Release date:May 25, 1979

Runtime:1h 57m

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Modern Trailer

Tom Skerritt on the Ripley character in ALIEN

40th Anniversary Spot

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Parker and Lambert's Demise

Iconic Chestburster Scene

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THE BEAST WITHIN: THE MAKING OF ALIEN

RIDLEY SCOTT on ALIEN | Little Beast | TIFF

YAPHET KOTTO on ALIEN | Opening Doors | TIFF

Ridley Scott on Directing Alien | Film4 Interview Special

Ridley Scott on Designing the Alien | Film4 Interview Special

Throwback Trailer

"Alien" winning the Oscar® for Visual Effects

Sigourney Weaver on Ridley Scott's Vision for ALIEN

Sigourney Weaver on Ellen Ripley from the ALIEN Films

Sigourney Weaver Gives an Overview of ALIEN

Ridley Scott on Sigourney Weaver's Portrayal of Ripley in ALIEN

Ridley Scott on the Three Stages of the ALIEN Creature

Ridley Scott on the Elements of ALIEN

Ridley Scott on Creating a Convincing Universe

Alien

★ 8.2

Synopsis of "Alien":

"During 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."

Director:

Ridley Scott

Genres:

HorrorScience Fiction

Language:

English

Cast of "Alien":

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

Yaphet Kotto ... as Parker

Bolaji Badejo ... as Alien

Helen Horton ... as Mother (voice)

Crew:

Michael Seymour... (Production Design)

Roger Christian... (Art Direction)

Ronald Shusett... (Executive Producer)

Brian Johnson... (Special Effects)

Mary Goldberg... (Casting)

Ian Whittaker... (Set Decoration)

Terry Rawlings... (Editor)

Peter Weatherley... (Editor)

Jerry Goldsmith... (Original Music Composer)

John Mollo... (Costume Design)

Walter Hill... (Producer)

Gordon Carroll... (Producer)

Derek Vanlint... (Director of Photography)

Leslie Dilley... (Art Direction)

Mary Selway... (Casting)

David Giler... (Producer)

Ivor Powell... (Associate Producer)

Bob Penn... (Still Photographer)

Max Bell... (Dolby Consultant)

Roy Scammell... (Stunt Coordinator)

Jonathan Amberston... (Assistant Art Director)

Dave Jordan... (Property Master)

Bryan Tilling... (Dialogue Editor)

Graham Churchyard... (Costume Assistant)

Ronald Shusett... (Story)

Nick Allder... (Special Effects Supervisor)

Dan O'Bannon... (Story)

Dan O'Bannon... (Screenplay)

Peter Voysey... (Modelling Supervisor)

Bernard Lodge... (Special Effects)

Ben Burtt... (Sound Designer)

H. R. Giger... (Creature Design)

Chris Foss... (Concept Artist)

Bill Welch... (Construction Manager)

Benjamín Fernández... (Assistant Art Director)

Ron Cobb... (Concept Artist)

David H. Watkins... (Special Effects Technician)

Sarah Monzani... (Hairdresser)

Tommie Manderson... (Makeup Supervisor)

Pat Hay... (Makeup Artist)

Neil Swan... (Special Effects Technician)

Roger Nichols... (Special Effects Technician)

Garth Thomas... (Production Manager)

Ray Evans... (Gaffer)

Phil Knowles... (Special Effects Technician)

Dennis Lowe... (Special Effects Technician)

Jimmy Walters... (Key Grip)

Guy Hudson... (Special Effects Technician)

Paul Ibbetson... (First Assistant Director)

Derrick Leather... (Production Sound Mixer)

Kay Fenton... (Continuity)

Dennis Ayling... (VFX Director of Photography)

Jim Shields... (Sound Editor)

Bill Rowe... (Sound Re-Recording Mixer)

Eddie Butler... (Modeling)

Eddie Powell... (Stunts)

Tiny Nicholls... (Wardrobe Supervisor)

Patti Rodgers... (Modeling)

Raymond Becket... (Assistant Director)

George Gunning... (Carpenter)

Brian Doyle... (Unit Publicist)

Lionel Newman... (Conductor)

Robert Hathaway... (Music Editor)

Bill Finch... (Production Accountant)

Julian Wall... (Second Assistant Director)

Julian Caldow... (Production Illustrator)

William Parnell... (Dialogue Editor)

Joss Williams... (Special Effects Supervisor)

Andy Williams... (Special Effects Supervisor)

Brian Johnson... (Special Effects Supervisor)

Dan O'Bannon... (Other)

Ray Merrin... (Sound Re-Recording Assistant)

Les Healey... (First Assistant Editor)

Peter Culverwell... (Assistant Editor)

Bridget Reiss... (Assistant Editor)

Peter Baldock... (Assistant Editor)

Maureen Lyndon... (Assistant Editor)

Steve Harding... (Assistant Director)

Valerie Craig... (Production Assistant)

Alice Harmon... (Producer's Assistant)

Lori Covel... (Producer's Assistant)

Bob Jordan... (Assistant Director Trainee)

Mark Haggard... (Production Executive)

Jean Giraud... (Concept Artist)

John Davey... (Painter)

Ray Caple... (Matte Painter)

Adrian Biddle... (Focus Puller)

Colin Davidson... (Focus Puller)

Content rating:

R (United States) · 18 (United Kingdom) · 12 (France) · 18A (Canada) · 16 (Spain) · 18 (Romania) · T (Italy) · 16 (Germany)