Blade Runner
Ridley Scott, 1982
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
Philip K. Dick, 1968
Blade Runner is a movie directed by Ridley Scott in 1982 and based on the book Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick, first published in 1968. The movie features Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer, Sean Young, Edward James Olmos, M. Emmet Walsh, Daryl Hannah, and others.
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Storyline
In 2019 Los Angeles, former policeman Rick Deckard is detained by Officer Gaff, and brought to his former supervisor, Bryant. Bryant has Deckard meet with the CEO of the company that creates the replicants, Eldon Tyrell, so he can administer the test on a Nexus-6 to see if it works.
Movie vs Book
Year
1982
Minutes
117
Movie Rate
8.10
Source: IMDb
Year
1968
Pages
258
Book Rate
8.16
S: Goodreads
Book
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
Author: Philip K. Dick
Country: USA
First published in: 1968
Length: 258 pages
Genre: Fiction
Book series: Blade Runner
Other screen adaptations of the book
TV Series by Art Monterastelli
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“The job of the screenplay is to extract the essence of the story from the novel and reconfigure it for the screen maintaining its essence.”
BARRY EISLER (Writer)
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