"Nighthawks" also influenced the "future noir" look of "Blade Runner"; director Ridley Scott said "I was constantly waving a reproduction of this painting under the noses of the production team to illustrate the look and mood I was after". In his review of the 1998 film "Dark City", Roger Ebert noted that the film had "store windows that owe something to Edward Hopper's "Nighthawks"." "Hard Candy" (2005) acknowledged a similar debt by setting one scene at a "Nighthawks Diner" where a character purchases a T-shirt with "Nighthawks" printed on it.