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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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Fast Facts
- 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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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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@JosephBarron how can you only now be watching alien? It's the most important sci-fi film of the past 30 years.
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Saw the "Fourth Kind", if you don't like alien theories then this film isn't for you. Interesting video makes you think.
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After watching "Alien" for the first time I can safely say, that's a proper horror film.
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