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- Director: Ridley Scott
- Starring: Tom Skerritt, Sigourney Weaver, Veronica Cartwright, John Hurt
- Producers: Gordon Carrol, David Giler
- Writers: Dan O'Bannon, Ronald Shusett
- Music: Jerry Goldsmith, Howard Hanson
- Distributor: 20th Century Fox
- Released Date: May 25, 1979
- Rated R
- Run time: 116 minutes
- Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi and Thriller
- Won an Oscar award in 1980 for best visual effects
- Nominated for the Golden Globe Awards in 1980
- Tagline: In space no one can hear you scream.
- Sequels: Aliens, Alien 3 and Alien: Resurrection
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Alien is the first film in the popular Alien series. In the film a crew of space-miners crash land on an undiscovered planet, where they encounter a hostile alien race. Alien was released on May 25, 1979 and earned a total of $60,150,933 at the box office.
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Trivia
- Originally to be directed by Walter Hill
- Ripley was a male in the early script
- Much of the dialog was developed through improvising
- The front of the aliens costume head was made from a real human skull
- Early in the movie the it was attempted to make the alien transparent
- The original name was to be Star Beast
- There is no dialog for the first 6 minutes
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Alien (Film) Questions
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RT @nenadsuperzmaj: Which of the #Alien films is the best? I can't decide, but I'll say the first one is the scariest by far! #movies #film
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@lookingspiffy BASICALLY it has pretty alien being mysterious at pretty boy. As does the whole film.
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'Planet 51' is an alien encounter that lacks originality: With the new animated film “Planet 51,” audie.. http://bit.ly/7NE2dM
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In Notting Hill filming a alien encounter movie party. Luckily the clouds & the rain are adding to the film. Good movie, soaked camera crew
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