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Blade Runner – The Final Cut (DVD, 2010, Canadian)
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Twenty-five years after the initial release of BLADE RUNNER, director Ridley Scott uses archival footage to re-create his original vision for the sci-fi classic. Based on a story by Philip K. Dick, the film is set in Los Angeles in 2019. Earth has become a polluted and miserable dystopia, and many people have fled to live “Off World” on other planets. This dreary vision of the future features replicants: lifelike robots built as slaves for human use. When a replicant escapes his owner, a “blade runner” is called in to hunt him down and kill him. Enter Harrison Ford as the retired blade runner Rick Deckard. He is pulled out of retirement to help catch four escaped replicants: Batty (Rutger Hauer), Leon (Brion James), Pris (Darryl Hannah), and Zhora (Joanna Cassidy.) Despite his distaste for the job, Deckard is soon hot on their heels, tracking them down one by one through the over-crowded, crumbling city streets. In the midst of his hunt, Deckard becomes involved with a beautiful replicant named Rachael (Sean Young). Rachel has fled her owner, and Deckard rightfully should kill her. However, the two fall in love, and after some startling revelations, they are both soon on the run from the very authorities that once employed Deckard.This final cut is a bleaker, more cynical version of an already dark film, which might explain why the studio insisted on a softer, more optimistic ending when it was first released. While some superfans might take issue with some of the revelatory new twists, they will no doubt delight in the quality of the digital restoration. The special effects were already impressive for 1982, but these new touch-ups give them a look that appears just as sharp and imaginative as the sci-fi films of today.$5.00 -
The Abyss (DVD, 2006, Widescreen) -NEW-
$9.99After a nuclear submarine mysteriously sinks in a remote part of the ocean floor, a team of divers on a prototype underwater oil rig are pressed into service by the U.S. Navy in a rescue attempt. When a hurricane cuts off contact between the surface and the underwater depths, the crew begin to see evidence of a strange, possibly alien intelligence at work. While chief Bud Brigman (Ed Harris) bickers with his ex-wife and boss (Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio), the Navy commander begins to grow increasingly paranoid about the mysterious alien life and threatens to use a recovered nuclear weapon to destroy everything. James Cameron’s undersea epic is a tale of sacrifice and hope in an amazing alien landscape that covers 2/3 of the Earth’s surface. Featuring landmark visual effects but plagued by production difficulties, the cast and crew were stretched to the breaking point and THE ABYSS became one of the most expensive films ever made in its time, but the final result is a remarkable blend of action and human drama. Scenes cut from the theatrical version, including a number of special effects sequences involving huge tidal waves threatening the cities of the world, are restored in the Special Edition versions.
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New- Return to the Planet of the Apes (DVD, 2006, 2-Disc Set)
$12.97An animated television series from 1975, RETURN TO THE PLANET OF THE APES originates from “La Plančte des Singes” (The Monkey Planet) by Pierre Boulle, the same source material as the classic Charlton Heston film. Three American astronauts are caught in a warp zone in outer space and arrive on an ape-ruled planet in the year 3979. Though those familiar with the Heston film will recognize the ape characters of Zira and Dr. Zaius, this ape world has more
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DirectorDoug WildeyEdition2-Disc SetFormatDVDMovie/TV TitleReturn to the Planet of the ApesGenreTV Shows, Sci-Fi & FantasyAdditional Product Features
Film CountryUSADisplay Format2-Disc SetNumber of Discs2Leading RoleTom Williams, Claudette Nevins, Richard BlackburnRelease Date2006100320th-century technology, such as automobiles and movie theaters.
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