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Seven different versions of [Ridley Scott](/wiki/Ridley_Scott "Ridley Scott")'s 1982 [science fiction film](/wiki/Science_fiction_film "Science fiction film") _[Blade Runner](/wiki/Blade_Runner "Blade Runner")_ have been shown, either to test audiences or theatrically. The best known versions are the _Workprint_, the _US Theatrical Cut_, the _International Cut_, the _Director's Cut_,[\[1\]](#cite_note-FutureNoir-p370-1) and the _Final Cut_. These five versions are included in both the 2007 five-disc Ultimate Collectors Edition and 2012 30th-Anniversary Collector's Edition releases.

There also exists the _San Diego Sneak Preview Cut_, which was only shown once at a preview screening and the _US Broadcast Cut_, which was edited for television broadcast. In the 2007 documentary _Dangerous Days: The Making of Blade Runner_, there is a reference to director [Ridley Scott](/wiki/Ridley_Scott "Ridley Scott") presenting an eighth version, a nearly four-hour-long "early cut", that was shown only to studio personnel. The following is a timeline of these various versions.

## Versions

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### Workprint prototype (1982)

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The [workprint](/wiki/Workprint "Workprint") version (1982, 113 minutes) was shown to test audiences in Denver and Dallas in March 1982. It was also seen in 1990 and 1991 in Los Angeles and San Francisco as an _Original Director's Cut_ without the approval of director [Ridley Scott](/wiki/Ridley_Scott "Ridley Scott"). Negative responses to the test previews led to the modifications resulting in the US theatrical version,[\[2\]](#cite_note-2) while positive response to the showings in 1990 and 1991 pushed the studio to approve work on an official director's cut.[\[3\]](#cite_note-3) This version was re-released as part of the five-disc Ultimate Edition in 2007 with a new transfer of the last known print in existence, with the picture and sound quality restored as much as possible. However, the result was still rough.

### San Diego sneak preview (1982)

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A San Diego sneak preview shown only once in May 1982.[\[4\]](#cite_note-4) This version is nearly identical to the 1982 US theatrical version, except that it included three additional scenes not shown before or since. These scenes were not part of the Final Cut version (2007) and include a scene introducing Batty in a VidPhon booth, a shot of Deckard reloading his gun after Batty broke his fingers, and a scene where Deckard and Rachael ride into the sunset.[\[5\]](#cite_note-5)

### US theatrical release (1982)

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The 1982 US theatrical version released by the studio included the "happy ending" as well as the addition of Harrison Ford's [voiceover](/wiki/Voiceover "Voiceover").[\[1\]](#cite_note-FutureNoir-p370-1)

Although several different versions of the script had included a narration of some sort to clarify the narrative, Harrison Ford and Ridley Scott had decided to add filmed scenes to provide the information. But financiers rewrote and reinserted narration during [post-production](/wiki/Post-production "Post-production") after test audience members indicated difficulty understanding the film. Scott did not have [final cut privilege](/wiki/Final_cut_privilege "Final cut privilege") for the version released to cinemas.[\[6\]](#cite_note-6) Ford said in 1999, "I contested it mightily at the time. It was not an organic part of the film."[\[7\]](#cite_note-7) It has been suggested that Ford intentionally performed the voice-over badly, in the hope it would not be used.[\[1\]](#cite_note-FutureNoir-p370-1) But in a 2002 interview with _[Playboy](/wiki/Playboy "Playboy")_, he said, "I delivered it to the best of my ability, given that I had no input. I never thought they'd use it. But I didn't try and sandbag it. It was simply bad narration."[\[8\]](#cite_note-playboyford-8)

The "Happy Ending" refers to the scene after Deckard and Rachael leave the apartment. Gaff spares Rachael's life, allowing her and Deckard to escape the nauseating confines of Los Angeles. They drive away into a natural landscape, and Deckard's voice-over narrative explains that Gaff's words ("It's too bad she won't live. But then again who does?") do not ring true, since Rachael does not have the four-year lifespan limit of the other replicants.[\[9\]](#cite_note-9)

