Description Visually spectacular, intensely action-packed and powerfully prophetic since its debut, Blade Runner returns in Ridley Scott's definitive Final Cut, including extended scenes and never-before-seen special effects, now seen in sepcatacular hi-definition! In a signature role as 21st- century detective Rick Deckard, Harrison Ford brings his masculine-yet- vulnerable presence to this stylish noir thriller. In a future of high- tech possibility soured by urban and social decay, Deckard hunts for fugitive, muderous replicants - and is drawn to a mystery woman whose secrets may undermine his soul. This spectacular 5-Disc Set features all of the content of the standard definition Ultimate Collector's Edition. All five version of the legendary Sci-Fi film from Director Ridley Scott with all new 5.1 audio - the definitive Final Cut, three additional versions of the film, and the rare Work Print version - in addition to the in-depth feature length documentary "Dangerous Days", and one complete disc of bonus content including over 80-minutes of never- before-seen deleted scenes.
Product description In celebration of Blade Runner's 25th anniversary, director Ridley Scott has gone back into post production to create the long-awaited definitive new version. Blade Runner: The Final Cut, spectacularly restored and remastered from original elements and scanned at 4K resolution, will contain never-before-seen added/extended scenes, added lines, new and improved special effects, director and filmmaker commentary, an all-new 5.1 Dolby® Digital audio track and more. Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer, Edward James Olmos, Joanna Cassidy, Sean Young, and Daryl Hannah are among some 80 stars, filmmakers and others who participate in the extensive bonus features. Among the bonus material highlights is Dangerous Days, a brand new, three-and-a-half-hour documentary by award-winning DVD producer Charles de Lauzirika, with an extensive look into every aspect of the film: its literary genesis, its challenging production and its controversial legacy. The definitive documentary to accompany the definitive film version.
Disc One
RIDLEY SCOTT'S ALL-NEW "FINAL CUT" VERSION OF THE FILM
Restored and remastered with added & extended scenes, added lines, new and cleaner special effects and all new 5.1 Dolby Digital Audio. Also includes:
- Commentary by Ridley Scott
- Commentary by executive producer/co-screenwriter Hampton Fancher and co-screenwriter David Peoples; producer Michael Deely and production executive Katherine Haber
- Commentary 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
Disc Two
DOCUMENTARY DANGEROUS DAYS: MAKING BLADE RUNNER
A feature-length authoritative documentary revealing all the elements that shaped this hugely influential cinema landmark. Cast, crew, critics and colleagues give a behind-the-scenes, in-depth look at the film -- from its literary roots and inception through casting, production, visuals and special effects to its controversial legacy and place in Hollywood history.
Disc Three
1982 THEATRICAL VERSION
This is the version that introduced U.S. movie-going audiences to a revolutionary film with a new and excitingly provocative vision of the near-future. It contains Deckard/Harrison Ford's character narration and has Deckard and Rachel's (Sean Young) "happy ending" escape scene.
1982 INTERNATIONAL VERSION
Also used on U.S. home video, laserdisc and cable releases up to 1992. This version is not rated, and contains some extended action scenes in contrast to the Theatrical Version.
1992 DIRECTOR'S CUT
The Director's Cut omits Deckard's voiceover narration and removes the "happy ending" finale. It adds the famously-controversial "unicorn" sequence, a vision that Deckard has which suggests that he, too, may be a replicant.
Disc Four
BONUS DISC - "Enhancement Archive": 90 minutes of deleted footage and rare or never-before-seen items in featurettes and galleries that cover the film's amazing history, production teams, special effects, impact on society, promotional trailers, TV spots, and much more.
