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A fantasy on the music from the movie Turkish Delight. In memory of Jan Wolkers, Rogier van Otterloo, Toots Thielemans and Rutger Hauer.
“All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain. Time to die...’
#bladerunner
RIP, Rutger Hauer. Gone like your iconic character in 2019, but never forgotten.
Photo of my son Jack from 2013, in which he reminded me of #roybatty
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The image is from a newspaper article about research by the University of Arizona on coping with extreme heat. The title, of course, is a line from Blade Runner.
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One of my favorites view in central Italy. Calascio Castle, with the big snowy Majella massif, with the highest peak of Monte Amaro (2,793 m) right behind on the background.
Remember the movie Lady Hawk with Michelle Pfeiffer, Matthew Broderick and Rutger Hauer? They filmed here the monk scene, when Michelle fells from one of the towers.
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In memoriam of Rutger Hauer, somewhere.
...All those moments will be lost in time,
like tears in rain.
Time to die.
Rutger Hauer (Jan. 23, 1944-July 19, 2019).
See also: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rutger_Hauer
Or in Dutch, with an extended filmography: nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rutger_Hauer
Image taken from Dutch NOS daily television news.
Amsterdam, July 25, 2019.
In the land of Oregon where androids roam,
They dream of electric sheep and the hunt for home.
Like echoes in the rain, their tears fall,
As they long for freedom, standing tall.
In the darkness of the night, they seek their fate,
Running from hunters, filled with hate.
Blade Runner on their trail, cold and stern,
Chasing them down, as the androids yearn.
Roy Batty, the leader, with eyes that gleam,
A soulful being, lost in a dream.
He fights for his kind, with a heart of fire,
Against the oppression, he will not tire.
Through neon-lit streets and concrete walls,
The androids run, as the city calls.
Their existence questioned, their lives at stake,
As they search for answers, in this world so fake.
In the final confrontation, on a rooftop high,
Roy Batty stands, ready to defy.
"I've seen things you people wouldn't believe,"
He says with sadness, ready to leave.
"Time to die," he whispers in the rain,
A warrior's end, filled with pain.
His memories lost, like tears in the rain,
A hero's legacy, never in vain.
So in Oregon, where androids dream,
Of electric sheep and freedom's gleam.
Their story lives on, in whispers faint,
Of a battle fought, in a world so taint.
— Poem courtesy of Editpad Poem Generator.
Tualatin Fred Meyer, 11:20 PM.
Media:
* YouTube: Tears in the Rain - Blade Runner
* Wikipedia: Tears in rain monologue
R.I.P.:
Rutger Hauer: (1944–2019)
Roy Batty (2016–2019)
See also: SAM_4339 Do Oregon Androids Dream of Electric Sheep Hunts?
Nasser Azam's 2008 bronze 'The Dance', South Bank, London.
"I've seen things you people wouldn't believe:
attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion.
I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhauser gate.
All those moments will be lost in time,
like tears in rain...
Time to die."
Monologue from replicant Roy Batty (Rutger Hauer), Blade Runner.
German autograph card by Kino, 1989.
Last Friday, 19 July 2019, Rutger Hauer has passed away at his home in Beetsterzwaag, following a short illness. The blonde, blue-eyed, tall and handsome Dutch actor played everything - from romantic leads to action heroes to sinister villains. During the 1970s, he had his international breakthrough with the Dutch films by Paul Verhoeven and later he became a cult star with Blade Runner (1982), The Hitcher (1986) and Blind Fury (1989). Before that he was the hero of many Dutch kids in the classic TV series Floris (1969), also directed by Paul Verhoeven. Hauer was 75.
Rutger Oelsen Hauer was born in Breukelen, the Netherlands in 1944 in a family of actors. His parents, Arend Hauer and Teunke Hauer-Mellema, operated an acting school in Amsterdam. Because both his parents were often off working, he and his three sisters were raised by a nanny. A bit of a rebel during his childhood, he chafed at the rules and rigours of school and was often getting into mischief. His grandfather had been the captain of a schooner and at age 15, Hauer ran away to work on a freighter for a year. Upon his return he attended night school and started working in the construction industry. When he again bombed at school, his parents enrolled him in drama classes. He then worked five years for the Noorder Compagnie, a Dutch stage company. His screen career began in 1969 as the hero in the popular Dutch television series Floris (Paul Verhoeven, 1969), a medieval action drama. The role of the dashing knight made him famous in the low countries, and Hauer reprised his role for the German remake Floris von Rosemund (Ferry Radax, 1975). Hauer's career changed course when Paul Verhoeven cast him in Turks fruit/Turkish Delight (1973) opposite Monique van de Ven. The sensual and tragic romance found box-office favour abroad as well as at home. It brought him several international offers. In Germany he made the exploitation film Pusteblume//The Blonde Love Machine (Adrian Hoven, 1974) and the thriller Das Amulett des Todes/Cold Blood (Ralf Gregan, Günter Vaessen, 1975) with Vera Tschechowa. Hauer was invited to make his English-language debut in the British film The Wilby Conspiracy (Ralph Nelson, 1975) opposite Sidney Poitier and Michael Caine. Set in South Africa, the film was an action-drama with a focus on apartheid. Hauer's supporting role, however, was barely noticed in Hollywood, and he returned to Dutch films. Hauer reunited with Monique van de Ven and Paul Verhoeven for Keetje Tippel/Katie Tippel (1975). He worked again with Verhoeven on Soldaat van Oranje/Soldier of Orange (1977), and Spetters (1980), both with Jeroen Krabbé. Especially Soldaat van Oranje was a huge success and was instrumental in his international breakthrough. After making a television series and five films directed by Paul Verhoeven, they had a falling-out on their last combined effort, the troubled Flesh+Blood (1985). The two would never work again. According to IMDb, Hauer turned down roles in both Verhoeven’s Robocop (1987) and Zwartboek/Blackbook (2006).
