William Blake in popular culture all cited Blake as one of their major inspirations. Comic designer William Blake Everett claims to be descended from Blake. In his film "Mean Streets" (1973), Martin Scorsese refers to Blake's poem "The Tyger" when a young pet tiger makes Harvey Keitel and Robert De Niro take refuge atop a couch, paralleling the grit and innocence of life in the city. A variation on a verse from Blake's "America a Prophecy" appears in Ridley Scott's science fiction film "Blade Runner" (1982), spoken by Roy Batty (Rutger Hauer). This has been interpreted as a way of linking Batty to Blake's mythic
Versions of Blade Runner on September 5, 2017 (one month prior to the theatrical release of "Blade Runner 2049"). This release includes standard Blu-ray editions of "The Final Cut" along with the U.S. theatrical cut, the international cut, and the Director's Cut, as well as the "Dangerous Days" documentary on DVD. Versions of Blade Runner Seven different versions of Ridley Scott's 1982 American science fiction film "Blade Runner" have been shown, either to test audiences or theatrically. The best known are the "Workprint", the "U.S. Theatrical Cut", the "International Cut", the "Director's Cut" and the "Final Cut". These five versions are included in both