Alien is a 1979 science-fiction horror film directed by Ridley Scott and written by Dan O’Bannon. Based on a story by O’Bannon and Ronald Shusett, it follows the crew of the commercial space tug Nostromo,who encounter the eponymous Alien, a deadly and aggressive extraterrestrial set loose on the ship.
The film stars Tom Skerritt, Sigourney Weaver, Veronica Cartwright, Harry Dean Stanton, John Hurt, Ian Holm, and Yaphet Kotto. It was produced by Gordon Carroll, David Giler, and Walter Hill through their company Brandywine Productions, and was distributed by 20th Century Fox. Giler and Hill revised and made additions to the script; Shusett was executive producer. The Alien and its accompanying artifacts were designed by the Swiss artist H. R. Giger, while concept artists Ron Cobb and Chris Foss designed the more human settings.
- Starring : Tom Skerritt / Sigourney Weaver
- Genre : Horror / Sci-Fi
- Country : United Kingdom / United States
- Language : English
- Director : Ridley Scott
- Production : Brandywine Productions / Twentieth Century-Fox Productions
- Distributor : Twentieth Century Fox / 20th Century Fox / Fox-Stockholm Film Distribution / Fox Norena Film A/S / Columbia-Fox / Filmes Castello Lopes / 20th Century Fox Films of Bombay / 20th Century Fox Brazil / 20th Century Fox Argentina / Victor Robinson Films Kingston / 20th Century Fox Films of Bangalore / Deliverance Pictures / Versión Digital / 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment / Abril Vídeo / American Broadcasting Company (ABC) / CBS / Fox Video Far East / CBS Electronics / CBS/Fox Home Video / CBS/Fox / City Video International (CVI) / Film1 / Fox Video / Gativideo / Mayco / Nippon AVC Co. / Odeon / Oldies.com / Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Alien movie
Alien release date
- May 25, 1979 : USA (limited)
- June 22, 1979 : USA
- July 21, 1979 : Japan
- September 1, 1979 : Spain (San Sebastián Film Festival)
- September 1, 1979 : UK (Edinburgh International Film Festival)
- September 6, 1979 : UK
- September 12, 1979 : France
- September 14, 1979 : Ireland
- September 25, 1979 : Spain
- October 31, 1979 : Philippines (Davao)
- October 31, 1979 : Singapore
- November 2, 1979 : Israel
- November 2, 1979 : Sweden
- December 6, 1979 : Australia
- December 6, 1979 : India
- January 30, 1981 : India
- September 6, 2003 : Canada (director’s cut) (Toronto International Film Festival)
- September 13, 2003 : France (director’s cut) (Deauville Film Festival)
- October 9, 2003 : USA (director’s cut) (Austin Film Festival)
- October 17, 2003 : Ireland (director’s cut) (Cork International Film Festival)
- October 23, 2003 : Germany (director’s cut)
- October 24, 2003 : Spain (director’s cut)
- October 25, 2003 : Ireland (director’s cut) (Dublin Horrorthon Film Festival)
- October 29, 2003 : USA (director’s cut)
- October 31, 2003 : UK (director’s cut)
- October 31, 2003 : Ireland (director’s cut)
- November 12, 2003 : France (director’s cut)
- November 13, 2003 : Australia (director’s cut)
- November 13, 2003 : Sweden (director’s cut)
- January 31, 2004 : Japan (director’s cut)
- February 4, 2011 : Canada (Digital Film Festival)
- December 19, 2014 : Spain (Barcelona) (re-release)
- January 11, 2015 : Spain (Phenomena Madrid) (re-release)
- February 5, 2015 : Spain (director’s cut) (re-release)
- March 10, 2017 : USA (South by Southwest Film Festival)
- July 30, 2019 : Israel (Jerusalem Film Festival)
- September 14, 2019 : France (Strasbourg European Fantastic Film Festival)
Alien cast
- Tom Skerritt as Dallas
- Sigourney Weaver as Ripley
- Veronica Cartwright as Lambert
- Harry Dean Stanton as Brett
- John Hurt as Kane
- Ian Holm as Ash
- Yaphet Kotto as Parker
- Bolaji Badejo as Alien
- Helen Horton as Mother(voice)
- Eddie Powell as Alien(uncredited)
Alien premiered May 25, 1979, in the United States, before receiving a wide release on June 22, and was released September 6 in the United Kingdom. It was met with critical acclaim and box-office success, winning the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects, three Saturn Awards (Best Science Fiction Film, Best Direction for Scott, and Best Supporting Actress for Cartwright), and a Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, along with numerous other nominations. It has been consistently praised in the years since its release, and is considered one of the greatest films of all time. In 2002, Alien was deemed “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant” by the Library of Congress and was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry. In 2008, it was ranked by the American Film Institute as the seventh-best film in the science-fiction genre, and as the 33rd-greatest film of all time by Empire.
The success of Alien spawned a media franchise of films, novels, comic books, video games, and toys. It also launched Weaver’s acting career, providing her with her first lead role. The story of her character’s encounters with the Alien creatures became the thematic and narrative core of the sequels Aliens (1986), Alien 3 (1992), and Alien Resurrection (1997). A crossover with the Predator franchise produced the Alien vs. Predator films, which includes Alien vs. Predator (2004) and Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem (2007). A prequel series includes Prometheus (2012) and Alien: Covenant (2017), both directed again by Scott.
The commercial space tug Nostromo is on a return trip back to Earth with a seven-member crew in stasis: Captain Dallas, Executive Officer Kane, Warrant Officer Ripley, Navigator Lambert, Science Officer Ash, and two engineers, Parker and Brett. Detecting a transmission from nearby moon LV-426, the ship’s computer, Mother, awakens the crew. Company policy requires any potential distress signal be investigated, so they land on the moon, sustaining damage from its atmosphere and rocky landscape. Parker & Brett repair the ship while Dallas, Kane, and Lambert head out to investigate. They discover the signal comes from a derelict alien ship and enter it, losing communication with the Nostromo. Ripley deciphers part of the transmission, determining it to be a warning, but cannot relay this information to those on the derelict ship.
Meanwhile, Kane discovers a chamber containing hundreds of large, egg-like objects. When he touches one, a creature springs out, breaks through his helmet, and attaches itself to his face. Dallas and Lambert carry the unconscious Kane back to the Nostromo. As acting senior officer, Ripley refuses to let them aboard, citing quarantine regulations, but Ash overrides her decision and lets them inside. Ash attempts to remove the creature from Kane’s face, but stops when he discovers that its blood is an extremely corrosive acid. It later detaches on its own and is found dead. The ship is partly repaired, and the crew lifts off. Kane awakens with some memory loss, but is otherwise unharmed. During a final crew meal before returning to stasis, he chokes and convulses. A small alien creature bursts from Kane’s chest, killing him, and escapes into the ship.
The crew attempts to locate it with tracking devices and capture or kill it with nets, electric prods, and flamethrowers. Brett follows the crew’s cat Jones into a huge supply room, where the now fully grown alien attacks him and disappears with his body. After a heated discussion, the crew decide the creature must be in the air ducts. Dallas enters the ducts, intending to force the alien into an airlock, but it ambushes and kills him. Lambert implores the others to abandon ship and escape in its small shuttle, but Ripley, now in command, explains it will not support four people and says they will continue the plan of flushing out the alien.
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