Ridley ScottVisionary of a Terrible, Terrible Future Ridley Scott had already crafted a groundbreaking, visually impressive sci-fi masterpiece with Alien in 1979. But Alien was really more of a hor...

Hampton Fancher and David Webb PeoplesThe first screenwriter hired to work on Blade Runner was a dude named Hampton Fancher, who is known primarily for… writing Blade Runner. That's his one major...

The Ladd CompanyThe main producer for Blade Runner was a British guy named Michael Deeley, who also worked on the original Italian Job (1969) and The Deer Hunter (1978)—so he had some cred. Warne...

The movie was shot on 35mm film by cinematographer Jordan Cronenweth—which means it, you know, predates the digital revolution. Blade Runner has that classic pre-CGI look to it, and the futuristi...

A Dude, Not a BandIf you happened to watch the credits (and who doesn't, right?), you might have noticed that Vangelis composed the music for the film. That sounds like a band name—but it's not....

Despite its initially lukewarm reception, people eventually got pretty deep into Blade Runner. It spawned some knock-off book sequels and a couple of computer games, and let's not even get into how...