In writing the script O'Bannon drew inspiration from many previous works of science fiction and horror. He later stated that "I didn't steal Alien from anybody. I stole it from everybody!"
Shortly after its debut, Dan O'Bannon was sued by another writer named Jack Hammer for allegedly plagiarising a script entitled Black Space. However, O'Bannon was able to prove that he had written his Alien script first.
Also, while everyone remember Alien (it was the design and director that made that movie great, not the script) everyone should remember RoTLD. Now that's a goddamn movie.
BRAIINNSSS
"Looking like Nic Cage dressed in Kurt Cobain's closet. I mean that as a compliment" - BillyG
"Too cunty for wine bars, too dainty for real bars." - Anderson
Also, while everyone remember Alien (it was the design and director that made that movie great, not the script) everyone should remember RoTLD. Now that's a goddamn movie.
BRAIINNSSS
THIS!!!! So sad, RoTLD is one of my favorite Zombie flicks. R.I.P. (for a short while, then reanimate from a military chemical leak).
Jones tried to commit suicide with an overdose of sleeping pills in 1967 two years after Selznick's death, and was found on the Malibu beach near death. Her daughter committed suicide by jumping from a lethal height in 1976.
"Fuck Rob. Also, he has a podcast called Podcaust. Edgy Holocaust humor lulz indeed." - The Faraci
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