Movies, Books & Soundtrack: "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" SF Book by Philip K. Dick (1968) | "Blade Runner" SF Movie by Ridley Scott (1982) Vangelis Soundtrack
Philip K. Dick
"Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?"
(1968)
Ridley Scott
"Blade Runner"
(1982)
Vangelis Soundtrack
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (retitled Blade Runner: Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? in some later printings) is a dystopian science fiction novel by American writer Philip K. Dick, first published in 1968. The novel is set in a post-apocalyptic San Francisco, where Earth's life has been greatly damaged by a nuclear global war, leaving most animal species endangered or extinct. The main plot follows Rick Deckard, a bounty hunter who is tasked with "retiring" (i.e. killing) six escaped Nexus-6 model androids, while a secondary plot follows John Isidore, a man of sub-par IQ who aids the fugitive androids.
The book served as the primary basis for the 1982 film Blade Runner and many elements and themes from it were used in the film's 2017 sequel Blade Runner 2049.
Author Philip K. Dick
Country United States
Language English
Genre Science fiction, philosophical fiction, noir fiction
Publisher Doubleday
Publication date 1968
Media type Print (hardback & paperback)
Pages 210
Blade Runner
(1982)
Directed by Ridley Scott
Blade Runner is a 1982 science fiction film directed by Ridley Scott, and adapted by Hampton Fancher and David Peoples. Starring Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer, Sean Young, and Edward James Olmos, it is an adaptation of Philip K. Dick's 1968 novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? The film is set in a dystopian future Los Angeles of 2019, in which synthetic humans known as replicants are bio-engineered by the powerful Tyrell Corporation to work at space colonies. When a fugitive group of advanced replicants led by Roy Batty (Hauer) escapes back to Earth, burnt-out cop Rick Deckard (Ford) reluctantly agrees to hunt them down.
Blade Runner initially underperformed in North American theaters and polarized critics; some praised its thematic complexity and visuals, while others critiqued its slow pacing and lack of action. It later became an acclaimed cult film regarded as one of the all-time best science fiction films. Hailed for its production design depicting a decaying future, Blade Runner is a leading example of neo-noir cinema. The film's soundtrack, composed by Vangelis, was nominated in 1982 for a BAFTA and a Golden Globe as best original score.
The film has influenced many science fiction films, video games, anime, and television series. It brought the work of Philip K. Dick to the attention of Hollywood, and several later big-budget films were based on his work, such as Total Recall (1990), Minority Report (2002) and A Scanner Darkly (2006). In the year after its release, Blade Runner won the Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, and in 1993 it was selected for preservation in the U.S. National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". A sequel, Blade Runner 2049, was released in October 2017.
Directed by Ridley Scott
Screenplay by
Hampton Fancher
David Peoples
Based on Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
by Philip K. Dick
Produced by Michael Deeley
Staring:
Harrison Ford
Rutger Hauer
Sean Young
Edward James Olmos
Cinematography Jordan Cronenweth
Edited by
Terry Rawlings
Marsha Nakashima
Music by Vangelis
Production Companies
The Ladd Company
Shaw Brothers
Blade Runner Partnership
Distributed by Warner Bros.
Release date
June 25, 1982
Running time 117 minutes
Countries United States
Hong Kong
Language English
Budget $30 million
Box office $41.5 million
Seven different versions of Blade Runner exist as a result of controversial changes requested by studio executives. A director's cut was released in 1992 after a strong response to test screenings of a workprint. This, in conjunction with the film's popularity as a video rental, made it one of the earliest movies to be released on DVD. In 2007, Warner Bros. released The Final Cut, a 25th-anniversary digitally remastered version. This is the only version over which Scott retained artistic control.
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