Blade Runner /
Los Angeles, 2019: Rick Deckard of the LAPD's Blade Runner unit prowls the steel & microchip jungle of the 21st century. His job is to track down and eliminate assumed humanoids known as 'replicants.' Replicants were declared illegal after a bloody mutiny on an Off-World Colony, a...
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| Format: | Video DVD |
| Language: | English French |
| Language Notes: | English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH). In English or French (disc 3 dubbed in Quebec) with optional subtitles in English, French or Spanish. |
| Edition: | Four-disc collector's ed. |
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| Summary: | Los Angeles, 2019: Rick Deckard of the LAPD's Blade Runner unit prowls the steel & microchip jungle of the 21st century. His job is to track down and eliminate assumed humanoids known as 'replicants.' Replicants were declared illegal after a bloody mutiny on an Off-World Colony, and are to be terminated upon detection. He wants to get out of the force, but is drawn back in when 6 "skin jobs," the slang for replicants, hijack a ship back to Earth. The city that Deckard must search for his prey is a huge, sprawling, bleak vision of the future. |
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| Item Description: | Title from container. Based on the novel "Do androids dream of electric sheep?" by Philip K. Dick. Originally released as a motion picture in 1982. Special features: Disc 1: New footage and special effects never before seen; introduction by director Ridley Scott; three filmmaker commentaries, including one by Ridley Scott ; Disc 2: Definitive documentary incorporating outtakes; deleted scenes; all-new interviews; the ultimate look at the movie's difficult creation and controversial legacy. Special features: Disc 3: All seamlessly branched and separately available on one disc with introductions of each version by Ridley Scott; all version digitally restored and remastered ; Disc 4: Audiovisual mosaic of segments chronicling aspects of the production; focuses on Syd Mead, Jordan Cronenweth; DVD restoration; vintage featurettes. Videorecording. |
| Physical Description: | 4 videodiscs (117 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Format: | DVD, region 1, widescreen (letterbox, enhanced) presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround (all film versions), Dolby Digital stereo. surround (Disc 3). |
| Audience: | MPAA rating: R; violence and brief nudity. |
| Production Credits: | Director of photography, Jordan Cronenweth ; original music composer, Vangelis ; visual effects, Douglas Trumbull. |
| ISBN: | 1419850032 9781419850035 |