Category: Blade Runner News

Blade Runner Trilogy: 25th Anniversary

A press release can now be found over at Elsewhere complete with track listings for the three CD’s that this anniversary edition consists off.
All three of the cd’s have 12 tracks.
The first CD is the “old” release of Vangelis Blade Runner Soundtrack.
The second CD consists of previously unreleased + bonus material.
The third and final disc will be of real interest to Vangelis fans – as it contains an entire album of newly written material composed by Vangelis to mark the 25th anniversary of Blade Runner. The music is strong and flowing, and retains the dark, atmospheric sense of the original score. There are some intriguing spoken word contributions too, from Ridley Scott, Roman Polanski, Oliver Stone and a host of distinguished actors, personalities and world dignitaries.
Source: Elsewhere

Vangelis New Blade Runner Release

Elsewhere shares some of the rumors about what Vangelis’ next Blade Runner release really is.
It seems like it will be a deluxe set commemorating the 25’th anniversary of Blade Runner, it will be a three CD package containing

  • The old release (1994) of the soundtrack
  • One disc with never before officially released music from Blade Runner
  • One disc with music made for the film but not used or released before

Sounds like an great release doesnt it. It’s expected to be released in December.
Im sure Elsewhere will have more information when it’s available so if youre interested (which I hope you are) keep an eye Elsewhere for the latest news on anything Vangelis related.
source: Elsewhere

Official Blade Runner site update

Warner Bros. Official Blade Runner Website has been updated with movie clips from “Dangerous Days: Making Blade Runner” and many other clips for you to enjoy. You can also now find the dates and locations if you want to know where “BR:TFC” (Blade Runner: The Final Cut) will be showing at the cinema (hopefully near you).
You can also find new desktop backgrounds, images and there’s also a new chapter from Paul M. Sammon in the history section, you can either read it online or download this chapter as a PDF document


Click to open the official website in a new browser window

Upcomming screenings in US

The Digital Bits have found the schedule for the upcomming screenings of Blade Runner: The Final Cut at The official FC website. I just visited and found nothing (It’s a very hard site to browse around in IMHO). Some of the screenings are expected to be in 2K resolution digital projection where available, information on where you can catch such a screening is to be found below.

Blade Runner: The Final Cut Cinema Screenings – USA
Date Location
10/26 Seattle (Cinerama, Seattle – 35mm)
Washington D.C. (Uptown, D.C. – 35mm)
Portland (Cinema 21, Portland – 35mm)
Salt Lake (Gateway Megaplex, SLC – Digital)
11/2 Chicago (Music Box, Chicago – 35mm)
Santa Barbara (Arlington, Santa Barbara – Digital)
Baltimore (Landmark Harbor East, Baltimore – Digital)
11/9 Boston (Coolidge Corner, Brookline – 35mm)
11/16 Detroit (Main Art, Detroit – 35mm)
11/18 Austin (Paramount, Austin – 35mm)
11/30 San Francisco (Embarcadero, San Francisco – 35mm)
Dallas (The Inwood, Dallas – 35mm)
Minneapolis (Uptown, Minneapolis – 35mm)
12/7 Denver (The Landmark @ Greenwood Village – Digital)
Philadelphia (The Ritz 5, Philadelphia – 35mm)
12/25 Boston (The Brattle, Cambridge – 35mm)
1/2’08 Austin (The Paramount, Austin – 35mm)
1/4’08 Nashville (The Belcourt, Nashville – 35mm)
1/18’08 Durham (Carolina, Durham – 35mm)
2/1’08 Columbus (Drexel Gateway, Columbus – 35mm)
2/15’08 San Francisco (Castro, San Francisco – 35mm)
2/29’08 Sacramento (Crest, Sacramento – 35mm)

For new dates or changes, visit The official website or check the local listings.
Source: The Digital Bits

Zonadvd.com on R2 Blade Runner: Ultimate Collectors Edition

zonadvd.com once again reports more about the R2 (european) 5 discs set. Some more detailed pictures of what’s included can be found here.
They also report what languages, audiotracks and subtitles will be included :

Audiotracks Subtitles
English 5.1 English
English SDH
Spanish 5.1 Spanish
German 5.1 German
German SHD
Pole 2.0 Pole
Norwegian
Danish
Swedish
Finnish

Thanks to Alejandro Espinar whom reported this
Source: Alejandro Espinar

Blade Runner & THE JULES VERNE AWARD EVENT

The JULES VERNE ADVENTURE FILM FESTIVAL Celebrates BLADE RUNNER 25th Anniversary with the Cast and the Film makers Sunday December 9th, 5PM, at the Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles
The unique Red Carpet night, to not only honour, but to celebrate the artistic vision of the film’s legendary film-makers, and the major restoration efforts behind the new 25th anniversary “Final cut” with a Special Jules Verne Award presentation to the film makers. This one night only event will take place on Sunday December 9th, 5PM, at the Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles. The new cut of the film will be screened under the most optimum conditions, amidst a turnout of the film-makers and the key cast. This will be a “hot ticket” event with limited seats being available for purchase from www.jvaff.org
More info on Blade Runner and the event from julesvernefestival.com
Source: Rémi Jacquot/JVA & julesvernefestival.com

More European (R2) Collectors edition (5-disc)

Update
Alejandro Espinar from Spain was kind enough to send me an email with some information on the European (R2) Collectors Edition (Yes, the 5-disc set) of Blade Runner: The Final Cut that is to be found on zonadvd.com. It seems like there will be a release with the briefcase and for the first time it will also be dubbed into Spanish. Besides the Spanish dubbed version this seems exactly as the same release as in USA.
Release date is set to 11’th of December 2007 and the recommended price is 60 Euro
I hope that this European release will be the same in all the European countries.
Source: Alejandro Espinar, ZonaDVD

City Speak #1 (1982 Fanzine)

Im very pleased to be able to present the first copy of CITYSPEAK, an fanzine published back in December 1982 by the fans for the fans. The editor and publisher Sara Campbell sadly died in 1985 after publishing three issues of Cityspeak. Cityspeak is very interesting reading and even thou it was released in 1982 when Blade Runner had its original premiere it shows that the fans back then have the had the same ideas and thoughts about Blade Runner as we, the fans have today.
The fanzine can be downloaded in Portable Document Format (PDF) for personal & private use only and is not to be sold (The PDF is watermarked). If you need to download a PDF reader, visit and download the latest version of Adobe Reader


Download the first issue of Cityspeak

Thanks to Andy for making this available and letting me make it available on-line for others to enjoy.
Source: Andrew Pokon