<P> Blade Runner is a 1982 American neo-noir science fiction film directed by Ridley Scott and starring Harrison Ford , Rutger Hauer , Sean Young , and Edward James Olmos . Written by Hampton Fancher and David Peoples , the film is a loose adaptation of the 1968 novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep ? by Philip K. Dick . It depicts a dystopian Los Angeles of 2019 in which genetically engineered replicants , which are visually indistinguishable from adult humans , are manufactured by the powerful Tyrell Corporation to work on off - world colonies . Those that escape and return to Earth are hunted down and `` retired '' by special police operatives known as Blade Runners . The story focuses on burnt - out expert Blade Runner Rick Deckard ( Ford ) , who reluctantly agrees to take on one more assignment to hunt down a group of recently escaped replicants led by Roy Batty ( Hauer ) . During his investigations , Deckard meets Rachael ( Young ) , an advanced replicant who causes him to question his attitude towards replicants . </P>
<P> Blade Runner is a 1982 American neo-noir science fiction film directed by Ridley Scott and starring Harrison Ford , Rutger Hauer , Sean Young , and Edward James Olmos . Written by Hampton Fancher and David Peoples , the film is a loose adaptation of the 1968 novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep ? by Philip K. Dick . It depicts a dystopian Los Angeles of 2019 in which genetically engineered replicants , which are visually indistinguishable from adult humans , are manufactured by the powerful Tyrell Corporation to work on off - world colonies . Those that escape and return to Earth are hunted down and `` retired '' by special police operatives known as Blade Runners . The story focuses on burnt - out expert Blade Runner Rick Deckard ( Ford ) , who reluctantly agrees to take on one more assignment to hunt down a group of recently escaped replicants led by Roy Batty ( Hauer ) . During his investigations , Deckard meets Rachael ( Young ) , an advanced replicant who causes him to question his attitude towards replicants . </P>
when did the original blade runner come out
when did the original blade runner come out
1982
1982