"military historian Richard Holmes. The main locations used for shooting the film were in and around Sarlat-la-Canéda in the Dordogne region of France. The scenes set during the retreat from Moscow were shot in the Cairngorms of Scotland, near Aviemore. The final duel scene was filmed at Château de Commarque. On 29 January 2013, Shout! Factory released the film on Blu-ray. The release coincided with the publication of an essay on the film in a collection of scholarly essays on Ridley Scott. The Duellists The Duellists is a 1977 British historical drama film and the feature directorial debut of Ridley"
"Ridley Scott Sir Ridley Scott (born 30 November 1937) is an English film director and producer. Following his commercial breakthrough with the science fiction horror film ""Alien"" (1979), further works include the neo-noir dystopian science fiction film ""Blade Runner"", historical drama ""Gladiator"" (which won the Academy Award for Best Picture), and science fiction film ""The Martian"". Scott's work has an atmospheric, highly concentrated visual style. Though his films range widely in setting and period, they frequently showcase memorable imagery of urban environments, whether 2nd century Rome (""Gladiator""), 12th century Jerusalem (""Kingdom of Heaven""), Medieval England (""Robin Hood""), contemporary Mogadishu (""Black"
"the photographers David Bailey and Brian Duffy. He turned to film production in the late 1960s, working with Sanford Lieberson's production company Goodtimes Enterprises, where he produced films such as the rock musicals ""That'll Be the Day"" (1973) and ""Stardust"" (1974), Ken Russell's ""Mahler"" (1974) and ""Lisztomania"" (1975), and Alan Parker's ""Bugsy Malone"" (1976). In 1978, he also produced Alan Parker's ""Midnight Express"", but for the US company Casablanca Filmworks. In 1976, he set up his own production company, Enigma Productions, through which he produced a string of films, such as ""The Duellists"" (Ridley Scott's feature film debut), ""Chariots of"
"drive-in market, ""Steel Arena"", ""Truck Stop Women,"" and ""Bobbie Jo and the Outlaw"". In 1977, he directed the high-concept thriller ""Stunts"", an early outing for New Line Cinema starring Robert Forster, Joanna Cassidy, and Richard Lynch with a score composed by Michael Kamen. Two years later, he jumped on the disco bandwagon with ""Roller Boogie"" starring Linda Blair. The film had a significantly higher budget then his previous films and was the first to be distributed by a major studio. While it received negative reviews upon its initial release, it has since gained cult status as a proverbial time capsule"
"well as a few films, including ""Money for Nothing"" (1993), ""Heavy Gear"" (1997), and ""Roommates"" (1995). His most notable appearance came in the final episode of ""Seinfeld"", where he played the jailer of the four main characters. Scott began using the phonetic spelling of Klace in 1999 when he played Dremk in an episode of """", and Fox in the film """". He then went on to perform other small roles in television shows and direct to video films, including ""American Tragedy"" (2002), ""Signs of Life"" (2001), ""The Guardian"" (2002), ""Charmed"" (2003), ""24"" (2003), ""ER"" (2004), ""NYPD Blue"" (2004), and"
"Ridley Scott's ""G.I. Jane"" (1997). Budgeted at US$50 million, the film was a moderate commercial success, with a worldwide gross of US$97.1 million. During the film's production, it was reported that Moore had ordered studio chiefs to charter two planes for her entourage and her, which reinforced her negative reputation for being a diva—she had previously turned down the Sandra Bullock role in ""While You Were Sleeping"" because the studio refused to meet her salary demands, and was dubbed ""Gimme Moore"" by the media. Moore took on the role of an ultrapious psychiatrist in Woody Allen's ""Deconstructing Harry"", also in"
"for electronic instruments (Rod Serling's ""Night Gallery""). His credits spanned over 100 film works including ""The Andromeda Strain"" (1971), ""The Organization"" (1971), ""Bone"" (1972), ""You'll Like My Mother"" (1972), ""The Savage is Loose"" (1974), ""The Ultimate Warrior"" (1975), ""Embryo"" (1976), ""The Sentinel"" (1977), ""Starship Invasions"" (1977), ""Borderline"" (1980), ""Blood Beach"" (1981) and ""The Last Chase"" (1981), and TV movies such as ""My Sweet Charlie"" (1970), ""That Certain Summer"" (1972), ""The Judge and Jake Wyler"" (1972), ""A Cold Night's Death"" (1973), ""The President's Plane Is Missing"" (1973), """" (1973), ""The Questor Tapes"" (1974), ""Killdozer!"" (1974), ""Death Scream"" (1975), ""A Vacation in"
