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Auction archive: Lot number 51

Alien: A collection of cast measurements, character profiles, and production documents,

Designing An Empire
11 Dec 2018
Estimate
£6,000 - £8,000
ca. US$7,570 - US$10,093
Price realised:
£1,250
ca. US$1,577
Auction archive: Lot number 51

Alien: A collection of cast measurements, character profiles, and production documents,

Designing An Empire
11 Dec 2018
Estimate
£6,000 - £8,000
ca. US$7,570 - US$10,093
Price realised:
£1,250
ca. US$1,577
Beschreibung:

Twentieth Century Fox, 1978, miscellaneous production items from Ridley Scott's 1979 film Alien, including; costuming details on all cast members, production unit letters for The Aliens dated 5th June 1978, a memo from Weylan-Yutani regarding uniform and insignia supplies, costume lists needed from various suppliers such as the Boy Scout shop and Bermans Costumier's, a costume breakdown dated 30th June detailing what needed sewing, buying, and adding to, a unit list from Twentieth-Century Fox dated 3rd July 1978, actor measurements for all actors including Jon Finch (initially cast as 'Kane', though replaced by John Hurt prior to filming), a heavily annotated timeline, two pages of typed notes for The Alien dated 20th February 1978, a typed letter from Ivor Powell describing The Alien Cycle and the Little Rascal, costume costings, five pages of rough sketches for bags, suits, and helmets, a handwritten note from Mollo on condition required for each characters costume – with only 'Ash's' requiring to be Washed, Neat, Pressed, a callout to the characters hidden, non-human identity, and a letter from Ridley Scott Production Company to John Mollo regarding the then unmade production Duellists film dated 1975, (Qty)

Auction archive: Lot number 51
Auction:
Datum:
11 Dec 2018
Auction house:
Bonhams London
London, New Bond Street 101 New Bond Street London W1S 1SR Tel: +44 20 7447 7447 Fax : +44 207 447 7401 info@bonhams.com
Beschreibung:

Twentieth Century Fox, 1978, miscellaneous production items from Ridley Scott's 1979 film Alien, including; costuming details on all cast members, production unit letters for The Aliens dated 5th June 1978, a memo from Weylan-Yutani regarding uniform and insignia supplies, costume lists needed from various suppliers such as the Boy Scout shop and Bermans Costumier's, a costume breakdown dated 30th June detailing what needed sewing, buying, and adding to, a unit list from Twentieth-Century Fox dated 3rd July 1978, actor measurements for all actors including Jon Finch (initially cast as 'Kane', though replaced by John Hurt prior to filming), a heavily annotated timeline, two pages of typed notes for The Alien dated 20th February 1978, a typed letter from Ivor Powell describing The Alien Cycle and the Little Rascal, costume costings, five pages of rough sketches for bags, suits, and helmets, a handwritten note from Mollo on condition required for each characters costume – with only 'Ash's' requiring to be Washed, Neat, Pressed, a callout to the characters hidden, non-human identity, and a letter from Ridley Scott Production Company to John Mollo regarding the then unmade production Duellists film dated 1975, (Qty)

Auction archive: Lot number 51
Auction:
Datum:
11 Dec 2018
Auction house:
Bonhams London
London, New Bond Street 101 New Bond Street London W1S 1SR Tel: +44 20 7447 7447 Fax : +44 207 447 7401 info@bonhams.com
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