All of the sick burns from Harrison Ford’s roast of ‘Blade Runner’ at the Oscars

Harrison Ford began his introduction of the award for best film editing by reading a list of harsh criticisms off a crumpled piece of paper.

“The opening is too choppy. Why is this voiceover track so terrible? He sounds drugged. Were they all on drugs? Deckard at the piano was interminable. Flashback dialogue is confusing, is he listening to a tape? Why do we need a third cut off the egg. The synagogue music is awful, we’ve gotta use Vangelis. Up to Zhora’s death, the movie is deadly dull. This movie gets worse every screening.”

Harrison Ford in Blade Runner. 

Warner Bros. 1982/HO

Fans of classic sci-fi could’ve guessed the film he was talking about, but it wasn’t until the end until he revealed that what he was reading were comments about the early cuts of ‘Blade Runner.’ Ford starred in the film as Rick Deckard, who has been enlisted to hunt down four bio-engineered humanoids. It was originally released in 1982, but later re-released as two different director’s cuts in 1992 and 2007 that are generally considered far superior.

Ford then announced that the winner of the Academy Award for Best Film Editing was “Sound of Metal,” a film about a heavy metal drummer who grapples with hearing loss. “Sound of Metal” was nominated for six Oscars, and at time of publication, had already won the Oscar for best sound.