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Aliens Expanded

An in-depth and innovative documentary that explores the story behind James Cameron's beloved sci-fi epic Aliens (1986) and its incredible impact.

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Ian Nathan

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Sigourney Weaver

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Lance Henriksen

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Jenette Goldstein

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Cynthia Dale Scott

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Tom Woodruff Jr.

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Graham V. Hartstone

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Charles de Lauzirika

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Alan Dean Foster

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She's a little grizzled. It's cool. - Aliens Expanded

She's a little grizzled. It's cool.

Sigourney as Ripley was critical to me - Aliens Expanded

Sigourney as Ripley was critical to me

But of course, seven years had gone by
and no personal services contract - Aliens Expanded

But of course, seven years had gone by and no personal servi...

They were waiting for me to write
something to essentially use as bait - Aliens Expanded

They were waiting for me to write something to essentially u...

Honestly, I knew absolutely
nothing about the sequel - Aliens Expanded

Honestly, I knew absolutely nothing about the sequel

And I got this script delivered
or in the mail, started reading it. - Aliens Expanded

And I got this script delivered or in the mail, started read...

And of course, what a script! - Aliens Expanded

And of course, what a script!

And Ripley's on every page, and I thought, - Aliens Expanded

And Ripley's on every page, and I thought,

It really has to do
a lot of things for me, - Aliens Expanded

It really has to do a lot of things for me,

If it's not in the script, I'm not that
interested no matter who you are. - Aliens Expanded

If it's not in the script, I'm not that interested...

{\an8}And you have to remember
that back in the eighties, - Aliens Expanded

{\an8}And you have to remember that back in the eighties,

The idea of paying that much money
for a lead in a sequel, - Aliens Expanded

The idea of paying that much money for a lead in a sequel,

So we had to find a way to get
the two parties together. - Aliens Expanded

So we had to find a way to get the two parties together.

She wanted a rich deal
because the first film was a hit. - Aliens Expanded

She wanted a rich deal because the first film was a hit.

She had then by the short and curlies
because she was Ripley. - Aliens Expanded

She had then by the short and curlies because she was Ripley...

Last survivor of the Nostromo. - Aliens Expanded

Last survivor of the Nostromo.

I said, "I'm not gonna let this thing
get torpedoed just because of one actress. - Aliens Expanded

I said, "I'm not gonna let this thing get torpedoe...

Over the next weekend, - Aliens Expanded

Over the next weekend,

It wasn't till I talked to Jim much later - Aliens Expanded

It wasn't till I talked to Jim much later

And Sigourney as a person
is extremely compelling, - Aliens Expanded

And Sigourney as a person is extremely compelling,

{\an8}She was a far cry from
a sort of theatrical actressy actress. - Aliens Expanded

{\an8}She was a far cry from a sort of theatrical actressy a...

When I first came to the set, - Aliens Expanded

When I first came to the set,

Obviously,
her character hated my character, - Aliens Expanded

Obviously, her character hated my character,

"Oh, here comes the horrible creepy guy." - Aliens Expanded

"Oh, here comes the horrible creepy guy."

We were both
considered outsiders by the gang. - Aliens Expanded

We were both considered outsiders by the gang.

{\an8}I think the reason that Jim
uses her so much - Aliens Expanded

{\an8}I think the reason that Jim uses her so much

The second the camera rolls, - Aliens Expanded

The second the camera rolls,

We had a couple of, not serious, run-ins,
disagreements over scenes. - Aliens Expanded

We had a couple of, not serious, run-ins, disagreements over...

And I can remember the three of us,
Jim kind of listening, - Aliens Expanded

And I can remember the three of us, Jim kind of listening,

I don't know, maybe it's because
I played Ripley before, - Aliens Expanded

I don't know, maybe it's because I played Ripley b...

You guys threw me at the wolves
and now you want me to go back out there? - Aliens Expanded

You guys threw me at the wolves and now you want me to go ba...

And the only reason
she could be compelled to do it - Aliens Expanded

And the only reason she could be compelled to do it

How many are there? How many colonists? - Aliens Expanded

How many are there? How many colonists?

Did IQs just drop sharply
while I was away? - Aliens Expanded

Did IQs just drop sharply while I was away?

{\an8}I think very much, Jim was trying
to make several points in the film, - Aliens Expanded

{\an8}I think very much, Jim was trying to make several poin...

{\an8}Here it is in space
and still in charge of things, - Aliens Expanded

{\an8}Here it is in space and still in charge of things,

He saw thousands of eggs there, thousands. - Aliens Expanded

He saw thousands of eggs there, thousands.

I don't ask because it takes
two weeks to get an answer out here. - Aliens Expanded

I don't ask because it takes two weeks to get an answer...

{\an8}So I think to me
it was absolutely my worldview - Aliens Expanded

{\an8}So I think to me it was absolutely my worldview

And because I came up in the seventies - Aliens Expanded

And because I came up in the seventies

And Three Mile Island had happened - Aliens Expanded

And Three Mile Island had happened

Look, I'm a child of the sixties,
so I'm ready to protest everything. - Aliens Expanded

Look, I'm a child of the sixties, so I'm ready to ...

{\an8}The idea that the future - Aliens Expanded

{\an8}The idea that the future

{\an8}You look at Robocop, - Aliens Expanded

{\an8}You look at Robocop,

{\an8}Drop by my office. We'll talk some more. - Aliens Expanded

{\an8}Drop by my office. We'll talk some more.

A company that had control of space - Aliens Expanded

A company that had control of space

{\an8}So they would be just as powerful
as a government these days. - Aliens Expanded

{\an8}So they would be just as powerful as a government thes...

{\an8}What if it's actually the corporation
that's controlling the government, - Aliens Expanded

{\an8}What if it's actually the corporation that's...

Planet engineers, - Aliens Expanded

Planet engineers,

Colonization, as we've seen on Earth,
doesn't always end well. - Aliens Expanded

Colonization, as we've seen on Earth, doesn't alwa...

By destroying an M-class star. - Aliens Expanded

By destroying an M-class star.

{\an8}The origins of Weyland-Yutani - Aliens Expanded

{\an8}The origins of Weyland-Yutani

{\an8}And Ron Cobb, the designer, said - Aliens Expanded

{\an8}And Ron Cobb, the designer, said

And there was this,
I think fear at the time - Aliens Expanded

And there was this, I think fear at the time

So it was Leyland Toyota
that became Weyland-Yutani. - Aliens Expanded

So it was Leyland Toyota that became Weyland-Yutani.

And then when Cameron came in - Aliens Expanded

And then when Cameron came in

So it read "Weyland-Yutani." - Aliens Expanded

So it read "Weyland-Yutani."

And Cameron made it
much more robustly corporate. - Aliens Expanded

And Cameron made it much more robustly corporate.

{\an8}There's this wonderful kind of back
and forth of ownership - Aliens Expanded

{\an8}There's this wonderful kind of back and forth of ...

Of course, both Alien and Aliens - Aliens Expanded

Of course, both Alien and Aliens

The name Nostromo, - Aliens Expanded

The name Nostromo,

The original screenplay of Alien had - Aliens Expanded

The original screenplay of Alien had

Sulaco, the name of the ship in Aliens, - Aliens Expanded

Sulaco, the name of the ship in Aliens,

And Conrad wrote about
man colonizing far off places - Aliens Expanded

And Conrad wrote about man colonizing far off places

So there's this theme
from Conrad that I think - Aliens Expanded

So there's this theme from Conrad that I think

You know, Burke, I don't know
which species is worse. - Aliens Expanded

You know, Burke, I don't know which species is worse.

Weeks and weeks before
I even left to go to London, - Aliens Expanded

Weeks and weeks before I even left to go to London,

Then I go to London and they do
a second fitting, I haven't seen anything, - Aliens Expanded

Then I go to London and they do a second fitting, I haven�...

Cut to, they bring me
the suit with the collars up. - Aliens Expanded

Cut to, they bring me the suit with the collars up.

I went, "That's it?
That's all you came up with?" - Aliens Expanded

I went, "That's it? That's all you came up wi...

It just looks like a guy that you
want to go, "Hey, buddy, your collar's up." - Aliens Expanded

It just looks like a guy that you want to go, "Hey, bud...

It was anti-corporate - Aliens Expanded

It was anti-corporate

Why are you going? - Aliens Expanded

Why are you going?

{\an8}But this ship can't sink. - Aliens Expanded

{\an8}But this ship can't sink.

These proceedings are closed. - Aliens Expanded

These proceedings are closed.

Amanda Ripley-McClaren.
Married name, I guess. - Aliens Expanded

Amanda Ripley-McClaren. Married name, I guess.

We see it in The Special Edition, - Aliens Expanded

We see it in The Special Edition,

She left her just before
her 11th birthday, - Aliens Expanded

She left her just before her 11th birthday,

And so Ripley has a hole inside her,
which is filled when she meets Newt. - Aliens Expanded

And so Ripley has a hole inside her, which is filled when sh...

{\an8}Jim cut out the fact that Ripley
was a mother in the main film. - Aliens Expanded

{\an8}Jim cut out the fact that Ripley was a mother in the m...

He didn't have the courage
to tell me before the first screening. - Aliens Expanded

He didn't have the courage to tell me before the first ...

I promised her - Aliens Expanded

{\an8}And that's also personal - Aliens Expanded

{\an8}And that's also personal

Amy. - Aliens Expanded

You couldn't have four screens
showing the same film, - Aliens Expanded

You couldn't have four screens showing the same film,

So we had to come up with some
very difficult choices about what to cut. - Aliens Expanded

So we had to come up with some very difficult choices about ...

So we had to find things
that we could take out as chunks. - Aliens Expanded

So we had to find things that we could take out as chunks.

That was hard for me
because I'd based everything on it. - Aliens Expanded

That was hard for me because I'd based everything on it...

I realize now that you don't need it, - Aliens Expanded

I realize now that you don't need it,

But just in the terms of
shooting the movie, - Aliens Expanded

But just in the terms of shooting the movie,

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An in-depth and innovative documentary that explores the story behind James Cameron's beloved sci-fi epic Aliens (1986) and its incredible impact.

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Director: Ian Nathan

Writer: Ian Nathan

Production: CreatorVC

Genre: documentary

Year: 2024

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ImdbRating: 8.4

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Released: 28 Jun 2024

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Homepage: https://www.creatorvc.com/aliensexpanded