Blade Runner Trivia Questions

Dick saw a 20-minute workprint of special effects and was thrilled. He died of a stroke in March 1982, just four months before the film's premiere.

No CGI was used. The iconic 2019 LA skyline was a massive miniature model with tiny windows lit from within, shot with smoke and long lenses.

Ford intentionally delivered a flat, bored reading of the narration, hoping the studio would scrap it. They used it anyway, and he still publicly criticizes it.

They famously clashed. Ford found Young's method acting exhausting, and she felt he was dismissive. Their on-screen tension is real, not romantic.

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

It was nominated for Best Visual Effects and Best Art Direction, but not for 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.

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.