Suddenly, Laurie feared for the life of her own 17 year-old son John, and tried to call Yosemite to talk to him, but her phone was dead.Meanwhile, blackhearted Captain Hector Barbossa (Geoffrey Rush) and his crew of "miscreants"-pirates from theBlack Pearl(Jack""s former boat), attacked Port Royal, summoned by Elizabeth""s medallion, and kidnapped her.There, Clemens (who had just explained his past history as a disgraced doctor for malpractice), for whom Ripley had an affection and made love, was killed by the Alien - and then, in the film""s scariest scene, Ripley experienced an unnerving, close encounter with the Alien - it inspected her and hissed with its second maw in her ear, but left her unharmed.A struggle ensued in the Main Control Room when Billy Rosewood arrived, and stray gunfire accidentally activated some of the park""s rides.BackgroundSullivan""s Travels(1941) is generally considered one of celebrated writer/director Preston Sturges"" greatest dramatic comedies - and a satirical statement of his own director""s creed.