Spinner

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Spinner is the generic term for a flying car in Blade Runner that can drive as a ground car, take off vertically, hover and cruise using jet propulsion much like Vertical Take-Off and Landing (VTOL) aircraft today. They are used extensively by the police to survey the population, and its clear that despite restrictions wealthy people can acquire spinner licenses. It was designed by Syd Mead and has been replicated in films such as The Fifth Element and Star Wars prequel trilogy.

[edit] Appearances

• Blade Runner (1982)
• Soldier (1998)

[edit] Trivia

• The film Back to the Future Part II payed an homage to the Spinner from Blade Runner in that a garishly repainted spinner can be seen, parked in a driveway.
• Another tribute to the Blade Runner spinner can be seen at various points in the Star Wars films: The Phantom Menace and Attack of the Clones. The homage was made in part because of the similarities between 2019 Los Angeles, as seen in Blade Runner, and the landscape of the planet Coruscant, as seen in the Star Wars films.[1]

[edit] External links

• BRmovie.com – Spinner collectibles
• TheForce.net – 3D Spinner model
• MattWalsh.com – Spinner blueprint

The Blade Runner series
Films	Blade Runner | Soldier
Characters	Rick Deckard | Eldon Tyrell | Gaff | Rachael | Roy Batty | Leon Kowalski | Pris | Zhora | J.F. Sebastian
Locations	Tyrell Corporation | Bradbury Building | Tannhauser Gate
Cast	Harrison Ford | Rutger Hauer | Sean Young | Edward James Olmos | Daryl Hannah
Crew	Ridley Scott | Hampton Fancher | Michael Deeley | David Peoples
Novels	Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? | The Edge of Human | Replicant Night | Eye and Talon
Games and comics	The Blade Runner Videogame | A Marvel Comics Super Special: Blade Runner | Blade Bummer
Making ofs	Future Noir: The Making of Blade Runner | On the Edge of Blade Runner | Future Shocks
Other topics	Philip K Dick | Themes | Soundtrack | Vangelis | Voight-Kampff machine | Spinner | Replicants