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Alien (1979)
8.5
Ratings: 8.5/10 from 235,344 users
Metascore:
83/100
Reviews: 881 user | 269 critic | 22 from Metacritic.com
A mining ship, investigating a suspected SOS, lands on a distant planet. The crew discovers some strange creatures and investigates. Director:Ridley Scott |
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| Sigourney Weaver | ... | ||
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| Harry Dean Stanton | ... | ||
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The crew of the deep space mining ship Nostromo are awaken from hypersleep to investigate a strange signal from a nearby planet. While investigating the signal, they discover it was intended as a warning, and not an SOS. Written by Colin Tinto <cst@imdb.com>
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The scariest movie ever made... just got scarier. (UK 2003 re-release) See more »Parents Guide:
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Alien: The Director's Cut See more »Box Office
Budget:
$11,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
$3,527,881 (USA) (28 May 1979) (91 Screens)Gross:
$185,000,000 (Worldwide) (2004)Company Credits
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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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Written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (as W.A. Mozart) See more »
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Trivia
In a preview of the bonus feature menus for the "Alien Legacy" box set posted to USENET, the bio for Dallas had him as being born female and Lambert as being born male, suggesting gender reassignment before the events in the film. Fan reaction prompted this to be changed before production of the DVDs. See more »Goofs
Incorrectly regarded as goofs: A close-up of the Alien egg when Kane is looking at it shows water droplets falling upwards off the egg, revealing that the shot was done with the camera upside down. (according to Trivia, this is an intended effect by Ridley Scott) 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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"Excerpts from 'Eine kleine Nachtmusik'"Written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (as W.A. Mozart) See more »
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