The film's narration was captioned as an [internal monologue](/wiki/Internal_monologue "Internal monologue") in [the 1982 comic adaptation](/wiki/A_Marvel_Comics_Super_Special:_Blade_Runner "A Marvel Comics Super Special: Blade Runner") written by [Archie Goodwin](/wiki/Archie_Goodwin_(comics) "Archie Goodwin (comics)") and published by [Marvel Comics](/wiki/Marvel_Comics "Marvel Comics").[\[10\]](#cite_note-10)

### International theatrical release (1982)

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The International Cut (1982, 117 minutes)—also known as the "Criterion Edition" or unrated version—included three more violent action scenes than the US theatrical version. It was distributed in Europe, Australia, and Asia via theatrical and local [Warner Home Video](/wiki/Warner_Home_Video "Warner Home Video") releases. Although initially unavailable in the US, it was later released on [VHS](/wiki/VHS "VHS") and [The Criterion Collection](/wiki/The_Criterion_Collection "The Criterion Collection") laserdisc in North America and re-released in 1992 as a "10th-Anniversary Edition".[\[11\]](#cite_note-11)

### US broadcast version (1986)

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The US broadcast version (1986, 114 minutes) was the US theatrical version edited by television company [CBS](/wiki/CBS "CBS") to tone down the violence, profanity, and nudity to meet broadcasting restrictions.[\[12\]](#cite_note-Sammon,_pp._407-408_and_432-12)

### The _Director's Cut_ (1992)

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The Ridley Scott-approved Director's Cut (1992, 116 minutes)[\[13\]](#cite_note-EbertDC-13) was prompted by the unauthorized 1990 and 1991 theatrical release of the workprint version of the movie. The Director's Cut contained significant changes from the theatrical workprint version. Scott provided extensive notes and consultation to [Warner Bros.](/wiki/Warner_Bros. "Warner Bros."), although [film preservationist](/wiki/Film_preservation "Film preservation")/ [restorer](/wiki/Film_restoration "Film restoration") Michael Arick was put in charge of creating the Director's Cut.[\[14\]](#cite_note-Sammon,_pp._353,_365-14)

In October 1989, Arick discovered a [70mm](/wiki/70_mm_film "70 mm film") print of _Blade Runner_ at the [Todd-AO](/wiki/Todd-AO "Todd-AO") vaults while searching for soundtrack masters for other films.[\[15\]](#cite_note-c-beams-15) Some time later, the print was rediscovered by two film collectors at the same vault while searching for footage from _[The Alamo](/wiki/The_Alamo_(1960_film) "The Alamo (1960 film)")_.[\[16\]](#cite_note-16)

When the Cineplex Odeon Fairfax Theater in Los Angeles learned of this discovery, the theater management got permission from Warner Bros. to screen the print for a film festival set for May 1990. Until the screening, no one had been aware that this print was the workprint version. Owing to this surprise, Warner Bros. booked more screenings of the now-advertised "Director's Cut" of _Blade Runner_ in 15 US cities.[\[15\]](#cite_note-c-beams-15)

Ridley Scott publicly disowned this workprint version of the film as a "director's cut," citing that it was roughly edited and lacked a key scene, and the climax did not feature the score composed for the film by [Vangelis](/wiki/Vangelis "Vangelis"). (It featured a temporary track using [Jerry Goldsmith](/wiki/Jerry_Goldsmith "Jerry Goldsmith")'s score from _[Planet of the Apes](/wiki/Planet_of_the_Apes_(1968_film) "Planet of the Apes (1968 film)")_.) In response to Scott's dissatisfaction, Warner Bros. pulled theatrical screenings of the workprint in some cities, though it played at the NuArt Theater in Los Angeles and the [Castro Theatre](/wiki/Castro_Theatre "Castro Theatre") in San Francisco beginning in late 1991.[\[15\]](#cite_note-c-beams-15)

In response to the sold-out screenings of the workprint (and to screenings of the theatrical cut in [Houston](/wiki/Houston "Houston") and [Washington, D.C.](/wiki/Washington,_D.C. "Washington, D.C.")) and to the film's resurgent cult popularity in the early '90s, Warner Bros. decided to assemble a definitive director's cut of the film—with direction from Scott—for an official theatrical re-release in 1992.[\[15\]](#cite_note-c-beams-15) In addition to fleshing out several scenes,[\[13\]](#cite_note-EbertDC-13) three major changes were made to the original theatrical cut:

- The removal of Deckard's thirteen explanatory voice-overs.[\[13\]](#cite_note-EbertDC-13)
- The insertion of a dream sequence of a unicorn running through a forest at about the 42-minute mark.
- The removal of the studio-imposed "happy ending",[\[13\]](#cite_note-EbertDC-13) including some associated visuals which had originally run under the film's end-credits. In this version the film ends when the elevator doors close as Deckard and Rachael leave.

