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Ridley Scott
Born in County Durham, UK, Sir Ridley is one of the two uber-successful Scott director-brothers. Widely considered to be one of the world's greatest-ever directors, Ridley began his directing career with some notable TV ads including the famous Apple Mac 1984 ad. Since then he has been nominated for numerous awards, including three Oscar nominations for best Director ( Black Hawk Down, Thelma & Louise, and Gladiator).
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Sir Ridley Scott reteams with Blade Runner writer for sequel -
18 May 2012
-Director Sir Ridley Scott is teaming up with writer Hampton Fancher for a sequel to his sci-fi classic Blade Runner.-The duo is reuniting to make a follow-up which will be set "some years after the first film concluded," according to a press release.- The statement
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Ridley Scott's Prometheus keeps R rating -
8 May 2012
-Sir Ridley Scott's upcoming sci-fi film Prometheus will be released in the U.S. with a restrictive R rating after the director decided against cutting gory footage from the movie to please censors.-Officials from the Motion Picture Association of America ruled the pi
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Fassbender & Scott to give wannabe directors a big break at Venice -
28 February 2012
-Oscar nominee Michael Fassbender and filmmaker Ridley Scott have teamed up to give a budding director his big break as part of a new Internet competition.-The two stars will judge YouTube.com's Your Film Festival.- The winner will be announced at the Venice Film Fes
Ridley Scott - what members say
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Be Afraid, Be very afraid 15 September 2003
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What colour are my eyes? 17 November 2004
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Top Draw 25 May 2004
Ridley Scott - filmography
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Prometheus - Blu-ray
(2012)
Starring: Sean Harris, Michael Fassbender, Noomi Rapace
Director: Ridley Scott
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Director Ridley Scott steps back into sci-fi territory with this tale that takes its cues from the Alien films -- which it was originally supposed to tie in to before growing into its own mythology during pre-production. Jon Spaihts and Damon Lindelof provide the script, while THE GIRL WITH THE ..read more »
 
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Prometheus
(2012)
Starring: Michael Fassbender, Noomi Rapace, Charlize Theron
Director: Ridley Scott
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Visionary filmmaker Ridley Scott returns to the genre he helped define, creating an original science fiction epic set in the most dangerous corners of the universe. The film takes a team of scientists and explorers on a thrilling journey that will test their physical and mental limits and strand ..read more »
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Gettysburg - Blu-ray
(2012)
Director: Ridley Scott
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A feature length special from the director of GLADIATOR, ALIEN and BLACK HAWK DOWN, Ridley Scott. This release strips away the romanticised view of GETTYSBURG and shows the battle in a new light, a terrifying experience with everything on the line. GETTYSBURG received seven nominations for the 2011 ..read more »
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Due for release on 23rd July 2012
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Brave New World
(2011)
Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio
Director: Ridley Scott
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John the Savage is a natural man who confronts a world of test-tube babies who are kept pacified with drugs and sex.
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Robin Hood - Blu-ray
(2010)
Starring: Russell Crowe, Cate Blanchett, Matthew MacFadyen
Director: Ridley Scott
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Director Ridley Scott and actor Russell Crowe reunite for their fifth big-screen outing, a retelling of the Robin Hood legend featuring the GLADIATOR star in the titular role. A bowman in the army of Richard Coeur de Lion, virtuous rogue Robin Hood rises from an unlikely background to become a ..read more »
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Robin Hood
(2010)
Starring: Russell Crowe, Cate Blanchett, Matthew MacFadyen
Director: Ridley Scott
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"Robin Hood" chronicles the origins of the honourable thief of stories, and begins long before he takes up arms against the crown. Robin Longstride (Russel Crowe), previously interested only in self-preservation, is in service to King Richard's army against the French. Upon Richard's death, Robin ..read more »
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The Forever War
(2009)
Director: Ridley Scott
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Based on Joe Haldman's 1974 novel "The Forever War". Private William Mandella has been sent to war against an alien force, But the real challenge is when he returns to earth, as centuries have passed in the months he's been away.
