Prometheus (Original title)
Dates: 2012 (Copyright), 01 June 2012 (Release)Countries: USA, United KingdomDirector: Ridley Scott
Synopsis: Science fiction. In 2089 archaeologists, Elizabeth Shaw and Charlie Holloway discover ancient pictograms in a cave on Skye that persuade them that visitors from a distant planet have visited earth and that these extraterrestrials might have actually created our world. In 2093, the spaceship Prometheus, a scientific exploratory vehicle, is approaching an unknown planet on an expedition financed by the head of the giant Weyland Corporation. Shaw and Holloway are among the 17 people aboard. On the planet, signs of present or past habitation are found. Especially excited are Shaw and Holloway, eager to test their theses, but there are also secret agendas being followed by other members of the exploration team.
Genres: Science Fiction, Horror
Subject: Aliens
Releases
Date: 01 June 2012Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: not specified - Colour - Sound - Dolby Digital / DataSatAspect ratio: 2.35:1Runtime: 123 mins 36 secs - Length: 11124Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: 20th Century Fox International (UK)
Date: 08 June 2012Country: USARelease type: TheatricalFormat: not specified - Colour - Sound - Dolby Digital / DataSatAspect ratio: 2.35:1Dialogue (original): English
Title: 'An empire o'er the disentangled doom'Author: Smith, Stephanie A.Article type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: Explores themes of bodily abjection and captivity in Nick Dear's stage play 'Frankenstein' (2012), directed by Danny Boyle, and Ridley Scott's science fiction film 'Prometheus' (2012). Suggests that both texts retain elements of misogyny in their coding of the abject body as feminine.
Author: ABRAMS, Nathan Pages: xiv, 259 pages
Title: Technology, monstrosity, and reproduction in twenty-first century horror
Author: Jackson, Kimberly Pages: 175 pages
Dates: 2012 (Copyright), 01 June 2012 (Release)Countries: USA, United KingdomDirector: Ridley Scott
Synopsis: Science fiction. In 2089 archaeologists, Elizabeth Shaw and Charlie Holloway discover ancient pictograms in a cave on Skye that persuade them that visitors from a distant planet have visited earth and that these extraterrestrials might have actually created our world. In 2093, the spaceship Prometheus, a scientific exploratory vehicle, is approaching an unknown planet on an expedition financed by the head of the giant Weyland Corporation. Shaw and Holloway are among the 17 people aboard. On the planet, signs of present or past habitation are found. Especially excited are Shaw and Holloway, eager to test their theses, but there are also secret agendas being followed by other members of the exploration team.
Genres: Science Fiction, Horror
Subject: Aliens
Releases
Date: 01 June 2012Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: not specified - Colour - Sound - Dolby Digital / DataSatAspect ratio: 2.35:1Runtime: 123 mins 36 secs - Length: 11124Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: 20th Century Fox International (UK)
Date: 08 June 2012Country: USARelease type: TheatricalFormat: not specified - Colour - Sound - Dolby Digital / DataSatAspect ratio: 2.35:1Dialogue (original): English
Articles held in BFI Reuben Library
(1)
In: Science fiction film and television v9 n1 Spring 2016 Pages: 55-72Title: 'An empire o'er the disentangled doom'Author: Smith, Stephanie A.Article type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: Explores themes of bodily abjection and captivity in Nick Dear's stage play 'Frankenstein' (2012), directed by Danny Boyle, and Ridley Scott's science fiction film 'Prometheus' (2012). Suggests that both texts retain elements of misogyny in their coding of the abject body as feminine.
Books held in BFI Reuben Library
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Title: Alien legacies: the evolution of the franchiseAuthor: ABRAMS, Nathan Pages: xiv, 259 pages
Title: Technology, monstrosity, and reproduction in twenty-first century horror
Author: Jackson, Kimberly Pages: 175 pages