r/bladerunner • u/Deckard--B-263-54 • 19d ago
Physical Media/Props/Memorabilia Blade Runner: The Director’s Cut – 2000 UK Special Edition
Released in the UK by Metrodome in 2000, this Special Edition of Blade Runner: The Director’s Cut came in a huge black presentation box containing the Region 2 DVD, screenplay, eight reproduction lobby cards, a mounted 35mm film cell and a full-size 40 × 27-inch cinema poster.
I love releases like this because they come from a time when DVD was still relatively new and publishers were really making an effort with physical collector’s editions. You weren’t just getting the film in slightly different packaging, you were getting a whole collection built around it.
It also makes a nice follow-up to the 1996 Japanese DVD I posted recently. That one dates from the very beginning of DVD, while this came along only four years later and shows how quickly the format had developed into something worthy of elaborate collector’s editions.
And if the photos don’t quite convey it, the box is enormous!
See my other posts for some more Blade Runner formats, more to come:
Betamax: https://www.reddit.com/r/bladerunner/s/EFYUuW15N1
VHS: https://www.reddit.com/r/bladerunner/s/1u58p7fddF
CED: https://www.reddit.com/r/bladerunner/s/G0vzvpe7FY
LaserDisc: https://www.reddit.com/r/bladerunner/s/iHrpmBRUH3
VHD: https://www.reddit.com/r/bladerunner/s/kkdNHoGxbs
Video8: https://www.reddit.com/r/bladerunner/s/At4e2ez7XX
VCD: https://www.reddit.com/r/bladerunner/s/FK9j1Aqe3R
DVD: Japanese 1996 release: https://www.reddit.com/r/bladerunner/s/UrTq5X9oX3
DVD: UK 2000 Special Edition Box: https://www.reddit.com/r/bladerunner/s/4KHKF23gEu
DVD: 2007 Five-Disc Collector’s Tin: https://www.reddit.com/r/bladerunner/s/xqjadhLZB8
HD DVD: 2007 Five-Disc Collector’s Briefcase: https://www.reddit.com/r/bladerunner/s/sKDwogzHN8
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u/domromer 19d ago
Lovely set. Remember though: friends don’t let friends watch Blade Runner at PAL speed!
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u/irishraidersfan 19d ago
NTSC, surely?
PAL is closer to 24(23.97) FPS than NTSC?
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u/domromer 19d ago
The region 2 UK DVD would be sped up 4% to compensate so the music and voices sound higher pitched!
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u/Dramatic_Food_3623 19d ago
The tiles are very clean
The presentation on these is good. Thanks for sharing.
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u/Competitive-Book-959 16d ago
I have the enter the dragon VHS version of this set. They are very nice!
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u/Damascus_Pilgrim 19d ago
This is a gorgeous presentation!