In 2000, Harrison Ford gave his view on the director's cut of the film, where he said that, although he thought it was "spectacular", it did not "move him at all". He gave a brief reason: "They haven't put anything in, so it's still an exercise in design."[\[17\]](#cite_note-fordbeneath-17)

In 2021, Ridley Scott said on [Marc Maron](/wiki/Marc_Maron "Marc Maron")'s [podcast](/wiki/WTF_with_Marc_Maron "WTF with Marc Maron") that the main incentive to alter the film was an idea for the sequel, which would reframe protagonist [Rick Deckard](/wiki/Rick_Deckard "Rick Deckard") as a replicant capable of reproducing.[\[18\]](#cite_note-18)

### _The Final Cut_ (2007)

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Ridley Scott's _Final Cut_ (2007, 117 minutes), or the _25th-Anniversary Edition_, briefly released by [Warner Bros.](/wiki/Warner_Bros. "Warner Bros.") theatrically on October 5, 2007, and subsequently released on DVD, HD DVD, and [Blu-ray](/wiki/Blu-ray "Blu-ray") in December 2007 (UK December 3; US December 18)[\[19\]](#cite_note-thedigitalbits-19) is the only version over which Ridley Scott had complete artistic control, as the _Director's Cut_ production did not place Scott directly in charge.[\[14\]](#cite_note-Sammon,_pp._353,_365-14) In conjunction with the _Final Cut_, documentary and other materials were produced for the home video releases, culminating in a five-disc "Ultimate Collector's Edition" release by [Charles de Lauzirika](/wiki/Charles_de_Lauzirika "Charles de Lauzirika").[\[20\]](#cite_note-hunt-20)

Scott found time in mid-2000 to help put together a final and definitive version of the film with restoration producer [Charles de Lauzirika](/wiki/Charles_de_Lauzirika "Charles de Lauzirika"), which was only partially completed in mid-2001 before legal and financial issues forced a halt to the work.[\[21\]](#cite_note-21)

After several years of legal disputes,[\[22\]](#cite_note-nytimes30-22) Warner Bros. announced in 2006 that it had finally secured full distribution rights to the film, and that there would be a three-stage release of the film:

1. A digitally remastered single-disc re-release of the 1992 director's cut was released on September 5, 2006 in the United States, on October 9, 2006 in Ireland and the UK, and in the following months in continental Europe. It contained a trailer for the final cut.
2. Ridley Scott's _Final Cut_ of the film began a limited theatrical release in New York and Los Angeles on October 5, 2007;[\[22\]](#cite_note-nytimes30-22) in Washington, D.C. at the [Uptown Theatre](/wiki/Uptown_Theater_(Washington,_D.C.) "Uptown Theater (Washington, D.C.)") on October 26, 2007; Chicago on November 2, 2007; in Toronto on November 9, 2007 at Theatre D Digital's Regent Theatre; [Sydney](/wiki/Sydney "Sydney"), Australia at the Hayden Orpheum on November 8, 2007; [Melbourne](/wiki/Melbourne "Melbourne"), Australia on November 15, 2007 at the [Astor Theatre](/wiki/Astor_Theatre,_Melbourne "Astor Theatre, Melbourne"); Brookline at the Coolidge Corner Theater on November 16, 2007 and Austin, Texas on November 18, 2007.
3. A multi-disc box set was released on the DVD, [HD DVD](/wiki/HD_DVD "HD DVD") and Blu-ray Disc formats.[\[23\]](#cite_note-brmoviecite-23)[\[24\]](#cite_note-scificite-24)

The five-disc set was released in Europe on December 3, 2007 and in the US on December 18, 2007. Two-disc and four-disc sets were also released, containing some of the features of the five-disc set.[\[25\]](#cite_note-25)[\[26\]](#cite_note-26)

On November 10, 2008, _The Final Cut_ premiered on [Syfy](/wiki/Syfy "Syfy").

