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1680:, were shot out of the egg using high-pressure air hoses. The shot was reversed and slowed down in editing to prolong the effect and reveal more detail. The facehugger itself was the first creature that H.R. Giger designed for the film, going through several versions in different sizes before deciding on a small creature with human-like fingers and a long tail. Dan O'Bannon, with help from Ron Cobb, drew his own version based on Giger's design, which became the final version. Cobb came up with the idea that the creature could have a powerful acid for blood, a characteristic that would carry over to the adult Alien and would make it impossible for the crew to kill it by conventional means, such as guns or explosives, since the acid would burn through the ship's hull. For the scene in which the dead facehugger is examined, Scott used pieces of fish and 1141: 3444: 1717:. The scene was shot in one take using an artificial torso filled with blood and viscera, with Hurt's head and arms coming up from underneath the table. The chestburster was shoved up through the torso by a puppeteer who held it on a stick. When the creature burst through the chest, a stream of blood shot directly at Cartwright, shocking her enough that she fell over and went into hysterics. According to Tom Skerritt, "What you saw on camera was the real response. She had no idea what the hell happened. All of a sudden this thing just came up." The creature then runs off-camera, an effect accomplished by cutting a slit in the table for the puppeteer's stick to go through and passing an air hose through the puppet's tail to make it whip about. 1615: 1629: 61: 1123:. O'Bannon and Shusett signed a deal with Brandywine, but Hill and Giler were not satisfied with the script and made numerous rewrites and revisions. This caused tension with O'Bannon and Shusett, since Hill and Giler had very little experience with science fiction; according to Shusett, "They weren't good at making it better, or, in fact, at not making it even worse." O'Bannon believed that Hill and Giler were attempting to justify taking his name off the script and claiming Shusett's and his work as their own. Hill and Giler did add some substantial elements to the story, including the 1336: 7231: 8511: 3889: 3122:, "not in storyline, but in dread-building mystery", and calls the finished film "the best Lovecraftian movie ever made, without being a Lovecraft adaptation", due to its similarities in tone and atmosphere to Lovecraft's works. In 2009, O'Bannon said the film was "strongly influenced, tone-wise, by Lovecraft, and one of the things it proved is that you can't adapt Lovecraft effectively without an extremely strong visual style ... What you need is a cinematic equivalent of Lovecraft's prose." H. R. Giger has said he liked O'Bannon's initial 1276:, to head the casting in the United Kingdom, while Mary Goldberg handled casting in the United States. In developing the story, O'Bannon had focused on writing the alien first, putting off developing the other characters. Shusett and he had intentionally written all the roles generically; they made a note in the script that explicitly states, "The crew is unisex and all parts are interchangeable for men or women." This freed Scott, Selway, and Goldberg to interpret the characters as they pleased, and to cast accordingly. They wanted the 2856:. According to Kristeva, the abject refers to that which signifies the breakdown of conventional borders and rules. It confronts the subject with the fallibility of the human body and societal norms, and thus exposes how the supposedly sacred distinctions between what is Self and what is Other are arbitrary. She suggests that this confrontationβ€”often manifesting in excrement, bodily invasion, and corpsesβ€”is an inherently traumatic interruption of subjectivity, and thus all evidence of abjection is hidden in conventional society. Much of 1503:, they are changing into...being consumed, I guess, by whatever the alien's organism is...into an egg." The scene was cut partly because it did not look realistic enough, but also because it slowed the pace of the escape sequence. Tom Skerritt remarked that "The picture had to have that pace. Her trying to get the hell out of there, we're all rooting for her to get out of there, and for her to slow up and have a conversation with Dallas was not appropriate." The footage was included with other deleted scenes as a special feature on the 587:, and engineers Parker and Brett. The ship's computer, Mother, detects a transmission from a nearby planet and awakens the crew. Following company policy to investigate transmissions indicating intelligent life, they land on the planet and Dallas, Kane, and Lambert head out to investigate. They discover that the transmission comes from a derelict alien spaceship, where they find the remains of a large alien with a hole in its torso. Later, Mother deciphers part of the transmission, which Ripley determines to be a warning message. 2925: 14031: 1448:(the film's cinematographer) stand in for the regular actors, wearing smaller space suits to make the set pieces seem larger. The same technique was used for the scene in which the crew members encounter the dead alien creature in the derelict spacecraft. The children nearly collapsed due to the heat of the suits; oxygen systems were eventually added to help the actors breathe. Four identical cats were used to portray Jones, the crew's pet. During filming, Weaver discovered that she was 14019: 613:, into a landing leg compartment, where the now fully grown alien attacks Brett. The crew determines that the alien must be in the air ducts. Dallas enters the ducts with a flamethrower, intending to force the creature into an airlock, but it attacks him. Parker later finds only the flamethrower. Lambert suggests fleeing in the escape shuttle, but Ripley, now in command, explains that it will not support four people and insists on continuing Dallas's plan to flush out the alien. 2096:. Scott then ordered it changed to gray, and the team had to begin shooting again from scratch. He asked that more and more pieces be added to the model such that the final version (with the refinery) required a metal framework so that it could be hoisted by a forklift. He also took a hammer and chisel to sections of the refinery, knocking off many of the spires that Bower had spent weeks creating. 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good thing for us right now, 'cause Earth is so grim...so we've been talking about it, but very generally." Scott remarked that, if the series were to continue, the most logical course would be to explore the origins of the space jockey and the aliens. Weaver supported this idea, saying "I think it would be great to go back, because I'm asked that question so many times: 'Where did the alien come from?' People really want to know in a very visceral way."
