‘Blade Runner’ opens in the U.S. 30 years ago today (1982)


Video: 'Blade Runner' trailer

(Friday, June 25, 1982)Blade Runner, a science fiction film about an ex-cop who comes out of retirement in order to hunt down androids who are being reproduced for purpose of slavery, opened today in U.S. theaters.

Directed by Ridley Scott, the film stars Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer, Sean Young, Edward James Olmos and Daryl Hannah.