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The crew of a commercial spacecraft encounters a deadly lifeform after investigating a mysterious transmission of unknown origin.
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  • Won 1 Oscar. Another 18 wins & 22 nominations.
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Ripley
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Lambert
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Brett
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Kane
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Ash
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Parker
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Alien
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Mother (voice)
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Alien (uncredited)

Directed by

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Ridley Scott

Written by

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Dan O'Bannon ... (screenplay by)
 
Dan O'Bannon ... (story by) and
Ronald Shusett ... (story by)

Produced by

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Gordon Carroll ... producer (produced by)
David Giler ... producer (produced by)
Walter Hill ... producer (produced by)
Ivor Powell ... associate producer
Ronald Shusett ... executive producer

Music by

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Jerry Goldsmith

Cinematography by

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Derek Vanlint ... director of photography

Editing by

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David Crowther ... (director's cut)
Terry Rawlings
Peter Weatherley

Editorial Department

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Peter Baldock ... assistant film editor
Peter Culverwell ... assistant film editor
Les Healey ... first assistant editor
Maureen Lyndon ... assistant film editor
Bridget Reiss ... assistant film editor
Brian Q. Kelley ... editor: additional material for special edition (uncredited)

Casting By

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Mary Goldberg ... casting: director: USA

Production Design by

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Michael Seymour

Art Direction by

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Roger Christian
Leslie Dilley ... (as Les Dilley)

Set Decoration by

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Ian Whittaker

Costume Design by

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John Mollo

Makeup Department

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Pat Hay ... makeup artist
Tommie Manderson ... makeup supervisor (as Tommy Manderson)
Sarah Monzani ... hairdresser

Production Management

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Garth Thomas ... production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Raymond Becket ... assistant director
Steve Harding ... assistant director
Paul Ibbetson ... first assistant director
Bob Jordan ... trainee assistant director
Raymond Becket ... first assistant director: insert photography (uncredited) / first assistant director: miniature effects (uncredited)

Art Department

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Jonathan Amberston ... assistant art director
Alan Booth ... chargehand carpenter
Eddie Butler ... modeller
Ron Cobb ... concept artist
John Davey ... head painter
Shirley Denny ... modeller
Benjamín Fernández ... assistant art director (as Benjamin Fernandez)
Chris Foss ... concept artist
H.R. Giger ... 'Alien' design
Jean 'Moebius' Giraud ... art department (as Jean Giraud) / concept artist (as Jean 'Moëbius' Giraud)
George Gunning ... head carpenter
Dave Jordan ... property master
Dan O'Bannon ... visual design consultant
Jill Quertier ... production buyer (uncredited)
Patti Rodgers ... modeller
Bert Rodwell ... head plasterer
Peter Voysey ... supervising modeller
Bill Welch ... construction manager
José María Alarcón ... assistant set decorator (uncredited)
Alan Archer ... standby carpenter (uncredited)
Gari Bacon ... props (uncredited)
Ken Barley ... creature mould maker (uncredited)
Royce Baxter ... draughtsman (uncredited)
Ron Benton ... draughtsman (uncredited)
Steve Branch ... carpenter (uncredited)
John Chisholm ... prop man (uncredited)
Ray Coombes ... supervising chargehand carpenter (uncredited)
Raymond Fox ... carpenter (uncredited)
Philip Gips ... graphic designer (uncredited)
Terry Glass ... prop man (uncredited)
John Healy ... carpenter (uncredited)
Derek Howarth ... sculptor (uncredited)
Paul James ... plasterer (uncredited)
Jimmy Kavanagh ... drapes (uncredited)
Peter Kersey ... prop maker (uncredited)
Bert Long ... supervisor carpenter (uncredited)
Brian Morris ... set painter (uncredited)
Brian Muir ... sculptor (uncredited)
Stuart Rose ... draughtsman (uncredited)
Crispian Sallis ... art department key assistant (uncredited)
Rosalind Shingleton ... draughtsman (uncredited)
Keith Short ... sculptor (uncredited)
Alan Tomkins ... draughtsman (uncredited)
Roy Wiffen ... property master (uncredited)
H.J. Woods ... carpenter (uncredited)

