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DirectorJames Cameron
Runtime2h 17m · R
GenresAction · Science-fiction · Thriller
Release1986-07-18
Film
Aliens
1986· R· 2h 17m· Action· Science-fiction· Thriller
“This time it's war.”
Ripley, the lone survivor of the Nostromo’s fatal encounter with the Alien, reemerges on Earth after fifty-seven years adrift in hypersleep, only to find her account doubted. Nevertheless, she joins a Colonial Marine squad returning to LV-426, a planet shrouded in dread and danger, to confront the creature’s lair and avenge the deaths that haunt her.
1986-07-18
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Key Crew
DirectorJames Cameron
ScreenplayJames Cameron
ProducerBill Damaschke
Director of PhotographyAdrian Biddle
Original Music ComposerJames Horner
EditorRay Lovejoy
Full cast & crew (27 cast · 50 crew)
Details
Released1986-07-18
Runtime2h 17m · R
StatusReleased
StudiosSLM Production Group · 20th Century Fox · Brandywine Productions
Budget$19M
Box office$183M
LanguagesEnglish
CountriesUnited States of America
Rating8.0/10 · 11024 votes
Original languageen
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