<P> The original single - disc DVD released in March 1997, with both pan-and - scan and widescreen versions on different sides of the disc, was one of the first DVDs on the market . The DVD was a basic disc with mediocre video and audio quality, sourced from the 1993 laserdisc, and with no special features . </P> <P> In 2006, Warner Home Video re-released the Director's Cut with remastered picture and sound quality, with the video sourced from a new 2K master and the audio sourced from a new 5.1 remix . This was the video and audio transfer given to the theatrical, international, and director's cut versions included in the Blade Runner five - disc Ultimate Collector's Edition . </P> <P> Ridley Scott's Final Cut (2007, 117 minutes), or the 25th - Anniversary Edition, briefly released by Warner Bros. theatrically on October 5, 2007, and subsequently released on DVD, HD DVD, and Blu - ray in December 2007 (UK December 3; US December 18) is the only version over which Ridley Scott had complete artistic control, as the Director's Cut production did not place Scott directly in charge . In conjunction with the Final Cut, documentary and other materials were produced for the home video releases, culminating in a five - disc "Ultimate Collector's Edition" release by Charles de Lauzirika . </P> <P> Scott found time in mid-2000 to help put together a final and definitive version of the film with restoration producer Charles de Lauzirika, which was only partially completed in mid-2001 before legal and financial issues forced a halt to the work . </P>

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