Blade Runner
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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) reluctantly agrees to hunt them down. Blade Runner initially underperformed in North American theaters and polarized critics; some praised its thematic complexity and visuals, while others critiqued its slow pacing and lack of action. The film's soundtrack, composed by Vangelis, was nominated in 1982 for a BAFTA and a Golden Globe as best original score. Blade Runner later became a cult film, and has since come to be regarded as one of the greatest science fiction films. Hailed for its production design depicting a high-tech but decaying future, the film is often regarded as both a leading example of neo-noir cinema and a foundational work of the cyberpunk genre. It has influenced many science fiction films, video games, anime, and television series. It also brought the work of Dick to Hollywood's attention and led to several film adaptations of his works. In 1993, it was selected for preservation in the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress. Seven different versions of Blade Runner exist as a result of controversial changes requested by studio executives. 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 films 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. The film is the first of the franchise of the same name. A sequel, titled Blade Runner 2049, was released in 2017 alongside a trilogy of short films covering the thirty-year span between the two films' settings. The anime series Blade Runner: Black Lotus was released in 2021.
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| Year | Award | Category | Nominee | Result |
| 1982 | British Society of Cinematographers | Best Cinematography | Jordan Cronenweth | Nominated |
| Los Angeles Film Critics Association | Best Cinematography | Won | ||
| 1983 | British Academy Film Awards | Best Cinematography | Won | |
| Best Costume Design | Charles Knode and Michael Kaplan | Won | ||
| Best Editing | Terry Rawlings | Nominated | ||
| Best Film Music | Vangelis | Nominated | ||
| Best Makeup and Hair | Marvin Westmore | Nominated | ||
| Best Production Design | Lawrence G. Paull | Won | ||
| Best Sound | Peter Pennell, Bud Alper, Graham V. Hartstone, and Gerry Humphreys | Nominated | ||
| Best Special Visual Effects | Douglas Trumbull, Richard Yuricich, and David Dryer | Nominated | ||
| Hugo Award | Best Dramatic Presentation | Won | ||
| London Film Critics' Circle | Special Achievement Award | Lawrence G. Paull, Douglas Trumbull, and Syd Mead | Won | |
| Golden Globe Awards | Best Original Score | Vangelis | Nominated | |
| Academy Awards | Best Art Direction | Lawrence G. Paull, David Snyder, and Linda DeScenna | Nominated | |
| Best Visual Effects | Douglas Trumbull, Richard Yuricich, and David Dryer | Nominated | ||
| Saturn Award | Best Director | Ridley Scott | Nominated | |
| Best Science Fiction Film | Nominated | |||
| Best Special Effects | Douglas Trumbull and Richard Yuricich | Nominated | ||
| Best Supporting Actor | Rutger Hauer | Nominated | ||
| Fantasporto | International Fantasy Film Award | Ridley Scott | Nominated | |
| 1993 | Fantasporto | International Fantasy Film Award | Best Film – Ridley Scott (Director's Cut) | Nominated |
| 1994 | Saturn Award | Best Genre Video Release | Blade Runner (Director's Cut) | Nominated |
| 2008 | Best DVD Special Edition Release | Blade Runner (5-Disc Ultimate Collector's Edition) | Won |
| Year | Presenter | Title | Rank | Refs |
| 2001 | The Village Voice | 100 Best Films of the 20th Century | 94 | |
| 2002 | Online Film Critics Society (OFCS) | Top 100 Sci-fi Films of the Past 100 Years | 2 | |
| Sight & Sound | Sight & Sound Top Ten Poll 2002 | 45 | ||
| 50 Klassiker, Film | — | |||
| 2003 | 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die | |||
| Entertainment Weekly | The Top 50 Cult Movies | 9 | ||
| 2004 | The Guardian, scientists | Top 10 Sci-fi Films of All Time | 1 | |
| 2005 | Total Film's editors | 100 Greatest Movies of All Time | 47 | |
| Time magazine's critics | "All-Time 100" Movies | — | ||
| 2008 | New Scientist | All-time favorite science fiction film (readers and staff) | 1 | |
| Empire | The 500 Greatest Movies of All Time | 20 | ||
| 2010 | Total Film | 100 Greatest Movies of All Time | — | |
| 2012 | Sight & Sound | Sight & Sound 2012 critics top 250 films | 69 | |
| Sight & Sound | Sight & Sound 2012 directors top 100 films | 67 | ||
| 2017 | Empire | The 100 Greatest Movies Of All Time | 13 | |
| 2022 | IGN | Top 25 Sci-Fi Movies of All Time | 2 | |
| 2022 | Sight & Sound | Sight & Sound 2022 critics top 100 films | 54 | |
| 2024 | Far Out Magazine | 10 most accurate movie psychopaths according to the FBI (replicant Leon Kowalski) | 8 | |
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