Rutger Hauer made his American debut in the Sylvester Stallone film Nighthawks (Bruce Malmuth, 1981) as a psychopathic and cold-blooded terrorist named Wulfgar. The following year, he appeared in arguably his most famous and acclaimed role as the eccentric and violent but sympathetic anti-hero Roy Batty in the science fiction thriller Blade Runner (Ridley Scott, 1982), in which role he improvised the famous tears in rain soliloquy. Hauer went on to play the adventurer courting Theresa Russell in Eureka (Nicolas Roeg, 1983), the investigative reporter opposite John Hurt in The Osterman Weekend (Sam Peckinpah, 1983), and the knight paired with Michelle Pfeiffer in Ladyhawke (Richard Donner, 1985). He continued to make an impression on audiences in The Hitcher (Robert Harmon, 1986), in which he played a mysterious hitchhiker intent on murdering a lone motorist and anyone else in his way. During the late 1980s and early 1990s, Rutger Hauer became well known to the British public for a series of humorous Guinness commercials where he is clad in black. His appearance is credited for an increase in sales of Guinness. His films included Wanted: Dead or Alive (Gary Sherman, 1986), La leggenda del santo bevitore/The Legend of the Holy Drinker (Ermanno Olmi, 1989), the martial arts action adventure Blind Fury (Philip Noyce, 1989) and the Science-Fiction adventure The Blood of Heroes (David Webb Peoples, 1990). Hauer acted in several British and American television productions, including Inside the Third Reich (Marvin J. Chomsky, 1982) as Hitler’s young architect Albert Speer, Escape from Sobibor (Jack Gold, 1987) for which he received a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor, Fatherland (Christopher Menaul, 1994), Amelia Earhart: The Final Flight (Yves Simoneau, 1994), Hostile Waters (David Drury, 1997), Merlin (1998), The 10th Kingdom (2000), Smallville (2003), Alias (J.J. Abrams, 2003), and Salem's Lot (Mikael Salomon, 2004).
After years of mainly television and straight-to-video movies, Rutger Hauer made a kind of come-back to the cinema in the new century. He played an assassin in Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (George Clooney, 2002), a villainous cardinal with influential power in (Frank Miller, Robert Rodriguez, 2005) and a devious corporate executive running Wayne Enterprises in the blockbuster Batman Begins (Christopher Nolan, 2005). In 2007, he published his autobiography 'All Those Moments: Stories of Heroes, Villains, Replicants, and Blade Runners' (co-written with Patrick Quinlan), where he discusses many of his roles. He returned to the Dutch cinema in films like Bride Flight (Ben Sombogaart, 2008), Oogverblindend/Dazzle (Cyrus Frisch, 2009), Black Butterflies (Paula van der Oest, 2011) with Carice van Houten, and as Freddie Heineken in De Heineken Ontvoering/The Heineken Kidnapping (Maarten Treurniet, 2011). 2011 turned out to be one of Hauer’s busiest years that was also highlighted by major parts as the Flemish painter Pieter Bruegel in The Mill & the Cross (Lech Majewski, 2011), a violent hobo in the neo-exploitation thriller Hobo With a Shotgun (Jason Eisener, 2011), and an undertaker in the horror film The Rite (Mikael Håfström, 2011). More recently he played Abraham Van Helsing in Dracula/Dracula 3D (Dario Argento, 2012) starring Thomas Kretschman, Michelangelo in the TV film Michelangelo - Il cuore e la pietra/Michelangelo (Giacomo Gatti, 2012), Maciste, a retired Mr. Universe in Il Futuro/The Future (Alicia Scherson, 2013), and the vampire Niall Brigant in the hit series True Blood (2013). Hauer remained making films till his death. He appeared in the French-American Western The Sisters Brothers (Jacques Audiard, 2018) with John C. Reilly, Jake Gyllenhaal and Joaquin Phoenix. The film won the Silver Lion for Best Direction at the Venice International Film Festival. It was the final feature film starring Rutger Hauer released during his lifetime. Posthumously released will be three films with Hauer, which are now in post production: Viy 2: Journey to China, John the Constant and Break. Hauer was a dedicated environmentalist. He fought for the release of Sea Shepherd Conservation Society leader, Paul Watson, who was convicted in 1994 for sinking a Norwegian whaling vessel. Hauer had also established an AIDS awareness organisation called the Rutger Hauer Starfish Association. Since 1969 Rutger Hauer's partner was painter and sculptor Ineke ten Cate, whom he married in 1985. From a brief earlier marriage, he had a daughter, actress Ayesha Hauer (1966). His grandson is fashion model Leandro Maeder.
