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Harrison Ford stars in this fascinating, dark vision of the near future as a policeman who tracks engineered humans—a Blade Runner. In the year 2019, the police department forces Rick Deckard (Ford) out of retirement to hunt four genetically engineered humans who have come to earth. Designed to do difficult, hazardous work, the manufactured humans are stronger, faster, and smarter than nonengineered humans. They feel no pain or remorse; they are almost indistinguishable from other humans … and they are killing people. Now Deckard must stop them before they kill again. Based on the novel Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick, it received Academy Award nominations for Best Art Direction-Set Decoration and Best Effects, Visual Effects.

Image credit: Warner Bros. Classics

Did you know? 

  • Joanna Cassidy (Zhora) was at ease with the snake around her neck because it was her pet, a Burmese python named “Darling.”
  • The term “replicants” is used nowhere in Philip K. Dick’s writing. The creatures in the source novel are called “androids” or “andies.” The movie abandoned these terms, fearing they would sound comical spoken on-screen.
  • A female gymnast was hired as a stunt double for Daryl Hannah in the scene where Pris attacks Rick Deckard, but Director Ridley Scott rehearsed the scene so many times, that when they were ready to shoot the scene, she was too exhausted to do anything. The scene was filmed with a male gymnast that they had been able to track down during the lunch break.

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