- Featurette "The Electric Dreamer: Remembering Philip K. Dick"
- Featurette "Sacrificial Sheep: The Novel vs. The Film"
- Philip K. Dick: The Blade Runner Interviews (audio)
- Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep Cover Gallery (images)
- The Art of Blade Runner (image galleries)
- Featurette "Signs of the Times: Graphic Design"
- Featurette "Fashion Forward: Wardrobe & Styling"
- Screen Tests: Rachel & Pris
- Featurette "The Light That Burns: Remembering Jordan Cronenweth"
- Unit photography gallery
- Deleted and alternate scenes
- 1982 promotional featurettes
- Trailers and TV spots
- Featurette "Promoting Dystopia: Rendering the Poster Art"
- Marketing and merchandise gallery (images)
- Featurette "Deck-A-Rep: The True Nature of Rick Deckard"
- Featurette "--Nexus Generation: Fans & Filmmakers"
Disc Five
WORKPRINT VERSION
This rare version of the film is considered by some to be the most radically different of all the Blade Runner cuts. It includes an altered opening scene, no Deckard narration until the final scenes, no "unicorn" sequence, no Deckard/Rachel "happy ending," altered lines between Batty (Rutger Hauer) and his creator Tyrell (Joe Turkell), alternate music and much more. Also includes:
- Commentary by Paul M. Sammon, author of Future Noir: The Making of Blade Runner
- Featurette "All Our Variant Futures: From Workprint to Final Cut"
Stills from Blade Runner (click for larger image)
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The definitive Blade Runner
The transfers are spectacular, and there's more versions of the movie included than you may ever decide to watch. Comes with a small plastic replica of the origami unicorn, and a toy version of Deckard's flying car. Also a lenticular image and a folder with pictures and notes.
If you've got room on your shelf, it's a must-have for film geeks.
Blade Runner - The Final Cut (Two-Disc Special Edition)
The cleaned up print made the rich blacks blacker and more foreboding. Truly a cinematic feat for the time. Still it is really unpeered in my opine. The extras are great too. The documentary Dangerous Days: Making Blade Runner is an approximately three and a half hour long documentary and included interviews with Harrison Ford, Sean Young, Rutger Hauer, Edward James Olmos, Jerry Perenchio, Bud Yorkin and Ridley Scott, and also contains several alternate and deleted shots within the context of the documentary itself. This is a must for any Blade Runner fan.
Quit Acting Like a 4 Year Old 
After the fanfare surrounding the 2007 Director's Cut release of Blade Runner, I said to myself, "How could I have never seen this film?" So I put it in my Netflix queue on Blu Ray at the end of last year and was informed of "a very long wait." So I added it to my Amazon wish list after seeing some of my Friends here praise the movie as classic.
But I never ultimately purchased the movie. There was just something...something not compelling. I changed my Netflix request from the Blu Ray version to the standard DVD version and still got the long wait message. So I left it that way and forgot about it. Lo and behold, Blade Runner arrived after almost a 90 day wait from the time I requested it.
Why that long-winded story above? Because it should speak volumes about how great this film is, right? Well, notttt really. What Blade Runner is...is a 'cult' classic. Which means there are a ton of fanatics that will want to crucify me for this review that suggests Blade Runner is a good movie...not a classic movie.
Sure I saw the 'visionary' aspect of the film. I saw the effects that were way ahead of their time. I saw the great package that was offered for this release...one that included 5-disks worth of material! But, color me shallow, I'm in it for the movie and its quality. Even the movies that I collect as classics 'in my book' are in my collection not because of hours of extras (in fact I rarely watch extras...maybe a making-of here or there *if* it promises to be short). I usually only *buy* a movie for my collection that blew me away. Getting blown away by a movie is the definition of a classic to me; a movie that had great 'vision' for its time to me is a movie that had great vision for its time...not a classic.
Blade Runner was a good movie. One that had an interesting visionary approach. The story was very cool. "Replicant", genetically engineered humans are man-made to perform menial tasks on "off-worlds" that ultimately revolt in an I, Robot kind of way. But Blade Runner had an odd pace, the action was reined in over dark, futuristic images, and the film seemed just discombobulated at times.
So I'll stop whining like a 4 year old now, and wrap this up by saying--again--Blade Runner was a *good* movie. But, man, you'd have to be a real die-hard to buy some 5-disk edition and watch not one, but three versions of this movie with hours and hours of extras.
Okay fans, you have three words for me, right?..."Time to die". Death by NO-vote.
Great Classic - Great Making Of...
Who doesn't love this movie? It is phenomenal; I don't need to tell you that. I loved the extensive making of and all the interesting facts and the trials behind making the film.
Worth the bucks.
Amazing Blu-ray transfer for a brilliant film
It took me a couple of viewings to really enjoy Bladerunner, but this new final cut won me over. The 1080p transfer is beautiful. I really can't believe the color looks as good a it does for something that was filmed in 1982. The visuals are still mind blowing, not to mention way ahead of it's time, and the cast couldn't be better. Though this film received little attention in the early 80's, it has stood the test of time. It took me an entire night just to get through half the interesting extras. Worth every penny spent on one of the best Sci-Fi films ever made!