2936: 14067: 3322:?). The descent to the extraterrestrial surface. The bitching by Brett and Parker, who are concerned only about collecting their shares. The masterstroke of the surface murk through which the crew members move, their helmet lights hardly penetrating the soup. The shadowy outline of the alien ship. The sight of the alien pilot, frozen in his command chair. The enormity of the discovery inside the ship ("It's full of ... leathery eggs ..."). 1530: 859:. Badejo, as a 26-year-old design student, was discovered in a bar by a member of the casting team, who put him in touch with Scott. Scott believed that Badejo, at 6 feet 10 inches (208 cm) (7 feet (210 cm) inside the costume) and with a slender frame, could portray the alien and look as if his arms and legs were too long to be real, creating the illusion that a human being could not possibly be inside the costume. 14043: 1470:. However, Scott conceived of a "fourth act" in which Ripley is forced to confront the alien on the shuttle. He pitched the idea to 20th Century-Fox and negotiated an increase in the budget to film it over several extra days. Scott had wanted the alien to bite off Ripley's head and make the final log entry in her voice, but the producers vetoed this idea, because they believed the alien should die at the end of the film. 14007: 898: 602:, Ash attempts to remove the creature from Kane's face. He stops when he discovers that its highly corrosive acidic blood could harm Kane and potentially damage the ship's hull. The creature eventually detaches itself and dies. After the crew returns to space, Kane awakens with some memory loss but otherwise seems well. During a final crew meal before returning to stasis, he suddenly chokes and convulses. A 14055: 1806:. Rambaldi followed Giger's designs closely, making some modifications to incorporate the moving parts that would animate the jaw and inner mouth. A system of hinges and cables was used to operate the rigid tongue, which protruded from the mouth and featured a second mouth at its tip with its own set of movable teeth. The final head had about 900 moving parts and points of articulation. Part of a 60: 784:(1978). She originally read for the role of Ripley and was not informed that she had instead been cast as Lambert until she arrived in London for wardrobe. She disliked the character's emotional weakness, but nevertheless accepted the role: "They convinced me that I was the audience's fears; I was a reflection of what the audience is feeling." Cartwright won a 2671:"The traditional definition of the term 'Director's Cut' suggests the restoration of a director's original vision, free of any creative limitations. It suggests that the filmmaker has finally overcome the interference of heavy-handed studio executives, and that the film has been restored to its original, untampered form. Such is not the case with 1853:
very graceful, and the alien will alter shape so you never really know exactly what he looks like." Scott said: "I've never liked horror films before, because in the end it's always been a man in a rubber suit. Well, there's one way to deal with that. The most important thing in a film of this type is not what you see, but the effect of what you
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stars out of four in his original print review, calling it "an accomplished piece of scary entertainment" and praising Sigourney Weaver as "an actress who should become a major star," but listed among the film's disappointments that "or me, the final shape of the alien was the least scary of its forms."
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gave the film "two 'yes' votes." Ebert called it "one of the scariest old-fashioned space operas I can remember." Siskel agreed that it was scary but said it was basically a "haunted house film" set "in a spaceship" and was "not the greatest science fiction film ever made." Siskel gave the film three
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For the scene in which Ash is revealed to be an android, a puppet was created of his torso and upper body, which was operated from underneath. During a preview screening, this scene caused an usher to faint. In the following scene, Ash's head is placed on a table and reactivated; for portions of this
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was the type of representation they wanted for the film's antagonist and began asking the studio to hire him as a designer. Fox initially believed Giger's work was too ghastly for audiences, but the Brandywine team were persistent and eventually won out. According to Gordon Carroll: "The first second
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by the alien. O'Bannon had intended the scene to indicate that Brett was becoming an alien egg, while Dallas was held nearby to be implanted by the resulting facehugger. Production designer Michael Seymour later suggested that Dallas had "become sort of food for the alien creature", while Ivor Powell
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and escape in the shuttle. While gathering supplies, Parker and Lambert are killed by the alien. Now alone, Ripley initiates the self-destruct sequence but the alien blocks her path to the shuttle. She retreats and unsuccessfully attempts to abort the self-destruct. She reaches the shuttle unhindered
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is its pacing. It takes its time. It waits. It allows silences (the majestic opening shots are underscored by Jerry Goldsmith with scarcely audible, far-off metallic chatterings). It suggests the enormity of the crew's discovery by building up to it with small steps: The interception of a signal (is
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shifted towards an 800-foot-long (240 m) tug towing a refining platform 2 miles (3.2 km) long and 1.5 miles (2.4 km) wide. Cobb also created some conceptual drawings of the alien, which went unused. Moebius was attached to the project for a few days and his costume renderings were the
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is not named in the film, and is referred to by the characters as "the company". However, the name and logo of the company appears on several set pieces and props such as computer monitors and beer cans as "Weylan-Yutani". Cobb created the name to imply a business alliance between Britain and Japan,
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Dan put his finger on the problem: what has to happen next is the creature has to get on the ship in an interesting way. I have no idea how, but if we could solve that, if it can't be that it just snuck in, then I think the whole movie will come into place. In the middle of the night, I woke up and
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set, she and Scott both speculated on the possibility, with Weaver stating: "There is an appetite for a fifth one, which is something I never expected...it's really hard to come up with a fifth story that's new and fresh...but I have wanted to go back into space...I think outer space adventure is a
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and disease. And on the level that was most important to the writers and director, it's about sex, and reproduction by non-consensual means. And it's about this happening to a man." He notes how the film plays on men's fear and misunderstanding of pregnancy and childbirth, while also giving women a
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The "Director's Cut" restored roughly four minutes of deleted footage, while cutting about five minutes of other material, leaving it about a minute shorter than the theatrical cut. Many of the changes were minor, such as altered sound effects, trimming of some shots to speed up the film's pace and
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7,886,000 in the United Kingdom during its first run. Including reissues, it has grossed $ 81.8 million in the United States and Canada, while international box-office figures have varied from $ 24 million to $ 122.7 million. Its total worldwide gross has been listed within the range
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The origin of the jockey creature is not explored, but Scott later theorized that it might have been the ship's pilot, and that the ship might have been a weapons-carrier capable of dropping alien eggs onto a planet so that the aliens could use the local lifeforms as hosts. In early versions of the
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The real-life surprise of the actors gave the scene an intense sense of realism and made it one of the film's most memorable moments. During preview screenings, the crew noticed that some viewers would move towards the back of the theater so as not to be too close to the screen during the sequence.
