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| The Book of Alien | 
 enlarge | Author: Paul Scanlon
Creator: Michael Gross
Publisher: Titan Books
Category: Book
List Price: $12.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 486394
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 112
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 10.6 x 8.2 x 1
ISBN: 1852864834
Dewey Decimal Number: 791
EAN: 9781852864835
ASIN: 1852864834
Publication Date: March 1, 2004
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Product Description
In 1979, a movie was released that was to capture the imagination of the world, and become a science fiction classic Alien. 25 years later, the Alien franchise is stronger than ever! The Book of Alien is the definitive companion to the movie, which celebrates its 25th anniversary in 2004. Taking you right behind the scenes of the production, there are interviews with the key people involved, including legendary designer HR Giger and director Ridley Scott. Lavishly illustrated with scores of stunning design paintings, production art and film stills unpublished elsewhere, the book covers every creative stage, and graphically demonstrates just why the
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 PICTURE book of Alien is more like it. February 23, 2004
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
Paul Scanlon and Michael Gross (Burt Gummer!?!) offer very litte text about the actual making of the movie. There is a token segment about the genesis of the script but the rest of the book is focused strictly on the visual aspects. No comments from cast, production crew, or composer Jerry Goldsmith are offered. Those (like me) expecting an in depth look at the making of a genre milestone will be a tad disappointed. Nonetheless, the countless conceptual drawings (both for used and unused concepts) from the pre-production of the motion picture and the generous amounts of stills will get the mouth of any Alien fan watering. An essential for the drawings and stills, but the text is strictly behind the scenes filler that is lacking both depth and insight.
 the book of alien February 21, 1998
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
To all the film buffs, as you good people are aware this book dealt with the how and why the film,ALIEN,was filmed,i just wish that i had bought this,book in 1979 when this film was first shown.Overall a nice piece of history of horror setin space.This book is quite rare and is hard tofind....please bring it back.............
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