History Trivia / BladeRunner

** In the early 1970s, a relatively unknown young director named ''MartinScorsese'' was in line to direct the film.

* {{Defictionalization}}: Deckard's whiskey glasses and bottle, trenchcoat and even the tiles in his apartment have been made into real (albeit [[CrackIsCheaper insanely expensive)]] products. Even the [[http://www.thinkgeek.com/homeoffice/gear/d163/ neon light umbrellas]] are available from Thinkgeek (albeit the Thinkgeek versions are. more practical LED/fiber-optic rather then neon tubes).

* EnforcedMethodActing: The scene with Chew was shot in a freezer, and was ice cold, so the cast really were shivering.

* WordOfSaintPaul: Harrison Ford has stated that he believed Deckard to not be a replicant, as being one would undercut the theme of his character rediscovering his own humanity, and turns the man vs. machine climactic battle into a robot vs. robot fight. Ridley Scott on the other hand, claims that Deckard was always meant to be a replicant. After the DirectorsCut, HarrisonFord changed his stance, and now says Deckard is a Replicant.

* The police offices constructed in Union Station, Los Angeles for the filming still stand till today, in use as station offices. The crew was able to get a little bit of a discount if Union Station officials agreed to keep the set for practical use after filming was over.

* {{Defictionalization}}: * {{Defictionalization}}: Deckard's whiskey glasses and bottle, trenchcoat and even the tiles in his apartment have been made into real (albeit [[CrackIsCheaper insanely expensive)]] products. Even the [[http://www.thinkgeek.com/homeoffice/gear/d163/ neon light umbrellas]] are available from Thinkgeek (albeit the Thinkgeek versions are. more practical LED/fiber-optic rather then neon tubes).

* {{Defictionalization}}: The police offices constructed in Union Station, Los Angeles for the filming still stand till today, in use as station offices. The crew was able to get a little bit of a discount if Union Station officials agreed to keep the set for practical use after filming was over.

* Defictionalization: The police offices constructed in Union Station, Los Angeles for the filming still stand till today, in use as station offices. The crew was able to get a little bit of a discount if Union Station officials agreed to keep the set for practical use after filming was over.

* CelebrityVoiceActor: In the 1997 [[VideoGame/BladeRunner]], several characters are voiced by the actors who played them in the film.

** DustinHoffman was originally cast as Decker. Scott intended to subvert the typical image of the burly HardboiledDetective, and Hoffman would fit that well. This period of the film's pre-production got so far that even some of the early storyboards featured Hoffman's likeness on images of Deckard.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: This was offered to Creator/RalphBakshi. He passed on it, but recommended Ridley Scott for the director's chair. And the rest is history...

* TheRedStapler: Think those neon umbrellas look cool? [[http://www.thinkgeek.com/product/d163/ Well, now you can buy one of your own.]]

* ShoutOut: When Deckard goes to visit Zhora, he puts on a nasal, almost CampGay accent as a disguise, similar to what PhilipMarlowe does in both the book and movie versions of ''TheBigSleep''.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: This was offered to RalphBakshi. He passed on it, but recommended Ridley Scott for the director's chair. And the rest is history...

* HeyItsThatGuy: [[Series/BattlestarGalacticaReimagined Edward James Olmos]] in the role that made him famous (well, sort of) as Gaff. He only appears about three times, but he's got the [[ImpossiblyCoolClothes best outfit in the movie]] and gets one of its last, and best, lines. If [[spoiler:Deckard is a replicant himself]], Gaff is presumably his human handler and the model for some of his fake memories.

* WordOfSaintPaul: Harrison Ford has stated that he believed Deckard to not be a replicant, as being one would undercut the theme of his character rediscovering his own humanity, and turns the man vs. machine climactic battle into a robot vs. robot fight. Ridley Scott on the other hand, claims that Deckard was always meant to be a replicant.
** After the DirectorsCut, HarrisonFord changed his stance, and now says Deckard is a Replicant.

* WordOfSaintPaul: Harrison Ford has stated that he believed Deckard to not be a replicant, as being one would undercut the theme of his character rediscovering his own humanity, and turns the man vs. machine climactic battle into a robot vs. robot fight. Ridley Scott on the other hand, claims that Deckard was always meant to be a replicant.

* WordOfSaintPaul: Harrison Ford has stated that he believed Decker to not be a replicant, as being one would undercut the theme of his character rediscovering his own humanity, and turns the man vs. machine climactic battle into a robot vs. robot fight. Ridley Scott on the other hand, claims that Deckard was always meant to be a replicant.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: This was offered to RalphBakshi. He passed on it, but recommended Ridley Scott for the director's chair. And the rest is history...

* HeyItsThatGuy: [[Series/BattlestarGalacticaReimagined Edward James Olmos]] in the role that made him famous (well, sort of) as Gaff. He only appears about three times, but he's got the [[ImpossiblyCoolClothes best outfit in the movie]] and gets one of its last, and best, lines. If [[spoiler:Deckard is a replicant himself]], Gaff is presumably his human handler and the model for some of his fake memories.

* HeyItsThatGuy: [[BattlestarGalactica Edward James Olmos]] in the role that made him famous (well, sort of) as Gaff. He only appears about three times, but he's got the [[ImpossiblyCoolClothes best outfit in the movie]] and gets one of its last, and best, lines. If [[spoiler:Deckard is a replicant himself]], Gaff is presumably his human handler and the model for some of his fake memories.