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Scott and Rawlings had also become attached to several of the musical cues they had used for the temporary score while editing the film, and re-edited some of Goldsmith's cues and rescored several sequences to match these cues and even left the temporary score in place in some parts of the finished
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in New Jersey adapted the film into a play. The production had no budget, with props and sets developed from recycled toys and other items. Social media recognition brought Scott's attention to the play. He wrote a letter of congratulations to the students ("My hat comes off to all of you for your
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head and method of killing the crew members add to the sexual imagery. Dan O'Bannon, who wrote the film's screenplay, has argued that the scene is a metaphor for the male fear of penetration, and that the "oral invasion" of Kane by the facehugger functions as "payback" for the many horror films in
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were made: a 12-inch (30 cm) version for medium and long shots, a 4-foot (1.2 m) version for rear shots, and a 12-foot (3.7 m), 7-short-ton (6.4 t) rig for the undocking and planetoid surface sequences. Scott insisted on numerous changes to the models even as filming was taking
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Scott chose not to show the full alien for most of the film, keeping most of its body in shadow to create a sense of terror and heighten suspense. The audience could thus project their own fears into imagining what the rest of the creature might look like: "Every movement is going to be very slow,
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to have a slow pace to build suspense for the more tense and frightening moments. According to Rawlings: "I think the way we did get it right was by keeping it slow, funny enough, which is completely different from what they do today. And I think the slowness of it made the moments that you wanted
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None of them were particularly young. Tom Skerritt, the captain, was 46, Hurt was 39 but looked older, Holm was 48, Harry Dean Stanton was 53, Yaphet Kotto was 42, and only Veronica Cartwright at 30 and Weaver at 28 were in the age range of the usual thriller cast. Many recent action pictures have
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As Ripley prepares for stasis, she discovers the alien has stowed itself in a narrow compartment. She dons a spacesuit and flushes it out. It approaches Ripley, but before it can kill her, she opens the airlock door. The resulting explosive decompression almost ejects the alien into space, but it
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It's a tough one, particularly with the success of four. I think if you close the lid it should be the end of the first chapter, and I think very simply what no one's done is simply gone back to re-visit 'what was it?' No one's ever said 'who's the space jockey?' He wasn't an Alien. What was that
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One of the things I enjoyed most about "ALIEN" was its subtle satirical content. "Weylan-Yutani" for instance is almost a joke, but not quite. I wanted to imply that poor old England is back on its feet and has united with the Japanese, who have taken over the building of spaceships the same way
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awarded it five out of five, describing it as a "revolutionary 'haunted house in space' thrill-ride stunning you with shock after shock", praising the "top-notch acting and imaginative bio-mechanical production design", as well as "Ridley Scott's eye for detail and brilliant way of alternating
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While accessing Mother, Ripley discovers that the crew was awoken and directed to the planet because the company secretly ordered Ash to return with the alien for study, and to consider the crew expendable. She confronts Ash, who tries to kill her. Parker intervenes, knocking Ash's head loose and
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remains the key text in the 'body horror' subgenre that flowered (or, depending on your viewpoint, festered) in the seventies, and Giger's designs covered all possible avenues of anxiety. Men traveled through vulva-like openings, got forcibly impregnated, and died giving birth to rampaging gooey
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mappings and imageries in horror films that often redraw gender lines. O'Bannon described the sexual imagery as overt and intentional: "I am going to put in every image I can think of to make the men in the audience cross their legs. Homosexual oral rape, birth. The thing lays its eggs down your
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depicting the alien reproductive cycle, contrasting the human, alien, and space-jockey cultures. Cobb, Foss, and Giger each created concept artwork for these sequences, but they were discarded due to budgetary concerns and the need to shorten the film. Instead, the egg chamber was set inside the
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to sculpt the scenery and elements. Veronica Cartwright described Giger's sets as "so erotic...it's big vaginas and penises...the whole thing is like you're going inside of some sort of womb or whatever...it's sort of visceral." The set with the deceased alien creature, which the production team
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Goldsmith wanted to create a sense of romanticism and lyrical mystery in the film's opening scenes, which would build throughout the film to suspense and fear. Scott did not like Goldsmith's original main title piece, however, so Goldsmith rewrote it as "the obvious thing: weird and strange, and
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character Ash, which O'Bannon felt was an unnecessary subplot but which Shusett later described as "one of the best things in the movie...That whole idea and scenario was theirs." Hill and Giler went through eight drafts of the script in total, concentrating largely on the Ash subplot, but also
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was pushed away from the refinery by a forklift covered in black velvet, causing the arm to extend out from the refinery. This created the illusion that the arm was pushing the ship forward. Shots of the ship's exterior in which characters are seen moving around inside were filmed using larger
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I resent films that are so shallow they rely entirely on their visual effects, and of course science-fiction films are notorious for this. I've always felt that there's another way to do it: a lot of effort should be expended toward rendering the environment of the spaceship, or space travel,
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suggested may have been the biggest per-screen opening in history. In its first 4 weeks it grossed $ 16.5 million from only 148 prints before expanding to 635 screens. In the UK, the film grossed $ 126,150 in its first 4 days at the Odeon Leicester Square, setting a house record. By the
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effectiveness as a work of horror has been attributed to its indulgence in abject themes and imagery and has thus functioned as a major framework for critics, such as Barbara Creed, in their analysis of the film. Following Creed's assertion that the alien creature is a representation of the
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uses a tricky device to keep the alien fresh throughout the movie: it evolves the nature and appearance of the creature, so we never know quite what it looks like or what it can do... The first time we get a good look at the alien, as it bursts from the chest of poor Kane (John Hurt). It is
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erected one bearing a strong resemblance to the space creature from the film. A picture of the gargoyle went viral in 2013, though a photograph of the statue first surfaced on the internet in 1997. In 2002, it was confirmed the abbey would be subject to a 10-year-long restoration project.
