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*Alien* is a 1979 science fiction horror film directed by Ridley Scott. The screenplay was written by Dan O'Bannon and Ronald Shusett, who also served as executive producer. The cast includes Tom Skerritt, Veronica Cartwright, Harry Dean Stanton, and Yaphet Kotto. Production was handled by Brandywine Productions and 20th Century Studios, with David Giler, Walter Hill, and Gordon Carroll as producers. The film was shot in English at Shepperton Studios and Bray Studios.
The movie has a runtime of 117 minutes and was released in the United States and United Kingdom. It received an Academy Award for Best Visual Effects, along with Saturn Awards for Best Science Fiction Film, Best Director, and Best Supporting Actress. The film was also nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score and the Academy Award for Best Production Design. Its tagline is "In space no one can hear you scream."
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8.2During its return to the earth, commercial spaceship Nostromo intercepts a distress signal from a distant planet. When a three-member team of the crew discovers a chamber containing thousands of eggs on the planet, a creature inside one of the eggs attacks an explorer. The entire crew is unaware of the impending nightmare set to descend upon them when the alien parasite planted inside its unfortunate host is birthed.
Cast
- Tom Skerritt as Dallas
- Sigourney Weaver as Ripley
- Veronica Cartwright as Lambert
- Harry Dean Stanton as Brett
- John Hurt as Kane
- Ian Holm as Ash
Themes
- android
- spacecraft
- space marine
- biology
- dystopia
- countdown
- space suit
- beheading
- space travel
- cowardice
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- film
- Part of
- National Film Registry
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
- Original language
- English language
- Series
- Alien (franchise)
- Followed by
- Aliens
- Main subject
- extraterrestrial life
- Director
- Ridley Scott
- Screenwriter
- Ronald Shusett
- Cast member
- Bolaji Badejo
- Voice actor
- Helen Horton
- Composer
- Jerry Goldsmith
- Producer
- Gordon Carroll
- Production company
- Brandywine Productions
- Cinematographer
- Derek Vanlint
- Narrative location
- USCSS Nostromo
- Filming location
- Bray Studios
- Duration
- 117
- FilmAffinity ID
- 708792
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Official website
- www.alienlegend.com
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- Alien (film)
- publication date
- 1979-11-02
- title
- Alien
- executive producer
- Ronald Shusett
- film editor
- Terry Rawlings
- nominated for
- BAFTA Award for Best Editing
- distributed by
- Disney+
- capital cost
- 11000000
- box office
- 81900459
- set in environment
- fictional planet
- review score
- 8.5/10
- set in period
- 2122
- media franchise
- Alien (franchise)
- soundtrack release
- Alien – Original Soundtrack from the Twentieth Century-Fox Film
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