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Director Ridley Scott's breakthough film, an immensely successful blend of horror and science fiction, is a classic in both genres and spawned a host of sequels and imitators. Starring Sigourney Weaver as warrant officer Ellen Ripley, ALIEN focuses on the crew of the space cargo ship Nostromo, which lands on a moribund planet in response to a faint SOS. Inside a crashed ship, the crew members come upon strange pods, one of which spews forth a repellently fleshy insectile creature that locks on to the face of the unlucky Kane (John Hurt). Despite Ripley's advice, science officer Ash (Ian Holm) allows Kane to return to the ship, where the creature finally releases its grip. Soon, however, in one of the film's most infamous scenes, one of its offspring explodes horribly from Kane's stomach and scurries away. Dallas (Tom Skerritt), the vessel's captain, leads the others in a search for the rapidly growing, acid-dripping alien before it can cut them down one by one. A triumph of art direction, set design, and special effects, ALIEN gains much of its impact from the contrast between the bleak, antiseptic beauty of the space vessel's interior and the primordial horror of the alien, a brilliantly original fusion of insect, man, and machine designed by Swiss surrealist painter H.R. Giger. The top-notch cast also includes Veronica Cartwright, Yaphet Kotto, and Harry Dean Stanton.

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ProducerWalter Hill, David Giler, Gordon Carroll

EAN5039036026208

eBay Product ID (ePID)51686013

Product Key Features

Film/TV TitleAlien (Director's Cut)

ActorHarry Dean Stanton, Tom Skerritt, Veronica Cartwright, Yaphet Kotto, John Hurt, Sigourney Weaver, Ian Holm

DirectorRidley Scott

FormatDVD

LanguageEnglish

Release Year2006

FeaturesWidescreen, Closed Caption, Special Edition\Theatrical And Directors Cut Of The Film\Directors Introduction To 2004 Version Of The Film\Ridley Scott And Crew Commentary On Theatrical Version\Featurettes\First Draft Screenplay\2 Pre Production Galleries Art Of Alien Screentest Footage\Art Of Alien Portrait Galleries\Production Documentary Fear Of The Unknown\Production Gallery Featurette The Darkest Reaches Nostromo And Alien Planet\15 Production Galleries\The Eight Passenger Creature Design Documentary\6 Sets Of Alien Galleries\Chestburster Gallery\Future Tense Music And Editing Documentary\7 Deleted Scenes\Outward Bound Visual Effects Featurette\A Nightmare Fulfilled Reaction To The Film Featurette

FranchiseAlien

Aspect Ratio16:9 Wide Screen\2.35 Wide Screen

GenreSci-Fi & Fantasy, General

Run Time116 Mins

Additional Product Features

Certificate18

Number of Discs2

Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States of America

Costume DesignerJohn Mollo, H.R. Giger, Roger Dicken

Set DesignerIan Whittaker

Production DesignerMichael Seymour

ReviewsSight and Sound - ...ALIEN outshines all competition in the luminous splendour of its photography..., Variety - ...An old-fashioned scary movie set in a highly realistic sci-fi future, made all the more believable by the expert technical craftsmanship....[Weaver] carries it off well...

AuthorDan O'Bannon, Ronald Shusett

Special EffectsCarlo Rambaldi, Bernard Lodge

Hearing ImpairedEnglish

Movie/TV TitleAlien (Director's Cut)

ComposerJerry Goldsmith

Sound sourceDolby Digital 5.1\DTS 5.1

CinematographerDerek Vanlint

EditorPeter Weatherly, Terry Rawlings