A DVD featurette titled _All Our Variant Futures_ profiled the making of the _Final Cut_ version, including behind-the-scenes footage of Harrison Ford's son, Ben Ford, and the filming of new scenes for the _Final Cut_. According to the documentary, actress [Joanna Cassidy](/wiki/Joanna_Cassidy "Joanna Cassidy") made the suggestion to re-film Zhora's death scene while being interviewed for the _Dangerous Days: Making Blade Runner_ documentary, and footage of her making this suggestion is inter-cut with footage of her attending the later digital recording session.

_The Final Cut_ contains the original full-length version of the unicorn dream, which had never been in any version, and has been restored. Additionally, all of the additional violence and alternative edits from the international cut have been inserted.

_The Final Cut_ was re-released on [Ultra HD Blu-ray](/wiki/Ultra_HD_Blu-ray "Ultra HD Blu-ray") on September 5, 2017 (one month prior to the theatrical release of _[Blade Runner 2049](/wiki/Blade_Runner_2049 "Blade Runner 2049")_). This release includes standard Blu-ray editions of _The Final Cut_ along with the US theatrical cut, the international cut, and the Director's Cut, as well as the _Dangerous Days_ documentary on DVD.

## References

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01. ^ [_**a**_](#cite_ref-FutureNoir-p370_1-0) [_**b**_](#cite_ref-FutureNoir-p370_1-1) [_**c**_](#cite_ref-FutureNoir-p370_1-2)Sammon, Paul M. (1996). "XIII. Voice-Overs, San Diego, and a New Happy Ending". _Future Noir: the Making of Blade Runner_. London: Orion Media. p. 370. [ISBN](/wiki/ISBN_(identifier) "ISBN (identifier)") [0-06-105314-7](/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-06-105314-7 "Special:BookSources/0-06-105314-7").
02. **[^](#cite_ref-2)**Kaplan, Fred (September 30, 2007). ["A Cult Classic, Restored Again"](https://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/30/movies/30kapl.html). _New York Times_. Retrieved January 21, 2008.
03. **[^](#cite_ref-3)**Bukatman, p. 37
04. **[^](#cite_ref-4)**Sammon, pp. 306 and 309–311
05. **[^](#cite_ref-5)**["7\. US San Diego Sneak Preview (115 min) (Blade Runner Verainm)"](https://stason.org/TULARC/movies/blade-runner/7-US-San-Diego-Sneak-Preview-115-min-Blade-Runner-Versio.html). _stason.org_. Retrieved July 5, 2018.
06. **[^](#cite_ref-6)**Levine, Nick (September 13, 2016). ["Like Ridley Scott, the director of 'Blade Runner 2' does not have final cut"](http://www.nme.com/news/film/like-ridley-scott-the-director-of-blade-runner-2-d-871188). _NME_. Retrieved October 22, 2017.
07. **[^](#cite_ref-7)**["Harrison Ford's Blade Runner Gripe"](http://www.empireonline.com/News/story.asp?nid=14567). _Empire_. September 7, 1999. Retrieved February 22, 2007.
08. **[^](#cite_ref-playboyford_8-0)**Fleming, Michael (July 2002). ["The Playboy Interview"](https://web.archive.org/web/20071012034954/http://harrisonfordweb.com/Article/Miscellaneous/playboy_interview.php). _Playboy Magazine_. Archived from [the original](http://www.harrisonfordweb.com/Article/Miscellaneous/playboy_interview.php) on October 12, 2007. Retrieved February 22, 2007.
09. **[^](#cite_ref-9)**["Blade Runner: What's Up With the Ending?"](http://www.shmoop.com/blade-runner/ending.html). _www.shmoop.com_. Retrieved May 21, 2017.
10. **[^](#cite_ref-10)**Connolly, Spencer (May 8, 2022). ["Blade Runner's Forgotten Adaptation Fixes Its Most Hated 'Mistake'"](https://screenrant.com/blade-runner-cut-harrison-ford-narration-comic-adaptation/). _[Screen Rant](/wiki/Screen_Rant "Screen Rant")_. Retrieved May 9, 2022.
11. **[^](#cite_ref-11)**Sammon, pp. 326–329
12. **[^](#cite_ref-Sammon,_pp._407-408_and_432_12-0)**Sammon, pp. 407–408 and 432
13. ^ [_**a**_](#cite_ref-EbertDC_13-0) [_**b**_](#cite_ref-EbertDC_13-1) [_**c**_](#cite_ref-EbertDC_13-2) [_**d**_](#cite_ref-EbertDC_13-3)Ebert, Roger (September 12, 1992), ["Blade Runner: Director's Cut"](https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/blade-runner-directors-cut-1992), _rogerebert.com_, retrieved December 7, 2018
14. ^ [_**a**_](#cite_ref-Sammon,_pp._353,_365_14-0) [_**b**_](#cite_ref-Sammon,_pp._353,_365_14-1)Sammon, pp. 353, 365
15. ^ [_**a**_](#cite_ref-c-beams_15-0) [_**b**_](#cite_ref-c-beams_15-1) [_**c**_](#cite_ref-c-beams_15-2) [_**d**_](#cite_ref-c-beams_15-3)Turan, Kenneth (2006). "Now in Theaters Everywhere: A Celebration of a Certain Kind of Blockbuster" (pp. 15-17). [New York City](/wiki/New_York_City "New York City"): [PublicAffairs](/wiki/PublicAffairs "PublicAffairs"). [ISBN](/wiki/ISBN_(identifier) "ISBN (identifier)") [1-58648-395-1](/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-58648-395-1 "Special:BookSources/1-58648-395-1")
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Films

