Blade, New Line Cinema presents ; an Amen Ra Films production, in association with Imaginary Forces ; a Stephen Norrington picture ; executive producers, Stan Lee, Avi Arad, Joseph Calamari, Lynn Harris ; produced by Peter Frankfurt, Wesley Snipes, Robert Engelman ; written by David S. Goyer ; directed by Stephen Norrington
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Blade, New Line Cinema presents ; an Amen Ra Films production, in association with Imaginary Forces ; a Stephen Norrington picture ; executive producers, Stan Lee, Avi Arad, Joseph Calamari, Lynn Harris ; produced by Peter Frankfurt, Wesley Snipes, Robert Engelman ; written by David S. Goyer ; directed by Stephen Norrington
Language
eng
Characteristic
videorecording
Intended audience
MPAA rating: R for strong pervasive vampire violence, and gore, language and brief sexuality
Main title
Blade
Oclc number
40552246
Responsibility statement
New Line Cinema presents ; an Amen Ra Films production, in association with Imaginary Forces ; a Stephen Norrington picture ; executive producers, Stan Lee, Avi Arad, Joseph Calamari, Lynn Harris ; produced by Peter Frankfurt, Wesley Snipes, Robert Engelman ; written by David S. Goyer ; directed by Stephen Norrington
Runtime
120
Series statement
New Line platinum series
Summary
"Wesley Snipes stars as the tortured soul Blade -- half man, half immortal. Blade sharpens his lethal skills under the guidance of Whistler (Kris Kristofferson), his mentor, guardian, and fellow hunter of the night. When the bloodthirsty Immortals' lord, Deacon Frost (Stephen Dorff), declares war on the human race, Blade is humanity's last hope for survival." -- Container
Table Of Contents
Special features: Optional audio feature commentaries by actors Wesley Snipes and Stephen Dorff, writer David S. Goyer, cinematographer Theo Van de Sande, production designer Kirk M. Petruccelli, and producer Peter Frankfurt ; optional isolated musical score with commentary by composer Mark Isham ; featurettes: "La Magra" [alternate ending scene] -- "Designing Blade" -- "The Origins of Blade" (an exploration of dark comics) -- "The Blood Tide" [a literary history of vampires, plus a look at real-life blood rituals] -- "House of Erebus" [information about the different vampire houses] -- cast and crew bios [text feature] -- pencil sketches through production designs ; theatrical trailer
Target audience
adult
Technique
live action
Contributor
- Kristofferson, Kris
- Calamari, Joseph
- Lords, Traci
- New Line Cinema Corporation
- New Line Home Entertainment (Firm)
- Engelman, Bob
- Kier, Udo
- Amen Ra Films
- Wright, N'Bushe, 1970-
- Colan, Gene
- Harris, Lynn, 1967-
- Logue, Donal, 1966-
- Dorff, Stephen, 1973-
- Isham, Mark
- Snipes, Wesley
- Imaginary Forces (Firm)
- Van de Sande, Theo, 1947-
- Wolfman, Marv
- Frankfurt, Peter
- Hays, Sanja Milkovic, 1958-
- Petruccelli, Kirk M., 1963-
- Lee, Stan, 1922-2018
- Norrington, Stephen, 1964-
- Arad, Avi
- Goyer, David S.
- Rubell, Paul
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