Blade

Year:

1998

Duration:

120 min | Germany:110 min (cut version)

Genres:

Action | Horror

IMDB rate:

7.1

Director:

Stephen Norrington

Awards:

4 wins & 7 nominations

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 1998-08-21

Filming Locations: Long Beach, California, USA

Earnings

Budget: $45,000,000

Opening Weekend: $17,073,856 (USA) (23 August 1998)

Gross: $70,001,065 (USA) (20 December 1998)

Cast

Actor

Character

Sanaa Lathan

Blade

Jenya Lano

Blade

Matt Schulze

Blade

Wesley Snipes

Blade

Stephen Dorff

Deacon Frost

Kris Kristofferson

Whistler

N'Bushe Wright

Karen

Donal Logue

Quinn

Udo Kier

Dragonetti

Arly Jover

Mercury

Traci Lords

Racquel

Kevin Patrick Walls

Krieger

Tim Guinee

Curtis Webb

Eric Edwards

Pearl

Donna Wong

Nurse

Carmen Thomas

Senior Resident

Shannon Lee

Resident

Kenny Johnson

Heatseeking Dennis

Clint Curtis

Creepy Morgue Guy

Judson Scott

Pallantine

Sidney S. Liufau

Japanese Doorman

Keith Leon Williams

Kam

Andray Johnson

Paramedic

Stephen R. Peluso

Paramedic

Marcus Aurelius

Pragmatic Policeman

John Enos III

Blood Club Bouncer

Eboni 'Chrystal' Adams

Martial Arts Kid

Lyle Conway

Reichardt

Freeman White

Menacing Stud

D.V. DeVincentis

Vampire Underling

Marcus Salgado

Frost's Goon

Esau McKnight Jr.

Frost's Goon

Erl Van Douglas

Von Esper

Lennox Brown

Pleading Goon

Yvette Ocampo

Party Girl

Irena Stepic

Slavic Vampire Lord

Levan Uchaneyshvili

Russian Vampire

Richard 'Dr.' Baily

Cardboard cut-out in Subway

Nikki DiSanto

Vampire Victim

Ryan Glorioso

Blood Bath Vampire

Jeff Imada

Henchman (uncredited)

Elliott James

Blood Club

Ted King

Vampire at rave

David Matthiessen

Vampire

Stephen Norrington

Vampire

Gerald Okamura

Vampire

Frankie Ray

Vampire Lord

Carrie Seeley

Woman in Elevator (uncredited)

Michael Stumpf

Sword Thrower (uncredited)

Beth Theriac

Woman in Elevator (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

The scene where Karen and Deacon are talking about the cure for vampirism initially ran a bit longer and answered the question of how the vampires would feed if everybody was turned into a vampire. They would keep some humans alive in giant blood bags to harvest them. The bags can still be seen in a doorway during the scene, and later played an integral part of the plot in Blade: Trinity (2004)

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David S. Goyer explained in the DVD commentary that when Karen Jensen wakes up at Blade's hideout after her attack and rescue by Blade, the script had her discover a jar with a vampire baby in it. The baby would be alive and used by Blade and Whistler as a guinea pig for testing out weapons to fight vampires. The studio however found the concept to be disturbing and refused to allow it.

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Kris Kristofferson's character Whistler was created for Blade's cameo on the Spider-Man (1994) cartoon show. He was liked so much by Marvel CEOs that he was adopted into the Marvel universe.

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Goofs

When Blade collapses nearly unconscious out of the blood collection chamber, his hands are at his sides. When he hits the floor, they are above his head and help support his fall.

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Blade removes Quinn's left arm but it reappears for one shot shortly after the security guards shoot Blade and Quinn runs into a room.

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When Deacon is talking to Karen in the Edgewood Tower before Blade arrives the box of Camel cigarettes in the bottom left corner changes positions throughout the scene.

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Quotes

Deacon Frost: I need twelve volunteers.

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Dr. Karen Jenson: I need to get back to the lab, if I'm going to cure you.

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Dr. Karen Jenson: Wait a minute! I'm coming with you.

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Faq

Q

Where can I get all of the songs heard in the film?

A

By following this link, you will find a video that covers every scene in the film that contains music. Everything from the Techno, Ambient to Alternative Rock songs heard directly in the film (not the album) are given in this documentary project. You will also find links to albums that have the extremely rare techno songs that never made it onto the movie's soundtrack album.

Q

What kind of car does Blade drive?

A

1968 Dodge Charger. (Although all '68 through '70 Chargers share the same body! Only the bumpers, lights, and various trim-- which the automobile industry refers to as "cosmetics--" vary from year to year.) More info on this car and the other vehicles seen in the film is here.

Q

What is the name of the band singing in the Japanese schoolgirl scene?

A

The band is the Osaka group, "Bang Wa Cherry", its two members being Kuriyama Kyoko and Takahime Mesuko. The band's official web site is here (an 4:14-long mp3 of the song can be downloaded from there), and their MySpace page is here. Bang Wa Cherry is unsigned, has no albums available, and apparently no other songs (at least recorded ones) other than the performance of the above-mentioned song in Blade. They are, however, reported to occasionally do unpublicized club appearances in the Osaka area.

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