B-Movie to Masterpiece: How Ridley Scott Saved ALIEN
This is the story of how Ridley Scott saved Alien…before filming even a single frame.
The production company that bought the Alien script had a radical idea. They wanted to take what many would see as a B-level monster movie and make it deliver on an A-level. 20th Century Fox agreed to back the movie but they were skeptical and didn’t want to risk the amount of money necessary to make a serious science fiction horror movie.
It would ultimately be a little-known director named Ridley Scott whose first movie had little success at the box office and second movie collapsed before it got started who would have to convince Fox to change their minds. But Scott would come to Fox armed with a unique vision and influences, including recycling ideas from a failed sci-fi epic…a sci-fi/fantasy take on the 12th-century romance story Tristan and Iseult.
Part of the excellent 'Making Alien' mini-doc series by CinemaTyler
Where to watch:
International - youtube
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