Alien (1979)

Taglines:

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for sci-fi violence/gore and language See all certifications »

Parents Guide:

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Country:

USA | UK

Language:

English | Spanish

Release Date:

25 May 1979 (USA) See more »

Also Known As:

Alien: The Director's Cut See more »

Filming Locations:

Shepperton Studios, Shepperton, Surrey, England, UK See more »

Budget:

$11,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$3,527,881 (USA) (28 May 1979) (91 Screens)

Gross:

$185,000,000 (Worldwide) (2004)

Production Co:

Brandywine Productions, Twentieth Century-Fox Productions See more »

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Runtime:

117 min  | 116 min (director's cut)

Sound Mix:

70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints) | Dolby

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.20 : 1

Trivia

During the opening sequence, as the camera wanders around the corridors of the Nostromo, we can clearly see a Krups coffee grinder mounted to a wall; this is the same model that became the "Mr. Fusion" in Back to the Future. See more »

Goofs

Factual errors: Dallas informs the crew that Mother, the ship's computer, has interrupted their journey having intercepted a transmission of unknown origin, an acoustical beacon that repeats at intervals of 12 seconds. Acoustics is a branch of science dealing with sound. Sound is a mechanical wave that requires a medium, like air or water, in order to propagate. There is none of that in space. The tagline of the movie, "In space no one can hear you scream" also applies to an acoustical beacon. See more »

Quotes

[first lines]
Brett: This is the worst shit I've ever seen, man.
Parker: What you say? You got any biscuits over there?
Ripley: Here's some cornbread.
Parker: Cornbread. Yeah.
Lambert: I am cold.
Parker: Still with us, Brett?
Brett: Right.
Kane: Oh, I feel dead.
Parker: Anybody ever tell you you look dead, man?
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Connections

Referenced in "Community: Epidemiology (#2.6)" (2010) See more »

Soundtracks

"Excerpts from 'Symphony no. 2 (Romantic)'"
Written by Howard Hanson See more »