How Star Wars Set Ridley Scott On The Path To Alien
Star Wars was so great that it made Ridley Scott depressed for three months: 'That's my highest form of accolade.'
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Sissy Spacek Thinks Her Carrie Performance Would Have Been Nothing Without Piper Laurie
Sissy Spacek was scary in Carrie — but Piper Laurie was downright terrifying as Margaret White.
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The Original Godzilla Film Could Have Ended The Careers Of Everyone Involved
The movie was a high-risk, high-reward project.
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What James Gray Intended For Ad Astra And Why Brad Pitt Was Perfect
Director James Gray explored universal themes of fatherhood and loneliness in his near-future sci-fi film Ad Astra.
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Killer Klowns From Outer Space Was A Love Letter To The Chiodo Brothers' Childhoods
The Chiodo Brothers used plenty of details from their childhood to flesh out Killer Klowns from Outer Space, as well as cinematic influences from their youth.
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Ridley Scott Drove His Casting Team 'Crazy' Finding The Right Actors For Alien
'And that's how I met Sigourney.'
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Ridley Scott's Style Didn't Sit Well With Some Of Alien's Stars
Scott was not overly concerned with things like character backstories or biographies, which rubbed some of his cast the wrong way.
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How Akira Kurosawa Revived The Career Of The Director Of Godzilla
Akira Kurosawa is remembered for his many contributions to cinema — some of which were collaborations with a Godzilla director.
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The Best Sci-Fi Movies Streaming In October 2022 And Where To Find Them
Check out these five excellent sci-fi titles, available to stream in October.
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Spaceballs' Dark Helmet Was Originally Even More Over The Top, According To Rick Moranis
How could this character have been even more ridiculous?
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Liam Neeson Thought Ahmed Best's Star Wars Performance Would Make Him The New Eddie Murphy
Tragically, he was quite wrong.
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Star Trek And Star Wars Showed Matt Groening What He Didn't Want Futurama To Do
Star Wars and Star Trek certainly inspired Futurama in many ways, but perhaps most importantly, they defined how the future was depicted in the animated series.
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One Of Mel Brooks' Favorite Spaceballs Gags Started Life With Blazing Saddles
Who made that man a gunner?
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Steven Spielberg Made A 'Compromise' He'd Come To Regret On Close Encounters Of The Third Kind
Even a filmmaker as powerful as Steven Spielberg has to answer to studio demands.
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Ridley Scott Wanted Alien To Be The 'Antithesis' Of Star Wars
'It was the first time in my life I learned that computers are smarter than people.'
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The Chestburster Scene In Alien's Script Convinced Ridley Scott To Hop In The Director's Chair
Even then, Ridley Scott only got the job after four other directors passed on it.
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Hugo Weaving Wasn't Totally Sold On The Matrix Resurrections Script, But That's Not Why He Isn't In The Movie
Miiiiiiiiister Anderrrrrrrrrrrson.
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Steven Spielberg Needed Some Help From Harrison Ford To Get E.T. Written
It was worth the effort, to say the least.
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George Lucas And Steven Spielberg Played Tug Of War With A Key Star Wars Crew Member
'We were really scrambling to get the thing done and make it look good.'
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The Wildest Things That Happened On The Set Of Waterworld
A sinking set, jellyfish attacks, creative feuds, and overpriced accommodation turned the production of Waterworld into a fiasco.
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Even George Lucas Knows That The Star Wars Prequels Could Get 'Pretty Corny'
'It is presented very honestly, it isn't tongue-in-cheek at all, and it's played to the hilt.'
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Let's Talk About That Milking Scene In Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Is it really Star Wars without gross space milk?
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Chris Tucker Landed The Fifth Element Because 'He Looks Like A Shrimp' Next To Bruce Willis
Chris Tucker beat out Jamie Foxx for the role of Ruby Rhod, and it's partly because he wasn't built like an action hero.
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Close Encounters Of The Third Kind Ending Explained: This Means Something, This Is Important
Steven Spielberg has been fascinated by aliens since he was a child, and that had a huge influence on the end of Close Encounters of the Third Kind.
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Hayden Christensen Channeled Jake Lloyd's Anakin For Star Wars: Attack Of The Clones
An actor prepares. Especially if you're playing a Jedi.
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Stanley Kubrick Came 'Out Of The Blue' To Cast 2001: A Space Odyssey's Star
The star of 2001: A Space Odyssey didn't even read for Stanley Kubrick — the visionary director knew what he wanted.
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