Disc 1 – The Final Cut (2007):<\/p>\n
* Ridley Scott\u2019s definitive new version of his science-fiction masterpiece includes added & extended scenes, added lines and new and cleaner special effects.<\/p>\n
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Disc 2 – 3 Complete Film Versions:<\/p>\n
* \u201882 U.S. Theatrical version<\/p>\n
* \u201882 International Theatrical version<\/p>\n
* \u201892 Director\u2019s Cut<\/p>\n
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Disc 3 – \u201cDangerous Days: Making Blade Runner\u201d Documentary<\/p>\n
* Newly created documentary: Through interviews with the cast and crew, critics and colleagues, this feature-length documentary provides a mainstream-friendly yet meaningful in-depth look at Blade Runner\u2019s literary genesis, its challenging production and controversial legacy. When all is said and done, this will be the definitive documentary on the film.<\/p>\n
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Disc 4 \u2013 Enhanced Content Bonus: (TBC)<\/p>\n
* INCEPTION – Featurettes and galleries devoted to Philip K. Dick, the birth of Cyberpunk and adapting the novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep.<\/p>\n
* PRE-PRODUCTION – Featurettes and galleries devoted to script development, conceptual design and abandoned sequences.<\/p>\n
* PRODUCTION – Featurettes and galleries devoted to principal photography and locations.<\/p>\n
* POST-PRODUCTION – Featurettes and galleries devoted to deleted scenes, music and visual effects.<\/p>\n
* RELEASE – Featurettes and galleries devoted to marketing and reaction including Trailers, TV Spots and Promotional Featurettes<\/p>\n
* LEGACY – Featurettes and galleries devoted to the film\u2019s resurrection and impact.<\/p>\n
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Disc 5 – Work Print Version & Enhanced Content:<\/p>\n
* Including the rarely seen Work Print version and potentially the 52 min. Channel Four (UK) documentary which was the first serious documentary created for the film.<\/p>\n
Additionally, the set will come packaged in a limited \u201cBlade Runner\u201d briefcase holding the five-disc digipack with foil-enhanced and embossed slipcase. The goodies inside will include a lenticular motion image from the original feature, a collectible model spinner, an origami unicorn, a collection of photographs and a letter from Ridley Scott.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
I could do without the fancy briefcase packaging and the miscellaneous tchotchkes that come with it — all I’m really interested in is the actual DVDs — but I’m assuming that there will be a disc-only release at some point, as there has been with other high-end collector’s editions.<\/p>\n
My biggest concern, of course, is how the earlier versions of the film on Disc 2 have been handled, i.e., are they going to be in anamorphic widescreen so they’ll look right on my fancy HDTV? Or are they just perfunctory add-ons that will look no better than 15-year-old laserdisc copies, like some other<\/i> significant science-fiction movie whose original cut has not been properly respected? (Guess which one!)<\/p>\n
I haven’t been able to confirm one way or the other; however, I haven’t heard that they won’t<\/i> be in anamorphic, and the last DVD release of Ridley Scott’s Alien<\/i> — which also featured multiple cuts of that movie — included a very nice anamorphic transfer of the original theatrical cut, so it’s logical to assume that Scott will give the same consideration to Blade Runner<\/i> fans.<\/p>\n
As I’ve said before<\/a>, I really<\/i> wish G. Lucas would take note of how this set is being done and come off his high horse about the unrevised version of Star Wars<\/i>. But that’s probably about as likely as unicorns and flying cars, isn’t it?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Cyberpunkreview.com has posted the specs on the upcoming limited edition DVD super-set release that I’ve been talking about for months, and they are impressive indeed:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1035","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-film-studies"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jasonbennion.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1035","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jasonbennion.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jasonbennion.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jasonbennion.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jasonbennion.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1035"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.jasonbennion.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1035\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jasonbennion.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1035"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jasonbennion.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1035"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jasonbennion.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1035"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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