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On the Edge of 'Blade Runner'

On the Edge of 'Blade Runner'

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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.

Date: 07/15/2000
Rating: 7.2
Cast: Mark Kermode, Brian Aldiss, Michael Arick, Joanna Cassidy, Michael Deeley, David Dryer, Hampton Fancher, Katherine Haber, Daryl Hannah, Rutger Hauer, James Hong, Syd Mead, Lawrence G. Paull, David Webb Peoples, Terry Rawlings, Paul Sammon, William Sanderson, Ridley Scott, David L. Snyder, Douglas Trumbull, Joe Turkel, M. Emmet Walsh, Bud Yorkin, Richard Yuricich, Philip K. Dick

Mark Kermode as Self - Presenter in On the Edge of 'Blade Runner' Mark Kermode

Brian Aldiss as Self in On the Edge of 'Blade Runner' Brian Aldiss

Michael Arick

Joanna Cassidy as Self in On the Edge of 'Blade Runner' Joanna Cassidy

Michael Deeley

David Dryer

Hampton Fancher as Self in On the Edge of 'Blade Runner' Hampton Fancher

Katherine Haber

Daryl Hannah as Self in On the Edge of 'Blade Runner' Daryl Hannah

Rutger Hauer as Self in On the Edge of 'Blade Runner' Rutger Hauer

James Hong as Self in On the Edge of 'Blade Runner' James Hong

Syd Mead as Self in On the Edge of 'Blade Runner' Syd Mead

Lawrence G. Paull

David Webb Peoples as Self in On the Edge of 'Blade Runner' David Webb Peoples

Terry Rawlings as Self in On the Edge of 'Blade Runner' Terry Rawlings

Paul Sammon

William Sanderson as Self in On the Edge of 'Blade Runner' William Sanderson

Ridley Scott as Self in On the Edge of 'Blade Runner' Ridley Scott

David L. Snyder as Self in On the Edge of 'Blade Runner' David L. Snyder

Douglas Trumbull as Self in On the Edge of 'Blade Runner' Douglas Trumbull

Joe Turkel as Self in On the Edge of 'Blade Runner' Joe Turkel

M. Emmet Walsh as Self in On the Edge of 'Blade Runner' M. Emmet Walsh

Bud Yorkin as Self in On the Edge of 'Blade Runner' Bud Yorkin

Richard Yuricich

Philip K. Dick as Self (archive footage) in On the Edge of 'Blade Runner' Philip K. Dick

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