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Body of Lies
on DVD
(2008)
Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Russell Crowe, Mark Strong
Director: Ridley Scott
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"Body of Lies" is based on "Washington Post" columnist David Ignatius' 2007 novel about a CIA operative, Roger Ferris, who uncovers a lead on a major terrorist leader suspected to be operating out of Jordan. When Ferris devises a plan to infiltrate his network, he must first win the backing of ..read more »
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Body of Lies - Blu-ray
(2008)
Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Russell Crowe, Mark Strong
Director: Ridley Scott
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Though this thriller is the fourth collaboration between Ridley Scott and Russell Crowe - following on from GLADIATOR, A GOOD YEAR and AMERICAN GANGSTER - it marks the veteran director's first pairing with Leonardo DiCaprio. In this adaptation of a novel by David Ignatius, DiCaprio plays a CIA ..read more »
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American Gangster
on DVD
(2007)
Starring: Denzel Washington, Russell Crowe, Josh Brolin
Director: Ridley Scott
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Academy Award® winners Denzel Washington and Russell Crowe team with director Ridley Scott (Gladiator) in this powerful, epic story. Armed with ruthless, streetwise tactics and a strict sense of honour, crime boss Frank Lucas (Washington) rules HarlemÂ’s chaotic drug underworld. When outcast cop ..read more »
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American Gangster - Blu-ray
(2007)
Starring: Denzel Washington, Russell Crowe, Josh Brolin
Director: Ridley Scott
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AMERICAN GANGSTER is based on a true story and set in 1968 Harlem, where Frank Lucas (Denzel Washington) is a driver for Bumpy Johnson, one of the top figures in the city's criminal world. When Bumpy dies, Lucas swoops in, taking over his predecessor's empire and expanding it over the next few ..read more »
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Kingdom Of Heaven - Blu-ray
(2005)
Starring: Orlando Bloom, Jeremy Irons, Liam Neeson
Director: Ridley Scott
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Director Ridley Scott confronts hundreds of years of religious conflict in KINGDOM OF HEAVEN. An epic film set in Europe and the Middle East, the story follows one man's struggle to better himself and the world around him. Orlando Bloom stars as Balian, a French blacksmith who is mourning the ..read more »
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Kingdom Of Heaven
on DVD
(2005)
Starring: Orlando Bloom, Jeremy Irons, Liam Neeson
Director: Ridley Scott
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Director Ridley Scott confronts hundreds of years of religious conflict in KINGDOM OF HEAVEN. An epic film set in Europe and the Middle East, the story follows one man's struggle to better himself and the world around him. Orlando Bloom stars as Balian, a French blacksmith who is mourning the ..read more »
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Matchstick Men
on DVD
(2003)
Starring: Alison Lohman, Bruce Altman, Nicolas Cage
Director: Ridley Scott
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Roy Waller (Nicolas Cage) is a conman and trickster who has had to overcome enormous problems with obsessive-compulsive disorder in order to stay on top of his game. His partner in crime, Frank Mercer (Sam Rockwell), helps him run a daily business conning housewives out of their money with ..read more »
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Black Hawk Down - Blu-ray
(2001)
Starring: Ewan McGregor, Kim Coates, Gabriel Casseus
Director: Ridley Scott
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On October 3, 1993, Army Rangers and members of the elite Delta Force participated in a covert operation in Mogadishu, Somalia that went horribly wrong. Sent to abduct two lieutenants of a vicious Somali warlord, the soldiers found themselves surrounded by hostile militia. Two Black Hawk ..read more »
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from 5,407 members
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Black Hawk Down
on DVD
(2001)
Starring: Ewan McGregor, Kim Coates, Gabriel Casseus
Director: Ridley Scott
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On October 3, 1993, Army Rangers and members of the elite Delta Force participated in a covert operation in Mogadishu, Somalia that went horribly wrong. Sent to abduct two lieutenants of a vicious Somali warlord, the soldiers found themselves surrounded by hostile militia. Two Black Hawk ..read more »
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Hannibal
on DVD
(2001)
Starring: Giancarlo Giannini, Francesca Neri, Zeljko Ivanek
Director: Ridley Scott
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After a decade in abeyance, the courtly cannibal, Hannibal Lecter, returns to the screen, again played by Anthony Hopkins, under the direction of Ridley Scott. When F.B.I. Agent Clarice Starling (Julianne Moore) is blamed for a botched drug bust, her boss Paul Krendler (Ray Liotta) makes a media ..read more »
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Hannibal - Blu-ray
(2001)
Starring: Giancarlo Giannini, Francesca Neri, Zeljko Ivanek
Director: Ridley Scott
