Alien Evolution
2001 · 75 MIN · IMDB 7.2 · 287 VOTES · DIR. Andrew Abbott, Russell Leven
Overview
Mark Kermode brings a tribute to the successful Alien series, featuring interviews with the cast members and directors, including Sigourney Weaver and Ridley Scott. This documentary is featured on the 9th disc of the Alien Quadrilogy DVD set, released in 2003.
Dialogue Timeline — 750 lines
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00:00:19 whose publicity warned that "In space no one can hear you scream."
00:03:10 It! The Terror From Beyond Space. The Day the Earth Stood Still.
00:05:32 He said What? I said Well, the alien... the alien screws one of them.
00:07:57 I called Walter and said You're nuts. It's terrible.
00:10:30 we had a bit of a wrestling match with this script
00:12:55 He watched Tobe Hoopers Texas Chainsaw Massacre. I know that he saw.
00:15:42 And one of the keys was Gigers design.
00:21:07 They were'nt robots, but they were'nt humans.
00:24:16 (Terry) It made it more frightening when you only saw scraps of it.
00:27:50 Wherever you can do it physically, do it physically.
00:30:34 So once you were on that set, you were on that set, and it became very claustrophobic.
00:32:59 To me, she was always sort of a young ensign - this was one of her first jobs -
00:35:36 She's just awfully good.
00:38:13 And again, I was from the theatre, so I was used to more structure.
00:40:30 From completely ignoring them so they get totally twitchy
00:42:30 I think that's one of the reasons there is so much tension - we are trying to survive.
00:45:11 I said Come on, let's see it. How bad can it be?
00:47:25 It was like Christmas. They were like kids, practically jumping up and down.
00:50:06 (Lambert sobs)
00:52:21 'Cos when... They were terrified that nothing happened for 45 minutes.
00:54:50 transform from this enemy to this vulnerable... pink thing.
00:57:38 Management got very upset and said Who's responsible for making this movie?
01:00:24 He said I tell you, I had this film in my movie house.
01:02:52 It saved my career, 'cos it saved my spirits and it's kept my ideas fresh.
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed750
Dialogue density10.0 lines / min
First line00:00:19
Final line01:02:52
Production Record
DirectorAndrew Abbott, Russell Leven
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes287