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"Return" is the directorial debut of Dan O'Bannon, a sometime collaborator with John Carpenter, and the co-author of the screenplay for "Alien." It is not a great creative breakthrough, but it is a satisfactory ghoul movie, moving with precision from the funny opening scenes through the obligatory middle passages of pseudo-science, and on to ...
Dec 20, 2023 · DAN O’BANNON: I learned all the wrong lessons on Dark Star. When I finally directed a movie for real, I thought I was supposed to do everything. And I ended up making everybody mad. I was over-prepared for directing and I was mis-directed by having gone to film school, and thought that the director was supposed to be an auteur and do ...
Jan 17, 1975 · Dark Star: Directed by John Carpenter. With Brian Narelle, Cal Kuniholm, Dre Pahich, Dan O'Bannon. In the far reaches of space, a small crew, 20 years into their solitary mission, find things beginning to go hilariously wrong.
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Daniel Thomas "Dan" O'Bannon (September 30, 1946 – December 17, 2009) was an American screenwriter, director and actor who co-wrote the 1979 film Alien with Ronald Shusett. He was known for his work in the science fiction and horror genres. O'Bannon was born in St. Louis, Missouri, the son of Bertha (née Lowenthal) and Thomas Sidney O'Bannon, a carpenter. When O'Bannon was in USC, he met ...
Since Dan O’Bannon is the one who cast Brian Peck in ROTLD, I’m wondering if maybe O’Bannon was also abusive during his lifetime. Tarantino hating O’Bannon would also potentially point to Tarantino wanting to deflect from his own creepiness. Idk just spitballing and curious what info is out there about O’Bannon and Tarantino as ...
Aug 5, 2020 · Dan O'Bannon started working on this script after working alongside John Carpenter on the movie Dark Star. The original script by O'Bannon had the title Starbeast, later changed to Alien when the final product arrived. The shooting script included significant uncredited re-writes by Walter Hill and David Giler, making it a very different beast.
Screenplay by Dan O'Bannon. 1976. SYNOPSIS. En route back to Earth from a far part of the galaxy, the crew of the. starship SNARK intercepts a transmission in an alien language , originating from a nearby storm-shrouded planet. Mankind has waited centuries to contact another form of intelligent.
