 josh 
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Blade Runner : the Final Cut DVD details...
Now, the real reason I got up early and schlepped to this panel: Blade Runner: The Final Cut. It'll be out December 18th, and it's been eagerly awaited for years. Charlie has three discs worth of stuff to show us, and I'm gauging whether or not I can run up to the stage, grab the discs, and make it to the door before the security goona grab me. Anyhow, there are five versions of the film included in this set : the Final Cut: The Orginal Cut (with voiceover and happy ending): the International Cut; the 1992 Director's Cut, and the Work Print. Over 47 minutes of deleted scenes, things like unused Harrison Ford voiceover tracks, and more. There's also a three hour documentary included, called "Dangerous Days: Making Blade Runner" Well, I know where the money in my wallet is going.
Charlie got to wade through boxes and boxes of dailies from the film, unseen scenes, and a wealth of information. They produced the documentary, and got to talk to pretty much every that was ever involved with the film. When they interview Edward James Olmos, he says, "Did you get Harrison?" Well, the answer is yes. They did. They showed an extremely short clip of Harrison from the documentary saying "It was a bitch." Cue giant applause.
He also showed us some new and old footage from the movie, complete with some of the never-used Harrison Ford voiceover. It's totally like seeing a brand new movie. 95% of the scene was alternate takes, different angles, and new shots. Awesome stuff. He also pulled out a clip of the Joanna Cassidy scenes, which were reshot for this special edition. She was greenscreened into the special edition, and looks back in character, but sadly the DVD decided not to cooperate and we only saw a few seconds before it got chewed up. Still, I'm impressed that they shot new scenes for this. If you watch the original, you can see that there is clearly a stuntwoman playing Zhora in those scenes, and this is a great fix.
They also brought in Harrison Ford's son Benjamin Ford to reshoot the scene with Abdul Ben Assan, the snake dealer, which is famously out of sync. Hopefully this won't Star Wars: Special Edition-these up like Lucas did by adding in a CGI Jabba the Hutt, but so far it looks amazing.[ posted by josh at 07/27/2007 02:00:45 AM ] [ trackback ]
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