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FAN CREATED Preservation efforts for the long OOP, NLA or broadcasted versions of BLADE RUNNER that are NOT available via a official release.
These titles were created by fans and for the fans, I will soon be uploading these titles for free upload via bittorrent and newsgroups ? I will create a TORRENT release thread here for you all, this way you will all be up to date on these works!
Blade Runner: The International Cut - DARK/SVN version
Dark Jedi Laserdisc transfer and Angrysvn DVD authoring
Running Time: 117 minutes
The original laserdisc was Criterion's number one selling title for more than a few years, now it?s been transferred to DVD. The International Cut contains graphic violence excluded from both the original theatrical version and the directors cut. The added violence makes this version about 15 seconds longer than the US theatrical release.
*Has the noir voice over by Deckard
*Batty sticks his thumbs in Tyrell's eyes, which bleed copiously.
*Pris lifts Deckard up by his nostrils when she beats him up.
*Deckard shoots Pris a third time.
*More of Pris kicking and screaming when she is shot by Deckard.
*Shows Roy actually pushing the nail through his hand.
*Has the happy ending.
- Angrysvn Release BLAX20
- 1 DVDr
- Fan Preservation
- Source: Criterion Laserdisc CVL # 69
- Widescreen
- Chapter Stops
Tech Specs
- 3.46gigs
- Video: 3-4 Mbps (average bitrate)
- Audio: Dolby Digital 2.0 (192 Kbps)
- DVD-Rom (soundtrack and more)
- Custom Cover art available
MENU SAMPLE of DARK/SVN BR Criterion LD transfer
On the Edge of Blade Runner - Angry/Citizen Version
Citizen VHS transfer and Angrysvn DVD authoring
Running Time: 52 min 14 sec
This fan created DVD features interviews with the films production staff, including Ridley Scott; who gives details into the creative process and turmoil during preproduction and stories from Paul M. Sammon and Fancher that provide insight into Philip K. Dick and the origins of Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? Through these interviews we get a sense of how difficult and frustrating the film was to make as a result of an exacting director without allies and hot, wet, smoggy conditions; which added to the high pressure atmosphere everyone increasingly felt as the film went over budget. There is also a tour of some locations, most notably the Bradbury Building and the Warner Brothers backlot that was the LA 2019 streets, which look very different from Ridley's dark version. The documentary then details the test screenings postproduction editing/changes (voice over and happy ending, deleted Holden hospital scene), special effects, soundtrack by Vangelis, and the unhappy relationship between the filmmakers and the investors; which culminated in Deeley and Ridley being fired but still working on the film. The question of whether or not Deckard is a replicant surfaces. After being a "disaster" in the box office (a financial loss initially) Blade Runner was reborn in the video rental market, and a great reception of a chance screening of Ridley's workprint at the Fairfax Theater, Los Angeles, in May 1990 led to Warner Bros. having the "Director's Cut" done by film archivist Michael Arick.
Produced in 2000 by Nobles Gate Ltd. for Channel 4 was directed by Andrew Abbott and hosted/written by Mark Kermode.
- Angrysvn Release BLAX24
- 1 DVDr
- Fan Preservation of OTA Broadcast
- Source: Home recorded VHS of OTA PAL broadcast
- Anamorphic Widescreen
Tech Specs
- 3.62gigs
- Video: 8.5-9 Mbps (average bitrate)
- Audio: Dolby Digital 2.0 (224 Kbps)
- DVD-Rom
- Custom Cover art available
One the Edge of BR Menu Sample
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Blade Runner: The Broadcast Version
OldBiff85 VHS transfer and Angrysvn DVD authoring
Running Time: 1 hr 54 min 24 sec
This is the original version as edited for it's broadcast television premiere in 1986, this DVD features a very clean VHS transfer sourced from a 3rd generation copy of the original ABC broadcast.
*Features rare narrator reading aloud the opening crawl
*All profanity removed by trimming dialogue.
*All nudity removed.
- Angrysvn Release BLAX28
- 1 DVDr
- Fan Preservation
- Source: Home recorded VHS of OTA Broadcast
- Fullscreen
Tech Specs
- 4.07gigs
- Video: 4-4.80 Mbps (average bitrate)
- Audio: Dolby Digital 5.1 (448 Kbps)
- DVD-Rom
- Custom Cover art available
MENU SAMPLE of BR - Broadcast Version
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