On the Edge of 'Blade Runner'

On the Edge of 'Blade Runner'

7.2

2000-07-15

This is the rare UK Channel 4 documentary about Blade Runner, giving insights into it's history with interviews of Ridley Scott, the writers and nearly all the cast. Interviews with production staff, including Ridley, give details into the creative process and turmoil during preproduction. Stories from Paul M. Sammon and Fancher provide insight into Philip K. Dick and the origins of Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? Interweaved are cast interviews with the notable exceptions of Harrison Ford and Sean Young. Through these interviews we get a sense of how difficult and frustrating the film was to make as a result of an exacting director without allies and hot, wet, smoggy conditions; which added to the high pressure atmosphere everyone increasingly felt as the film went over budget. There is also a tour of some locations, most notably the Bradbury Building and the Warner Brothers backlot that was the LA 2019 streets, which look very different from Ridley's dark version.

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This is the rare UK Channel 4 documentary about Blade Runner, giving insights into it's history with interviews of Ridley Scott, the writers and nearly all the cast. Interviews with production staff, including Ridley, give details into the creative process and turmoil during preproduction. Stories from Paul M. Sammon and Fancher provide insight into Philip K. Dick and the origins of Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? Interweaved are cast interviews with the notable exceptions of Harrison Ford and Sean Young. Through these interviews we get a sense of how difficult and frustrating the film was to make as a result of an exacting director without allies and hot, wet, smoggy conditions; which added to the high pressure atmosphere everyone increasingly felt as the film went over budget. There is also a tour of some locations, most notably the Bradbury Building and the Warner Brothers backlot that was the LA 2019 streets, which look very different from Ridley's dark version.

Released

2000-07-15

Runtime

52

Director

Andrew Abbott

Budget

$0

Revenue

$0

Genres

Documentary

TV Movie

Language

English

Production

Channel 4 Television

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    Mark Kermode

    Mark Kermode
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    Brian Aldiss

    Brian Aldiss
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    Michael Arick

    Michael Arick
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    Joanna Cassidy

    Joanna Cassidy
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    Michael Deeley

    Michael Deeley
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    David Dryer

    David Dryer
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    Hampton Fancher

    Hampton Fancher
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    Katherine Haber

    Katherine Haber
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    Daryl Hannah

    Daryl Hannah
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    Rutger Hauer

    Rutger Hauer
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    James Hong

    James Hong
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    Syd Mead

    Syd Mead
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    Lawrence G. Paull

    Lawrence G. Paull
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    David Webb Peoples

    David Webb Peoples
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    Terry Rawlings

    Terry Rawlings
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    Paul Sammon

    Paul Sammon
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    William Sanderson

    William Sanderson
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    Ridley Scott

    Ridley Scott
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    David L. Snyder

    David L. Snyder
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    Douglas Trumbull

    Douglas Trumbull
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    Joe Turkel

    Joe Turkel
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    M. Emmet Walsh

    M. Emmet Walsh
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    Bud Yorkin

    Bud Yorkin
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    Richard Yuricich

    Richard Yuricich
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    Philip K. Dick

    Philip K. Dick