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BLADE RUNNER1982

Blade Runner

Blade Runner
© Blade Runner Partnership

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Source of Film

SOURCE OF FILM

Do Androids Dream Electric Sheep? (1968)

Do Androids Dream Electric Sheep? was the 39th novel of Philip K. Dick (1928-1982), who wrote mostly in the science fiction genre.   He won the Hugo Award in 1963 for The Man in the High Castle, was nominated twice more and received 5 Nebula Award nominations, including one for Do Androids Dream Electric Sheep?.

He was impoverished for most of his life and died 3 months before Blade Runner, the first film adaptation of his work, was released.

Although the book had been optioned for film for several years, it was a screenplay version written by Hampton Fancher (1938- ) in 1977 that caught the interest of producer Michael Deeley.   David Peoples (1940- ) was brought in to re-write it.

Producer Detail

PRODUCER DETAIL

Director Detail

DIRECTOR DETAIL

Ridley Scott

Film Run-time and Synopsis

RUNTIME & SYNOPSIS

1 hour, 57 minutes

Director Ridley Scott's apocalyptic vision of a futuristic Los Angeles where a detective seeks to destroy a group of escaped cyborgs.

Film Awards

FILM AWARDS

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

OSCAR NOMINEE

British Academy of Film and Television Arts

BAFTA NOMINEE
WINNER

MPAA Rating

MPAA RATING

Rated R

Box Office Ranking

BOX OFFICE RANKING

  • 1982 Domestic Box Office Rank: #27U.S. flag

Theatrical Revenues

GROSS

  • (Adjusted Gross in $millions)
  • Domestic Theatrical Release:  $68.0U.S. flag

Original Film Distributor

DISTRIBUTOR

Film Run-time and Synopsis

RUNTIME & SYNOPSIS

1 hour, 57 minutes

Director Ridley Scott's apocalyptic vision of a futuristic Los Angeles where a detective seeks to destroy a group of escaped cyborgs.

Film Awards

FILM AWARDS

MPAA Rating

MPAA RATING

Rated R

Box Office Ranking

BOX OFFICE RANKING

  • 1982 Domestic Box Office Rank: #27U.S. flag

Theatrical Revenues

GROSS

  • (Adjusted Gross in $millions)
  • Domestic Theatrical Release:  $68.0U.S. flag

Original Film Distributor

DISTRIBUTOR