31 Behind-The-Scenes Shots Of Alien Movies You Need To See

29. Everything Is Scrutinised

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Classic films don't make themselves. There's a good reason that Alien is considered as such, and that's due in no small part to the passionate and dedicated team that helped to create it.

The design of the Alien in particular went through countless different iterations before Giger, Scott and the rest of the special effects team settled on a final version. The above is near-final: the team using a dummy model to get a perspective on the proportions of the head.

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