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To assist the actors in preparing for their roles, Scott wrote several pages of backstory for each character explaining their histories. He filmed many of their rehearsals to capture spontaneity and improvisation, and tensions between some of the cast members, particularly towards the
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derelict ship and was filmed on the same set as the space-jockey scene; the entire disc piece supporting the jockey and its chair was removed and the set was redressed to create the egg chamber. Light effects in the egg chamber were created by lasers borrowed from English rock band
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genre: "The reason it's such a good movie, and wowed both the critics, who normally frown on the genre, and the casual cinema-goer, is that it is a distillation of everything that scares us in the movies." He also describes how the film appeals to a variety of audiences: "Fans of
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and low-resolution computer screens to give the ship a "used", industrial look and make it appear as though it was constructed of "retrofitted old technology". Ron Cobb created industrial-style symbols and color-coded signs for various areas and aspects. The company that owns the
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In most scenes, the alien was portrayed by Bolaji Badejo. A latex costume was made to fit Badejo's slender 6-foot-10-inch (208 cm) frame by taking a full-body plaster cast. Scott later said that the alien "takes on elements of the host – in this case, a man". Badejo attended
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people to be sort of scared...then we could go as fast as we liked because you've sucked people into a corner and then attacked them, so to speak. And I think that's how it worked." The first cut of the film was over three hours long; the final version is just under two hours.
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was perfect. I still feel that way", and that the original 1979 theatrical version "remains my version of choice". He has since stated that he considers both versions "director's cuts", as he feels that the 1979 version was the best he could possibly have made it at the time.
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as "possibly the definitive combination of horror thriller with science fiction trappings." He notes that it is a horror film first and a science fiction film second, since science fiction normally explores issues of how humanity will develop under other circumstances.
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classes to create convincing movements. For some scenes, such as when the alien lowers itself from the ceiling to kill Brett, it was portrayed by stuntmen Eddie Powell and Roy Scammell. Powell, in costume, was suspended on wires and then lowered in an unfurling motion.
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For the filming of the chestburster scene, the cast members knew that the creature would be bursting out of Hurt, and had seen the chestburster puppet, but they had not been told that fake blood would also be bursting out in every direction from high-pressure pumps and
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almost passed the film as an "AA" (for ages 14 and over), although concerns existed over the prevalent sexual imagery. 20th Century-Fox eventually relented in pushing for an AA certificate after deciding that an X rating would make it easier to sell as a horror film.
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forms of the sets. Tons of sand, plaster, fiberglass, rock, and gravel were shipped into the studio to sculpt a desert landscape for the planetoid's surface, which the actors would walk across wearing space-suit costumes. The suits were thick, bulky, and lined with
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Upon viewing the proposed expanded version of the film, I felt that the cut was simply too long and the pacing completely thrown off. After all, I cut those scenes out for a reason back in 1979. However, in the interest of giving the fans a new experience with
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film. Goldsmith later said, "You can see that I was sort of like going at opposite ends of the pole with the filmmakers." Nevertheless, Scott praised Goldsmith's score as "full of dark beauty" and "seriously threatening, but beautiful". It was nominated for a
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egg was used so that actor John Hurt could shine his light on it and see movement inside, which was provided by Scott fluttering his hands inside the egg while wearing rubber gloves. The top of the egg was hydraulic, and the innards were a cow's stomach and
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respectively, to work on designs for the human aspects such as the spaceship and space suits. Cobb created hundreds of preliminary sketches of the interiors and exteriors of the ship, which went through many design concepts and possible names such as
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crew exploring the alien planet for praise, calling the scene "inspired", said that it showed "real imagination" and claimed that it transcended the rest of the film. Over two decades later, Ebert had revised his opinion, including the film on his
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in London on Thursday, September 6, 1979, for one week before expanding slowly until opening wide in Britain in 180 theaters on October 1, 1979. The film opened in France and Spain in September before expanding to other markets in October 1979.
