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Alien

  • 1979
  • R
  • 1h 57m
IMDb RATING
8.4/10
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Alien (1979)
A mining ship, investigating a suspected SOS, lands on a distant planet. The crew discovers some strange creatures and investigates.
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After investigating a mysterious transmission of unknown origin, the crew of a commercial spacecraft encounters a deadly lifeform.After investigating a mysterious transmission of unknown origin, the crew of a commercial spacecraft encounters a deadly lifeform.After investigating a mysterious transmission of unknown origin, the crew of a commercial spacecraft encounters a deadly lifeform.

  • Director
    • Ridley Scott
  • Writers
    • Dan O'Bannon
    • Ronald Shusett
  • Stars
    • Sigourney Weaver
    • Tom Skerritt
    • John Hurt
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    • IMDb RATING
    8.4/10
    1.1M
    YOUR RATING
    POPULARITY
    312
    100
    • Director
      • Ridley Scott
    • Writers
      • Dan O'Bannon
      • Ronald Shusett
    • Stars
      • Sigourney Weaver
      • Tom Skerritt
      • John Hurt
    • 2.1KUser reviews
    • 302Critic reviews
    • 89Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Top rated movie #51
    • Won 1 Oscar
      • 19 wins & 22 nominations total

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    • Director
      • Ridley Scott
    • Writers
      • Dan O'Bannon
      • Ronald Shusett
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    Did you know

    • Trivia
      According to Yaphet Kotto, Sir Ridley Scott told him to annoy Sigourney Weaver off-camera, so that there would be genuine tension between their characters. Kotto regretted this, because he really liked Weaver.
    • Goofs
      (at around 1h 35 mins) A crewman with a black panel of some kind is visible through the smoke as Ripley runs through the corridors at the end of the film.
    • Quotes
      • Ripley: Ash, can you hear me?
      • [slams her hands down on the table]
      • Ripley: Ash?
      • Ash: [awakens and starts speaking in an electronic and distorted voice] Yes, I can hear you.
      • Ripley: What was your special order?
      • Ash: You read it. I thought it was clear.
      • Ripley: What was it?
      • Ash: Bring back life form. Priority One. All other priorities rescinded.
      • Parker: The damn company. What about our lives, you son of a bitch?
      • Ash: I repeat, all other priorities are rescinded.
      • Ripley: How do we kill it, Ash? There's gotta be a way of killing it. How? How do we do it?
      • Ash: You can't.
      • Parker: That's bullshit.
      • Ash: You still don't understand what you're dealing with, do you? The perfect organism. Its structural perfection is matched only by its hostility.
      • Lambert: You admire it.
      • Ash: I admire its purity. A survivor... unclouded by conscience, remorse, or delusions of morality.
      • Parker: Look, I am... I've heard enough of this, and I'm asking you to pull the plug.
      • [Ripley goes to disconnect Ash, who interrupts]
      • Ash: Last word.
      • Ripley: What?
      • Ash: I can't lie to you about your chances, but... you have my sympathies.
    • Crazy credits
      The title of the movie is slowly created one line at a time at the top of the screen during the opening credits, starting out with the I, then the slash in A and the backslash in N, and then the vertical lines in L and E (so it looks like / I I I \). After that, the ensuing lines of each letter are added slowly one at a time until the title is fully visible.
    • Alternate versions
      The 2003 DVD release plasters the 1979 version of the 20th Century Fox logo with the 1980's version.
    • Connections
      Edited into Star Trek: The Next Generation: Datalore (1988)
    • Soundtracks
      Incidental music from 'Symphony No. 2 ('Romantic')'
      by Howard Hanson
      [Played over end credits]

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    FAQ20

    • Where is the planetoid the Nostromo visits, and does it have a name?
    • How does the spaceship create gravity? The spaceship does not seem to be rotating, although rotation is necessary to create gravity in the space.
    • Why won't the shuttle take four people? It seems quite large when Ripley is escaping in it.

    Details

    • Release date
      • June 22, 1979 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • United Kingdom
      • United States
    • Official site
      • Facebook
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Alien, el octavo pasajero
    • Filming locations
      • Shepperton Studios, Shepperton, Surrey, England, UK(Studio)
    • Production companies
      • 20th Century Fox
      • Brandywine Productions
      • Scott Free Productions
    • See more company credits at IMDbPro

    Box office

    • Budget
      • $11,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $84,206,106
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $3,527,881
      • May 28, 1979
    • Gross worldwide
      • $109,726,643
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Tech specs

    • Runtime
      • 1h 57m(117 min)
    • Color
      • Color
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.39 : 1

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