Vectis Auctions in Thornaby selling rare memorabilia from Blade Runner and Alien, both directed by Ridley Scott - who grew up in Stockton
Ridley Scott directed Alien and Blade Runner
by Mike Brown
The bright lights, hulking towers and industrial flame stacks at ICI Wilton provided the inspiration for one of the greatest films of the 20th century - Blade Runner.
So it’s fitting that a Teesside auction company will be selling a rare piece of memorabilia from the film, and from another masterpiece by Ridley Scott - the Oscar-winning director who grew up in Stockton.
Thornaby-based Vectis Auctions are offering an original manuscript from the 1982 film - as well as limited edition art prints from the renowned 1979 Scott film Alien.
Ridley Scott Alien and Blade Runner memorabilia
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The typewritten manuscript, originally co-written by David Peoples and Hampton Fancher and adapted by Scott, is expected to fetch £1,500 to £2,000.
The unique prints on sale depict the Alien featured in the sci-fi horror classic, created by artist H R Giger.
A spokesperson for Vectis said: “Ridley Scott, the films’ director, has his roots firmly here in the North-east of England; indeed the industrial landscape of his one-time home was an inspiration for Blade Runner’s urban environment. A futuristic cityscape in the opening shot is so reminiscent of our Wilton works.
“This is a unique opportunity to obtain a Blade Runner script in unbound format, dated December 22, 1980.”
In the days before computers and word-processors, the script shows a number of corrections and changes made by the director, who grew up in Stockton after his family settled in the area following the Second World War.
“This script also has notation in ‘non-repro blue’ pencil to the margins. Many are proof marks but also queries and changes to the copy, plus some corrections which are often carefully affixed over the original manuscript with white tape,” continued the spokesperson.
“In the days before word processing, alterations could be marked-up and carried out in this painstaking fashion avoiding the need to re-type, which was a long process.
“This copy is a work in progress and during the film further changes were made.”
The script is 141 pages long, and was purchased from Freeman’s Auction House in Philadelphia, USA, in September 2010.
To be sold alongside the script are H R Giger limited edition prints which are individually signed by the famous artist.
They include an Alien Egg, valued at £60 to £80, the Alien Monster which was part of a limited run of 100 and is valued at £500 to £700, and an Alien Pilot in Cockpit which is also valued at £500 to £700.
The items can be viewed at the auctioneer’s online catalogue at www.vectis.co.uk ahead of the sale, which will be held on Tuesday, February 18.
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