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boxed set was released December 2, 2003, with both versions of the film included along with a new commentary track featuring many of the film's actors, writers, and production staff, as well as other special features and a documentary entitled
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battleship? Is it a battleship? Is it an aircraft carrier? Is it a bio-mechanoid weapon carrier?...Why did it land? Did it crash-land, or did it settle there because it had engine trouble?...And how long ago? 'Cause those eggs would sit there.
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head was made using a face cast of Holm. However, the latex of the head shrank while curing and the result was not entirely convincing. For the bulk of the scene, Holm knelt under the table with his head through a hole. Milk, caviar, pasta,
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hangs onto the door frame. Ripley fires a grappling hook gun to push it out and activates the engines, blasting the alien into space. After recording her final log entry, she places Jones and herself into stasis for the trip back to Earth.
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has noted the "striking resemblance" between the two movies, especially in a celebrated sequence in which the crew discovers a ruin containing the skeletal remains of long-dead giant beings, and in the design and shots of the ship itself.
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were used to fill in areas of the ship's interior, as well as exterior shots of the planetoid's surface. The surface as seen from space during the landing sequence was created by painting a globe white, then mixing chemicals and dyes onto
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for their next stage production. He donated to the school to put on an encore performance at which Weaver was in attendance. She got on stage before the performance to congratulate the cast and crew for their creativity and commitment.
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is a much more cerebral movie than its sequels, with the characters (and the audience) genuinely engaged in curiosity about this weirdest of lifeforms...Unfortunately, the films it influenced studied its thrills but not its thinking."
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Critical interest in the film was re-ignited with the theatrical release of the "Director's Cut" in 2003. Roger Ebert ranked it among "the most influential of modern action pictures" and praised its pacing, atmosphere, and settings:
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has received critical acclaim over the years, particularly for its realism and unique environment, and is cited one of the best films of 1979. It is seen as one of the most influential science-fiction films. It holds a 93% rating on
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beginning of October 1979, the film had grossed $ 27 million internationally including $ 16.9 million in Japan, $ 4.8 million in France and $ 3.7 million in the UK. It went on to gross $ 78.9 million in the United States and
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a number of new awards and nominations. It won DVDX Exclusive Awards for Best Audio Commentary and Best Overall DVD, Classic Movie, and was also nominated for Best Behind-the-Scenes Program and Best Menu Design. It also won a
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as Brett, the engineering technician. Stanton's first words to Scott during his audition were, "I don't like sci fi or monster movies". Scott was amused, and convinced Stanton to take the role after reassuring him that
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technology was available at the time, the budget would not allow for it. Instead, the team used a camera with wide-angle lenses mounted on a drive mechanism to make slow passes over and around the models filming at
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and its attachments were based on combinations of Scott's storyboards and Ron Cobb's conceptual drawings. The basic outlines of the models were made of wood and plastic, and most of the fine details were added from
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were held in New York City and London. With only seven human characters in the story, Scott sought to hire strong actors so he could focus most of his energy on the film's visual style. He employed casting director
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also auditioned. Weaver, who had Broadway experience but was relatively unknown in film, impressed Scott, Giler, and Hill with her audition. She was the last actor to be cast for the film and performed most of her
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to meet Giger and recruited him to work on all aspects of the alien and its environment including the surface of the planetoid, the derelict spacecraft, and all four forms of the alien from the egg to the adult.
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in the cinema and on home video from the point of view of everyday audiences, describing how many fans share the film with their children and the shocking impact of the "chestburster" scene, among other things.
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was indeed the jumping-off point for this project, out of the creative process evolved a new, grand mythology and universe in which this original story takes place. The keen fan will recognize strands of
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also noted the remarkable similarities between these scenes and other minor parallels. Robert Monell, on the DVD Maniacs website, observed that much of the conceptual design and some specific imagery in
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s three decks were each created almost entirely in one piece, with each deck occupying a separate stage. The actors had to navigate through the hallways that connected the stages, adding to the sense of
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would call 'the new flesh,' a dissolution of the boundaries between man and machine, machine and alien, and man and alien, with a psychosexual invasiveness that has never, thank God, been equaled."
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nicknamed the "space jockey", proved problematic, as 20th Century-Fox did not want to spend the money for such an expensive set that would only be used for one scene. Scott described the set as the
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and that's the movie that made me want to be a director. It traumatized me. I actually threw up I was so nervous after I saw it but that's like the highest compliment you can give a horror film."
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grossed $ 78.9 million in the US and Β£7.8 million in the UK during its first theatrical run. Its worldwide gross to date has been estimated at between $ 104 million and $ 203 million.
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corridors were created from portions of scrapped bomber aircraft, and a mirror was used to create the illusion of longer corridors in the below-deck area. Special-effects supervisors
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named it the second-scariest science fiction film. He described it as a "groundbreaking science fiction classic" and "a movie so influential that it's hard to think of a time before
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or driving deck of the mysterious ship, and the production team convinced the studio that the scene was important to impress the audience and make them aware that this was not a
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I said, "Dan I think I have an idea: the alien screws one of them it jumps on his face and plants its seed!" And Dan says, oh my god, we've got it, we've got the whole movie.
