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Ridley Scott / Brian J. Robb.

Title
Ridley Scott / Brian J. Robb.
Author
Robb, Brian J.
Publication
Harpenden, Herts : Pocket Essentials ; North Pomfret, Vt. : Distributed in the USA by Trafalgar Square Pub., 2005.

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TextUse in library PN1998.3.S393 R63 2005Off-site

Details

Description
160 p.; 18 cm.
Summary
"Included in this book are an introductory essay and a detailed examination of each of Ridley Scott's movies. Echoing his world building on screen, there's also an account of Scott's real-life world building by purchasing Shepperton Studios, as well as running his own commercials production house and owning his own award-winning special effects facility, Mill Film."--BOOK JACKET.
Series Statement
Pocket essentials. Film
Uniform Title
Pocket essentials. Film.
Subject
  • Motion picture producers and directors > Great Britain
  • Scott, Ridley > Criticism and interpretation
Genre/Form
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 159-160).
  • Filmography: p. 157-159.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Ridley Scott--world builder: an introduction to the unique worlds of a master film-maker -- Beginnings: Boy and bicycle (1961), the BBC, the advertising world and The duellists (1977) -- The science fiction trilogy: Alien (1979), Blade runner (1982) and Legend (1985) -- The crime trilogy: Someone to watch over me (1987), Black rain (1989) and Thelma & Louise (1991) -- Heroes and villains: Gladiator (2000), Hannibal (2001) and Black Hawk Down (2001) -- Personal epics: Matchstick men (2003) and Kingdom of heaven (2005) -- New worlds: the worlds Ridley Scott is yet to realize.
ISBN
  • 1904048471 (pbk.)
  • 9781904048473 (pbk.)
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library