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Alien (1979)

117 minutes EN Horror , Science Fiction

In space, no one can hear you scream.

During its return to the earth, commercial spaceship Nostromo intercepts a distress signal from a distant planet. When a three-member team of the crew discovers a chamber containing thousands of eggs on the planet, a creature inside one of the eggs attacks an explorer. The entire crew is unaware of the impending nightmare set to descend upon them when the alien parasite planted inside its unfortunate host is birthed.

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Tom Skerritt

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Sigourney Weaver

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Veronica Cartwright

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Harry Dean Stanton

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John Hurt

Kane

Ian Holm

Ash

Yaphet Kotto

Parker

Bolaji Badejo

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Helen Horton

Mother (voice)

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Michael Seymour

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Terry Rawlings

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John Mollo

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Jerry Goldsmith

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Derek Vanlint

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Peter Weatherley

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Roger Christian

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Leslie Dilley

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This is a classic for a reason. It's one of those movies where technical flaws are completely overshadowed by the story and the atmosphere.

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Back in the day before Sir John Hurt took to being little more than a highly paid cameo-man, he was a great actor and here is a prime example. His merchant ship is travelling through space when it receives a distress call. They stop to help and one of their number becomes infected with a... well, now you have to watch it. Sigourney Weaver is superb as the feisty, no-nonsense "Ripley" who leads the defence against a beastie that has brute strength, determination, intelligence and an astonishing ability to move at speed through the corridors and conduits of the ship. Ridley Scott allows the tension to rise gently and violently, by degree, and the clever use of sound and light; Jerry Goldsmith's tense score and excellent supporting performances from Tom Skerritt and a wonderfully seedy ian Holm make this a seminal sci-fi horror film that still makes you want to hide behind the sofa - 40 years on!

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Official website: https://www.20thcenturystudios.com/movies/alien

Production companies: 20th Century Fox, Brandywine Productions

Production countries: United States of America

Budget: $11,000,000

Revenue: $104,931,801

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