Amongst other things, I read somewhere that the characters died in order of their actor's Hollywood profile. That's why John Hurt's character died first and why Sigourney Weaver's character survived (just).
Wade.
Wade.
It was ground-breaking in many many ways.
Amongst other things, I read somewhere that the characters died in order of their actor's Hollywood profile. That's why John Hurt's character died first and why Sigourney Weaver's character survived (just). Wade. Just Add Story http://justaddstory.wordpress.com/ |
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Hitchcock did it first
Janet Leigh was the star, Tony Perkins was a nobody. She had top billing on the marquee. You don't kill your star in the first reel ... unless you want your audience to transfer their sympathies to the unknown next to her. -- Drew |
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I'm not surprised. :-)
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Hollywood profile deaths
I must say that your assertion is on the face of it highly unpersuasive. cordially, |
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Care to elaborate?
I could be wrong, although it is widely known that the film definitely moved Sigourney Weaver's career up. Wade. Just Add Story http://justaddstory.wordpress.com/ |
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Siggy's Hollywood career
...consisted at that point of a walk-on in Annie Hall. Sort of like starting at the South Pole: nowhere to go but north. magnetically, |
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Dang, didn't realize it was *that* early in her career
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Alien was her first leading role.
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Watching "Alien" again recently
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- Nov. 7, 2014, 05:02:37 PM EST
Most excellent film
- (malraux)
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- Nov. 7, 2014, 05:46:15 PM EST
closing music
- (rcareaga)
- (2)
- Nov. 7, 2014, 07:42:56 PM EST
Yeah, I'm not hearing it either.
-NT
- (malraux)
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- Nov. 8, 2014, 04:38:21 PM EST
You need to listen again, and sequentially
- (rcareaga)
- Nov. 9, 2014, 09:35:00 PM EST
And by comparison
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- Nov. 8, 2014, 02:07:55 AM EST
Event Horizon
- (rcareaga)
- Nov. 9, 2014, 09:33:56 PM EST
Making Of Alien
- (malraux)
- Nov. 7, 2014, 05:55:11 PM EST
It is indeed a great film. (Hope you're feeling better!)
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- Nov. 7, 2014, 07:05:54 PM EST
It was ground-breaking in many many ways.
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- Nov. 8, 2014, 01:15:25 AM EST
Hitchcock did it first
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- Nov. 8, 2014, 01:51:45 PM EST
I'm not surprised. :-)
-NT
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- Nov. 8, 2014, 07:56:09 PM EST
Hollywood profile deaths
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- Nov. 9, 2014, 09:38:08 PM EST
Care to elaborate?
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- Nov. 10, 2014, 05:51:40 AM EST
Siggy's Hollywood career
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- Nov. 10, 2014, 02:08:32 PM EST
Dang, didn't realize it was *that* early in her career
-NT
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- Nov. 10, 2014, 02:14:32 PM EST
Alien was her first leading role.
-NT
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- Nov. 10, 2014, 06:11:32 PM EST
Then there's "Ash"..
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- Nov. 8, 2014, 03:35:22 AM EST
Did you ever see the ship at the LA Science museum?
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- Nov. 8, 2014, 10:29:00 AM EST
+5 Provocatively surreal.
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- Nov. 9, 2014, 03:24:50 PM EST
It was a cheap date when I saw it.
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- Nov. 10, 2014, 02:39:19 PM EST