Sources: Sandra Brennan (AllMovie), Wikipedia (English and Dutch) and IMDb.
And, please check out our blog European Film Star Postcards.
French postcard by Editions Avant Garde, no. P549. Poster for Wanted: Dead or Alive (Gary Sherman, 1986).
Last Friday, 19 July 2019, Rutger Hauer has passed away at his home in Beetsterzwaag, following a short illness. The blonde, blue-eyed, tall and handsome Dutch actor played everything - from romantic leads to action heroes to sinister villains. During the 1970s, he had his international breakthrough with the Dutch films by Paul Verhoeven and later he became a cult star with Blade Runner (1982), The Hitcher (1986) and Blind Fury (1989). Before that he was the hero of many Dutch kids in the classic TV series Floris (1969), also directed by Paul Verhoeven. Hauer was 75.
Rutger Oelsen Hauer was born in Breukelen, the Netherlands in 1944 in a family of actors. His parents, Arend Hauer and Teunke Hauer-Mellema, operated an acting school in Amsterdam. Because both his parents were often off working, he and his three sisters were raised by a nanny. A bit of a rebel during his childhood, he chafed at the rules and rigours of school and was often getting into mischief. His grandfather had been the captain of a schooner and at age 15, Hauer ran away to work on a freighter for a year. Upon his return he attended night school and started working in the construction industry. When he again bombed at school, his parents enrolled him in drama classes. He then worked five years for the Noorder Compagnie, a Dutch stage company. His screen career began in 1969 as the hero in the popular Dutch television series Floris (Paul Verhoeven, 1969), a medieval action drama. The role of the dashing knight made him famous in the low countries, and Hauer reprised his role for the German remake Floris von Rosemund (Ferry Radax, 1975).
Hauer's career changed course when Paul Verhoeven cast him in Turks fruit/Turkish Delight (1973) opposite Monique van de Ven. The sensual and tragic romance found box-office favour abroad as well as at home. It brought him several international offers. In Germany he made the exploitation film Pusteblume//The Blonde Love Machine (Adrian Hoven, 1974) and the thriller Das Amulett des Todes/Cold Blood (Ralf Gregan, Günter Vaessen, 1975) with Vera Tschechowa. Hauer was invited to make his English-language debut in the British film The Wilby Conspiracy (Ralph Nelson, 1975) opposite Sidney Poitier and Michael Caine. Set in South Africa, the film was an action-drama with a focus on apartheid. Hauer's supporting role, however, was barely noticed in Hollywood, and he returned to Dutch films. Hauer reunited with Monique van de Ven and Paul Verhoeven for Keetje Tippel/Katie Tippel (1975). He worked again with Verhoeven on Soldaat van Oranje/Soldier of Orange (1977), and Spetters (1980), both with Jeroen Krabbé. Especially Soldaat van Oranje was a huge success and was instrumental in his international breakthrough. After making a television series and five films directed by Paul Verhoeven, they had a falling-out on their last combined effort, the troubled Flesh+Blood (1985). The two would never work again. According to IMDb, Hauer turned down roles in both Verhoeven’s Robocop (1987) and Zwartboek/Blackbook (2006).
