This is the one you've been begging us for, Vancouver! Join us for back-to-back screenings of Ridley Scott's BLADE RUNNER: The Final Cut followed by Denis Villeneuve's BLADE RUNNER 2049 on Wednesday, January 3.
Date/Time: Jan 3 2018, 6:15 pm to 9:00 pm
Vancouver, The Rio Theatre | Event calendarCost: $13.00
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Wednesday, January 3
Ridley Scott's BLADE RUNNER: THE FINAL CUT
Doors 5:45 pm | Movie 6:15 pm
Single BLADE RUNNER tickets $10 advance | $12 at the door
(Break)
Denis Villeneuve's BLADE RUNNER 2049
Movie 8:45 pm *Apx. Start time
Single BLADE RUNNER 20149 tickets $10 advance | $12 at the door
Why not make it a BLADE RUNNER + BLADE RUNNER 2049 Double Feature?
See both films for $13 advance | $15 at the door
In 2007 director Ridley Scott released BLADE RUNNER: The Final Cut, the “definitive” edition – the workprint feature version – which has since been remastered for theatrical release. Catch it in all its director approved, Friday Late Night, futuretastic, digital sci-fi glory on the big screen - the way nature intended. (Also: This is the last time - we'll be screening it for a while!)
In the year 2019, ex-detective Rick Deckard (Harrison Ford) is called out of retirement to track down and eliminate a team of humanoid androids that have escaped from an outer space mining colony and have taken refuge here on Earth. During his search for the fugitives, he discovers some disturbing secrets about the future plans of the androids' manufacturer, the Tyrell Corporation. Also starring Sean Young, Rutger Hauer, Edward James Olmos, Daryl Hannah.
"A visually remarkable, achingly human sci-fi masterpiece." (Rotten Tomatoes)
"This is perhaps the only science-fiction film that can be called transcendental." (Entertainment Weekly)
"A masterpiece of dystopian science fiction on film." (Daily Telegraph)
BLADE RUNNER (Ridley Scott, 1982 / 117 mins / 18A) | Deckard is forced by the police Boss to continue his old job as Replicant Hunter. His assignment: eliminate four escaped Replicants from the colonies who have returned to Earth. Before starting the job, Deckard goes to the Tyrell Corporation and he meets Rachel, a Replicant girl he falls in love with.
In 2017 Canadian director Denis Villeneuve unleashed one of the most anticipated sequels of all time, BLADE RUNNER 2049. Set thirty years after the events of Ridley Scott’s original BLADE RUNNER, the sequel follows a new blade runner, LAPD Officer K (Ryan Gosling), who unearths a long-buried secret that has the potential to plunge what’s left of society into chaos. K’s discovery leads him on a quest to find Rick Deckard (Harrison Ford), the former LAPD blade runner who has been missing for 30 years. With Jared Leto, Robin Wright.
“From the opening aerial shots, we know we are in the presence of a masterly visual tactician and a shrewd storyteller in the director, Denis Villeneuve.” (The New York Times)
“Visually stunning and narratively satisfying, BLADE RUNNER 2049 deepens and expands its predecessor’s story while standing as an impressive filmmaking achievement in its own right.” (Rotten Tomatoes)
BLADE RUNNER 2049 (Denis Villeneuve, 2017 / 164 mins / 14A) |Officer K, a new blade runner for the Los Angeles Police Department, unearths a long-buried secret that has the potential to plunge what’s left of society into chaos. His discovery leads him on a quest to find Rick Deckard, a former blade runner who’s been missing for 30 years.
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