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Having acquired the film rights to the Nelson-penned short story prior to the production of They Live, Carpenter used the story as the basis for the screenplay's structure, which he wrote under the pseudonym "Frank Armitage".
Written by Carpenter himself (although under the pseudonym of Frank Armitage, his little tribute to Lovecraft and his ‘The Dunwich Horror’), shot by Gary B. Kibbe, with a bluesy soundtrack composed by Carpenter and his reliable partner Alan Howarth, with surprisingly good performances from wrestler Piper and Carpenter’s old collaborator ...
Jan 20, 2023 · Sharp-eyed viewers may have noticed that the screenplay is credited to Frank Armitage, which happens to be the same name as Keith's character. This, of course, is a pseudonym.
- Mike Floorwalker
May 12, 2018 · “Frank Armitage” is also Carpenter’s screenwriter pseudonym, giving the impression that a fictional character in the movie also wrote it. That nicely predicts the meta-horror of In the Mouth of Madness by six years.
What the film has in its favor are a strong central performance by Piper, a witty and fascinating script—written by Carpenter under the pseudonym Frank Armitage, adapted from the story “Eight O’Clock in the Morning” by Ray Nelson—and a vivid atmosphere of all-encompassing paranoia that rivals those of conspiracy classics like THE ...
Directed by John Carpenter. Written by Frank Armitage (pseudonym of Carpenter), based on "Eight O'Clock in the Morning" (November 1963 F&SF ) by Ray Nelson . Cast includes Keith David, Meg Foster and Roddy Piper. 94 minutes.
They Live is a 1988 American science fiction action horror film [lower-alpha 2] written and directed by John Carpenter, based on the 1963 short story "Eight O'Clock in the Morning" by Ray Nelson. Starring