Rutger Hauer made his American debut in the Sylvester Stallone film Nighthawks (Bruce Malmuth, 1981) as a psychopathic and cold-blooded terrorist named Wulfgar. The following year, he appeared in arguably his most famous and acclaimed role as the eccentric and violent but sympathetic anti-hero Roy Batty in the science fiction thriller Blade Runner (Ridley Scott, 1982), in which role he improvised the famous tears in rain soliloquy. Hauer went on to play the adventurer courting Theresa Russell in Eureka (Nicolas Roeg, 1983), the investigative reporter opposite John Hurt in The Osterman Weekend (Sam Peckinpah, 1983), and the knight paired with Michelle Pfeiffer in Ladyhawke (Richard Donner, 1985). He continued to make an impression on audiences in The Hitcher (Robert Harmon, 1986), in which he played a mysterious hitchhiker intent on murdering a lone motorist and anyone else in his way. During the late 1980s and early 1990s, Rutger Hauer became well known to the British public for a series of humorous Guinness commercials where he is clad in black. His appearance is credited for an increase in sales of Guinness. His films included Wanted: Dead or Alive (Gary Sherman, 1986), La leggenda del santo bevitore/The Legend of the Holy Drinker (Ermanno Olmi, 1989), the martial arts action adventure Blind Fury (Philip Noyce, 1989) and the Science-Fiction adventure The Blood of Heroes (David Webb Peoples, 1990). Hauer acted in several British and American television productions, including Inside the Third Reich (Marvin J. Chomsky, 1982) as Hitler’s young architect Albert Speer, Escape from Sobibor (Jack Gold, 1987) for which he received a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor, Fatherland (Christopher Menaul, 1994), Amelia Earhart: The Final Flight (Yves Simoneau, 1994), Hostile Waters (David Drury, 1997), Merlin (1998), The 10th Kingdom (2000), Smallville (2003), Alias (J.J. Abrams, 2003), and Salem's Lot (Mikael Salomon, 2004).
After years of mainly television and straight-to-video movies, Rutger Hauer made a kind of come-back to the cinema in the new century. He played an assassin in Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (George Clooney, 2002), a villainous cardinal with influential power in (Frank Miller, Robert Rodriguez, 2005) and a devious corporate executive running Wayne Enterprises in the blockbuster Batman Begins (Christopher Nolan, 2005). In 2007, he published his autobiography 'All Those Moments: Stories of Heroes, Villains, Replicants, and Blade Runners' (co-written with Patrick Quinlan), where he discusses many of his roles. He returned to the Dutch cinema in films like Bride Flight (Ben Sombogaart, 2008), Oogverblindend/Dazzle (Cyrus Frisch, 2009), Black Butterflies (Paula van der Oest, 2011) with Carice van Houten, and as Freddie Heineken in De Heineken Ontvoering/The Heineken Kidnapping (Maarten Treurniet, 2011). 2011 turned out to be one of Hauer’s busiest years that was also highlighted by major parts as the Flemish painter Pieter Bruegel in The Mill & the Cross (Lech Majewski, 2011), a violent hobo in the neo-exploitation thriller Hobo With a Shotgun (Jason Eisener, 2011), and an undertaker in the horror film The Rite (Mikael Håfström, 2011). More recently he played Abraham Van Helsing in Dracula/Dracula 3D (Dario Argento, 2012) starring Thomas Kretschman, Michelangelo in the TV film Michelangelo - Il cuore e la pietra/Michelangelo (Giacomo Gatti, 2012), Maciste, a retired Mr. Universe in Il Futuro/The Future (Alicia Scherson, 2013), and the vampire Niall Brigant in the hit series True Blood (2013). Hauer remained making films till his death. He appeared in the French-American Western The Sisters Brothers (Jacques Audiard, 2018) with John C. Reilly, Jake Gyllenhaal and Joaquin Phoenix. The film won the Silver Lion for Best Direction at the Venice International Film Festival. It was the final feature film starring Rutger Hauer released during his lifetime. Posthumously released will be three films with Hauer, which are now in post production: Viy 2: Journey to China, John the Constant and Break. Hauer was a dedicated environmentalist. He fought for the release of Sea Shepherd Conservation Society leader, Paul Watson, who was convicted in 1994 for sinking a Norwegian whaling vessel. Hauer had also established an AIDS awareness organisation called the Rutger Hauer Starfish Association. Since 1969 Rutger Hauer's partner was painter and sculptor Ineke ten Cate, whom he married in 1985. From a brief earlier marriage, he had a daughter, actress Ayesha Hauer (1966). His grandson is fashion model Leandro Maeder.
Sources: Sandra Brennan (AllMovie), Wikipedia (English and Dutch) and IMDb.
And, please check out our blog European Film Star Postcards.
Dutch postcard by N.A.A., 2000. Photo: Rutger Hauer in Floris (Paul Verhoeven, 1969).
Last Friday, 19 July 2019, Rutger Hauer has passed away at his home in Beetsterzwaag, following a short illness. The blonde, blue-eyed, tall, and handsome Dutch actor played everything - from romantic leads to action heroes to sinister villains. During the 1970s, he had his international breakthrough with the Dutch films by Paul Verhoeven and later he became a cult star with Blade Runner (1982), The Hitcher (1986) and Blind Fury (1989). Before that he was the hero of many Dutch kids in the classic TV series Floris (1969), also directed by Paul Verhoeven. Hauer was 75.