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was "an exercise in style, refreshingly adult in approach, wickedly grim and perverse, that manages to compensate for a lack of depth in both story and characters". In 1982,
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making the dialogue more natural and trimming some sequences set on the alien planetoid. Despite the fact that the final shooting script was written by Hill and Giler, the
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The film was a commercial success, opening in 90 theaters across the United States (plus 1 in Canada), setting 51 house records and grossing $ 3,527,881 over the four-day
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the removal of the "What Are My Chances?" scene. The restored footage included the scene in which Ripley discovers the cocooned Dallas and Brett during her escape of the
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were considered for the task, but O'Bannon, Shusett, and the Brandywine team felt that these directors would not take the film seriously and would instead treat it as a
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Editing and post-production took roughly 20 weeks and concluded in late January 1979. The editor, Terry Rawlings, had previously worked with Scott on editing sound for
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achieves a certain texture without even making a point of it: These are not adventurers but workers, hired by a company to return 20 million tons of ore to Earth.
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project collapsed, O'Bannon found himself homeless and broke, and returned to Los Angeles where he would borrow Shusett's couch. In need of money he decided to write a
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s crew to resemble working astronauts in a realistic environment, a concept summarized as "truckers in space". According to Scott, this concept was inspired partly by
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whatever the fantastic setting of your story should be–as convincingly as possible, but always in the background. That way the story and the characters emerge and
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by 20th Century-Fox, with an initial budget of $ 4.2 million. It was funded by North Americans, but made by 20th Century-Fox's British production subsidiary.
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roots in earlier works of fiction have been analyzed and acknowledged extensively by critics. The film has been said to have much in common with B movies such as
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also produced a larger-scale Alien action figure, as well as a board game in which players raced to be first to reach the shuttle pod while Aliens roamed the
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after noting the number of times that the word appeared in the script. O'Bannon and Shusett liked the new title's simplicity and its double meaning as both a
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The alien has been referred to as "one of the most iconic movie monsters", and its biomechanical appearance and sexual overtones have been frequently noted.
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came out and was the extraordinary hit that it was, suddenly science fiction became the hot genre." O'Bannon recalled that "They wanted to follow through on
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After ejecting Kane's body out of an airlock, the crew attempts to locate the creature using tracking devices and kill it. Brett follows the crew's pet cat,
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with numerous novels, comic books, video games, toys, and other media and merchandise appearing over the years. A number of these began appearing under the
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was released in facehugger-shaped boxes, and included some of the deleted scenes from the Laserdisc editions. In addition, all three films were released on
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said the film was an "empty bag of tricks whose production values and expensive trickery cannot disguise imaginative poverty". In their original review on
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The "chestburster" was shoved up through the table and a false torso by a puppeteer. The scene has been recognized as one of the film's most memorable.
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tones and found her on a prison planet battling another Alien, ultimately sacrificing herself to prevent her employers from acquiring the creatures.
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that Ridley saw Giger's work, he knew that the biggest single design problem, maybe the biggest problem in the film, had been solved." Scott flew to
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and 4K digital download on April 23, 2019, in honor of the film's 40th anniversary. The 4k Blu-ray Disc presents the film in 2160p resolution with
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A crew of over 200 craftspeople and technicians constructed the three principal sets: the surface of the alien planetoid, and the interiors of the
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essay by Daniel Eagan in America's Film Legacy: The Authoritative Guide to the Landmark Movies in the National Film Registry, A&C Black, 2010
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frames per second, giving them the appearance of motion. Scott added smoke and wind effects to enhance the illusion. For the scene in which the
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crew's discovery of the alien creature in the derelict spacecraft. O'Bannon has also noted the influence of "Junkyard" (1953), a short story by
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in-studio as the sets were being built. The role of Ripley was Weaver's first leading role in a motion picture and earned her nominations for a
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and Nick Allder made many of the set pieces and props function, including moving chairs, computer monitors, motion trackers and flamethrowers.
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was used as the "face", and was hidden under the smooth, translucent cover of the head. Rambaldi's original alien jaw is now on display in the
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and adding rubber "claws"), which was played for the comedic effect. The experience left O'Bannon "really wanting to do an alien that looked
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and its three sequels. In addition, the set would also include alternative versions of all four films in the form of "special editions" and "
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praised the cast, particularly Weaver, and the visual values. He wrote: "For fanciers of horror, among whose numbers I do not count myself,
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success, a number of other filmmakers imitated or adapted some of its elements, sometimes by using "Alien" in titles. One of the first was
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by having many similar creatures, which originated from large, slimy eggs, bursting from characters' chests. An unauthorized sequel to
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for the film in London, which impressed Fox enough to double the film's budget. His storyboards included designs for the spaceship and
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were shown to the public. The first consisted of rapidly changing still images set to some of Jerry Goldsmith's electronic music from
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of the Main Theme was released in 1980, and a disco single using audio excerpts from the film was released in 1979 on the UK label
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and projecting them onto it. The planetoid was not named in the film, but some drafts of the script gave it the name Acheron after
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the 33rd-greatest film, based on a poll of 10,200 readers, critics, and members of the film industry. In 2021, Phil Pirrello of
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Critical reaction to the film was initially mixed. Some critics who were not usually favorable towards science fiction, such as
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placed on the actors' skin to make them appear sweaty. By removing the glycerin she was able to continue working with the cats.
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springs out, penetrates his helmet, and attaches itself to his face. Dallas and Lambert carry the unconscious Kane back to the
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lost $ 2 million in the 11 months following its release. The claim was decried by industry accountants as an example of
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was not a financial success and did not warrant a sequel. The lawsuit was settled in 1983 when Fox agreed to fund a sequel.
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Giger made several conceptual paintings of the adult alien before settling on the final version. He sculpted the body using
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story. Van Vogt in fact initiated a lawsuit against 20th Century Fox over the similarities, but Fox settled out of court.
