade Runner was adapted from the novel "Do Androids Dream
of Electric Sheep?" by acclaimed science-fiction author Philip K. Dick.
Hollywood has since discovered this eclectic author in full force, and some of
the films adapted from Dick's works include Minority Report, A
Scanner Darkly, Next, and Total Recall, among others, grossing
millions of dollars worldwide. But it was Blade Runner that
started it all. The film was nominated for 2 Academy Awards -- for
Best Art Direction and Best Visual Effects. Oscar- winning composer Vangelis
(Music [Original Score], for Chariots of Fire, 1981) created the musical
score.
The multiple "Top Ten" lists Blade Runner has
consistently placed high on are: #1 on Wired Magazine's list[2], and the
English Scientists/Guardian Science List made it the #1 sci-fi film of all
time[3] based on surveys with 60 scientists. It is #3 on Entertainment Weekly's
"best sci-fi movies and TV shows of the past 25 years,"[4] and is
also #3 on SFX Magazine's list.[5]
Jerry Perenchio and Bud Yorkin present A Michael Deeley-Ridley Scott
Production: Harrison Ford in "Blade Runner," starring Rutger
Hauer, Sean Young and Edward James Olmos. The screenplay is by Hampton Fancher
and David Peoples and the executive producers are Brian Kelly and Hampton
Fancher. Visual effects are by Doug Trumbull; the director of photography is
Jordan Cronenweth; and the associate producer is Ivor Powell. The original
music is composed by Vangelis. "Blade Runner" is produced by Michael
Deeley and directed by Ridley Scott. The film is a Ladd Company release in
association with Sir Run Run Shaw. Distributed by Warner Bros. A Time Warner
Entertainment Company.
Disc Content and Special Features:
Disc 1The Final Cut
Introduction to the Final
Cut by Director Ridley Scott
Disc 2
Ridley Scott Introduction
to the 1982 Theatrical Cut
Ridley Scott Introduction
to the 1982 International Theatrical Cut
Ridley Scott Introduction
to 1991 Directors Cut
Disc 3
- Dangerous Days: The Making
of documentary
- Featurette The Electric
Dreamer: Author Philip K. Dick
- Featurette Sacrificial
Sheep: The Novel vs. The Film
- Philip K. Dick: The Blade
Runner Interviews (Audio)
- Featurette Signs of the
Times: Graphic Design
- Featurette Fashion Forward:
Wardrobe and Styling
- Screen Tests: Rachael and
Pris
- Featurette The Light That
Burns: Remembering Jordan Cronenweth
- Deleted and Alternate Scenes
- 1982 Promotional Featurettes
- Trailers and TV Spot
- The rare Workprint Feature
Version
- Introduction by Ridley Scott
- Commentary by Future Noir
Author Paul M. Sammon
- All Our Variant Futures
- Syd Mead Gallery
Disc 4
- Commentary by Director Ridley
Scott
- Commentary by Executive
Producer/ Co-Screenwriter Hampton Fancher and Co-Screenwriter David
Peoples; Producer Michael Deely and production executive Katherine Haber
- Commentaries by visual
futurist Syd Mead; production designer Lawrence G. Paull, art director
David L. Snyder and special photographic effects supervisors Douglas
Trumbull, Richard Yuricich and David Dryer
3-Disc Blu-ray Book will include Discs 1-3 only.
BLADE RUNNER
30th ANNIVERSARY COLLECTORS EDITION
Street Date: October 23, 2012
Pre-Order Due Date: September 18, 2012
Rated "R" - Widescreen 16x9, Color
BLADE RUNNER: 30TH COLLECTORS EDITION (4-DISC BD +
DVD Combo)
$64.99 SRP
Catalog # 1000313560
Feature Run Time: 117:30 Mins.
BLADE RUNNER: ULTIMATE COLLECTORS EDITION (3-Disc Blu-ray Book)
$34.99 SRP
Catalog # 1000313554
Feature Run Time: 117:30 Mins.
[2] The Wired Sci-Fi Top 20 (2002)
[3] “Scientists vote Blade Runner best sci-fi film of all time,” The Guardian (2004)
[4]“The Sci-Fi 25: The Genre's Best Since 1982,” Entertainment Weekly (2007)
[5] “Serenity named top sci-fi movie,” BBC News (2007)
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