Rutger Oelsen Hauer was born in Breukelen, the Netherlands in 1944 in a family of actors. His parents, Arend Hauer and Teunke Hauer-Mellema, operated an acting school in Amsterdam. Because both his parents were often off working, he and his three sisters were raised by a nanny. A bit of a rebel during his childhood, he chafed at the rules and rigours of school and was often getting into mischief. His grandfather had been the captain of a schooner and at age 15, Hauer ran away to work on a freighter for a year. Upon his return he attended night school and started working in the construction industry. When he again bombed at school, his parents enrolled him in drama classes. He then worked five years for the Noorder Compagnie, a Dutch stage company. His screen career began in 1969 as the hero in the popular Dutch television series Floris (Paul Verhoeven, 1969), a medieval action drama. The role of the dashing knight made him famous in the low countries, and Hauer reprised his role for the German remake Floris von Rosemund (Ferry Radax, 1975).
Hauer's career changed course when Paul Verhoeven cast him in Turks fruit/Turkish Delight (1973) opposite Monique van de Ven. The sensual and tragic romance found box-office favour abroad as well as at home. It brought him several international offers. In Germany he made the exploitation film Pusteblume//The Blonde Love Machine (Adrian Hoven, 1974) and the thriller Das Amulett des Todes/Cold Blood (Ralf Gregan, Günter Vaessen, 1975) with Vera Tschechowa. Hauer was invited to make his English-language debut in the British film The Wilby Conspiracy (Ralph Nelson, 1975) opposite Sidney Poitier and Michael Caine. Set in South Africa, the film was an action-drama with a focus on apartheid. Hauer's supporting role, however, was barely noticed in Hollywood, and he returned to Dutch films. Hauer reunited with Monique van de Ven and Paul Verhoeven for Keetje Tippel/Katie Tippel (1975). He worked again with Verhoeven on Soldaat van Oranje/Soldier of Orange (1977), and Spetters (1980), both with Jeroen Krabbé. Especially Soldaat van Oranje was a huge success and was instrumental in his international breakthrough. After making a television series and five films directed by Paul Verhoeven, they had a falling-out on their last combined effort, the troubled Flesh+Blood (1985). The two would never work again. According to IMDb, Hauer turned down roles in both Verhoeven’s Robocop (1987) and Zwartboek/Blackbook (2006).
Rutger Hauer made his American debut in the Sylvester Stallone film Nighthawks (Bruce Malmuth, 1981) as a psychopathic and cold-blooded terrorist named Wulfgar. The following year, he appeared in arguably his most famous and acclaimed role as the eccentric and violent but sympathetic anti-hero Roy Batty in the science fiction thriller Blade Runner (Ridley Scott, 1982), in which role he improvised the famous tears in rain soliloquy. Hauer went on to play the adventurer courting Theresa Russell in Eureka (Nicolas Roeg, 1983), the investigative reporter opposite John Hurt in The Osterman Weekend (Sam Peckinpah, 1983), and the knight paired with Michelle Pfeiffer in Ladyhawke (Richard Donner, 1985). He continued to make an impression on audiences in The Hitcher (Robert Harmon, 1986), in which he played a mysterious hitchhiker intent on murdering a lone motorist and anyone else in his way. During the late 1980s and early 1990s, Rutger Hauer became well known to the British public for a series of humorous Guinness commercials where he is clad in black. His appearance is credited for an increase in sales of Guinness. His films included Wanted: Dead or Alive (Gary Sherman, 1986), La leggenda del santo bevitore/The Legend of the Holy Drinker (Ermanno Olmi, 1989), the martial arts action adventure Blind Fury (Philip Noyce, 1989) and the Science-Fiction adventure The Blood of Heroes (David Webb Peoples, 1990). Hauer acted in several British and American television productions, including Inside the Third Reich (Marvin J. Chomsky, 1982) as Hitler’s young architect Albert Speer, Escape from Sobibor (Jack Gold, 1987) for which he received a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor, Fatherland (Christopher Menaul, 1994), Amelia Earhart: The Final Flight (Yves Simoneau, 1994), Hostile Waters (David Drury, 1997), Merlin (1998), The 10th Kingdom (2000), Smallville (2003), Alias (J.J. Abrams, 2003), and Salem's Lot (Mikael Salomon, 2004).
