"Blade Runner"

In Ridley Scott's "Blade Runner" (Ladd Company/Warner Bros., 1982) we have a number of shots of the marquee as lots of the action was filmed across the street in the Bradbury Building. The film stars Harrison Ford, Sean Young, Darryl Hannah and Rutger Hauer. The cinematography was by Jordan Cronenweth.

Darryl Hannah coming into the Bradbury Building. The columns were added by the for the film by the production designer, Lawrence G. Paull.

Another shot from later in the film.

See the pages about the Million Dollar Theatre on the Los Angeles Theatres site for a history of the 1918 vintage movie palace along with many photos.

 

About 50 minutes into the film Harrison Ford goes to Taffey Lewis' Snake Pit Bar. There are stories about some of this being shot at the Wiltern Theatre, 3790 Wilshire Blvd. The theatre was closed at the time and certainly could have been used for a shoot. But there's nothing we see on the screen that looks anything like the theatre's lobby areas, except perhaps for the pinkish color scheme. 

See the BladeZone page for some comments. They note:

"The Wiltern Theatre - Used for some interiors of Taffey Lewis' bar, the decision of using the Wiltern was due to its art deco design which easily gives off a feeling of opulence and decadence. Though this was the master idea, in the end, like with Rick Deckard's 'Frank Lloyd Wright' apartment, the set for the interiors for J.F. Sebastian's apartment was redressed to look like the Wiltern and was used for most of the shot." 

The Wiltern is also mentioned on a 2007 page exploring the film's locations for an Architecture and Film course taught by Terri Meyer Boake. Thanks to Sean Ault for uncovering the Wiltern stories and finding a clip of the scene on YouTube. 

 

 

 At the bar. 

 

 

Calling Sean Young. 

See the pages about the Wiltern Theatre on the Los Angeles Theatres site for the history of this deco landmark along with hundreds of photos of all areas of the building. 

On IMDb: "Blade Runner"