The 30th anniversary of the release of Blade Runner is this year — the film opened in theaters June 25th, 1982 — and Warner Bros. is recognizing the occasion with a new Collector's Edition of the film … together with a new trailer (embedded below).
Directed by Ridley Scott and adapted from the classic sci-fi novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep by Philip K. Dick, Blade Runner has itself become a classic film, a blend of science fiction and crime noir included on many "best" lists.
Harrison Ford stars as Rick Deckard, a retired cop in Los Angeles circa 2019. L.A. has become a pan-cultural dystopia of corporate advertising, pollution and flying automobiles, as well as replicants, human-like androids with short life spans built by the Tyrell Corporation for use in dangerous off-world colonization. Deckard's former job in the police department was as a talented blade runner, a euphemism for detectives that hunt down and assassinate rogue replicants. After a quartet of replicants escape and head to Earth, killing humans in the process, Deckard is recalled to duty to track them down.
This Collector's Edition will include four cuts of the film: the original US theatrical 1982 version; the original international 1982 version, which is just a minute longer, extending by seconds a few action scenes; the 1992 "director's cut" version, which differs significantly from the original and is more of a director/studio compromise cut; and the 2007 "final cut" version, for which the director had complete artistic control and is probably best described as the "director's cut".
Four discs are included in this set. (1) The Blu-ray version of the final cut with introduction and commentary by Ridley Scott. (2) The first three cuts mentioned above, each with an introduction by Scott. (3) A large number of special features including an 8-part documentary on the making of the film, several original trailers and TV spots, deleted and alternate scenes with introduction by Scott, and much, much more. (4) The DVD version of the final cut with introduction and commentary by the director.
And there's more! An all new concept spinner car for your collection and a 72 page art production book with never-before-seen Ridley sketches, poster art and photos from the set.
The Blade Runner 30th Anniversary Collector's Edition comes out October 23rd, 2012 and may be pre-ordered.
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