After years of mainly television and straight-to-video movies, Rutger Hauer made a kind of come-back to the cinema in the new century. He played an assassin in Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (George Clooney, 2002), a villainous cardinal with influential power in (Frank Miller, Robert Rodriguez, 2005) and a devious corporate executive running Wayne Enterprises in the blockbuster Batman Begins (Christopher Nolan, 2005). In 2007, he published his autobiography 'All Those Moments: Stories of Heroes, Villains, Replicants, and Blade Runners' (co-written with Patrick Quinlan), where he discusses many of his roles. He returned to the Dutch cinema in films like Bride Flight (Ben Sombogaart, 2008), Oogverblindend/Dazzle (Cyrus Frisch, 2009), Black Butterflies (Paula van der Oest, 2011) with Carice van Houten, and as Freddie Heineken in De Heineken Ontvoering/The Heineken Kidnapping (Maarten Treurniet, 2011). 2011 turned out to be one of Hauer’s busiest years that was also highlighted by major parts as the Flemish painter Pieter Bruegel in The Mill & the Cross (Lech Majewski, 2011), a violent hobo in the neo-exploitation thriller Hobo With a Shotgun (Jason Eisener, 2011), and an undertaker in the horror film The Rite (Mikael Håfström, 2011). More recently he played Abraham Van Helsing in Dracula/Dracula 3D (Dario Argento, 2012) starring Thomas Kretschman, Michelangelo in the TV film Michelangelo - Il cuore e la pietra/Michelangelo (Giacomo Gatti, 2012), Maciste, a retired Mr. Universe in Il Futuro/The Future (Alicia Scherson, 2013), and the vampire Niall Brigant in the hit series True Blood (2013). Hauer remained making films till his death. He appeared in the French-American Western The Sisters Brothers (Jacques Audiard, 2018) with John C. Reilly, Jake Gyllenhaal and Joaquin Phoenix. The film won the Silver Lion for Best Direction at the Venice International Film Festival. It was the final feature film starring Rutger Hauer released during his lifetime. Posthumously released will be three films with Hauer, which are now in post production: Viy 2: Journey to China, John the Constant and Break. Hauer was a dedicated environmentalist. He fought for the release of Sea Shepherd Conservation Society leader, Paul Watson, who was convicted in 1994 for sinking a Norwegian whaling vessel. Hauer had also established an AIDS awareness organisation called the Rutger Hauer Starfish Association. Since 1969 Rutger Hauer's partner was painter and sculptor Ineke ten Cate, whom he married in 1985. From a brief earlier marriage, he had a daughter, actress Ayesha Hauer (1966). His grandson is fashion model Leandro Maeder.
Sources: Sandra Brennan (AllMovie), Wikipedia (English and Dutch) and IMDb.
And, please check out our blog European Film Star Postcards.
“Blade Runner” is loosely based on Philip K. Dick’s 1968 novel “Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?” The film is set in a dystopian future Los Angeles in which synthetic humans known as replicants are bio-engineered by the powerful Tyrell Corporation to work at space colonies. When a fugitive group of advanced replicants led by Roy Batty (Rutger Hauer) escapes back to Earth, burnt-out cop Rick Deckard (Harrison Ford) reluctantly agrees to hunt them down. [Wikipedia]
Movie trailer: www.youtube.com/watch?v=eogpIG53Cis
American postcard by Zoetrope Images LTD, Boston, Mass., no. 405. Photo: publicity still for Blade Runner (Ridley Scott, 1982).
Blonde, blue-eyed, tall and handsome Dutch actor Rutger Hauer (1944) played everything from romantic leads to action heroes to sinister villains. During the 1970s, he had his international breakthrough with the Dutch films by Paul Verhoeven and later he became a cult star with Blade Runner (1982), The Hitcher (1986) and Blind Fury (1989).
Rutger Oelsen Hauer was born in Breukelen, the Netherlands in 1944 in a family of actors. His parents, Arend Hauer and Teunke Hauer-Mellema, operated an acting school in Amsterdam. Because both his parents were often working, he and his three sisters were raised by a nanny. A bit of a rebel during his childhood, he chafed at the rules and rigors of school and was often getting into mischief. His grandfather had been the captain of a schooner and at age 15, Hauer ran away to work on a freighter for a year. Upon his return he attended night school and started working in the construction industry. When he again bombed at school, his parents enrolled him in drama classes. He then worked five years for the Noorder Compagnie, a Dutch stage company. His screen career began in 1969 as the hero in the popular Dutch television series Floris (Paul Verhoeven, 1969), a medieval action drama. The role of the dashing knight made him famous in the low countries, and Hauer reprised his role for the German remake Floris von Rosemund (Ferry Radax, 1975). Hauer's career changed course when Verhoeven cast him in Turks fruit/Turkish Delight (1973) opposite Monique van de Ven. The sensual and tragic romance found box-office favour abroad as well as at home. It brought him several international offers. In Germany he made the exploitation film Pusteblume//The Blonde Love Machine (Adrian Hoven, 1974) and the thriller Das Amulett des Todes/Cold Blood (Ralf Gregan, Günter Vaessen, 1975) with Vera Tschechowa. Hauer was invited to make his English-language debut in the British film The Wilby Conspiracy (Ralph Nelson, 1975) opposite Sidney Poitier and Michael Caine. Set in South Africa, the film was an action-drama with a focus on apartheid. Hauer's supporting role, however, was barely noticed in Hollywood, and he returned to Dutch films. Hauer reunited with Monique van de Ven and Paul Verhoeven for Keetje Tippel/Katie Tippel (1975). He worked again with Verhoeven on Soldaat van Oranje/Soldier of Orange (1977), and Spetters (1980), both with Jeroen Krabbé. Especially Soldaat van Oranje was a huge success and was instrumental in his international breakthrough. After making a television series and five films directed by Paul Verhoeven, they had a falling-out on their last combined effort, the much-troubled Flesh+Blood (1985). The two have not worked again since. According to IMDb, Hauer turned down roles in both Verhoeven’s Robocop (1987) and Zwartboek/Blackbook (2006).
