► ►►Try MUBI Free for 30 Days: https://mubi.com/cinematyler This is the story of how Ridley Scott saved Alien…before filming even a single frame. The production company that bought the Alien script had a radical idea. They wanted to take what many would see as a B-level monster movie and make it deliver on an A-level. 20th Century Fox agreed to back the movie but they were skeptical and didn’t want to risk the amount of money necessary to make a serious science fiction horror movie. It would ultimately be a little-known director named Ridley Scott whose first movie had little success at the box office and second movie collapsed before it got started who would have to convince Fox to change their minds. But Scott would come to Fox armed with a unique vision and influences, including recycling ideas from a failed sci-fi epic…a sci-fi/fantasy take on the 12th-century romance story Tristan and Iseult. ---------------------------------------- BONUS VIDEO (Scott’s Storyboards): https://bit.ly/3HnVcPu *$1 until my next video goes up! Cinema Stories Survey (What movies should I cover?): https://bit.ly/3BmNVdW Support this channel on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cinematyler * Ad-free videos for $1! Twitter: http://twitter.com/cinematyler Instagram: http://instagram.com/cinematyler Facebook: http://facebook.com/cinematyler #Alien #FilmHistory #RidleyScott ---------------------------------------- Huge Collection of Alien Resources: https://cinephiliabeyond.org/alien-40th-anniversary/ Sources: (Cinefantastique V09) Making Alien - Cinefantastique V09 (Art of Storyboarding) The Art of Storyboarding with Ridley Scott - https://bit.ly/3O9FOIn (Starlog 026) Starlog Magazine Issue 026 –– Ridley Scott: Directing ‘Alien’ Through an Artist’s Eyes by David Houston (Ridley Scott Wiki) Ridley Scott (Wikipedia) - https://bit.ly/3MJagYH (Space Truckin’) Alien Series - Space Truckin’–The Nostromo - https://bit.ly/3Qb6XfU (ASC Vanlint) American Cinematographer - Alien and Its Photographic Challenges - https://bit.ly/3tw6nj0 (ASC Scott) American Cinematographer - The Filming of Alien - https://bit.ly/39jUhTu (Fantastic Films Oct ‘79) Fantastic Films #11 Oct 1979 (The Long Tomorrow Wiki) The Long Tomorrow (Wiki) - https://bit.ly/3QkKhd6 Music: EZCO Artlist.io