poster sign 29X14 SHOWTIME PRESENTS Ridley Scott's ALIEN 1979 circa 1983 RARE

Description: Original Rare, Hard to Find SHOWTIME PAY-TV Sign / Poster for FIRST BROADCAST, circa 1983 on SHOWTIME Pay Cable Television. Stiff Card stock quality, 28.5 inches wide by 14 inches tall. This particular poster sign was used in the Elmira, New York area of GROUP-W (Westinghouse) CABLE Television Company. An investment level video collectible from the earliest days of the home video entertainment industry. FAST and SAFE DELIVERY is assured.1979. Directed by RIDLEY SCOTT, co-written by DAN O'BANNON, co-produced by WALTER HILL, music by JERRY GOLDSMITH - The crew of a commercial spacecraft encounters a deadly lifeform after investigating a mysterious transmission of unknown origin. In the distant future, the crew of the commercial spaceship "Nostromo" is on its way home when the crew picks up a distress call from a distant moon. The crew is under obligation to investigate and the spaceship descends on the small planetoid afterward. After a rough landing, three crew members leave the spaceship to explore the area on the planetoid. At the same time as the crew discovers a hive colony of some unknown creature, the ship's computer deciphers the message to be a warning, not a distress call. When one of the eggs is disturbed, the crew realizes that it is not alone on the spaceship and it must deal with the consequences. Nominated for TWO Academy Award OSCARs including Best Art Direction. WON OSCAR for Best Visual f/X. CAST includes Sigourney Weaver, Tom Skerritt, John Hurt, Ian Holm, Veronica Cartwright, Yaphet Kotto, Harry Dean Stanton, Bolaji Badejo. BEHIND THE SCENES TRIVIA : Director Sir Ridley Scott originally wanted to use animatronics (remote-operated puppets) to portray the Alien, thereby hoping to avoid the sight of a monster being obviously played by a man in a suit. Unfortunately, the special effects techniques at the time weren't sophisticated enough for what he had in mind, but he agreed to an actor playing the part after being introduced to Bolaji Badejo. Badejo was a graphic artist who was discovered at a pub by one of the casting directors. He was 208 cm (six feet almost 10 inches) tall with very thin arms, just what they needed to make the Alien look less human and more insect-like. He was sent for Tai Chi and mime classes to learn how to slow down his movements. A special swing had to be constructed for him to sit down during filming, as he could not sit down on a regular chair once he was suited up, because of the Alien's tail. A library of 20,000 to 30,000 video items from 1978 forward, including multiples, is being offered for the first time to the eBay community. ALL inventory is OFFSITE from eBay listing center, so singular items may not be described individually, but in general to the collection. Some images may be representative. Some items may be Brand New Factory Sealed, while a few may slip through in a lesser quality. These items are inspected but individual items slip through occasionally, and we apologize for this inconsistency. Please, ask questions before purchase, we will do our best to oblige you.

Price: 749.95 USD

Location: Wake Forest, North Carolina

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