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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)
R
Horror
Sci-Fi
Thriller

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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