Category: Blade Runner News

I meet Mr. Rutger Hauer during the “Scandinavian Sci-Fi, Game & Toy Convention” which was held in Stockholm last month. I also had the pleasure to see a 20’th anniversary screening of Blade Runner and take part of a Q&A about Blade Runner with Mr. Hauer. You can read all about it here. Pictures will be added in a week or two.

If you’re in Sweden on the 26’th & 27’th of October this is something you don’t want to miss..
The Scandinavian Sci-Fi, Game & Toy Convention starts on the 26’th of October at Sollentuna Mässan in Stockholm, Sweden. Guests at the convention are: Rutger Hauer (Blade Runner), Jeremy Bulloch (Star Wars) and Kenny Baker (Star Wars).
There will also be an special 20th anniversary screening of “Blade Runner” with Rutger Hauer on the 26’th of October at the Focus Cinema. Before the screening Mr. Hauer will hold an introductory presentation. After the film there will be a Q&A session with the audience, where you can put your questions directly to Mr. Rutger Hauer!
The convention will basically consist of:

• Actors meeting fans and signing photos.
• Various merchandise being sold and demonstrated.
• Exhibition of genuine props & costumes from the following films, among others:

For more information about the convention & the 20’th anniversary screening of Blade Runner, click here
Be sure to come back for my report on the convention and to the 20’th anniversary screening of Blade Runner.
Source: Propworld

The Blade Runner end theme has once again been the subject of being remixed, this time by a german duo called “Taurus Vs Laurent”. You can find a short mp3 sample of the song here
Source: Elsewhere

This just in.. As part of the Scandinavian Sci-Fi, Game & Toy Convention there will be a special screening of Blade Runner on Saturday the 26’th of october at 20:30 with Rutger Hauer being special guest. Before the screening a short introduction will be held by Rutger Hauer and afterwards there will be a 45 minute Q&A session with Mr. Hauer where you can get your questions answered. There is a limited number of tickets (100) being sold now and there will be 80 more released at the convention.
The screening will take place in “Focus Biografen” in Hagsätra. For more information on the convention, click on the link below

More Info both in Swedish and English Here

Source: Propworld

2002-09-06 – Rutger Hauer visits Sweden
Rutger Hauer will visit The Scandinavian Sci-Fi, Game & Toy Convention in Stockholm, Sweden on the 26’th and 27’th of october. Jesper Isberg, whom I interviewed about collectiong memoribilia is one of the people behind this convention. On the convention you can see props from such movies as “Star Wars”, “Aliens”, “Indiana Jones”, “Lord of the rings” and other titles, Jesper has told me that hopefully something from “Blade Runner” also will show up, but nothing is so far decided. Other actors then Rutger Hauer to appear is Jeremy Bulloch (Boba Fett) and Kenny Baker (R2-D2) both from the Star Wars movies. All money that is earned from the signing will go to Rutger Hauer’s StarFish Foundation, so not only will you get an autograph from the man who is Roy Batty but you will also support a good cause.

For more information on the convention, please go here

Source: Scandinavian Sci-Fi, Game & Toy Convention

Netrunner of BRmovie.com has done an very interesting interview with the author of “Future Noir – The making of Blade Runner” (AKA “The Blade Runner Bible”).
The author of Future Noir, Paul M. Sammon, chats with Netrunner about Blade Runner, Phillip K Dick, Ridley Scott, Sammon’s book “Future Noir” and a whole lot more..
This is an interview that’s not to be missed.
You can find the interview here

Source: The alt.fan.blade-runner newsgroup

Harrison Ford recently did two interviews, one with Newsday.com in which Ford for once talks nicely about Blade Runner.
Ford says:

“It’s something I just don’t do … I don’t think I’ve ever seen any of my films all the way through. I remember the experience, or working on certain projects, some more than others. Sometimes I’ll just accidentally catch something on TV and I’ll feel pleased that it’s there. Just recently I saw a few moments of “Blade Runner,” which I’d never liked in its first version because I hated the voice-over narration. But with this director’s cut, I feel a lot better about it than I once did.

You can find the complete interview here.
The other interview was done for Washington Post, you can find that interview here.
Source:Bladezone’s Off-World News

Blade Runner – The Directors Cut will be shown in the Imax Ciname in London at the following dates (All in June):
Friday 21’st (21:00)
Saturday 22’nd (21:00)
Sunday 23’rd (21:00)
Other movies that will be screened is The Alien Trilogy and The Matrix. The movies will NOT be shown in true Imax format, they will only be shown on a portion of the full Imax screen. You can find out more at the After Dark: classic films at the bfi London IMAX webpage.
Source: Valis Zebra

Have you signed the online petition for an updated and more complete Blade Runner soundtrack ?
A few months back I started an online petition campaign to get Vangelis and Warner Bros. (and everyone else involved) to release an updated and more complete version of The Blade Runner Soundtrack. You can read and sign the petition here.
Warner Bros. has taken notice of this campaign and if we get enough signatures then who knows, maybe we could get an updated version of Vangelis soundtrack. Admit that having the music from the Taffey Lewis bar scene on the Soundtrack would be pretty neat.
If you run a website and want to support and help me out with this campaign, please visit my local campaign page and link to the campaign by using one of the banners that can be downloaded and used to support this campaign.