An Alien in Hollywood - Ronald Shusett
Alien - Birth of a Hollywood Blockbuster
00:13 – Harry introduces his new podcast, An Alien i...
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Apr 25 2019 37m
Chapter 1 1 min
Harry introduces his new podcast, An Alien in HollywoodChapter 2 2 mins
Robin describes Ron ShusettChapter 3 2 mins
How Harry met RobinChapter 4 1 min
Robin breaks down the format of the first few episodes of this podcastChapter 5 5 mins
The genesis of the movie AlienChapter 6 58 sec
The progress Dan O’Bannon made on the first act of AlienChapter 7 1 min
How Ron came up with the solution of how the alien gets on boardChapter 8 3 mins
How Dan met H.R. Giger, the man who eventually worked on the design work for AlienChapter 9 5 mins
Ron tells the story of how Roger Corman came aboard for AlienChapter 10 1 min
How Gordon Carroll, David Giler and Walter Hill influenced the production of AlienChapter 11 2 mins
The story of how Ridley Scott came on as the director of AlienChapter 12 1 min
Ron recounts moments of discouragement he felt while trying to get this movie madeChapter 13 1 min
Ridley Scott’s vision for AlienChapter 14 4 mins
Why the Giler/Hill draft of the Alien script didn’t workChapter 15 11 sec
The vindication Ron and Dan felt when Ridley sided with their script