From Starbeast to Alien
I've come across a shot of a script page from the original Alien - a thing of beauty - just like lifting the curtain and looking right into the process of making movie history.
- 1976 - an early draft of Alien - originally called Starbeast - Alien was originally written by Dan O'Bannon - who co-wrote and co-starred in John Carpenter's Dark Star. He then went on to collaborate with Ronald Shusett on the story that would become Alien.
- June 1978 - revised final script - written by Walter Hill and David Giler, based on original script by Dan O'Bannon. Hill and Giler reshaped the prose, making it lean and crisp.
- Visit here for sequel scripts.
- Not to miss, all Alien background information on Wikipedia.
- And finally, 10 things you didn't know about Alien.
2 comments:
Amazing - love it!
Alien by Walter Hill is so amazingly written. As William Goldman said, "Your script should read like it has already been filmed." And Alien is a perfect example.
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