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| Title: | Blade Runner 2049 |
| Genres: | Sci-fi |
| Directed by: | Denis Villeneuve |
| Written by: | Hampton Fancher; Michael Green |
| Produced by: | Ridley Scott; Bud Yorkin; Bill Carraro; Tim Gamble; Frank Giustra; Asa Greenberg; Yale Badik; Ian McGloin; Val Hill; Dana Belcastro; Broderick Johnson; Andrew A. Kosove; Carl O. Rogers; Cynthia Sikes Yorkin; Steven P. Wegner; Donald L. Sparks |
| Music by: | Benjamin Wallfisch; Hans Zimmer |
| Cinematography: | Roger A. Deakins |
| Edited by: | Joe Walker |
| Production | |
| Distributed by: | Warner Bros. Alcon Entertainment Columbia Pictures Scott Free Productions Sony Pictures Entertainment |
| Released: | October 6th, 2017 |
| Rating: | R |
| Running time: | 164 min. |
| Country: | USA |
| Language: | English |
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Blade Runner 2049 is an American feature film of the science fiction and mystery genres. It is a sequel to the 1982 film Blade Runner. The movie was directed by Denis Villeneuve with a screenplay written by Hampton Fancher and Michael Green based on a story treatment by Fancher. It was produced by Alcon Entertainment, Scott Free Productions, and Columbia Pictures - a subsidiary of Sony Pictures Entertainment. It was distributed theatrically by Warner Bros. and premiered in the United States on October 6th, 2017. The film stars Ryan Gosling as KD6-3.7, who is a bio-genetically engineered humanoid called a Replicant. He works as a "Blade Runner" - a law-enforcement officer whose job is to capture and execute (or "retire") renegade Replicants. Through the course of his work, he discovers that a miracle child exists, who is the progeny of a human and a Replicant. KD6's investigation ultimately leads him to Rick Deckard - the original Blade Runner. Actor Harrison Ford reprises the role of Rick Deckard from the original film.
Plot[]
A Nexus-9 replicant designated KD6-3.7 is assigned the task of being a Blade Runner, which is to say, he is charged with hunting down and exterminating other replicants. After sanctioning a former soldier named Sapper Morton, KD6-3.7 learns that a miracle child had been born, which was the product of a human and a replicant.
In his efforts to investigate the existence of this child, KD6-3.7 begins to believe that he himself might be the hybrid son of former Blade Runner Rick Deckard and a deceased replicant named Rachael.
KD6-3.7 eventually tracks down Rick Deckard, but decides to turn against his overseers, who desire to see Deckard terminated as well. Deckard and KD6-3.7 are both captured by agents of a corporation led by Niander Wallace, but succeed in escaping. KD6-3.7 suffers a mortal injury, but manages to get Deckard to freedom so that he meet his human/replicant hybrid daughter, whom he has never met.
Cast[]
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Ryan Gosling | KD6-3.7 |
| Dave Bautista | Sapper Morton |
| Robin Wright | Lieutenant Joshi |
| Mark Arnold | Interviewer |
| Vilma Szécsi | Angry old lady |
| Ana de Armas | Joi |
| Wood Harris | Nandez |
| David Dastmalchian | Coco |
| Tómas Lemarquis | Fil clerk |
| Sylvia Hoeks | Luv |
| Edward James Olmos | Gaff |
| Jared Leto | Niander Wallace |
| Hiam Abbass | Freysa |
| Mackenzie Davis | Mariette |
| Krista Kosonen | Doxie #2 |
| Elarica Johnson | Doxie #3 |
| André Lukács Molnár | Memory child |
| István Göz | Scavenger #1 |
| Pál Nyári | Scavenger #2 |
| Joshua Tersoo Allagh | Scavenger #3 |
| Zoltán Béres | Scavenger #4 |
| Konstantin Pál | Scavenger #5 |
| Ferenc Györgyi | Scavenger #6 |
| Samuel Brown | Orphanage boy |
| Lennie James | Mister Cotton |
| Carla Juri | Doctor Ana Stelline |
| Kincsö Sánta | Birthday girl |
| Barkhad Abdi | Doc Badger |
| Harrison Ford | Rick Deckard |
| Ben Thompson | Elvis look-a-like |
| Suzie Kennedy | Marilyn look-a-like |
| David Benson | Liberace look-a-like |
| Stephen Triffitt | Sinatra look-a-like |
| Sean Young | Rachael |
| Loren Peta | Rachael performance double |
Notes[]
- Blade Runner is based on characters and concepts created by author Philip K. Dick. It was inspired by the novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, which was first published by Doubleday in 1968.
- Production on Blade Runner 2049 began on July 19th, 2016. Principal filming concluded on November 22nd, 2016.
- Scenes of the Los Angeles city streets were actually shot in New York City, New York.
- There are a total of thirty-six credited cast members in this film.
- Blade Runner 2049 grossed $32,753,122 over its opening weekend. It had a production budget of $150,000,000. It grossed $92,054,159 over its entire domestic run, $167,185,499 internationally, and had a worldwide gross of $259,239,658.
- Blade Runner 2049 was released on Blu-ray, Blu-ray 3D, Region 1 DVD and in 4K by Warner Bros. on January 16th, 2018. Special features on the Blu-ray release include a five-part "Blade Runner 101" featurette, a "Designing the World of Blade Runner 2049" featurette, and three prologue film shorts.
- There are three prologue film shorts that were made that take place within the thirty-year timespan between the two films. Blade Runner 2036: Nexus Dawn is a six-minute live-action short directed by Luke Scott and features actors Jared Leto and Benedict Wong. This is followed by Blade Runner 2048: Nowhere to Run, also directed by Luke Scott and stars Dave Bautista. This is followed by Blade Runner: Black Out 2022, directed by Shinichirô Watanabe, and is an anime short that runs 15-minutes long.
- A virtual reality video game called Blade Runner: Revelations was produced by Alcon Entertainment and Seismic Games in May, 2018 and is based on the franchise.
- Director of photography Roger Deakins is credited as Roger A. Deakins in this film.
- This is the first known acting work for Zoltán Béres.
Fun Facts[]
- The tagline to this film is "The key to the future is finally unearthed".
- The events of this year take place in the year 2049, as made obvious by the film's title. It occurs thirty years after the events of the first Blade Runner, which took place in 2019.
- The characters of Rick Deckard and Gaff are the only characters from the original Blade Runner to appear in this film as well. An argument could be made for Rachael appearing in both films, though the original character only appears courtesy of photographs and audio recordings.
- Sean Young is credited in this film, but does not make an actual appearance other than archival footage from the original Blade Runner. Scenes involving Rachael 2.0 were actually filmed using actress Loren Peta as a performance double.
- Another film that features holograms and also stars Dave Bautista is Hotel Artemis.
- Jared Leto's character, Niander Wallace, is the successor to Eldon Tyrell from the first movie, who was played by actor Joe Turkel.
- The holographic virtual reality scenes of Elvis Presley are taken from live footage from a performance at the International Hotel in Las Vegas in August, 1970.
Recommendations[]
- Alien
- Alita: Battle Angel
- Blade Runner
- Johnny Mnemonic
- Minority Report
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