The crew of a spacecraft, Nostromo, intercept a distress signal from a planet and set out to investigate it. However, to their horror, they are attacked by an alien which later invades their ship.
Director: Ridley Scott
Screenwriters: Dan O'Bannon, Ronald Shusett
A modern classic, Alien blends science fiction, horror and bleak poetry into a seamless whole.
Scott was born in South Shields, Tyne and Wear, England, the son of Elizabeth and Colonel Francis Percy Scott. He was raised in an Army family, meaning that for most of his early life, his father — an officer in the Royal Engineers — was absent. Ridley's older brother, Frank, joined the Merchant Navy when he was still young and the pair had little contact. During this time the...
as Arthur Dallas
as Ellen Ripley
as Joan Lambert
as Samuel Brett
as Gilbert Kane
as Ash
as Dennis Parker
as Alien
as Mother (voice)
as Alien (uncredited)
Producer: Gordon Carroll, David Giler, Walter Hill, Ivor Powell
Editor: Terry Rawlings, Peter Weatherley
Casting: Mary Goldberg, Mary Selway
Director Of Photography: Derek Vanlint
Original Music Composer: Jerry Goldsmith
Costume Design: John Mollo
Executive Producer: Ronald Shusett
Production Design: Michael Seymour, Roger Christian, H.R. Giger
Tagline: In space no one can hear you scream.
Genres: horror, science fiction
Certificate: R
Categories: starship crew, outer space, creature, sole survivor, biology, spaceship, alien, xenomorph, space travel, tough girl, ellen ripley character, cryogenics, parasite, code breaking, cargo spaceship, alien planet, spacesuit
Year: 1979
Runtime: 117 min
Country: UK, USA
Language: English
Color: Color
Aspect Ratio: 2.39 : 1
Sound Mix: Dolby
Seen again a quarter-century later, we marvel at how the filmmaker generates so much tension and sweat with a bare minimum of moving parts. Full Review ...
A truly remarkable film that hasn't aged a day, thanks to the horrific and inspired Giger design work, miniatures-based special effects and the tone Ridley Scott created. Full Review ...
After 40 years, this sci-fi horror masterpiece still feels lethally contemporary. Full Review ...