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| Credits | |
| Title: | Blade |
| Director: | Stephen Norrington |
| Writers: | David S. Goyer |
| Producers: | Avi Arad; Stan Lee; Joseph Calamari; Lynn Harris; Michael De Luca; Robert Engelman; Peter Frankfurt; Wesley Snipes; Jon Diven; Andrew J. Horne |
| Composer: | Mark Isham |
| Cinematography: | Theo van de Sande |
| Editors: | Paul Rubell |
| Production | |
| Distributed by: | New Line Cinema Marvel Enterprises |
| Released: | August 21st, 1998 |
| Rating: | R |
| Running time: | 120 min. |
| Country: | USA |
| Language: | English |
| Budget: | $45,000,000 [1] |
| Gross: | $131,183,530 [2] |
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| Next: | Blade II |
Plot[]
Cast[]
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Wesley Snipes | Eric Brooks/Blade |
| Kris Kristofferson | Abraham Whistler |
| Stephen Dorff | Deacon Frost |
| N'Bushe Wright | Karen |
| Donal Logue | Quinn |
| Udo Kier | Dragonetti |
| Arly Jover | Mercury |
| Traci Lords | Racquel |
| Kevin Patrick Walls | Krieger |
| Tim Guinee | Curtis Webb |
| Sanaa Lathan | Vanessa Brooks |
| 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 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 Adams | Martial arts kid |
| Lyle Conway | Reichardt |
| Freeman White, III | Menacing stud |
| D.V. DeVincentis | Vampire underling |
| Marcus Salgado | Frost's goon |
| Esau McKnight, Jr. | Frost's goon |
| Erl Van Douglas | Von Esper |
| Matt Schulze | Crease |
| Lennox Brown | Pleading goon |
| Yvette Ocampo | Party girl |
| Irena Stepic | Slavic vampire lord |
| Jenya Lano | Russian woman |
| Levani | Russian vampire |
| Nikki DiSanto | Vampire victim |
| Ryan Glorioso | Blood Club vampire |
| Jeff Imada | Henchman |
| Elliott James | Blood Club patron |
| Ted King | Vampire at rave |
| Stephen Norrington | Vampire |
| Gerald Okamura | Vampire |
| Frankie Ray | Vampire lord |
| Carrie Seeley | Woman in elevator |
| Beth Theriac | Woman in elevator |
Notes & Trivia[]
- The character of Blade was created by writer Marv Wolfman and artist Gene Colan. He first appeared in Tomb of Dracula #10 in July, 1973.
- The tagline for this film is "The power of an immortal. The soul of a human. The heart of a hero.".
- Principal photography on Blade began on February 5th, 1997 and concluded on June 6th.
- Filmed in Long Beach, California, Moscow, Russia, Vancouver, British Columbia and Death Valley National Park in California.
- Blade was first released on DVD by New Line Home Video on December 22nd, 1998.
- Director Stephen Norrington makes a cameo appearance as a vampire in this film.
- Deacon Frost, as presented in this film, is radically different from his Marvel Comics counterpart. The comic version of Deacon Frost was created by Marv Wolfman and Gene Colan and first appeared in Tomb of Dracula #13.
- The character of Abraham Whistler was actually introduced in the 1994-1998 Spider-Man animated series. To date, he has no canonical Marvel Comics counterpart.
- This is the first time that Blade is ever given a proper name. A quick shot of his mother's driver's license in the beginning of the film establishes his surname as Brooks and later in the film, his mother calls him Eric. Marvel Comics has since retroactively established Eric Brooks as Blade's real name.
- A recreated set of the Blood Club was built for Halloween Horror Nights theme attraction at Universal Studios.
- Traci Lords, who plays the vampire Raquel at the beginning of the film, is a former adult film star.