Alien (1979)
Alien is a sci-fi horror-thriller by director Ridley Scott that follows the crew of a spaceship known as the Nostromo. After the staff of the merchant's vessel perceives an unknown transmission as a distress call, its landing on the source moon finds one of the crew members attacked by a mysterious lifeform, and they soon realize that its life cycle has merely begun.
Alien (1979)
- Release Date
- June 22, 1979
- Director
- Ridley Scott
- Cast
- Sigourney Weaver, Ian Holm, John Hurt, Veronica Cartwright, Harry Dean Stanton, Tom Skerritt, Yaphet Kotto
- Runtime
- 117 minutes
- Writers
- Dan O'Bannon
- Story By
- Dan O'Bannon, Ronald Shusett
- Budget
- $11 million
- Studio(s)
- 20th Century Fox
- Distributor(s)
- 20th Century Fox
- Sequel(s)
- Aliens, Alien 3, Alien Resurrection, Prometheus, Alien: Covenant
- Franchise(s)
- Alien
Summary
Alien is a sci-fi horror-thriller by director Ridley Scott that follows the crew of a spaceship known as the Nostromo. After the staff of the merchant's vessel perceives an unknown transmission as a distress call, its landing on the source moon finds one of the crew members attacked by a mysterious lifeform, and they soon realize that its life cycle has merely begun.
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