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Description acceptable. The first shot of this in-film location’s exterior was originally intended to resemble an inverted Gothic cathedral. Ubiquitous images in this location include glyphs from a “Semiotic Standard” with red outlines and an image that costume designer John Mollo adapted from a temple carving of the wings of Horus. Brian Johnson designed this location’s exterior from sketches by Chris Foss and Ron Cobb, who created a name displayed in this location by combining the name of a defunct British auto manufacturer with his Japanese neighbor’s surname. A director’s belief that gift shops are everywhere inspired a set of toy drinking (*) birds in this location. This was the first film location that a director named in homage to the author who inspired his debut, (10[1])The Duellists. (10[1])Roger Christian’s (10[1])aircraft scrap dressing (10[1])for this location was inspired by the slogan “truckers in space.” For 10 points, the Weyland-Yutani corporation owns what vessel whose crew encounters the Xenomorph? ■END■

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