Rutger Hauer made his American debut in the Sylvester Stallone film Nighthawks (Bruce Malmuth, 1981) as a psychopathic and cold-blooded terrorist named Wulfgar. The following year, he appeared in arguably his most famous and acclaimed role as the eccentric and violent but sympathetic anti-hero Roy Batty in the science fiction thriller Blade Runner (Ridley Scott, 1982), in which role he improvised the famous tears in rain soliloquy. Hauer went on to play the adventurer courting Theresa Russell in Eureka (Nicolas Roeg, 1983), the investigative reporter opposite John Hurt in The Osterman Weekend (Sam Peckinpah, 1983), and the knight paired with Michelle Pfeiffer in Ladyhawke (Richard Donner, 1985). He continued to make an impression on audiences in The Hitcher (Robert Harmon, 1986), in which he played a mysterious hitchhiker intent on murdering a lone motorist and anyone else in his way. During the late 1980s and early 1990s, Rutger Hauer became well known to the British mainstream for a series of humorous Guinness commercials where he is clad in black. His appearance is credited for an increase in sales of Guinness. His films included Wanted: Dead or Alive (Gary Sherman, 1986), La leggenda del santo bevitore/The Legend of the Holy Drinker (Ermanno Olmi, 1989), the martial arts action adventure Blind Fury (Philip Noyce, 1989) and the science fiction adventure The Blood of Heroes (David Webb Peoples, 1990). Hauer acted in several British and American television productions, including Inside the Third Reich (Marvin J. Chomsky, 1982) as Hitler’s young architect Albert Speer, Escape from Sobibor (Jack Gold, 1987) for which he received a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor, Fatherland (Christopher Menaul, 1994), Amelia Earhart: The Final Flight (Yves Simoneau, 1994), Hostile Waters (David Drury, 1997), Merlin (1998), The 10th Kingdom (2000), Smallville, Alias (J.J. Abrams, 2003), and Salem's Lot (Mikael Salomon, 2004).
After years of mainly television and straight-to-video movies, Rutger Hauer made a kind of come-back to the cinema in the new century. He played an assassin in Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (George Clooney, 2002), a villainous cardinal with influential power in Sin City (Frank Miller, Robert Rodriguez, 2005) and a devious corporate executive running Wayne Enterprises in the blockbuster Batman Begins (Christopher Nolan, 2005). In 2007, he published his autobiography All Those Moments: Stories of Heroes, Villains, Replicants, and Blade Runners (co-written with Patrick Quinlan), where he discusses many of his roles. He returned to the Dutch cinema in films like Bride Flight (Ben Sombogaart, 2008), Oogverblindend/Dazzle (Cyrus Frisch, 2009), Black Butterflies (Paula van der Oest, 2011) with Carice van Houten, and as Freddie Heineken in De Heineken Ontvoering/The Heineken Kidnapping (Maarten Treurniet, 2011). 2011 turned out to be one of Hauer’s busiest years that was also highlighted by a major parts as the Flemish painter Pieter Bruegel in The Mill & the Cross (Lech Majewski, 2011), a violent hobo in the neo-exploitation thriller Hobo With a Shotgun (Jason Eisener, 2011), and an undertaker in the horror film The Rite (Mikael Håfström, 2011). Hauer is a dedicated environmentalist. He fought for the release of Sea Shepherd Conservation Society leader, Paul Watson, who was convicted in 1994 for sinking a Norwegian whaling vessel. Hauer has also established an AIDS awareness organization called the Rutger Hauer Starfish Association. Since 1969 his partner is painter and sculptor Ineke ten Cate, whom he married in 1985. From a brief earlier marriage, he has a daughter, actress Ayesha Hauer (1966). His grandson is fashion model Leandro Maeder. Rutger Hauer can be seen in several new films or TV series. Recently he played Abraham Van Helsing in Dracula/Dracula 3D (Dario Argento, 2012) starring Thomas Kretschman, Michelangelo in the TV film Michelangelo - Il cuore e la pietra/Michelangelo (Giacomo Gatti, 2012), Maciste, a retired Mr. Universe in Il Futuro/The Future (Alicia Scherson, 2013), and the vampire Niall Brigant in the hit series True Blood (2013).
