John Hurt: Alien scene mythbuster

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14 жыл бұрын

John Hurts talks about Quentin Crisp's effect on his career and how the famous scene from Alien, where the creature bursts from his stomach, was achieved. www.scienceandmediamuseum.org...

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@jeanettecameron7530 Жыл бұрын

Veronica Cartright was highly underrated in Alien.

@Filmmaker809 2 ай бұрын

She was massively. Beautiful actress.

@jaconova 5 күн бұрын

I re-watched Alien yesterday. Amazing experience. The character you mention is portrayed beautifully and naturally. With no feminazi ideologies to hijack the script, there is no forced and improbable women astronaut with no fear, but, in the case of Cartwright´s character, a normal small framed woman comprensibly scared and despaired. Is gut wrenching how she cries out of fear in front of Ripley and the crew, and the anguish she transmits when Dallas is about to go down. Ripley, while tougher, also breakdowns and cries several times. Notice how nowadays media, as a direct consequence of the said feminazi agenda (¨women are better than men, women need no family, no kids), inhibit this emotions and beautiful, haunting human moments of weakness in favour of ¨girl power-girl boss¨ characters and scenarios.

@Filmmaker809 5 күн бұрын

@@jaconova The first Alien film will always be the best, but I love Aliens too.

@neonatalpenguin 13 жыл бұрын

John Hurt is everything an actor should be.

@steveymoon Ай бұрын

Well paid, you mean?

@gpeddino 7 жыл бұрын

Damn, I watched this yesterday. RIP John Hurt.

@RyanCallaghan 7 жыл бұрын

Guilherme Eddino So did I, couldnt believe it when I heard thismorning.

@MarkArandjus 14 жыл бұрын

I could listen to John Hurt's voice like music ♥

@heidihermann4413 4 жыл бұрын

♠

@Neil1977 3 жыл бұрын

I first saw Alien as a kid, scared the life out of me, John Hurt was a fantastic actor, so many great roles, love Watership Down too, sadly no longer with us.

@thedarksaviour755 7 жыл бұрын

RIP John Hurt. Fascinating actor and his performances both live action and animated made me want to act!

@gayham 4 жыл бұрын

Oh he dished some dirt there on Weaver! Interesting!

@RaikenXion 13 жыл бұрын

Hes a legend, the way he played that scene, so realistic, he made that scene wot it is, it wud hav never worked without that extraordinary realistic performance he gave. Some great acting. I just want to say the greatest actors in films r English sorry that is my opinion lol.

@angelacarleton9575 3 жыл бұрын

The English actors are fabulous! Perhaps it is all that Shakespeare they do! I especially loved him "The Elephant Man" he was amazing.

@RaikenXion 3 жыл бұрын

@@angelacarleton9575 Yes agree totally he was amazing in that movie, captivating and empathetic performance there.

@Essenceofblood5238 6 ай бұрын

Don't proclaim an opinion as "fact" and you won't have to be sorry lol. That's heavily biased btw.

@Essenceofblood5238 6 ай бұрын

@angelacarleton9575 They don't all do Shakespeare.

@manfromthehorizon3870 9 жыл бұрын

His performance in "Watership Down" nearly killed me.

@BlotRorschach 2 ай бұрын

Veronica's performance may be thankless to some, but it's perfectly and utterly essential in its realism. Props to John for giving due credit.

@robertcotgrave5920 4 жыл бұрын

Rest in peace Mr Hurt.A fine actor.

@AmusedChild 12 жыл бұрын

The scene that Hurt describes with the alien not poking through is available on the 2-DVD set in the production documentary - you can see the rushes. What really impressed me was his concentration, staying in character while people were yelling, "We can't see it yet! It hasn't poked through yet!" etc. The whole cast was really professional.

@stoneryoda9377 6 жыл бұрын

AmusedChild " can you see it Eric ..Naaah not yet Alf "

@dewfall56 13 жыл бұрын

One of my fav actors. He is so eloquent.

