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Memory: The Origins of Alien

There was no one elseattached, and they're asking me to getinvolved in what was then a...

There was no one else
attached, and they're asking me to get
involved in what was then a budgeted film for $2 million

Full Transcript

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There was no one else attached, and they're
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asking me to get involved in what was then
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a budgeted film for $2 million.
Duration
11 seconds
Views
28
Timestamp in Movie
00:34:03
Uploaded
Jun 11, 2025
Genres
documentary, biography, history
Production
Screen Media Films,Legion M,Dogwoof

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Movie Summary

An in-depth voyage into the sci-fi film "Alien" with the visionary filmmakers who created it. See how one of the most terrifying movies of all time came to life 40 years ago, inspired by ancient mythology and our universal fears.
$2 million sounds like an ed wood movie. - Memory: The Origins of Alien 00:05
$2 million sounds like an ed wood movie.
Ridley and I had just finished off the do list. - Memory: The Origins of Alien 00:05
Ridley and I had just finished off the do list.
There was this thing between Ridley - Memory: The Origins of Alien 00:05
There was this thing between Ridley
And all the films that I used to show him, - Memory: The Origins of Alien 00:09
And all the films that I used to show him,
He had the script through the door called the "alien," - Memory: The Origins of Alien 00:11
He had the script through the door called the "alien,&q...
And so he was in the next door office - Memory: The Origins of Alien 00:10
And so he was in the next door office
Tom skerritt: I got a call a few weeks later, - Memory: The Origins of Alien 00:10
Tom skerritt: I got a call a few weeks later,
I got a phone call from Ridley saying, - Memory: The Origins of Alien 00:07
I got a phone call from Ridley saying,
So I drove straight down there. - Memory: The Origins of Alien 00:04
So I drove straight down there.
Diane o'bannon: When brandywine brought Ridley on was when Dan - Memory: The Origins of Alien 00:11
Diane o'bannon: When brandywine brought Ridley on was w...
Very, very rare occurrence when the writer can - Memory: The Origins of Alien 00:06
Very, very rare occurrence when the writer can
Ron shusett: We thought he was gonna - Memory: The Origins of Alien 00:07
Ron shusett: We thought he was gonna
Ian Nathan: And he's such a visual guy - Memory: The Origins of Alien 00:10
Ian Nathan: And he's such a visual guy
But what it doesn't really have is a clear idea of the alien. - Memory: The Origins of Alien 00:04
But what it doesn't really have is a clear idea of the ...
Diane o'bannon: When Dan showed Ridley - Memory: The Origins of Alien 00:07
Diane o'bannon: When Dan showed Ridley
I was shown the book, necro... - Memory: The Origins of Alien 00:05
I was shown the book, necro...
"Necronomicon," ok, in los Angeles, in fact, by o'bannon. - Memory: The Origins of Alien 00:05
"Necronomicon," ok, in los Angeles, in fact, by o&...
I've never been so certain about anything in my life. - Memory: The Origins of Alien 00:04
I've never been so certain about anything in my life.
But it was an early sign of how strong Scott was on that film - Memory: The Origins of Alien 00:08
But it was an early sign of how strong Scott was on that fil...
And the most fundamental and important one - Memory: The Origins of Alien 00:06
And the most fundamental and important one