Boy and Bicycle
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| Boy and Bicycle | |
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| Directed by | Ridley Scott |
| Written by | Ridley Scott |
| Release date(s) | September 7, 1997 |
| Running time | 27 min. |
| Language | English |
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Boy and Bicycle is the first film made by Ridley Scott. The black and white short was made on 16mm film while Scott was a photography student at the Royal College of Art in London in 1962.
Although a very early work - Scott would not direct his first feature for another 15 years - the film is significant in that it features a number of visual elements that would be become motiffs of Scotts work. The cooling towers of the Imperial Chemical works near Stockton that feature in the film foreshadow Alien, Bladerunner and Black Rain while the central element of the Boy and the Bicycle is re-used in Scott's advert for Hovis of the early 1970s. The film features Tony Scott as the boy.
Scott secured finance from the British Film Institute to complete the editing and sound in 1965 including a score by John Barry. Scott wanted to use an existing recording by Barry but the composer was so impressed by the young film maker he agreed to produce a new recording for the film at limited cost.
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| Boy and Bicycle • The Duellists • Alien • Blade Runner • Legend • Someone to Watch Over Me • Black Rain • Thelma & Louise • 1492: Conquest of Paradise • White Squall • G.I. Jane • Gladiator • Hannibal • Black Hawk Down • Matchstick Men • Kingdom of Heaven • All the Invisible Children • A Good Year • American Gangster |
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