DRINKIN' BIRDS & GASHAPONS

[Mark Sheppard]

Hooray! I just bought a Fiesta Magazine Vol 11 No 2 on evilbay as well!

it was in a "preloved" "gentlemens" magazine auction! Now I just need to figure out how to make a tasteful display

[Space Jockey]

Don't worry, JTP, I instructed the seller to send it to you in a nice, clear, plastic bag so the world can see it.
You're all justa buncha pervs. So where did you get it again?

[SKIN JOB 66]

[joberg]

Very good finds Fred (skin mags & tobacco box).

[Mark Sheppard]

I got mine on evilbay, some tosser in the U.K. selling a whole collection...probably the same place Fred found his LOL ... but seriously all jokes aside, I imagine these people are scratching their heads and wondering why the sudden jump in sales for this magazine..

Mine looks less "loved" than Freds,.... his is more "studio accurate"

[SKIN JOB 66]

[SKIN JOB 66]

OK, something else I've found about Brett : He's a navy buff ! Look at the wood models aside his seat :

1 : A Galleon on the left
2 : A junk on the right

There's LOT a lot of ships images and photos in the "destruction room"... Maybe he was a sailor himself ?!!

Fred

PS : So, who's going to buy a junk wood model now ???




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[joberg]

That High-Def and the pause button are costing us a lot of moula

[Gaff87]

Another great find, Fred.
I'm still waiting for you to find a similar shirt.

[Mark Sheppard]

Right Fred, close ups of the shirt....That would be a great one!

[SKIN JOB 66]

Well... I mostly wear black and white, so... Brett's shirt is cool... on Brett ! (but if you guys want to track it for real, I'd be really glad to see a close-up of the fabric !)



Fred
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[joberg]

One of my Jamaican friend was always excited when seeing Brett wearing a "National Sport Shirt" with the signature" by Manhattan " made in Jamaica...and yes, it's from the late '70s. Good luck finding the same design.

[Mr Webber]

Love your work Fred and ive already wasted hours searching the worlds ebays for that or that style shirt joberg. Cant bring myself to look for shirts, pens, bowties, vintage Russian bottles etc ever again
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[joberg]

I hear you Tim...I sometimes say: that's it! No more lookin' for all that stuff, and then I find another item, or prop and the dance starts all over again

[SKIN JOB 66]

Thanks a lot for the kind words, Tim !!! (and really glad to see you back on the saddle with us !)



Fred
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[SKIN JOB 66]

Another thing about the BALAJI IMPERIAL pack of cigarettes, the fictitious brand chain smoked by Lambert...
It appears from time to time in the hands of Lambert or near her, just like in those screencaps :





I know it's an old story BUT I have new info regarding the origins of its name, courtesy of Dennis Lowe who kindly accepted to ask Ivor Powell ( associate producer on ALIEN) if he had any memories of this prop... Here is his answer (pasted here with his approval) :

As for the cigarettes. I kind of recognize the packet, which has to be some kind of Turkish cigarette – but Balaji cigarettes don’t seem to exist (I googled them). Given that Balaji is the Christian name of the guy that played the Alien, I reckon that it could be a kind of in-joke between Art dept and Ridley. However, it looks like a close-up/insert shot and I wonder when it was shot, because I only discovered Balaji during the main unit shooting and given that we shot the command module/cockpit sequences right at the beginning of the main unit schedule – then nobody would have heard of Balaji at that point. Maybe we shot this insert after main unit shooting had finished – but I don’t remember doing it.
It’s a bit of a mystery. Very intriguing. If I bump into Mike Seymour (Prod Designer) I’ll ask him.

(Note : He's talking about the first screencap of this post)

OF course !
BolAJI BALejo (his full name) = BALAJI imperial

I really love the dark humour here : Dressed as the Alien or his name written on a pack of cigarettes, in both cases his job really was to kill the Nostromo crew !



Fred
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[Space Jockey]

Fred, totally correct about the Bolaji ciggerettes, in fact purely by coincidence I was reading this article about it this very morning! Ridley Scott confirms it here

http://cinefantastiqueonline.com/2008/09/20/revisiting-alien-ridley-scott/

[joberg]

Interesting Fred (as always). The plot thickens...I hope we'll have the answer from Mr. Seymour. After all those years it's remarkable that some particular detail/prop are still being remembered by the guys who worked on that movie.

[Mark Sheppard]

I have to really thank Fred for finding this one, mine came in today.....what a great prop..and the wife thinks its awesome as well...

[andy]

I guess that is what they call a "Tasteful" display

Andy