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After a decade in abeyance, the courtly cannibal, Hannibal Lecter, returns to the screen, again played by Anthony Hopkins, under the direction of Ridley Scott. When F.B.I. Agent Clarice Starling (Julianne Moore) is blamed for a botched drug bust, her boss Paul Krendler (Ray Liotta) makes a media ..read more »
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Gladiator - Blu-ray
(2000)
Starring: Russell Crowe, Joaquin Phoenix, Oliver Reed
Director: Ridley Scott
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Ridley Scott (BLADE RUNNER, ALIEN) transports Hollywood to second-century Rome in this rousing historical epic that proudly harkens back to such films as BEN-HUR and SPARTACUS. Russell Crowe plays Maximus, a Roman general who leads the troops in conquering Germania for the empire. When an aging ..read more »
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Gladiator
on DVD
(2000)
Starring: Russell Crowe, Joaquin Phoenix, Oliver Reed
Director: Ridley Scott
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Ridley Scott (BLADE RUNNER, ALIEN) transports Hollywood to second-century Rome in this rousing historical epic that proudly harkens back to such films as BEN-HUR and SPARTACUS. Russell Crowe plays Maximus, a Roman general who leads the troops in conquering Germania for the empire. When an aging ..read more »
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The Hunger - Series 2
(4 discs)
on DVD
(1999)
Starring: David Bowie, Terence Stamp
Director: Ridley Scott, Tony Scott
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Season 2 of the critically acclaimed cult series inspired by Tony Scott's 1983 stylish horror movie. 22 tales of the dark side which capture, in their themes of power and lust, all of the original's style, class and eroticism.
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White Squall
on DVD
(1996)
Starring: Jeff Bridges, Caroline Goodall, John Savage
Director: Ridley Scott
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Eclectic director Ridley Scott here tries his hand at a coming-of-age tale, which stars Jeff Bridges as ship captain Christopher Sheldon. Based on a true story, the film is set in 1960 as a group of teenaged prep students signs on to Sheldon's floating summer school, conducted on a two-masted ..read more »
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G.I. Jane
on DVD
(1996)
Starring: Demi Moore, Viggo Mortensen, Anne Bancroft
Director: Ridley Scott
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Demi Moore stars as Lieutenant Jordan O'Neil, the first female candidate for the U.S. Navy SEAL unit, a clandestine strike force drawn from the creme de la creme of the combined services--an opportunity provided her by the political maneuvering of Senator Lillian de Haven (Anne Bancroft). To make ..read more »
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Thelma And Louise
on DVD
(1991)
Starring: Susan Sarandon, Geena Davis, Harvey Keitel
Director: Ridley Scott
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Fed up with her boyfriend (Michael Madsen), live-wire Arkansas waitress Louise Sawyer (Susan Sarandon) persuades her friend Thelma Dickinson (Geena Davis), a naive housewife burdened with a negligent, sexist husband (Christopher McDonald), to hit the road with her for a weekend of freedom. One of ..read more »
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Thelma And Louise - Blu-ray
(1991)
Starring: Susan Sarandon, Geena Davis, Harvey Keitel
Director: Ridley Scott
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Fed up with her boyfriend (Michael Madsen), live-wire Arkansas waitress Louise Sawyer (Susan Sarandon) persuades her friend Thelma Dickinson (Geena Davis), a naive housewife burdened with a negligent, sexist husband (Christopher McDonald), to hit the road with her for a weekend of freedom. One of ..read more »
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Black Rain - Blu-ray
(1989)
Starring: Michael Douglas, Andy Garcia, Kate Capshaw
Director: Ridley Scott
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Director Ridley Scott's international crime thriller stars Michael Douglas as Mike Conklin, a New York detective under investigation for corruption. When yakuza hit man Sato (Yusaku Matsuda) kills two American mobsters in New York, he's extradited to Osaka to face trial, with Conklin and Charlie ..read more »
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from 801 members
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Black Rain
on DVD
(1989)
Starring: Michael Douglas, Andy Garcia, Kate Capshaw
Director: Ridley Scott
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Director Ridley Scott's international crime thriller stars Michael Douglas as Mike Conklin, a New York detective under investigation for corruption. When yakuza hit man Sato (Yusaku Matsuda) kills two American mobsters in New York, he's extradited to Osaka to face trial, with Conklin and Charlie ..read more »
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Black Rain - HD
(1989)
Starring: Michael Douglas, Andy Garcia, Kate Capshaw
Director: Ridley Scott
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Director Ridley Scott's international crime thriller stars Michael Douglas as Mike Conklin, a New York detective under investigation for corruption. When yakuza hit man Sato (Yusaku Matsuda) kills two American mobsters in New York, he's extradited to Osaka to face trial, with Conklin and Charlie ..read more »
