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"Alien" is a 1979 science fiction horror film directed by Ridley Scott about a crew of space travelers who encounter a deadly extraterrestrial creature aboard their ship. The film is considered a landmark in cinema for combining intense suspense with groundbreaking visual design, and it established many conventions that would define the sci-fi horror genre for decades to come.
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Film · TMDB
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.
Released: 1979-05-25117 minDir: Ridley ScottHorror, Science FictionBudget: $11.0MBox office: $105MPart of: Alien Collection
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
Article · Nederlands
Alien is een Britse-Amerikaanse sciencefiction/horrorfilm uit 1979, geregisseerd door Ridley Scott. De filmtitel refereert aan de antagonist van de film, een monsterlijk buitenaards wezen. De hoofdrollen worden vertolkt door Tom Skerritt, Sigourney Weaver, Veronica Cartwright, Harry Dean Stanton, John Hurt, Ian Holm en Yaphet Kotto. De film won een Oscar voor de speciale effecten, waaronder het buitenaardse wezen (de alien) dat werd ontworpen door de Zwitserse kunstenaar H.R. Giger. In 2003 kwam er een director's cut in de bioscoop, met enkele extra scènes. De film was tevens het begin van een mediafranchise van inmiddels zeven films.
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