Hampton Fancher wrote the first draft of a screenplay of Philip K. Dick's Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep in 1978. The 1979 second-draft screenplay was given the title Android, which became Mechanismo and was then changed to Dangerous Days when it turned out the rights to the third name were taken.

The "temporary" title Blade Runner, first used for the July 24, 1980 fourth draft, came from a little-known book by William Burroughs, Blade Runner: A Movie (based upon The Bladerunner by Alan E. Nourse!)

Blade Runner: Hampton Fancher's July 24, 1980 Screenplay. Quite different from the released version.

Disagreements with Director Ridley Scott resulted in David Peoples being called in to revise Fancher's script, his first (159-page) draft dated December 15, 1980. His February 1981 revision was the first to meet with Philip K. Dick's approval.

Blade Runner: a transcription of the 1982 theatrical release ("voice-over" version). My transcription based on one by Brian Silverman and Mark Kohler.

Hampton Fancher talks about his final draft... Jeffrey Anderson version.

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