Event Details
A vampire hunter known as Blade (Wesley Snipes) uses his superhuman abilities to protect humanity from neck-biting undead under the guidance of mentor Abraham Whistler (Kris Kristofferson). The half-undead, half-human daywalker also seeks revenge for his mother’s murder at the hands of a vampire during her pregnancy. Based on the comic book series of the same name, Blade was the first film produced by Marvel Studios. An unexpected box-office success, the film helped pave the way for the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Snipes’s undeniable charisma as the leather-clad slayer and his decades of training in martial arts helped cement the character’s place in pop culture.
Academy Museum film programming generously funded by the Richard Roth Foundation.
1998 | 120 min | USA | Color | Scope | English/Russian/Serbian | Rated R | 4K DCP
DIRECTED BY: Stephen Norrington
PRODUCED BY: Peter Frankfurt, Wesley Snipes, Robert Engelman
WRITTEN BY: David S. Goyer
WITH: Wesley Snipes, Stephen Dorff, Kris Kristofferson, N'Bushe Wright