@ac8911 2 жыл бұрын

Saw that scene when I was around 11 in the living room of my home in broad daylight. I couldn’t right for months

@Serenity113 7 жыл бұрын

R.I.P. John Hurt. :(

@dianalee3059 Жыл бұрын

One of drama’s greatest. I absolutely sobbed in Elephant Man

@rowley555 4 ай бұрын

I love John Hurt

@TraceurHarryG1 10 жыл бұрын

i think i thought to myself once a couple of years back what would john hurt be like if he was the doctor, never thought he would become one though and he played it realy well lol

@smithhedgehog 13 жыл бұрын

I like how John hints that sigourney weaver is meant to be 'difficult'

@abergethirty 3 жыл бұрын

It was her first film. I doubt she was around during the post production and had Veronicas scenes cut.

@That_Random_Bloke 2 жыл бұрын

@@abergethirty Yeah I find very unlikely she’d have had ANY power to make changes at that time. However by the time of Alien 3, Ralph Brown said she was very difficult.

@KmT81 Жыл бұрын

He was a Legend !

@gabrielramirez6570 7 ай бұрын

A brilliant man and fantastic as the war doctor “gallifrey stands”

@markthomas5066 Жыл бұрын

One off the Greatest actors

@vbacs22 11 жыл бұрын

They are my favorite actors of all time. So I can agree with you :)

@firenze5555 5 жыл бұрын

Love John Hurt; soooooo talented.

@brettishgal 14 жыл бұрын

Absolutely awesome amazing night!!!!!! John was in fantastic form ,a very gracious lovely man, so chuffed to be able to meet him and get autograph and photo!!!

@elinlloyd7002 7 жыл бұрын

wow that amazing xx

@manfromthehorizon3870 9 жыл бұрын

He's remarkable!

@Shanethefilmmaker 11 жыл бұрын

As well as a meaningful understatement. They kill him more times than Kenny.

@gruphenio6787 5 ай бұрын

Definitely has our English sense of humour lol…a true true gent and very much missed

@WintersWar 5 жыл бұрын

I saw this in the theater, I immediately felt hurt was the star of the movie, even though the alien and ripley are considered the stars.

@synthdiablo6355 8 жыл бұрын

just straight up you were amazing as the doctor in the 50th and amazing in alien. Especially the chest burster.

@MrDavey2010 Жыл бұрын

Superb & totally committed actor

@patgogan7324 5 жыл бұрын

Rest well John rest well..

@sarahkyrwood6086 3 ай бұрын

Absolutely brilliant excellent actor

@zweij 4 ай бұрын

I miss him a lot.

@tubian323 3 ай бұрын

Again, this might be a myth but I read the original script for Alien had a scene where the Xenomorph peeks at Ripley through a porthole while she's undressing.

@southlondon86 Жыл бұрын

Legend! ❤

@markwind4221 3 жыл бұрын

great actor

@sangielissa 12 жыл бұрын

Thespian extrodinaire!!!

@Ballerina-Girl 3 жыл бұрын

John Hurt was such a brilliant actor. He was touching in Naked Civil Servant and Elephant Man. In I Claudius he was great. John Hurt RIP.

@anonymousyo1202 2 жыл бұрын

I also love his Caligula performance man was a real genius in acting

@smithhedgehog 12 жыл бұрын

@andross637 have you met her then?

@roba3438 2 жыл бұрын

Is it really possible Sigourney could have had that impact on the edit considering it was her first role? hmmm now I'm intrigued.

@artloverivy 2 жыл бұрын

I don’t know. It sounded like he was just kidding to me.

@Hollowshape Жыл бұрын

Veronica Cartwright was actually cast as Ripley, but then at the last minute the part went to Sigourney, who's father was a big-shot in the film industry and asked FOX to give her daughter a main role in a feature. Nepotism.

@AmusedChild 12 жыл бұрын

@fatg1t I'll bet that if you wrote to Hurt and told this story he would send you another photograph. Both he and his brother seem to be very kind.