Tribute to Rutger Hauer: Blade Runner, The Final Cut
As a tribute to the late Rutger Hauer (1944-2019), Lumière retakes Ridley Scott’s 1982 sci-fi masterpiece in this definitive version, with Hauer as a rebellious replicant.
In a signature role as 21st-century detective Rick Deckard, Harrison Ford brings his masculine-yet-vulnerable presence to this stylish noir thriller. In a future of high-tech possibility soured by urban and social decay, Deckard hunts for fugitive, muderous replicants – and is drawn to a mystery woman whose secrets may undermine his soul.
Having flopped in 1982, BLADE RUNNER took years to find an audience, and to find itself – this FINAL CUT strips the voice-over narration and the ambiguous ‘happy ending’ of the original.
Ridley Scott, USA, Hong Kong, UK, 1982, 117 min. English spoken, Dutch subtitles.
With Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer, Sean Young, Edward James Olmos, Daryl Hannah.