Balde

Blade is a 1998 vampire action film starring Wesley Snipes and Stephen Dorff, loosely based on the Marvel Comics character Blade.^[1] The film was directed by Stephen Norrington and written by David S. Goyer. Snipes plays Blade, a human-vampire hybrid, who protects humans against vampires. Blade grossed $70 million at the U.S. box office, and $131.2 million worldwide. Two sequels, Blade II and Blade: Trinity, were subsequently produced.

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Directed by	Stephen Norrington
Produced by	Peter Frankfurt Wesley Snipes Robert Engelman Andrew J. Horne
Written by	David S. Goyer
Based on	Blade by Marv Wolfman Gene Colan
Starring	Wesley Snipes Stephen Dorff Kris Kristofferson N'Bushe Wright Donal Logue Sanaa Lathan
Music by	Mark Isham
Cinematography	Theo Van De Sande
Editing by	Paul Rubell
Studio	New Line Cinema Marvel Enterprises Amen Ra Films Imaginary Forces
Distributed by	New Line Cinema
Release date(s)	August 21, 1998
Running time	120 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$45,000,000
Gross revenue	$131,183,530		Cast Deacon Frost. Wesley Snipes as Eric Brooks / Blade: A half-vampire "daywalker" who hunts vampires. N'Bushe Wright as Dr. Karen Jenson: A hematologist who is bitten by a vampire. She stays with Blade to remain safe while she finds a cure for herself. Stephen Dorff as Deacon Frost: An upstart vampire. He emerges as Blade's primary enemy and also wants to conquer the human race. Kris Kristofferson as Abraham Whistler: Blade's mentor and weaponsmith. Donal Logue as Quinn: A cocky minion of Frost's. Udo Kier as Gitano Dragonetti: A vampire elder. Sanaa Lathan as Vanessa Brooks: Blade's mother, who has become a vampire. Arly Jover as Mercury:Frost's lover. Kevin Patrick Walls as Officer Krieger: A "familiar", or human servant, of Frost's. Tim Guinee as Dr. Curtis Webb: Karen's ex-boyfriend who later becomes a decomposing vampire. Traci Lords as Racquel: A seductive vampire who leads a man to the blood rave.