{"product_id":"the-making-of-alien-9781789090550","title":"The Making of Alien","description":"\u003cb\u003eA comprehensive and definitive volume telling the complete story of how \u003ci\u003eAlien\u003c\/i\u003e was made, featuring new interviews with Ridley Scott and other production crew, and including many rarely-seen photos and illustrations from the Fox archives.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 1979 a movie legend was born, as Twentieth Century-Fox and director Ridley Scott unleashed \u003ci\u003eAlien\u003c\/i\u003e - and gave audiences around the world the scare of their lives. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTo celebrate the movie's fortieth anniversary, author J.W. Rinzler (\u003ci\u003eThe Making of Star Wars\u003c\/i\u003e) tells the whole fascinating story of how \u003ci\u003eAlien\u003c\/i\u003e evolved from a simple idea in the mind of writer Dan O'Bannon into one of the most memorable sci-fi horror thrillers of all time. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith brand new interviews with Ridley Scott and other key members of the original production crew, and featuring many never-before-seen photographs and artworks from the archives, \u003ci\u003eThe Making of Alien\u003c\/i\u003e is the definitive work on this masterpiece of popular cinema.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJ.W. Rinzler\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Lakewood, New Jersey; grew up in Manhattan\/NYC and Berkeley, CA. J W Rinzler fell in love with old monster films, such as Dracula and Frankenstein, as well as Robin Hood and other adventure movies. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFormer executive editor for 15 years at Lucasfilm, Rinzler wrote and directed an animated short \u003ci\u003e'Riddle of the Black Cat\u003c\/i\u003e', which was shown at numerous film festivals, including the Montreal World Film Festival. His adaptation of George Lucas's original rough draft became \u003ci\u003e'The Star Wars\u003c\/i\u003e' graphic novel and was a #1 New York Times best-seller.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Titan Books (UK)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50646870229266,"sku":"9781789090550","price":42.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_1bc27e43-61ef-4470-9ad7-97efa6f4d60c.jpg?v=1733188404","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-making-of-alien-9781789090550","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}