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Dustin Hoffman was allegedly the original choice for the character of Deckard.  British visionary director Ridley Scott was actually a qualified technical illustrator before gaining an excellent reputation in the production of TV commercials. Having moved on to feature films, his talent for illustration proved invaluable when he was communicationg his unique vision to the rest of the production team. The debate on whether or not Deckard is a replicant is one of the most famous debates in cinematic history. In this debate things pointing to Deckard being a replicant are: 1) In the film 6 skin jobs are mentioned when only 5 are accounted for, that way leaving Deckard to be the 6th with fake memory implants of being a blade rummer. 2) He has the same obsession with photographs as the replicants. 3) In the Directors Cut there is a shot of him with glowing eyes like Rachels and the owls. 4) How does Gaff know about his dream of the unicorn unless its a memory implant? 5) When they ask him "Have you taken the test yourself?" 6) Ridley Scott says he is. Whereas Against: 1) Replicants are illegal so the police would not be using one. 2) Bryant hates replicants so why would he trust one? 3) If Deckard has memory implants why would he be given bad ones such as quitting. 4) He lacks the power of the other replicants. 5) The screenwriters and Harrsion Ford say he isnt! -Thanks to Rebecca VeightMy dad was the Art Director on this movie. His name is David L. Snyder, and he production designed a ton of 80's movies. He did "Summer School", "Back to School", "Pee Wee's Big Adventure", etc. He was nominated for an Academy Award for Bladerunner, but sadly lost the award to the Design team on Ghandi! In my opinion, that was a crime, as they did such an amazing job creating these sets, and Ghandi was basically location scouting! -Thanks to Amy TaylorBlade Runner was based loosely on author Philip K. Dick's legendary book "Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep" but the word 'loose' is the key here! Dick sadly died before the film was released but saw a rough version. He was alleged to be both pleased and very unhappy with the interpretation, depending on which historical version you believe. A great deal of mystique has grown up around the weapon that Deckard (Harrison Ford) carries to "retire" the replicants in the film. The weapon was originally referred to as the "PK-D Detective Special," but is now known universally as the "Blade Runner gun." According to the stamping on the original model, PK-D stands for "Pflage-Katsumata Model D," but this also stands for Philip K. Dick, a little bow to the original author, hidden in the film. -Thanks to Peter &Quot;James&Quot; BondThe Bradbury Building where the final scenes are set was used in another movie, "Murphy's Law" with Charles Bronson. -Thanks to Rogério BarbosaWhen Gaff and Deckerd take off in the spinner near the start of the movie, on the Right a sign fixed to the building says 'NUYOK' this is the same sign used on Leon's apartment building in reverse, when Deckerd visits the apartment the sign reads 'YUKON' -Thanks to Paul DowneyBack in the 90's, a bladerunner game was created for the PC. Most, if not all of the actors from the movie do voice overs for the game! The game basically is about another Bladerunner who is following the same case as Deckard is and at times Deckard is mentioned. A lot of the movie is faithfully recreated in the game and with five different endings available it really is enjoyable. -Thanks to KeithThe sets actually got some re-use when it came time for 70s & 80s rock icons Heart to shoot a video for their hit single 'Nothing At All'. -Thanks to Robert SprengerI am led to believe that the end scenes in the original version, which see Deckard and Rachel driving off along tree lined roads was footage left over from filming the opening of The Shining, when Jack is driving up to the Overlook hotel for his interview. -Thanks to JimIf you watch the death scene of Roy Batty, just after he saves Deckard and makes his 'Seen things' speech, he dies in a somewhat dramatic way, his head drops forward and the scene lingers on the rain drops washing over him... Well, if you watch the scene carefully I'm certain it's played backwards, in other words he actually lifts his head and opens his eyes. -Thanks to Harlen QuinnThe apartment building set used in Blade Runner and Heart vid was also in the Quantum Leap episode "Play It Again, Seymour." -Thanks to Bill CroninThe inspiration for the dirty industrial look of the film's futuristic cityscape was apparently inspired by the industrial estate around Birmingham's hellish-looking 'Spaghetti Junction' in England. -Thanks to Elsa GriffithsDirector Ridley Scott actually got the inspiration for the opening futurescape shots of LA from the industrial landscape of Teeside, UK, while driving to his hometown of Stockton-on-Tees. The two skylines look very similar! -Thanks to GemRutger Hauer bought a yacht with part of the salary he made on Blade Runner. He christened his ship (you guessed it) "The Bladerunner". -Thanks to Harry HolDuring the scene where Gaff (Olmos) comes to 'pursuade' Deckard to come with them to the police station, Gaff speaks in a strange language that they called "Cityspeak", an idea of Olmos himself. In reality, the launguage was Hungarian -and too obscene for me to translate here! -Thanks to Martino Succi« Click here to add some Blade Runner trivia  Find much more great trivia in the filmmaker's commentary on the Blade Runner DVD.Rediscover your favorites! If you like Blade Runner or 80's Sci-Fi / Fantasy classics, then be sure to check out this list: ..... Empire Strikes Back ..... Night of the Comet ..... Aliens ..... Back To The Future ..... Last Starfighter ..... Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home ..... Circuitry Man ..... Brazil ..... Thing ..... Star Trek 2: The Wrath of Khan ..... Return to Oz ..... Starman ..... Somewhere In Time ..... Strange Invaders ..... 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 Featured Movie Location: Sebastian's Apartment BuildingWanna see the real life filming location used for Sebastian's Apartment Building in the movie? These scenes were actually shot at The Bradbury Building, located in Los Angeles, S. California. [New! Show Google Map] The futuristic Cop precinct was filmed at the ever popular Union Station, 800 North Alameda Street, Los Angeles, CA. The cooly lit tunnel that Deckard goes through to get to his apartment after the interrogation at the Union Station location is the Second Street Tunnel - Between Figueroa and Hill streets... The filmmakers changed the light bulbs for the movie to colored ones. [Thanks to Donald] The Yukon Hotel was filmed at the Pan-Am Building, South Broadway (opposite the Bradbury Building used for Sebastian's apartment building) Deckard's Apartment was filmed at the Ennis Brown House, 2607 Glendower Avenue, Silverlake, Los Angeles, CA. No scenes were actually shot inside the Ennis-Brown house. The exterior of the house and Deckard driving into the courtyard were the only shots taken on the premises. All of the interior scenes in Deckard's apartment were filmed in a set built on the Warner Bros. backlot in Burbank. Syd Mead, "visual futurist" designed the apartment based on the overall look and feel of the Ennis Brown house. The interior of J.F Sebastian's house was also filmed on a set erected at Warner Bros. studios in Burbank. The same set was used for the interior shots of "Taffey Lewis'" bar, (or "Snake Pit" as it's originally refered to). [Thanks to Sebastian] The opening scene with the replicant looking over the city was apparantly inspired by the steel works in Teesside, England near where Ridley Scott grew up. [Thanks to Matty Guy] Can you help? Do you know any of the Los Angeles, S. California (or any other) filming locations used for Blade Runner? [Please send them in] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Because of strange contractual reasons the official soundtrack for Blade Runner, by talented electronic composer Vangelis, was not released until 1992, ten years after the movie premiered. In the meantime a vastly inferior orchestral version was all that was available.. Happily you can now buy the full, original version. « Click here to add new music trivia for Blade Runner Soundtrack Available: On CD | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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