Sound Department

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Max Bell ... sound consultant: Dolby
Andy King ... sound re-recording mixer: director's cut (as Andrew I. King)
Derrick Leather ... production sound mixer
Ray Merrin ... re-recording assistant mixer
Bill Rowe ... re-recording mixer
Jim Shields ... sound editor
Bryan Tilling ... dialogue editor
Ben Burtt ... additional sound design: recent cut (uncredited) / sound effects recordist: U.K. (uncredited)
Patrick Heigham ... boom operator (uncredited)

Special Effects by

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Nick Allder ... special effects supervisor
Alan Bryce ... floor effects supervisor (as Allan Bryce)
Clinton Cavers ... coordinator: 'Alien' effects
Carlo De Marchis ... additional 'Alien' mechanics (as Carlo DeMarchis)
Roger Dicken ... maker: small 'Alien' forms
Guy Hudson ... special effects technician
Brian Johnson ... special effects supervisor
Peter Kersey ... prop maker
Phil Knowles ... special effects technician
Dennis Lowe ... special effects technician
Roger Nichols ... special effects technician
Carlo Rambaldi ... creator: 'Alien' head effects
Neil Swan ... special effects technician
David H. Watkins ... special effects technician (as David Watkins)
David Watling ... additional 'Alien' mechanics (as Dr. David Watling)
Anton Furst ... special effects (uncredited)
John Hatt ... special effects technician (uncredited)
Bob Keen ... modeller (uncredited)
Philip Sharpe ... special effects technician (uncredited)
Christian Wolf-La'Moy ... model maker (uncredited)

Visual Effects by

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Dennis Ayling ... director of photography: miniature effects (as Denys Ayling)
Martin Bower ... supervising model maker: miniature effects
Ray Caple ... matte artist
Aris V. Dimalanta ... digital restoration artist
Dick Hewitt ... electronics and video coordinator: main unit
David Litchfield ... operator: miniature effects
Bernard Lodge ... special graphic effects
Sarah McGrail ... digital restoration artist
Terry Pearce ... focus: miniature effects
Bill Pearson ... supervising model maker: miniature effects
Peter Woods ... key grip: miniature effects
Alan Buchan ... visual effects (uncredited)
Rick Cortes ... inferno artist (uncredited) (2003 director's cut re-release)
Martyn Hall ... Assistant Optical Cameraman: Filmfex Animation Services (uncredited)
Andrew Kelly ... supervising model maker (uncredited)
Jon Sorensen ... visual effects miniatures (uncredited)

Stunts

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Eddie Powell ... stunts
Roy Scammell ... stunt coordinator
Clive Curtis ... stunts (uncredited)
Monty Jordan ... assistant stunt coordinator (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department

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Adrian Biddle ... camera focus: main unit
Colin Davidson ... camera focus: main unit
Ray Evans ... lighting gaffer: main unit
Bob Penn ... still photographer
Jimmy Walters ... key grip: main unit
Howard Atherton ... additional photography (uncredited)
Eddie Collins ... additional camera operator (uncredited)
Wick Finch ... electrician (uncredited)
David Johnson ... second assistant camera (uncredited)
Douglas Kirkland ... still photographer (uncredited)
Derek Vanlint ... camera operator (uncredited)
Chris Williams ... effects cameraman (uncredited)
Micky Wilson ... electrician (uncredited)

Casting Department

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Mary Selway ... casting: UK

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Tiny Nicholls ... wardrobe supervisor
Graham Churchyard ... costume assistant (uncredited)

Music Department

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Robert Hathaway ... music editor (as Bob Hathaway)
Lionel Newman ... conductor
Percy Edwards ... alien vocalizator (uncredited)
Skaila Kanga ... musician: harp (uncredited)
Arthur Morton ... orchestrator (uncredited)
National Philharmonic Orchestra ... music performed by (uncredited)
Eric Tomlinson ... music recording engineer (uncredited)

Script and Continuity Department

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Kay Fenton ... continuity
David Giler ... script revisions (uncredited)
Walter Hill ... script revisions (uncredited)

