BLADE RUNNER: THE FINAL CUT

Upon its release in 1982, Blade Runner opened to mixed reviews and middling box office in a cut that reeked of studio intervention. A decade later, Ridley Scott released a director’s cut that more closely aligned with his vision, and it was immediately hailed as a landmark work of cinema (this was followed by the 2007 final cut, Scott’s preferred version). A potent mix of film noir, science fiction, and dystopian drama, Blade Runner is an uncommonly intelligent work, written by Hampton Fancher and David Webb Peoples, that asks major philosophical questions about what makes human beings human.

Hampton Fancher is an actor, director, and screenwriter best known for writing BLADE RUNNER (also executive producer), THE MIGHTY QUINN, and BLADE RUNNER 2049, among many others.