Alien

Alien(1979)

In space no one can hear you scream.

May 25, 1979
1h 57m
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IMDb8.51,055,492
RT93%
Meta89/100
TMDB8.216K

Overview

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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Cast

Crew

Director

Ridley Scott

Executive Producer

Ronald Shusett

Director of Photography

Derek Vanlint

Screenplay

Dan O'Bannon

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Box Office

Budget

$11.0M

Revenue

$104.9M

Profit

+$93.9M

Details

Original Language

en

Country

United States of America, United Kingdom

Production

Brandywine Productions, Twentieth Century-Fox Productions, Ronald Shusett Productions

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