Ian Nathan
For over thirty years, audiences have been simultaneously captivated and appalled as the spaceship Nostromo is invaded and its crew stalked by a terrifying parasitic creature. From the gore of the infant alien bursting from Kaneâ€™s chest to the mounting claustrophobia as Ripley discovers the monster has followed her into the escape shuttle, Alien is a chilling masterpiece.,Now, ,
  ,Alien Vault: The Definitive Story of the Making of the Film,
, opens a portal into the making of this legendary film, tracing its path from embryonic concept to fully fledged box office phenomenon.,Featured herein are director Ridley Scottâ€™s own annotated storyboards, Polaroids and script pages; the elegant but disturbing concept artwork of H.R. Giger; sketches and construction blueprints for the Nostromo; costume designs by Moebius; a treasure trove of never-before-seen photographs of the cast and crew; and ten meticulously reproduced artifacts, enclosed in vellum envelopes, for readers to remove and examine more closely.,Fully authorized and illustrated throughout, Alien Vault is the ultimate tribute to a movie that changed cinema forever.
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Alien Vault: The Definitive Story of the Making of the Film