Movie

Alien

In space no one can hear you scream.

Release: 1979 Runtime: 1h 57min Rating: R Language: English

Horror Science Fiction

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.

Status: Released
Original language: EN
Production countries: United States of America, United Kingdom
Production: Brandywine Productions, Twentieth Century-Fox Productions, Ronald Shusett Productions
Collection: Alien Collection

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Audience rating

8.2 / 10 (17042 votes)

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Director

Ridley Scott

Main crew

Derek Vanlint — Director of Photography
Terry Rawlings — Editor
Peter Weatherley — Editor
Jerry Goldsmith — Original Music Composer
Gordon Carroll — Producer
David Giler — Producer
Walter Hill — Producer
Dan O'Bannon — Screenplay

Cast

Tom Skerritt , Sigourney Weaver , Veronica Cartwright , Harry Dean Stanton , John Hurt , Ian Holm , Yaphet Kotto , Bolaji Badejo

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Themes and genres

Horror Science Fiction android spacecraft space marine biology dystopia countdown space suit beheading space travel cowardice alien space female protagonist parasite space opera cosmos