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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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Great Scott! -
13 November 2008
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-Let's try to take the measure of Sir Ridley Scott, who might now be described as Britain's most senior filmmaker, an elder statesman who might be forgiven for putting his feet up and puffing on that favourite cigar in his Provencal retreat. Seventy years old, he
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Ridley Scott to helm Forever War -
14 October 2008
Ridley Scott is set to return to the world of sc-fi with an adaptation of Joe Haldeman's 1974 novel The Forever War.-The story focuses on a soldier who returns home after fighting aliens for a few months in space, only to find 20 years have passed on his home planet.-
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Ridley Scott's gangster epic hits US top spot -
6 November 2007
A new movie from Alien and Blade Runner director Ridley Scott has topped the US box office in its first week of release.-American Gangster, starring Denzel Washington and Russell Crowe, took more than $43.5 million (£20.8 million) in receipts over the weekend, ac
Ridley Scott - what members say
Ridley Scott - filmography
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Nottingham
(2009)
Starring: Russell Crowe, Sienna Miller
Director: Ridley Scott
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A love triangle forms between the legendary do-gooder Robin Hood, his Maid Marian and the archer's arch nemesis, the Sheriff of Nottingham.
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Brave New World
(2009)
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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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 - BLU-RAY Version
(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 agent ..read more »
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Body of Lies
(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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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 Harlem’s chaotic drug underworld. When outcast ..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: Nicolas Cage, Sam Rockwell, Alison Lohman
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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from 2,367 members
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Alien - Director's Cut
(2 discs)
on DVD (2003)
Starring: Sigourney Weaver, Tom Skerritt, Veronica Cartwright
Director: Ridley Scott
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For this digitally remastered special edition of what many have called the "scariest movie ever made," Ridley Scott has incorporated new footage never before seen in movie houses.
Working closely with Twentieth Century Fox, Scott oversaw a restoration of the original film's negative, as well as ..read more »
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from 6,811 members
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Black Hawk Down
(3 discs)
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
(2 discs)
on DVD (2001)
Starring: Anthony Hopkins, Julianne Moore, Gary Oldman
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
(3 discs)
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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Hunger, The - 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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1492 - Conquest Of Paradise
on DVD (1992)
Starring: Gerard Depardieu, Sigourney Weaver, Armand Assante
Director: Ridley Scott
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Gerard Depardieu stars as Christopher Columbus in director Ridley Scott's epic film that chronicles the explorer's voyages and tribulations. Obsessed with his vision of pursuing a western route to Asia, in 1492, Columbus petitions Isabella (Sigourney Weaver), the Spanish queen, to fund his voyage, ..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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Black Rain - BLU-RAY Version
(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 DVD Version
(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
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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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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Blade Runner - HD DVD Version
(2 discs)
(1982)
Starring: Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer, Edward James Olmos
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 Version
(2 discs)
(1982)
Starring: Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer, Edward James Olmos
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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from 1,599 members
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Be Afraid, Be very afraid 15 September 2003
...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...
