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Alien (1979)
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Ratings: 8.5/10 from 257,811 users
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Reviews: 903 user | 280 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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| 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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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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The producers of the 1950s potboiler It! The Terror from Beyond Space considered suing for plagiarism but didn't. See more »Goofs
Continuity: When Ash wrestles Parker to the deck, Lambert can be seen dragging Ripley through a hatchway into an adjoining corridor. In the next scene, Lambert is just picking Ripley up. She moves Ripley only a short distance toward the hatch before dropping her to assist Parker. 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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