Blade Runner Trivia Questions

Dick saw a 20-minute reel of effects footage and was thrilled. He died of a stroke in March 1982, four months before the film's release.

The production built a detailed miniature city with forced perspective to create the illusion of vast scale, filmed with smoke and long lenses to enhance depth.

The two actors famously clashed on set; Ford found Young's method acting exhausting, and she felt he was dismissive. Their on-screen tension reflects real friction.

The studio forced a tacked-on happy ending using leftover footage from Stanley Kubrick's 'The Shining,' showing a green, unpolluted landscape.

Ford has stated in interviews that he tried to give a poor reading of the voiceover to discourage its use, but the studio included it anyway.

Scott has stated he believes Deckard is a replicant, but he also says the ambiguity is intentional and that the film is about the question, not the answer.

Blade Runner was nominated for Best Visual Effects and Best Art Direction, not Best Original Score. Vangelis was controversially not nominated.

Hauer heavily edited David Peoples' script, cutting it down and writing the final 'tears in rain' line himself, but the core speech was already there.