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ysengrin ([personal profile] ysengrin) wrote2009-12-20 09:13 am
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Dan O'Bannon passes

Sometimes news travels slowly; screenwriter Dan O'Bannon passed away Thursday night (17 Dec) from complications associated with Crohn’s Disease.

From Ain't It Cool News:
... he was the lead screenwriter on Ridley Scott's little film called ALIEN. Before Dan, there was a blank page. Afterwards we had Ellen Ripley, the Nostromo and the entire legend of the ALIEN. He was responsible for the B-17 sequence of HEAVY METAL, the awesome Helicopter film BLUE THUNDER, the wonderful satire of Romero's Zombie series called THE RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD, my third fave film from Tobe Hooper - LIFE FORCE, the pretty damn fine remake of INVADERS FROM MARS, he got our ass to Mars with TOTAL RECALL ...
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