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Directed by Ridley Scott
Produced by Michael Deeley
Screenplay by
Based on Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
by
Philip K. Dick
Starring
Music by Vangelis
Cinematography Jordan Cronenweth
Edited by
Production
company
Distributed by Warner Bros.
Release date
Running time
117 minutes
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Country United States
[2][3]
Hong Kong
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Budget $28 million
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Box office $30.8 million
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Release[edit]
Blade Runner was released in 1,290 theaters on June 25, 1982. That date was chosen by producer
Alan Ladd Jr. because his previous highest-grossing films (
Star Wars and
Alien) had a similar opening date (May 25) in 1977 and 1979, making the 25th of the month his "lucky day".
[87] Blade Runner grossed reasonably good ticket sales in its opening weekend; earning $6.1 million during its first weekend in theaters.
[88] The film was released close to other major science-fiction and fantasy releases such as
The Thing,
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan,
Conan the Barbarian and
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, which affected its commercial success.
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Critical reception[edit]
Initial reactions among film critics were mixed. Some wrote that the plot took a back seat to the film's special effects, and did not fit the studio's marketing as an action/adventure movie. Others acclaimed its complexity and predicted it would stand the test of time.
[90]Negative criticism in the United States cited its slow pace.
[91] Sheila Benson from the
Los Angeles Times called it "Blade Crawler", and Pat Berman in
The State and
Columbia Record described it as "science fiction pornography".
[92] Pauline Kael praised
Blade Runner as worthy of a place in film history for its distinctive sci-fi vision, yet criticized the film's lack of development in "human terms".
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Academics began writing analyses of the film almost as soon as it was released,
[94] and the boom in home video formats helped establish a growing cult around the film,
[95] which scholars have dissected for its dystopic aspects, its questions regarding "authentic" humanity, its ecofeminist aspects,
[96] and its use of conventions from multiple genres.
[97] Popular culture began to reassess its impact as a classic several years after it was released.
[98][99][100] Roger Ebert praised the visuals of both the original and the
Director's Cutversions and recommended it for that reason; however, he found the human story clichéd and a little thin.
[29] He later added
The Final Cut to his "Great Movies" list.
[101] Critic Chris Rodley and
Janet Maslin theorized that
Blade Runner changed cinematic and cultural discourse through its image repertoire, and subsequent influence on films.
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