Additional Crew

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Stanley Bielecki ... advertising and publicity consultant
Lori Covel ... assistant to producers
Valerie Craig ... production assistant
Brian Doyle ... unit publicist
Bill Finch ... production accountant
Andrea M. Gutierrez ... film & archive researcher
Mark Haggard ... production executive
Alice Harmon ... assistant to producers
Alan Ladd Jr. ... presenter
Charles Lippincott ... advertising and publicity consultant
Sandy Molloy ... assistant to director
Tyler Atkinson ... digital distribution (uncredited)
Monica Copley ... accounts secretary (uncredited)
Angie Dane ... stand-in: Veronica Cartwright (uncredited)
Sheala Daniell ... accounts assistant (uncredited)
Percy Edwards ... alien voices (uncredited) (voice)
Victor Gallucci ... stand-in (uncredited)
Sue Gentle ... stand-in: Veronica Carlson (uncredited)
Aidan Harrington ... stand-in: Tom Skerritt (uncredited)
Sandy Langdale ... assistant production accountant (uncredited)
Robert H. Lemer ... associate to producer (uncredited)
Liz Mitchell ... stand-in: Sigourney Weaver (uncredited)
Quentin Pierre ... stand-in: Yaphet Kotto (uncredited)
Jake Scott ... stand-in (uncredited)
Luke Scott ... stand-in (uncredited)
Helene Thejll ... secretary to producers (uncredited)
Paul Tucker ... assistant production accountant (uncredited)
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Plot Summary

In the distant future, the crew of the commercial spaceship "Nostromo" is on its way home when the crew picks up a distress call from a distant moon. The crew is under obligation to investigate and the spaceship descends on the small planetoid afterward. After a rough landing, three crew members leave the spaceship to explore the area on the planetoid. At the same time as the crew discovers a hive colony of some unknown creature, the ship's computer deciphers the message to be a warning, not a distress call. When one of the eggs is disturbed, the crew realizes that it is not alone on the spaceship and it must deal with the consequences. Written by blazesnakes9

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Taglines In space no one can hear you scream. See more »
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Also Known As
  • Alien: The Director's Cut (United States)
  • Star Beast (United States)
  • Alien, le huitième passager (France)
  • Alien - Le 8ème passager (France)
  • Alien: Das unheimliche Wesen aus einer fremden Welt (Germany)
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Runtime
  • 117 min
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Box Office

Budget $11,000,000 (estimated)
Opening Weekend United Kingdom GBP208,081, 02 Nov 2003
Cumulative Worldwide Gross $203,630,630

Did You Know?

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Trivia It was conceptual artist Ron Cobb who came up with the idea that the Alien should bleed acid. This came about when Dan O'Bannon ran into a wall with the screenplay in how to handle the last half of the movie. He needed a good reason for why the crew members don't just shoot the thing and kill it but still not make it an indestructible monster that can't be killed. The acid blood was the idea that solved this problem. See more »
Goofs (at around 1h 35 mins) A crewman with a black panel of some kind is visible through the smoke as Ripley runs through the corridors at the end of the film. See more »
Movie Connections Edited into Datalore (1988). See more »
Soundtracks Incidental music from 'Symphony No. 2 ('Romantic')' See more »
Crazy Credits The title of the movie is slowly created one line at a time at the top of the screen during the opening credits, starting out with the I, then the slash in A and the backslash in N, and then the vertical lines in L and E (so it looks like / I I I \). After that, the ensuing lines of each letter are added slowly one at a time until the title is fully visible. See more »
Quotes Ripley: Ash, can you hear me?
[slams her hands down on the table]
Ripley: Ash?
Ash: [awakens and starts speaking in an electronic and distorted voice] Yes, I can hear you.
Ripley: What was your special order?
Ash: You read it. I thought it was clear.
Ripley: What was it?
Ash: Bring back life form. Priority One. All other priorities rescinded.
Parker: The damn company. What about our lives, you son of a bitch?
Ash: I repeat, all other priorities are rescinded.
Ripley: How do we kill it, Ash? There's gotta be a way of killing it. How? How do we do it?
Ash: You can't.
Parker: That's bullshit.
Ash: You still don't understand what you're dealing with, do you? The perfect organism. Its structural perfection is matched only by its hostility.
Lambert: You admire it.
Ash: I admire its purity. A survivor... unclouded by conscience, remorse, or delusions of morality.
Parker: Look, I am... I've heard enough of this, and I'm asking you to pull the plug.
[Ripley goes to disconnect Ash, who interrupts]
Ash: Last word.
Ripley: What?
Ash: I can't lie to you about your chances, but... you have my sympathies.
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