Interesting and little-known facts about the movie "Alien" (23 photos)

Photos from the shooting and interesting facts about the masterpiece sci-fi horror film "Alien" directed by Ridley Scott.





Ridley Scott's Alien was released in 1979. AND despite the fact that the picture came out 44 years ago, it still looks great.



1. Remember the moment when the cat hissed when he first saw the Alien? In fact, a mirror was placed near the cat, behind which German Shepherd. When the mirror was removed, the cat saw the dog and instantly hissed.



2. The suits in which the crew members were were bulky and heavy. Moreover, they lacked a system ventilation, which made it hard for the actors and they almost fell into fainting. To do this, a nurse was constantly on duty on the set. In addition, oxygen tanks were often brought to the actors in order to they could take a breather.



In the scene where the crew members found the huge dead alien, the children of the director and cameraman were filmed in spacesuits to the alien looked even bigger compared to humans. True, children Unlike adults, they began to faint, which is why in costumes finally thought of installing a ventilation system.



3. The scene where the breastbreaker comes out of Kane's chest was filmed. from the first take from several cameras. Rumor has it that the actors themselves, apart from John Hurt, who played Kane, was not aware of a chest rupture, so they the reaction was real, especially from actress Veronica Cartwright, who went into hysterics after being splattered with artificial blood.



4. Ridley Scott wanted the viewer not to feel like that the Alien is a man in a suit, so he tried not to shoot monster looking directly into the camera, and focus on the frightening profiles. Also, it was for this reason that the adult xenomorph was Allotted only 4 minutes of screen time.



5. According to the original idea, the Alien should have had eyes, but during the making of the film, they decided to make the monster eyeless in order to give it a more intimidating look.






6. Ripley didn't want to let Kane on board after the a facehugger clung to him, but Ash insisted on opening the door. But a scene was cut from the film where Lambert punched Ripley in the face, due to that she didn't want to let Kane in.






After several unsuccessful takes with slaps Ridley Scott told actress Veronica Cartwright to hit Sigourney Weaver like follows. This was followed by a real blow, which became a complete a surprise to Sigourney.



7. Originally conceived by actresses Sigourney Weaver and Veronica Cartwright were supposed to be in hypersleep with bare chest, but in the end from this idea was abandoned in order not to increase the age rating and not offend the feelings of viewers from some other countries. Therefore the chest It was decided to cover up with medical bandages.



8. Ripley was originally intended to be a male character, but Ridley Scott decided to invite several girls to audition. In the end, he convinced that the main character should be a woman.



9. The Alien himself was played by an unknown artist Bolajo Bodeio, who was accidentally found in a pub by a casting director. Bolagio possessed tall (210 cm) and rather thin arms, which made him the perfect candidate for this role. After Bolagio's approval, he passed special training at the school of mimes so that he could make movements monsterbut smooth and slow.



10. The idea that the Alien should bleed acid, was born during the filming of the film. So the filmmakers wanted to explain why the crew wouldn't just shoot the alien.



11. Harrison was originally offered the role of Captain Dallas. Ford, and he even liked the idea of the film, as well as the character himself. But in in the end, he still turned down the role, even despite the increased fee. He explained his refusal by the fact that he did not want to play space captain in two films in a row, because 2 years before the release of "Alien" he played Captain Han Solo in Star Wars IV: A New Hope.



12. The idea of ​​creating a facehugger appeared after the creators began to think about how to carry the Alien onto the ship without any suspicion. Moreover, in order not to offend the weaker sex, the creators firmly decided that the facehugger should cling to the character male.



13. The film was supposed to have a bed scene between Ripley and Captain Dallas. But actor Tom Skerrit, who played Dallas, personally approached Ridley Scott and asked why bed scene, if it does not affect anything, but only slows down the story. Scott decided that Skerrit was right and deleted the sex scene from the plot.



14. Ridley Scott wanted to make the corridor of the ship "Nostromo" longer, but the studio bosses refused to give additional funding given that they had already raised the film's budget. Then Ridley Scott went to the trick and installed mirrors in the corridor, to create the illusion of length. By the way, at one point you can even notice reflection of crew members.



15. To create the illusion of Ash's android severed head, actor Ian Holm was sitting under the table while his head was outside.



Well, in order to create the insides of the android, the creators used pasta, caviar, milk and some other small items. In addition, before each take, when the android's head had to to say Ian Holm had milk poured into his mouth.



16. A lot of games have been released based on the movie "Alien", but surely many of you will remember the game "Alien 3" on the console "Dendy" (NES) with a terrifying and beautiful musical score.