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Tarfumes.com - Blade Runner - The Final Cut (Two-Disc Special Edition)
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List Price: $20.97
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Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
Starring: Harrison Ford
Directed By: Ridley Scott
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Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0085391144823
Format: AC-3
Label: Warner Home Video
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
Number Of Items: 2
Publisher: Warner Home Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: 2007-12-18
Running Time: 117
Studio: Warner Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: 2007-12-18
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Editorial Reviews:
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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. 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 incredible 2-Disc Set features the definitive Final Cut of Ridley Scott's legendary Sci-Fi classic and the in-depth feature length documentary "Dangerous Days" and features all new 5.1 Audio.
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Summary: Absolute Ultimate
Comment: If you love Blade Runner like I do then this is a must have. I waited outside the store the day it was coming in, bought it, and no disappointment here. It's everything you can ask for from a box set (should I call it that?) and more. I love it and it is worth every penny I paid. If you are on the fence about purchasing this I say buy, buy, buy.
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Summary: Just for the hell of it
Comment: Not a bad thing, only buy if you are a collector of this sort of limited edition stuff that takes up lot`s of room for storage.
Films are fantastic
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Summary: The Blade Runner you have been waiting for
Comment: Back in the day when DVD was in it's infancy one of the very first films I purchased was Blade Runner. I told myself that I would not buy it again till a High Definition version appeared. And here it is in all it's 5 disc glory. Anybody who has a remote interest in film can't help but have this movie in their collection. It really is a true classic that helped define a genre, and is the bench mark to which many films seem to aspire. It's art direction characters and story are second to none and yet for a time it seemed we would never see the film that Ridley Scott intended. The production was fraught from the outset with script changes, the production losing its backers and studio meddling that led to a compromised film being shown in cinemas the first time round. Time however and hind sight has seen fit to bless Blade Runner and it's visionary director with cult status and we now have the final cut of the film approved by Ridley Scott himself.
Apart from the Final Cut of the movie this box set features all versions of the film that you could possibly want including the fabled and rarely seen Workprint. So for completists this box set is a must. I found the documentary Dangerous Days fascinating and it's a real eye opener to see how far ahead of it's time this film was. Indeed when you look at the budget this film had and what went on screen it's hard to see how todays movies cost the millions they do.
It goes without saying that the picture and audio quality of this movie are reference. When you have seen this movie on free to air ,dvd or even vhs it's like your getting a mere glimpse of the beauty this film has to offer. And if ever there was a movie that was worth the revisionist treatment then this one is it. Some people bemoan the fact that directors are now going back and digitally altering their movies and I have my reservations. Here the alterations are for the most part subtle and are there to enhance the quality of the presentation, to bring it up to date, and to fix stuff that just wasn't able to be fixed at the time it was made. But who cares with this 5 disc set you can have whichever movie you prefer. Who knows you might get to like a different version.
They just don't make them like this anymore, so you owe it to yourself to go get it.
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Summary: Blade Runner C.E. HD-DVD
Comment: The HD-DVD format may be headed for obscurity, but as long as my player lasts I will be enjoying these high definition renditions of the classic Blade Runner movie. A definite must have for the few who opted for a player with HD-DVD playback. The video quality of this title is every bit as sharp as my Blu-Ray movies.
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Summary: Simply A Beautiful Film
Comment: For me Blade Runner was a movie-lover's perfect escape, like stepping into someone elses dream. Quiet and effective, the soundtrack allowed me to become more emersed in the images of the story. I hear all the time that this film lacks relevance or meaning. I did see a few particular points that Ridley Scott, Philip K. Dick or David Peoples may have been going for. I like fantasy and science fiction and what I think both genres do best is exercise the imagination and inspire other story-tellers to do the same. I saw Blade Runner as a statement on where the country and perhaps the world might be heading in terms of population and population density, our right to privacy and dependence on technology as well as the judgement of its use. I think Blade Runner, like 2001: A Space Odyssey or A.I.: Artificial Intelligence or Minority Report, is merely a prediction of the future from a certain point of view, that's all. Its not a family flick or something you'd normally watch with your girl friend but best to watch by yourself because its the kind of film that requires that you concentrate on what the story is saying visually as much as verbally; there are many moments in which if you take your eyes off the screen for a split second, you could miss something important that the shot or scene was trying to convey. But anyway, Blade Runner is brilliant, its among the greatest science fiction films ever made and if you're reading reviews because you haven't seen it yet, don't believe the negative ones that no doubt are the consensus.
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