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 Ridley Scott had planned to adapt Tristan and Iseult next, but after viewing Star Wars, he was convinced of the promise of large-scale, effects-driven films.[([[https://bladerunner.fandom.com/wiki/Ridley_Scott|Blade Runner]])] Ridley Scott had planned to adapt Tristan and Iseult next, but after viewing Star Wars, he was convinced of the promise of large-scale, effects-driven films.[([[https://bladerunner.fandom.com/wiki/Ridley_Scott|Blade Runner]])]
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 +===== Alien =====
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 +He accepted the job of directing  the 1979 horror / science fiction film Alien, which would bring him international success. Scott has decided to change Ellen Ripley from a regular male action heroine to a heroine.[([[https://www.theguardian.com/film/2009/oct/13/ridley-scott-alien-ripley|The Guardian]])]
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 +===== Alien's Success =====
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 +Filmed at Shepperton Studios in the United Kingdom, Alien was the sixth-highest-paying movie in 1979, with revenues of  over $ 104 million worldwide.[([[https://www.thtsearch.com/content/Ridley_Scott/|thtsearch]])]
 +
 +===== Another Alien? =====
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 +Scott was engaged with the 2003 reclamation and once again arrival of the first film. In special meetings at that point, Scott demonstrated he had been in conversations to make a fifth film in the Alien establishment. Notwithstanding, in a 2006 meeting, Scott commented that he had been troubled about Alien: The Director's Cut, feeling that the first was "pretty perfect" and that the increments were just an advertising apparatus[([[https://movies.fandom.com/wiki/Ridley_Scott|Movies]])]
 +
 +===== Prometheus =====
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 +Scott would return to an Alien-related movie three decades later when he directed Prometheus.[([[https://collider.com/new-alien-sequel-fede-alvarez-directing-ridley-scott-producing/|Collider]])]
 +
 +===== Blade Runner =====
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 +Scott went on to helm the film adaptation of Philip K. Dick's novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? after working on the film adaptation of Dune for a year and following the tragic loss of his brother Frank. Blade Runner, starring Harrison Ford, was a commercial flop in theaters in 1982, yet it is today considered a classic.[([[https://3oneseven.com/ridley-scott-director/|3oneseven]])]
 +
 +===== Blade Runner Director's Cut =====
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 +Warner Brothers utilized Scott's remarks to make a hasty director's edit in 1991, which eliminated the main character's narration and made a number of other minor changes, including the conclusion. Scott later personally oversaw a digital restoration of Blade Runner and approved what was known as The Final Cut. This version was released in theaters in Los Angeles, New York City, and Toronto on October 5, 2007, and as an expensive DVD release in December 2007.[([[https://3oneseven.com/ridley-scott-director/|3oneseven]])]
 +
 +===== Cyberpunk Genre =====
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 +Many reviewers consider Blade Runner to be one of the most important and influential science fiction films ever made, thanks in part to its frequently replicated portrayals of a future metropolis. It is frequently cited alongside William Gibson's work Neuromancer as the catalyst for the cyberpunk genre.[([[https://pl.steelseries.com/blog/who-created-cyberpunk-sci-fi-224|steelseries]])]
 +
 +===== Gladiator =====
 +
 +Gladiator (2000), Scott's historical drama, was one of his biggest critical and commercial hits. It received five Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture, Best Actor for the film's lead Russell Crowe, and Best Director for Scott.[([[https://www.britannica.com/topic/Gladiator-film-by-Scott|Britannica]])]
 +
 +===== Oliver Reed In Gladiator =====
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 +Scott collaborated with The Mill, a British visual effects company, on the film's computer-generated visuals, and the film was dedicated to Oliver Reed, who died during filming – The Mill built a digital body double for Reed's final scenes.[([[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0172495/trivia/|imdb]])]
 +
 +===== Hannibal =====
 +
 +After that, Ridley Scott directed Hannibal (2001), starring Anthony Hopkins as Hannibal Lecter. Despite garnering mixed reviews, the picture was a monetary success.[([[https://emanuellevy.com/oscar/oscar-directors-scott-ridley-background-career-awards-filmography/|emanuellevy]])]
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