"and Moray (1978) Web Woman (1978) Freedom Force (1978) The Fabulous Funnies (1978) Flash Gordon: Greatest Adventure of All (1978) [uncredited] Flash Gordon (1978) [uncredited] New Adventures of Mighty Mouse (1979) [uncredited] Quacula (1979) [uncredited] Plastic Man (1979) Mighty Man and Yukk (1979) Rickety Rocket (1979) Fang Face (1979) The Thing (1979) [uncredited] Casper and The Space Angels (1979) [uncredited] Scooby and Scrappy Doo (1979) [uncredited] The New Shmoo (1979) [uncredited] Richie Rich (1979) [uncredited] The Super Globetrotters (1979) [uncredited] Fonz and The Happy Days Gang (1979) [uncredited] Popeye (1979) [uncredited] Space Ghost (1980) Herculoids (1980) Space Stars Finale (1980)"
"Boy and Bicycle Boy and Bicycle is the first film made by Ridley Scott. The black and white short was made on 16mm film while Scott was a photography student at the Royal College of Art in London in 1962. Although a very early work - Scott would not direct his first feature for another 15 years - the film is significant in that it features a number of visual elements that would become motifs of Scott's work. Shot entirely in West Hartlepool and Seaton Carew the film features the cooling tower and blast furnaces of the local British Steel"
"the B-side of a cover version of the theme to ""The Human Jungle"" television series). Scott wanted to use the existing recording by Barry, but the composer was so impressed by the young filmmaker he agreed to produce a new recording for the film at limited cost. This film has been released as an extra on the DVD for Scott's first feature ""The Duellists"". Boy and Bicycle Boy and Bicycle is the first film made by Ridley Scott. The black and white short was made on 16mm film while Scott was a photography student at the Royal College of Art"
"roles, James Gandolfini and Samuel L. Jackson. Although it received positive reviews from Janet Maslin and other critics, it took less than $13m and was considered a box office failure. Scott's next film, ""Crimson Tide"" (1995), was a submarine thriller starring Gene Hackman and Denzel Washington. In 1995, British film studio, Shepperton Studios, was purchased by a consortium headed by Tony and Ridley Scott, which extensively renovated the studios while also expanding and improving its grounds. In 1996, Scott directed ""The Fan"", starring Robert De Niro, Wesley Snipes, Ellen Barkin and Benicio del Toro. Scott's 1998 film ""Enemy of the"
"(1957) Country Music Holiday (1958) The Teenage Millionaire (1961) Without Each Other (1962) The Tiger Makes Out (1967) The Riot (1969) Bad Company (1972) The Drowning Pool (1975) One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) Mikey and Nicky (1976) Heaven Can Wait (1978) Hardcore (1979) Kramer vs Kramer (1979) Resurrection (1980) Wolfen (1981) Blow Out (1981) Without a Trace (1982) Gorky Park (1983) Firstborn (1983) The Journey of Natty Gann (1984) Ishtar (1985-1986) Nadine (1987) The Pick-up Artist (1987) Biloxi Blues (1988) Fresh Horses (1988) Career Opportunities (1989) Rush (1990) The Prince of Tides (1991) Sliver (1992) Milk Money (1994)"
"Scott began acting in the early 1970s, playing uncredited bit parts or small supporting roles in several short films, feature films and TV shows, including the Canadian film ""My American Cousin"" (1985). After working as an actor and stuntman for over a decade, Scott eventually transitioned into working as a second unit director, before moving into directing and writing. Scott began directing feature films in the early 1990s, with the action-science fiction martial arts film ""TC 2000"" (1993) starring Bolo Yeung, Billy Blanks, Bobbie Phillips, Matthias Hues and other martial arts stars. Of the experience as a first-time director, Scott"
"Birmingham's Pebble Mill. He appeared in a few episodes in BBC's ""EastEnders"" (1985) and ""City Central"" (1998), and a lead role in Sky One comedy drama ""Mile High"" (2003) followed by a regular role in BBC's ""Holby City"" (1999) as Bradley Hume, the assistant general manager of Holby General. Starring roles in feature films soon followed with his portrayal of Talbot in ""Special Forces"" (2003) and Yuri Boyka in ""Undisputed II: Last Man Standing"" (2006). It was this film that broke him into the mainstream with his villainous portrayal of the Russian MMA underground fighter Boyka. After this Scott had"
"Drama Desk Award in 1977, in 1982 he also directed a television version. In 1981, he directed his first feature film, ""Bustin' Loose"". During the 1980s and 1990s, Scott directed several television series and television movies including ""Gimme a Break!"", ""Scarecrow and Mrs. King"", ""Crash Course"", ""New Attitude"", ""Civil Wars"", ""American Gothic"", """", and ""Providence"". In 2002, Scott directed the VH1 television movie ""Play’d – A Hip Hop Story"" starring Rashaan Nall and Toni Braxton. The series went on to become VH1's highest rated program. The following year, Scott directed the Disney channel original movie ""The Cheetah Girls"". Since directing"
"Horse"" (1962). The film was given an X-certificate by the board of film censors, but went on to become an official British entry at the Venice and Vancouver film festivals that year. This recognition led to Scott meeting Tony Richardson and John Osborne of Woodfall Films, who signed him to write and direct his first feature film ""The Sea"", but the film was never completed. In 1964, Scott wrote and produced the short dramatic film ""Changes"" which featured the young Anthony Hopkins fresh from acting school (RADA). In 1965, he founded the production company Maya Film Productions with Barney Platts-Mills"
"Tony Scott Anthony David Leighton Scott (21 June 1944 – 19 August 2012) was an English film director and producer. He was known for directing action and thriller films such as ""Top Gun"" (1986), ""Beverly Hills Cop II"" (1987), ""The Last Boy Scout"" (1991), ""True Romance"" (1993), ""Crimson Tide"" (1995), ""Enemy of the State"" (1998), ""Man on Fire"", ""Déjà Vu"" (2006), and ""Unstoppable"" (2010). Mr Scott was the younger brother of film director Sir Ridley Scott. They both graduated from the Royal College of Art in London. In 1995 both Tony and Ridley received the BAFTA Award for Outstanding British"
"8, 1956 with his first work narrating the film ""Three Brave Men"". He had lead roles in several of the studio's API second features and made appearances in some of Fox's major films. Following his years at Fox he appeared as a guest star on numerous American television series, Scott was cast as Johnny Ringo in the 1963 episode, ""The Melancholy Gun"", of the syndicated television anthology series, ""Death Valley Days"", hosted by Stanley Andrews. In the story line, Ringo, an expert gunslinger with a mysterious past seeks to lead a more respectable life. However, many want to make their"
"Special"", as the producers used stock footage from ""A New Hope"". His other film appearances included ""The Body Stealers"" (1969), ""Twinky"" (1969), ""Villain"" (1971), ""The Ruling Class"" (1972), ""The Glitterball"" (1977), ""The Wild Geese"" (1978), ""Force 10 from Navarone"" (1978), ""Silver Dream Racer"" (1980) and ""Dead Man's Folly"" (1986). TV appearances in science fiction programmes include two ""Doctor Who"" stories, ""The War Games"" (1969) and ""The Face of Evil"" (1977), and as prison ship officer Raiker in the ""Blake's 7"" episode ""Spacefall"" (1978). He appeared in an episode of ""Midsomer Murders"" entitled ""Vixen’s Run"" and an episode of ""Minder"", ""You"
"""Run Silent, Run Deep"" (1958), ""I Want to Live!"" (1958), ""The Haunting"" (1963), ""The Andromeda Strain"" (1971), ""The Hindenburg"" (1975) and """" (1979). Wise was the president of the Directors Guild of America from 1971 to 1975 and the president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences from 1984 through 1987. Often contrasted with ""auteur"" directors such as Stanley Kubrick, who tended to bring a distinctive directorial ""look"" to a particular genre, Wise has been viewed as a craftsman, inclined to let the (sometimes studio-assigned) story concept set the style. Later ""cineastes"", such as Martin Scorsese, insist that"
"episode ""Nemesis"" (1987), and the part of Professor Marriott in ""Yes, Prime Minister"". His film career included appearances in British comedies such as ""Eskimo Nell"" (1975), ""Three for All"" (1975), ""It Could Happen to You"" (1975), ""Adventures of a Private Eye"" (1977) and ""Adventures of a Plumber's Mate"" (1978). He acted as the Narrator in the original London production of ""The Rocky Horror Show"", and is featured on the original cast soundtrack but is also famous for portraying the part of Dr. Everett Von Scott in the 1975 film version of ""The Rocky Horror Picture Show"". He was a member"
"Ridley Scott as well as having edited """" a documentary film which chronicles the life of a sadomasochistic man who struggles with cystic fibrosis. Dorn was born into a film industry family, her father having worked as a set designer and film producer. Dorn attended Hollywood High School and it was there that she decided to pursue a career as a math teacher. A fateful job working behind the scenes at a movie sound stage led her towards working in the film industry. Dorn appeared in two films as an actress (including a nude ""Archbishop"" in the 1976 satire ""TunnelVision"")"
"that weren't then possible in TV or film."" Following the success of ""Top Gun"", Scott found himself on Hollywood's A-list of action directors. He re-teamed with Simpson and Bruckheimer in 1987 to direct Eddie Murphy and Brigitte Nielsen in the highly anticipated sequel ""Beverly Hills Cop II"". While not being critically embraced, the film nevertheless became one of the year's highest grossers. His next film, ""Revenge"" (1990), a thriller of adultery and revenge set in Mexico, starred Kevin Costner, Madeleine Stowe and Anthony Quinn. Once again directing Tom Cruise, Scott returned to the Simpson-Bruckheimer fold to helm the big-budget racing"
"first of Scott's six collaborations with the composer Hans Zimmer. The road film ""Thelma & Louise"" (1991) starring Geena Davis as Thelma, Susan Sarandon as Louise, in addition to the breakthrough role for Brad Pitt as J.D, proved to be one of Scott's biggest critical successes, helping revive the director's reputation and receiving his first nomination for the Academy Award for Best Director. His next project, independently-funded historical epic """", was a box office failure. The film recounts the expeditions to the Americas by Christopher Columbus (French star Gérard Depardieu). Scott did not release another film for four years. In"
"(1965), ""Jenny"" (1970), ""The Out-of-Towners"" (1970), ""The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight"" (1971), ""Silent Night, Bloody Night"" (1972), ""Harry and Tonto"" (1974), ""The Great Waldo Pepper"" (1975), ""Nickelodeon"" (1976), ""Corvette Summer"" (1978), ""The Stunt Man"" (1980), ""My Favorite Year"" (1982), ""Flashdance"" (1983), ""Amazon Women on the Moon"" (1987), ""Return of the Living Dead Part II"" (1988), ""Dead Men Don't Die"" (1991), ""The Opposite Sex and How to Live with Them"" (1993), ""Love Bites"" (1993), ""Pentathlon"" (1994), ""The Trigger Effect"", and ""Ed"" (1996). He wrote ""The Character Actor's Do's, Don't and Anecdotes""', which was published in early November 2008. Until his"
"leading to work on the popular television police series ""Z-Cars"" and science fiction series ""Out of the Unknown"". He was originally assigned to design the second ""Doctor Who"" serial, ""The Daleks"", which would have entailed realising the serial's eponymous alien creatures. However, shortly before Scott was due to start work, a schedule conflict meant he was replaced by Raymond Cusick. In 1965, he began directing episodes of television series for the BBC, only one of which, an episode of ""Adam Adamant Lives!"", is available commercially. In 1968, Ridley and Tony Scott founded Ridley Scott Associates (RSA), a film and commercial"
"felt two decades later in ""Funeral Home"" and ""The Unseen"". Ridley Scott's successful ""Alien"" (1979) spawned its own sci-fi-horror subgenre that included slasher films ""Scared to Death"" and ""Without Warning"". The $86.4 million box office success of ""The Amityville Horror"" (1979) spurred an interest in the supernatural, from ""The Boogeyman"" to the Bigfoot slasher ""Night of the Demon"". Joe D'Amato's gruesome Italian horror film ""Antropophagus"" and the Australian slasher ""Nightmares"" showed that the genre was spreading internationally. Slasher films reached a saturation point in 1981, as heavily promoted movies like ""My Bloody Valentine"" and ""The Burning"" were box office failures."
"notes that being the mainstay of the Pirate security force is ""a job he will certainly relish."" Ridley was named after director Ridley Scott, who directed the first film in the ""Alien"" series, which was a huge inspiration for the development of the first game. Ridley originally appeared in the Nintendo Entertainment System video game ""Metroid"" as one of the two Space Pirate figureheads charged with protecting Mother Brain at the base on Zebes, where they are cloning Metroids with the intention of converting them into biological weapons. Both he and his counterpart, Kraid, are defeated by Samus. Ridley's remains"
"Hawk Down""), the future cityscapes of ""Blade Runner"", or the distant planets in ""Alien"", ""Prometheus"", ""The Martian"" and """". Several of his films are also known for their strong female characters. Scott has been nominated for three Academy Awards for Directing (for ""Thelma & Louise"", ""Gladiator"" and ""Black Hawk Down""). In 1995, both Ridley and his brother Tony received a BAFTA for Outstanding British Contribution To Cinema. In 2003, Scott was knighted for his ""services to the British film industry"". In a 2004 BBC poll Scott was named the tenth most influential person in British culture. In 2015 he received"
"""Room Service"" (1938), ""Gunga Din"" (1939), ""The Hunchback of Notre Dame"" (1939), ""Abe Lincoln in Illinois"" (1940), ""Swiss Family Robinson"" (1940), ""The Curse of the Cat People"" (1944), ""Murder, My Sweet"" (1944), ""Spellbound"" (1945), ""Duel in the Sun"" (1946), ""Portrait of Jennie"" (1948) and ""Johnny Got His Gun"" (1971). Academy Award Nominations (Special Effects category): Academy Award Winner (Special Effects category): As a teenager, Stewart was involved in early experiments in commercial AM broadcast radio. While at RKO Studios, he participated in the production of the first three-strip Technicolor feature film, ""Becky Sharp"" (1935), made by RKO affiliate Pioneer Pictures."
"Luke Scott (director) Luke Scott (born 1 May 1968) is an English film, commercial and television director. He was second unit director on """" and ""The Martian"", both directed by his father Ridley Scott. He made his feature film directorial debut in 2016 with ""Morgan"". In 2014, Scott worked as a second unit director on his father's biblical epic film """", which starred Christian Bale and Joel Edgerton. The film was released on 12 December 2014 by 20th Century Fox, grossing $268 million with a budget of $140 million. Scott worked as second unit director again with his father on"
"""Galaxy High"" (1986) and later made his directorial debut with the teen comedy ""Adventures in Babysitting"" (1987) and ""Heartbreak Hotel"" (1988). His directorial work includes ""Home Alone"" (1990), ""Only the Lonely"" (1991), """" (1992), ""Mrs. Doubtfire"" (1993), ""Nine Months"" (1995), ""Stepmom"" (1998), ""Bicentennial Man"" (1999), ""Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone"" (2001), ""Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets"" (2002), ""Rent"" (2005), ""I Love You Beth Cooper"" (2009), """" (2010) and most recently ""Pixels"" (2015) He was the producer of ""Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban"" (2004), the third film in the ""Harry Potter"" film series, and received an"
"The Duellists The Duellists is a 1977 British historical drama film and the feature directorial debut of Ridley Scott. It won the Best Debut Film award at the 1977 Cannes Film Festival. The basis of the screenplay is the Joseph Conrad short story ""The Duel"" (titled ""Point of Honor"" in the United States) published in ""A Set of Six"". In Strasbourg in 1800, fervent Bonapartist and obsessive duellist Lieutenant Gabriel Feraud (Harvey Keitel) of the French 7th Hussars, nearly kills the nephew of the city's mayor in a sword duel. Under pressure from the mayor, Brigadier-General Treillard (Robert Stephens) sends"