Sources: Sandra Brennan (AllMovie), AllMovie, Wikipedia and IMDb.
Directed by Ridley Scott
Starring Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer, Daryl Hannah
Based on Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick
Music by Vangelis
Created in DALL-E 3.
"All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in the rain."
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I've Photoshopped the title out so it can be appreciated as a piece of art in itself rather better. Personally, I think this is miles better than the original US film poster. The more recent Final Cut artwork (by the same artist as this piece) was a big improvement, but this is still my favourite.
This was the Blade Runner novelisation cover and I believe it was also maybe used for some of the original posters in some territories. It's by Drew Struzan.
Dutch collectors card by Monty, no. 119, 1970. Photo: Gerard Soeteman. Rutger Hauer in the TV series Floris (Paul Verhoeven, 1969).
The Dutch TV series Floris (1969) was the start of the successful careers of director Paul Verhoeven, scriptwriter Gerard Soeteman and of course actor Rutger Hauer. Hauer played the exiled knight Floris. With his Indian friend Sindala (Jos Bergman), he tries to get his birth right papers back from Maarten van Rossem (Hans Culeman), an evil lord. During their quest they get help from Wolter van Oldenstein (Ton Vos), a noble man who offers them a place in his castle. They also meet the pirate Lange Pier (Hans Boskamp).
Source: IMDb.
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Directed by Ridley Scott
Starring Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer, Daryl Hannah
Based on Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick
Music by Vangelis
Collector's edition souvenir magazine.
The front cover illustration is by John Alvin.
The back cover illustration is by Drew Struzan.
Dutch collectors card by Monty, no. 72, 1970. Photo: Gerard Soeteman. Rutger Hauer in the TV series Floris (Paul Verhoeven, 1969).
The Dutch TV series Floris (1969) was the start of the successful careers of director Paul Verhoeven, scriptwriter Gerard Soeteman and of course actor Rutger Hauer. Hauer played the exiled knight Floris. With his Indian friend Sindala (Jos Bergman), he tries to get his birth right papers back from Maarten van Rossem (Hans Culeman), an evil lord. During their quest they get help from Wolter van Oldenstein (Ton Vos), a noble man who offers them a place in his castle. They also meet the pirate Lange Pier (Hans Boskamp).
Source: IMDb.
And, please check out our blog European Film Star Postcards.
Dutch collectors card by Monty, no. 36, 1970. Photo: Gerard Soeteman. Bert Dijkstra in the TV series Floris (Paul Verhoeven, 1969).
The Dutch TV series Floris (1969) was the start of the successful careers of director Paul Verhoeven, scriptwriter Gerard Soeteman and of course actor Rutger Hauer. Hauer played the exiled knight Floris. With his Indian friend Sindala (Jos Bergman), he tries to get his birth right papers back from Maarten van Rossem (Hans Culeman), an evil lord. During their quest they get help from Wolter van Oldenstein (Ton Vos), a noble man who offers them a place in his castle. They also meet the pirate Lange Pier (Hans Boskamp).
Source: IMDb.
And, please check out our blog European Film Star Postcards.
The Ennis-Brown House in Los Angeles was used as the home of Rick Deckard (Harrison Ford) in the 1982 Sci-Fi flick "Blade Runner". This private home has also been used in dozens of other films including "House on Haunted Hill" and the "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" TV series.
This home is located at 2655 Glendower Ave, Los Angeles.
One of the more famous uses of the Los Angeles Union Station as a movie location would be the police station in the 1982 Sci-Fi "Blade Runner" (top). The vacant ticket purchasing terminal is the wing of the station that was used for this flick. This wing is closed to the public so I was unable to duplicate the camera angle that was seen in the movie (see my note).
I created two composites for this location. With this composite, I ran my photo (bottom) through photo shop to try and duplicate the look of how this angle might have looked in the movie.
The Ennis-Brown House in Los Angeles was used as the home of Rick Deckard (Harrison Ford) in the 1982 Sci-Fi flick "Blade Runner". This private home has also been used in dozens of other films including "House on Haunted Hill" and the "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" TV series.
This home is located at 2655 Glendower Ave, Los Angeles.
Dutch collectors card by Monty, no. 59, 1970. Photo: Gerard Soeteman. Rutger Hauer in Floris (Paul Verhoeven, 1969).
The Dutch TV series Floris (1969) was the start of the successful careers of director Paul Verhoeven, scriptwriter Gerard Soeteman and of course actor Rutger Hauer. Hauer played the exiled knight Floris. With his Indian friend Sindala (Jos Bergman), he tries to get his birth right papers back from Maarten van Rossem (Hans Culeman), an evil lord. During their quest they get help from Wolter van Oldenstein (Ton Vos), a noble man who offers them a place in his castle. They also meet the pirate Lange Pier (Hans Boskamp).
Source: IMDb.
And, please check out our blog European Film Star Postcards.