A landmark film with an excellent combination of the sci-fi and horror genres along with a great deal to think about
Directed by Ridley Scott
Screenplay by Dan O'Bannon
Story by Dan O'Bannon, Ronald Shusett
Produced by Gordon Carroll, David Giler, Walter Hill
Cinematography: Derek Vanlint
Edited by Terry Rawlings, Peter Weatherley
Music by Jerry Goldsmith
Production companies: 20th Century-Fox, Brandywine Productions
Distributed by: 20th Century-Fox
Running time: 116 minutes
Budget: $11 million[a][5]
Box office: $184.7 million
Cast
Sigourney Weaver: Ripley
Veronica Cartwright:Lambert
Harry Dean Stanton: Brett
John Hurt: Kane
Ian Holm: Ash
Yaphet Kotto: Parker
Bolaji Badejo: Alien
Helen Horton: Mother (voice)
Eddie Powell: Alien (uncredited)
Trailer
The crew of the commercial towing vessel, "Nostromo" is on its way home to Earth when they are prematurely awakened from cryosleep when a transmission of unknown origin is detected by “Mother,” the ship’s AI super-computer.
Is the signal a desperate SOS, or……. a warning?
Obliged to investigate, the crew descend on a small inhospitable planetoid.
Their ship sustains damage in the rough landing.
While repairs are carried out, three crew members leave the spaceship to investigate the source of the transmission.
The party of three discover a crashed but relatively intact derelict extraterrestrial spacecraft.
What they discover within the alien vessel manages to find its way into the “Nostromo.”
The seven crew members will have to fight for their very lives against a deadly eighth passenger.
Nor is the danger to their existence solely from a terrifying alien intruder…..
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