ORIGINAL SCRIPT for BLADE RUNNER RIDLEY SCOTT, HARRISON FORD SCI-FI FILM

Blade Runner - Screenplay by Hampton Fancher. Hollywood/Beverly Hills: Brighton Productions / William Morris Agency, July 24, 1980. Original 110 page working draft used by the William Morris Agency in casting or obtaining a crew position as the film production is being mounted. Bradbound in blue printed William Morris Agency covers. Blade Runner was directed by Ridley Scott, starring Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer, Sean Young, Joseph Turkel, Daryl Hannah, Joanna Cassidy, Edward James Olmos, M.

Emmet Walsh, and William Sanderson. This futuristic film tells the story of a group of renegade advanced design androids called'replicants' who, having discovered that their existences have built-in life-spans, seek out their creator, Dr. Tyrell, in an attempt to become reprogrammed for longer life.

All the while, they are being tracked down for destruction by a bounty hunter known as a'Blade Runner' (Ford) before they can do any serious damage. The film has gone through a number of revisions over the years and three feature film releases, including a'Director's Cut' in 1992 and a 25th anniversary release of a'Final Cut' remastered version in 2007. The film received two Oscar nominations in 1982 for Best Art Direction-Set Decoration and Best Effects, Visual Effects. It also received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Original Score - Motion Picture (Vangelis).

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