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Someone To Watch Over Me
on DVD
(1987)
Starring: Tom Berenger, Jerry Orbach, Mimi Rogers
Director: Ridley Scott
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Ridley Scott's romantic thriller stars Mimi Rogers as ravishing New York socialite Claire Gregory and Tom Berenger as blue-collar police detective Mike Keegan. After Claire witnesses a high-profile murder, Mike is among the rotating group of detectives assigned to protect her.The simple, ..read more »
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Legend
on DVD
(1985)
Starring: Tom Cruise, Tim Curry, Mia Sara
Director: Ridley Scott
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Director Ridley Scott's lush fantasy film stars the young Tom Cruise as Jack, a peasant who lives in an enchanted forest with his beloved Lili (Mia Sara). One day, while quietly gamboling in a glade, the pair is distracted by the appearance of trolls, minions of the evil Lord of Darkness (Tim Curry)..read more »
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Legend - Blu-ray
(1985)
Starring: Tom Cruise, Tim Curry, Mia Sara
Director: Ridley Scott
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Director Ridley Scott's lush fantasy film stars the young Tom Cruise as Jack, a peasant who lives in an enchanted forest with his beloved Lili (Mia Sara). One day, while quietly gamboling in a glade, the pair is distracted by the appearance of trolls, minions of the evil Lord of Darkness (Tim Curry)..read more »
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Blade Runner
on DVD
(1982)
Starring: Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer, Rutger Hauer
Director: Ridley Scott
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Four illegal humanoids, led by Rutger Hauer, have infiltrated 21st Century Los Angeles. Blade Runner hitman Harrison Ford, is recruited to eliminate the convincing android beings before they cause any damage or create unrest in the paranoid hi-tech urban society.
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Blade Runner - The Final Cut
(1982)
Starring: Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer, Rutger Hauer
Director: Ridley Scott
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Visually spectacular, intensely action-packed and powerfully prophetic since its debut, Blade Runner returns in Ridley Scott's definitive Final Cut, including extended scenes and never-before-seen special effects. In a signature role as 21st-century detective Rick Deckard, Harrison Ford brings his ..read more »
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Blade Runner - HD
(1982)
Starring: Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer, Rutger Hauer
Director: Ridley Scott
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It is 2019 and genetically made beings known as replicants exist as slaves and prostitutes in the off-planet colonies. Despite possessing such human traits as intelligence and virtual emotion, they are limited by a four-year life span which forces them to question their mortality. Four escaped ..read more »
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Blade Runner - Blu-ray
(1982)
Starring: Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer, Rutger Hauer
Director: Ridley Scott
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It is 2019 and genetically made beings known as replicants exist as slaves and prostitutes in the off-planet colonies. Despite possessing such human traits as intelligence and virtual emotion, they are limited by a four-year life span which forces them to question their mortality. Four escaped ..read more »
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Alien - Blu-ray
(1979)
Starring: Sigourney Weaver, John Hurt, Tom Skerritt
Director: Ridley Scott
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Director Ridley Scott's breakthough film, an immensely successful blend of horror and science fiction, is a classic in both genres and spawned a host of sequels and imitators. Starring Sigourney Weaver as warrant officer Ellen Ripley, ALIEN focuses on the crew of the space cargo ship Nostromo, ..read more »
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Alien
on DVD
(1979)
Starring: Sigourney Weaver, John Hurt, Tom Skerritt
Director: Ridley Scott
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Director Ridley Scott's breakthough film, an immensely successful blend of horror and science fiction, is a classic in both genres and spawned a host of sequels and imitators. Starring Sigourney Weaver as warrant officer Ellen Ripley, ALIEN focuses on the crew of the space cargo ship Nostromo, ..read more »
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The Duellists
on DVD
(1977)
Starring: Keith Carradine, Harvey Keitel, Edward Fox
Director: Ridley Scott
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"To the surprise and admiration of their fellows, two officers, like insane artists, trying to gild refined gold or paint the lily, pursued a private contest through the years of universal carnage." Thus wrote Joseph Conrad in the opening paragraphs of the story that provides the basis for Ridley ..read more »
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Ridley Scott facts
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...e succeeded in delivering the kind of horror, sense of menace and suspense that Ridley Scott meticulously orchestrated in this trapped, claustriophobic, and increasingly in...
