Alien (1979): 20 Secrets You Were Never Told

The actors knew something would come out of the chest. Nobody told them about the blood. In 1978 a director with one feature to his name, a Swiss surrealist painter, a political cartoonist and a nearly seven-foot design student found in a London pub made a film that changed what science fiction was allowed to be. These are 20 things about how Alien was made that most people have never heard. 00:00 What the cast were not told 00:16 20 — It was nearly called Star Beast 00:47 19 — Every part was written for anyone 01:27 18 — The creature was a design student found in a pub 02:09 17 — The painting the studio found disturbing 02:59 16 — Why it has no eyes 03:33 15 — The dead facehugger was partly shellfish 04:26 14 — A butcher's order 05:02 13 — The cat was there to measure fear 06:03 12 — Ridley Scott shot it himself 06:40 11 — A political cartoonist designed the ship 07:38 10 — Eight words 08:30 09 — Ash was full of milk and pasta 09:22 08 — The composer never got the film he wrote 10:07 07 — The inner jaw 11:13 06 — The derelict the budget could barely afford 12:05 05 — Sigourney Weaver had almost no film career 13:34 04 — They did not know about the blood 14:30 03 — Nearly ruined by Star Wars 15:48 02 — A surrealist wins an Oscar 17:12 01 — The scene built on a secret 18:41 Next: The Shining Sources for every fact in this video are on file — ask in the comments if you want one. #Alien #RidleyScott #ClassicMovies #FilmHistory #BehindTheScenes #HRGiger