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Alien
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DirectorRidley Scott
Runtime1h 57m · R
GenresHorror · Science-fiction
Release1979-05-25
Film

Alien

1979· R· 1h 57m· Horror· Science-fiction

In space no one can hear you scream.

Ridley Scott's "Alien" unfolds in the claustrophobic confines of the commercial spaceship Nostromo, where a mysterious distress signal lures the vessel to a distant planet. There, a trio of crew members uncover a chamber teeming with alien eggs, one of which unleashes a predatory creature that attaches itself to an explorer. As the alien gestates within its host, the Nostromo's crew finds themselves ensnared in a lethal game of survival, their dwindling hope mirroring the dark expanse they traverse.

1979-05-25
Alien

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Key Crew
DirectorRidley Scott
ScreenplayDan O'Bannon
ProducerDavid Giler
Director of PhotographyDerek Vanlint
Original Music ComposerJerry Goldsmith
Full cast & crew (9 cast · 50 crew)

Details

Released1979-05-25
Runtime1h 57m · R
StatusReleased
StudiosBrandywine Productions · Twentieth Century-Fox Productions · Ronald Shusett Productions
Budget$11M
Box office$105M
LanguagesEnglish · Spanish
CountriesUnited States of America · United Kingdom
Rating8.2/10 · 16618 votes
Original languageen

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