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Sir Ridley Scott (born 30 November 1937) is an English film director, screenwriter and producer. He directs films in the science fiction, crime, and historical epic genres with an atmospheric and highly concentrated visual style. He ranks among the highest-grossing directors, with his films grossing a cumulative $5 billion worldwide. He has received many accolades, including the BAFTA Fellowship for Lifetime Achievement in 2018, two Primetime Emmy Awards, and a Golden Globe Award. He was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II in 2003 and appointed a Knight Grand Cross by King Charles III in 2024. An alumnus of the Royal College of Art in London, Scott began his career in television as a designer and director before moving into advertising as a director of commercials. He made his film directorial debut with The Duellists (1977) and gained wider recognition with his next film, Alien (1979). Though his films range widely in setting and period, they showcase memorable imagery of urban environments, spanning 2nd-century Rome in Gladiator (2000) and its 2024 sequel, 12th-century Jerusalem in Kingdom of Heaven (2005), medieval England in Robin Hood (2010), ancient Memphis in Exodus: Gods and Kings (2014), contemporary Mogadishu in Black Hawk Down (2001), futuristic cityscapes of Los Angeles in Blade Runner (1982) and extraterrestrial worlds in Alien, Prometheus (2012), The Martian (2015) and Alien: Covenant (2017). Scott has been nominated for three Academy Awards: Directing for Thelma & Louise, Gladiator, and Black Hawk Down. Gladiator won the Academy Award for Best Picture and received a nomination in the same category for The Martian. In 1995, Scott and his brother Tony received a British Academy Film Award for Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema. Scott's films Alien, Blade Runner and Thelma & Louise were each selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress for being considered "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". In a 2004 BBC poll, Scott was ranked 10 on the list of most influential people in British culture. Scott also works in television and has earned 10 Primetime Emmy Award nominations. He won twice, for Outstanding Television Film for the HBO film The Gathering Storm (2002) and Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Special for the History Channel's Gettysburg (2011). He was Emmy-nominated for RKO 281 (1999), The Andromeda Strain (2008), and The Pillars of the Earth (2010). Description above from the Wikipedia article Ridley Scott, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
The time is long ago, where the people were known as tribes of the Earth Goddess. & the Sessair, exile a young man (For embarrassing his chieftain) out into the wilds of Tir-Nan-Og. His name is Slaine, only accompanied by his trusty axe, Brain-biter & a unscrupulous Dwarf named Ukko. Before his banishment, Slaine was newly inducted into the Red Branch where he found out that he was warped by the special gift of the Earth Mother. This has to be seen to be believed. They both embark on a series of adventures, where they discover evil Sorceror's Lord Weird Slough Feg's plans to flood the northern lands. They procure a dragon while meeting a young witch named Nest and ride off together to warn the druids. Along the way they make a stop at the eternal fortress of Snowdonia to visit Myrddin. Who is currently under attack by his relatives, the Cythrons who drag our adventures down into Cythrawl. Adventures ensue and they make it out alive. Myrddin awards them with the Cauldron of Blood with which Slaine can safely return to his tribe. For they need a knew chieftain. They fly to Slaine's home and guess who gets to be king. More adventures ensue..... I forgot to mention Niamh, Slaine's reason for being booted from the tribe. She has a special something for him when they next meet.
