Blade Runner: The Final Cut - Ultimate Collector`s Tin Edition (5 Discs) (UK)

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Review of Blade Runner: The Final Cut - Ultimate Collector`s Tin Edition (5 Discs)
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Jitendar Canth

A chilling, bold, mesmerizing, futuristic detective thriller
Certificate: 15
Running Time: 678 mins
Retail Price: £29.99
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Content Type: Movie

Synopsis:
This is Blade Runner: The Final Cut, Ridley Scott`s definitive new version of his science-fiction masterpiece.

Rick Deckard (Harrison Ford) prowls the steel-and-microchip jungle of 21st-century Los Angeles. He`s a "blade runner" stalking geneticaly made criminal replicants. His assignment: kill them. Their crime: wanting to be human.

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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.

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.

Special Features:
Commentary on The Final Cut by Ridley Scott

Commentary by Executive Producer/ Co-Screenwriter Hampton Fancher and Co-Screenwriter David Peoples, Producer Michael Deely and production executive Katherine Haber

Commentaries 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

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.

Featurette The Electric Dreamer: Remembering Philip K. Dick

Featurette Sacrificial Sheep: The Novel vs. The Film

Philip K. Dick: The Blade Runner Interviews (Audio)

Featurette Signs of the Times: Graphic Design

Featurette Fashion Forward: Wardrobe & Styling

Screen Tests: Rachel & Pris

Featurette The Light That Burns: Remembering Jordan Cronenweth

Deleted & Alternate Scenes

1982 Promotional Featurettes
Trailers & TV Spots

Featurette Promoting Dystopia: Rendering the Poster Art

Featurette Deck-A-Rep: The True Nature of Rick Deckard

Featurette Nexus Generation: Fans & Filmmakers

Introduction by Ridley Scott on all five versions

Commentary on the Workprint by Paul M. Sammon, author of Future Noir: The Making of Blade Runner

Featurette All Our Variant Futures: From Workprint to Final Cut