- _[Blade Runner](/wiki/Blade_Runner "Blade Runner")_ (1982)

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- _[Blade Runner 2: The Edge of Human](/wiki/Blade_Runner_2:_The_Edge_of_Human "Blade Runner 2: The Edge of Human")_ (1995)
- _[Blade Runner 3: Replicant Night](/wiki/Blade_Runner_3:_Replicant_Night "Blade Runner 3: Replicant Night")_ (1996)
- _[Blade Runner 4: Eye and Talon](/wiki/Blade_Runner_4:_Eye_and_Talon "Blade Runner 4: Eye and Talon")_ (2000)

Short films

- _[2036: Nexus Dawn](/wiki/2036:_Nexus_Dawn "2036: Nexus Dawn")_ (2017)
- _[2048: Nowhere to Run](/wiki/2048:_Nowhere_to_Run "2048: Nowhere to Run")_ (2017)
- _[Blade Runner Black Out 2022](/wiki/Blade_Runner_Black_Out_2022 "Blade Runner Black Out 2022")_ (2017)

Television series

- _[Blade Runner: Black Lotus](/wiki/Blade_Runner:_Black_Lotus "Blade Runner: Black Lotus")_ (2021–22)
- _[Blade Runner 2099](/wiki/Blade_Runner_2099 "Blade Runner 2099")_ (TBA)

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- [Rick Deckard](/wiki/Rick_Deckard "Rick Deckard")

Video games

- _[Blade Runner](/wiki/Blade_Runner_(1985_video_game) "Blade Runner (1985 video game)")_ (1985)
- _[Blade Runner](/wiki/Blade_Runner_(1997_video_game) "Blade Runner (1997 video game)")_ (1997)
- _[Blade Runner 2033: Labyrinth](/wiki/Blade_Runner_2033:_Labyrinth "Blade Runner 2033: Labyrinth")_ (upcoming)

Comics

- _[A Marvel Comics Super Special](/wiki/A_Marvel_Comics_Super_Special:_Blade_Runner "A Marvel Comics Super Special: Blade Runner")_
- _[Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?](/wiki/Do_Androids_Dream_of_Electric_Sheep%3F_(comic_book) "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (comic book)")_
- _[Dust to Dust](/wiki/Dust_to_Dust_(comic) "Dust to Dust (comic)")_

Universe

- [Penfield mood organ](/wiki/Penfield_mood_organ "Penfield mood organ")
- [Replicant](/wiki/Replicant "Replicant")
- [Spinner](/wiki/Spinner_(Blade_Runner) "Spinner (Blade Runner)")

Related

- _[Soldier](/wiki/Soldier_(1998_American_film) "Soldier (1998 American film)")_ (1998)

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