Why Blade Runner’s Original "Happy" Ending Includes Footage From An All-Time Iconic Horror Movie

Director Ridley Scott explains why Blade Runner‘s original ending features footage from The Shining. Blade Runner famously has multiple endings, including the theatrical cut, a director’s cut, and the final cut, the last of which was supervised entirely by Scott and is generally treated as the definitive version of the movie. While the director’s cut and final cut have a more ambiguous conclusion, the theatrical cut has a more traditional happy ending, which ironically was brought to life with B-roll footage from Stanley Kubrick’s iconic horror film The Shining.