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Sir Ridley Scott GBE (born 30 November 1937) is an English filmmaker. He is best known for directing films in the science fiction, crime and historical drama genres. His work is known for its atmospheric and highly concentrated visual style.
- Tony Scott
Anthony David Leighton Scott (21 June 1944 – 19 August 2012)...
- Jake Scott
Career. Most of Scott's works were produced under the Ridley...
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Giannina Facio, Lady Scott (born Giannina Facio Franco;...
- Alien
Alien is a 1979 science fiction horror film directed by...
- Matchstick Men
Matchstick Men is a 2003 black comedy film directed by...
- The Duellists
The Duellists is a 1977 British period drama film directed...
- Tony Scott
The following is the filmography of English director and producer Ridley Scott, best known for directing Alien (1979), Blade Runner (1982), Gladiator (2000) and The Martian (2015). Film. As producer. The Browning Version (1994) Clay Pigeons (1998) Where the Money Is (2000) The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007)
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In Mexico, cocaine is packaged in barrels and concealed in a sewage truck, and driven across the border to the United States where it is stored at a sewage treatment plant. A lawyer from Texas who is known only as "The Counselor" goes to Amsterdam to meet with a diamond dealer to purchase an engagement ring for his girlfriend, Laura. Returning to t...
In the second half of the film, Jefe recites directly from the poem Campos de Castilla by Spanish poet Antonio Machado. "Caminante, no hay camino. Se hace camino al andar," which translates in its original context as: Wanderer, there is no road; the road is made as you go along. Jefe shares this line from the poem as well as details about Machado's...
Pre-production
On January 18, 2012, it was reported that novelist Cormac McCarthy had sold his first spec script, The Counselor, to Nick Wechsler, Steve Schwartz and Paula Mae Schwartz, who had previously produced the film adaptation of McCarthy's novel The Road. On January 31, it was reported that Ridley Scott was currently considering several directorial projects, but that there was a strong possibility that The Counselor would be his next film and his follow-up to Prometheus. On February 9, it was confir...
Filming
Principal photography began on July 27, 2012 in London. The film was also shot in Spain and the United States. On August 20, 2012, Scott halted production of the film due to his brother Tony's death. He canceled that week's shoot in order to travel to Los Angeles to be with his brother's family.Scott returned to London to resume production on September 3. The film was dedicated to the memory of Tony Scott, and Matt Baker, the second assistant director on the film who had since died.
Design
Costume designer Janty Yates collaborated with Giorgio Armani on the film as a part of a new partnership between Armani and 20th Century Fox that also extended into retail and digital initiatives. Armani was enlisted to create the wardrobes for the characters portrayed by Michael Fassbender and Penélope Cruz. In addition to Armani, designer Paula Thomas also contributed to the film's wardrobe by dressing Cameron Diaz's character, Malkina, with roughly 15 different outfits."[It wasn't until] I...
Box office
The Counselorgrossed $17 million in the United States and Canada, and $54 million in other territories, for a total of $71 million, against a production budget of $25 million. Preliminary reports had The Counselor tracking for an $8–13 million debut in North America.The film opened to $3.2 million in 3,336 locations on Friday and opened at #4 in the box office with just a $7.8 million over the weekend.
Critical response
On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 34% based on 221 reviews, with an average rating of 5/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "The Counselor raises expectations with its talented cast and creative crew—then subverts them with a wordy and clumsy suspense thriller that's mercilessly short on suspense or thrills." On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 48 out of 100, based on 42 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews". A 2...
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Alien is a 1979 science fiction horror film directed by Ridley Scott and starring Tom Skerritt, Sigourney Weaver, Veronica Cartwright, Harry Dean Stanton, John Hurt, Ian Holm and Yaphet Kotto. The film's title refers to its primary antagonist: an unknown extraterrestrial creature (at the time...
Apr 2, 2014 · Famous British People. Ridley Scott is an acclaimed English director and producer whose notable hits include 'Alien,' 'Thelma & Louise,' 'Gladiator,' 'Black Hawk Down' and 'The Martian.'...
Biography. Sir Ridley Scott (born November 30, 1937) is an English filmmaker. He was raised in an Army family, meaning that for most of his early life, his father — an officer in the Royal Engineers — was absent. Ridley's older brother, Frank, joined the Merchant Navy when he was still young and the pair had little contact.
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is a 1982 American science fiction film, directed by Ridley Scott and starring Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer, and Sean Young. The screenplay, written by Hampton Fancher and David Peoples, is based loosely on the novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick.