Born on this day – Ian Holm:

Ian Holm

Actor

September 12, 1931 – June 19, 2020

Credits:

1066: The Battle for Middle Earth (2009); 27th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2021); 48th Annie Awards (2021); A Life Less Ordinary (1997); A Midsummer Night's Dream (1959 / 1969); A Season of Giants (1990); A Severed Head (1971); Alice Through the Looking Glass (1998); Alien (1979); Alien: Isolation (2014); Alien: Romulus (2024); All Quiet on the Western Front (1979); Animal Farm (1999); Another Woman (1988); Armchair Theatre (1963–1970); Artists and Models (1986); BBC Play of the Month (1972–1983); BBC2 Play of the Week (1978); Beautiful Joe (2000); Big Night (1996); Bless the Child (2000); Blue Ice (1992); Brazil (1985); Chariots of Fire (1981); Chillers (1990); Chromophobia (2005); Conjugal Rights (1973); Dance with a Stranger (1985); D-Day 6.6.1944 (2004); Do You Remember? (1978); Dragons: A Fantasy Made Real (2004); Dreamchild (1985); Esther Kahn (2000); eXistenZ (1999); Festival: The Misanthrope (1980); Field of Fish (2000); Frog (1998); From Hell (2001); Game, Set, and Match (1988); Garden State (2004); Girls at Sea (1958); Gooseberries Don't Dance (1999); Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes (1984); Hamlet (1990); Henry V (1989); Holocaust (1978); Incognito (1997); Inside the Third Reich (1982); ITV Play of the Week (1957); ITV Playhouse (1969–1971); ITV Saturday Night Theatre (1969–1970); Jesus of Nazareth (1977); Joe Gould's Secret (2000); Jubilee (1977); Juggernaut (1974); Kafka (1991); Laughterhouse / aka Singleton's Pluck (1984); Les Miserables (1978); Little Red Riding Hood (1995); Loch Ness (1996); Lord of War (2005); March or Die (1977); Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1994); Mary, Queen of Scots (1971); Masquerade (1974); Mr & Mrs Edgehill (1985); Murder by the Book (1986); Mystery and Imagination (1966–1968); Naked Lunch (1991); Napoleon and Love (1974); Nicholas and Alexandra (1971); Night Falls on Manhattan (1996); O Jerusalem (2006); Oh! What a Lovely War (1969); Omnibus (1981); Orson Welles Great Mysteries (1974); Performance (1991–1998); Play for Today (1982); Private Affairs (1975); Ratatouille (2007); Ratatouille: The Video Game (2007); Renaissance (2006); Review (1971); Robert's Wife (1957); Robin and Marian (1976); S.O.S. Titanic (1979); Scary Stories Around the Fire (2024); Screen Two (1992); Secret Agent (2000); Shergar (1999); Shout at the Devil (1976); Simon Magus (1999); Spinning Wheels (2002); Strangers with Candy (2005); Tales of the Unexpected (1982); The Advocate (1993); The Aviator (2004); The Bell (1982); The Bofors Gun (1968); The Borrowers (1992); The Browning Version (1985); The Cherry Orchard (1962); The Day After Tomorrow (2004); The Emperor's New Clothes (2001); The Fifth Element (1997); The Fixer (1968); The Frighteners (1972); The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012); The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014); The Holocaust on Trial (2000); The Homecoming (1973); The Last of the Blonde Bombshells (2000); The Lives of Benjamin Franklin (1974–1975); The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001); The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003); The Lost Boys (1978); The Madness of King George (1994); The Man from Haven (1972); The Man in the Iron Mask (1977); The Match (1999); The Miracle Maker (1999); The New Detectives: Case Studies in Forensic Science (2002); The Oscars (2021); The Power Game (1966); The Return of the Borrowers (1993); The Return of the Soldier (1982); The Sweet Hereafter (1997); The Tailor of Gloucester (1989); The Thief of Baghdad (1978); The Treatment (2006); The Wars of the Roses (1965–1966); The Wednesday Play (1970); The World About Us (1983); The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends (1993); Theatre Night (1961); Time Bandits (1981); Timewatch (1993); Treasures in Trust (1995); Waterbaby (2002); We, the Accused (1980); Wetherby (1985); Wisconsin Death Trip (1999); Young Winston (1972).

On this day in movie, novel, and movie photo novel history - Alien (1979)

Alien

directed by Ridley Scott,

written by Dan O’Bannon,

based on a story by Dan O’Bannon and Ronald Shusett,

was released in the United States on May 25, 1979.

Music by Jerry Goldsmith.

Cast:

Sigourney Weaver, Tom Skerritt, Veronica Cartwright, Harry Dean Stanton, John Hurt, Ian Holm, Yaphet Kotto, Bolaji Badejo, Helen Horton, Eddie Powell.

Recommended reading:

Alien

by Alan Dean Foster.

Filmed as Alien (1979), directed by Ridley Scott.

Published by Orbit.
Published 1979.

ISBN-10: 0708816789
ISBN-13: 978-0708816783
 
Description:

Where was Earth?

This was not their galaxy. A strange sun lit the sky with orange rays. In their long cold sleep, the seven space travelers had left their own universe behind, and now their monitor told them that on the planet revolving below them, someone was signalling for help. By space law, they must descend, explore and render assistance. But they would carry weapons. For who could tell what being called to them – or why. All they knew was that it was Alien.

Alien: Movie Novel

by Dan O'Bannon.

Edited by Richard J. Anobile.

Published by Avon.

Published 1979.

ISBN: 9780380466313
ISBN 10: 0380466317
ASIN: 0380466317

Description:
A Movie Novel of the film 'Alien' - a graphic novel using photographs from the film.