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The Authorized Portfolio of Crew Insignias from the United States Commercial Spaceship Nostromo, Designs and Realizations
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wrote a novelization of the film in both adult and "junior" versions, which was adapted from the film's shooting script.
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trappings and hardware. Men love the battle-for-survival element, and women love not being cast as the helpless victim."
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false scares with genuine jolts, which help to create a seamless blend of gothic horror and harrowing science fiction".
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as Parker, the chief engineer. Kotto was sent a script off the back of his recent success as villain Dr. Kananga in the
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Official documentation for the film states that the budget was $ 11 million, but other sources give different numbers.
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thrillers like it because it's moody and dark. Gorehounds like it for the chest-burster. Science fiction fans love the
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in American theaters on May 25, 1979. The film had no formal premiere, yet moviegoers lined up for blocks to see it at
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they have now with cars and supertankers. In coming up with a strange company name, I thought of British Leyland and
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detaches from the refinery, a 30-foot (9.1 m) docking arm was created using pieces from model railway kits. The
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was cast as Kane, instead. However, Finch became ill during the first day of shooting and was diagnosed with type 1
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film which would explore the origins of the creatures, but ceased work on it when he learned that Fox was pursuing
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who becomes the host for the alien. Hurt was Scott's first choice for the role, but he was contracted on a film in
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on June 22 and was released on September 6 in the United Kingdom. It initially received mixed reviews, but won the
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used scrap metal and parts to create set pieces and props to save money, a technique he employed while working on
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The "facehugger" was the first creature Giger designed for the film, giving it human-like fingers and a long tail.
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are set is not revealed in the film itself, but the first draft of the script gave the year as 2087. McIntee, 23.
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and their team worked at Bray Studios, roughly 25 miles (40 km) from Shepperton Studios. The designs of the
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films, reprising her role as Ripley in three sequels between 1986 and 1997. She did not appear in either of the
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Some have argued the film's narrative details and visual design were inspired by those of the 1965 Italian film
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versions followed, including deleted scenes and director commentary as bonus features. A VHS box set containing
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of $ 104.9 million to $ 203.6 million. In 1992, Fox noted the worldwide gross was $ 143 million.
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With most of the plot in place, Shusett and O'Bannon presented their script to several studios, pitching it as "
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would detach and from which Kane's body would be launched during the funeral scene. Bower carved Kane's burial
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and its human elements. For the interior of the derelict spacecraft and egg chamber, he used dried bones with
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is a normal, everyday, working Joe just like the rest of us. They just happen to live and work in the future."
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20th Century-Fox did not express confidence in financing a science-fiction film. However, after the success of
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had both an immediate and long-term impact on the science fiction and horror genres. Shortly after its debut,
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television special ranking the greatest movies in ten classic American film genres. The ranks were based on a
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was originally yellow, and the team filmed shots of the models for six weeks before Johnson left to work on
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who had provided bird sounds for British television throughout the 1960s and 1970s and the whale sounds for
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Sigourney Weaver has expressed interest in reuniting with Ridley Scott to revive her character for another
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in which a crew lands on an asteroid and discovers a chamber full of eggs. He has also cited as influences
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score. The film was previewed in various American cities in the spring of 1979 and was promoted with the
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awarded it a full four stars, describing it as "a classic of suspense and art direction". Alan Jones of
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storyline "because I found it was in the vein of Lovecraft, one of my greatest sources of inspiration."
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suggested that "Dallas is found in the ship as an egg, still alive." Scott remarked, "they're morphing,
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O'Bannon drew inspiration from many works of science fiction and horror. He later said: "I didn't steal
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Production Company: 20th Century-Fox Film Corp. Production Text: a Brandywine-Ronald Shusett production
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reports a weighted average score of 89 out of 100 based on 34 critics, indicating "universal acclaim".
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script, the eggs were to be located in a separate pyramid structure, which would be found later by the
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unmistakably phallic in shape, and the critic Tim Dirks mentions its 'open, dripping vaginal mouth'."
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creativity, imagination, and determination") and recommended they consider an adaptation of his film
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The Mystery Of Why There's An "Alien" Gargoyle On A 12th-Century Scottish Abbey May Have Been Solved
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were named Ridley and Mother Brain, after the movie's director and the ship computer, respectively.
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for Best DVD Extras and Best Overall DVD. In 2010 both the theatrical version and Director's Cut of
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for John Hurt, and Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Role for Sigourney Weaver. It also won a
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as the seventh-best film in the science fiction genre, and as the 33rd-greatest film of all time by
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The scene has frequently been called one of the most memorable moments in cinema history. In 2007,
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and filmed at high speed. The footage was slowed down in editing. Only one shot was filmed using
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less-experienced Weaver; this translated convincingly to film as tension between the characters.
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premiered in theaters that year, another set of the first three films was released including a
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The spaceships and planets were shot using models and miniatures. These included models of the
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Kane discovers a chamber containing hundreds of large eggs. When he touches one, a spider-like
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s list of the top films of the 1970s but failed to make the top ten. Frederick S. Clarke, the
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was filmed over 14 weeks from July 5 to October 21, 1978. Principal photography took place at
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Giger designed and worked on all the alien aspects, which he designed to appear organic and
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named the company "Weyland-Yutani", and it has remained a central aspect of the franchise.
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was sued by another writer named Jack Hammer for allegedly plagiarising a script entitled
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which sexually vulnerable women are attacked by male monsters. David McIntee claims that "
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Beautiful Monsters: The Unofficial and Unauthorized Guide to the Alien and Predator Films
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DNA, so to speak, but the ideas tackled in this film are unique, large and provocative."
