2000
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4.32
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176
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Science fiction plucks from withinus our deepest fears and hopes then shows them to us in rough disguise:the monster and the rocket.W.H. Auden We live, as we dream—alone.Joseph Conrad So begins the screenplay of one of the greatest movies of all time: Alien. For the first time the complete script of Ridley Scott's legendary film Alien has been cleared for publication. The package will be the complete script, including scenes filmed but not released into the theatres, hitherto unseen stills from the films, storyboards, a foreword by Ridley Scott and an introduction by Paul Sammon, author of the bestselling Future Noir: The Making of Blade Runner .
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Author
Dan O'Bannon
Author · 4 books
Daniel Thomas "Dan" O'Bannon (September 30, 1946 – December 17, 2009) was an American film screenwriter, director, visual effects supervisor, and occasional actor, usually in the science fiction and horror genres. O'Bannon is best known for having written the screenplay for Alien, adapted from a story he wrote with Ronald Shusett. He also contributed computer animation to Star Wars, worked on cult classics such as Dark Star, Heavy Metal and Total Recall, and both wrote and directed the horror comedy The Return of the Living Dead.