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imprint, which brought the alien creatures together with the eponymous characters of the
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Beautiful Monsters: The Unofficial and Unauthorized Guide to the Alien and Predator Films
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films). Weaver indicated that she would only return to the franchise if either Scott or
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discussing science fiction films of the 1950s and 1970s, the reviewers were critical of
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sexual undertones, multiple phallic symbols, and overall feminine figure, provides an
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went significantly better, eliciting genuine fright from the audience. Two theatrical
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remained the only recurring actor through all four films: the story of her character
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series, were positive about the film's merits. Others, however, were not; reviews by
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one of the greatest and most influential science fiction and horror films of all time
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named the planetoid as "LV-426", and both names have been used for it in subsequent
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One scene that was cut from the film occurred during Ripley's final escape from the
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Film, Horror, and the Body Fantastic: Contributions to the Study of Popular Culture
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contained many production photographs and details on the making of the film, while
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In 2014, to mark the film's 35th anniversary, a special re-release boxed set named
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in 1977, its interest in the genre rose substantially. According to Carroll: "When
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inside humans which later eat their way out, a life cycle inspired by that of the
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Findings from an international audience research project conducted by staff from
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Clarke, Frederick S. (1980). "1970~1979 Decade Recap: The Seventies 1970~1979".
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A separate model was created for the exterior of the derelict alien spacecraft.
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O'Bannon brought in artists Ron Cobb and Chris Foss, with whom he had worked on
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and give the alien a slimy appearance. The alien vocalizations were provided by
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is recommendable, provided they are free from hypocrisy and finicky stomachs".
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Several critics have suggested that the film was inspired by Italian filmmaker
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script. Shusett suggested that O'Bannon use one of his other film ideas, about
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would have a role in the film, the intent being to produce a direct sequel to
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improbably young actors cast as key roles or sidekicks, but by skewing older,
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horror titles carrying stories in which monsters eat their way out of people.
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models, which contained projection screens displaying pre-recorded footage.
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Maltin reassessed the film upon the release of the Director's Cut and gave
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tape. A few months later, the set was re-released with the full version of
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was deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" by the
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was deemed "culturally, historically or aesthetically significant" by the
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Film analyst Lina Badley has written that the alien's design, with strong
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was released, featuring selections of Goldsmith's score. Additionally, a
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blends science fiction, horror and bleak poetry into a seamless whole."
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formats and packages over the years. The first of these was a 17-minute
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basis for the final space suits created by costume designer John Mollo.
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Pollock, Dale (May 30, 1979). "Per-Screen 'Alien' B.O. May Be Record".
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over the next eighteen years, each by different writers and directors.
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praised the book as "the definitive story of the classic horror film".
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was marred by poor sound. A subsequent screening in a newer theater in
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Torry, Robert. "Awakening to the Other: Feminism and the Ego-Ideal in
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A separate model, about 40 feet (12 m) long, was created for the
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as the script developed. The final name was derived from the title of
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and "Yutani" from the name of his Japanese neighbor. The 1986 sequel,
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was considered for the role, but she was not contacted as her partner
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were released, but not until several years after its theatrical run.
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crossovers of the 2000s, but has expressed interest in doing a fifth
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for Veronica Cartwright, and was also nominated in the categories of
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to the model of the space jockey, believing it to be the work of the
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place, leading to conflicts with the modeling and filming teams. The
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Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
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for historical preservation alongside other films of 1979 including
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video game series, created in 1986, was significantly influenced by
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Alien Zone: Cultural Theory and Contemporary Science Fiction Cinema
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vaginas dentate β€” how's that for future shock? This was truly what
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for Best DVD, and was nominated for Best DVD Collection and Golden
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The scene of Kane inspecting the egg was shot in postproduction. A
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Women Worldwalkers: New Dimensions of Science Fiction and Fantasy
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contained much of H. R. Giger's concept artwork for the movie. A
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is described as the "stream of woe"; it is a branch of the river
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Barker, Martin; Egan, Kate; Ralph, Sarah; Phillips, Tom (2016).
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were to direct. Cameron had been working on a story for a fifth
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at the time, which helped make the characters more convincing:
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bursts from his chest, killing him, and escapes into the ship.
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version for home projectionists. It was also released on both
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on September 1, 1979, before starting an exclusive run at the
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frames per second to give the models the appearance of motion.
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and its attached ore refinery. He made slow passes filming at
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The success of the film series resulted in the creation of a
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sexual overtones. The film is often cited as a major work of
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out of wood; it was launched through the hatch using a small
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which everybody loved." Another source of tension was editor
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and the derelict spacecraft. Art director Les Dilley created
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when I was 8 years old. To me, it was like a combination of
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Alien Audiences: Remembering and Evaluating a Classic Movie
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Alien Vault: The Definitive Story of the Making of the Film
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Trilogy DVD box set, audio commentary track). Los Angeles:
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until 20th Century Fox's lawyers contacted writer/director
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Alien Audiences: Remembering and Evaluating a Classic Movie
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near London, while model and miniature filming was done at
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premiered on May 25, 1979, the opening night of the fourth
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of over 1,500 film artists, critics, and historians, with
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the film and it sequels were distributed under the title
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in several versions with different tracks and sequences.
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in space". They were on the verge of signing a deal with
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has perceived thematic parallels with Agatha Christie's
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a media franchise of films, books, video games, and toys
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Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation winning works
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Matheson, T.J. "Triumphant Technology and Minimal Man:
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originally was to conclude with the destruction of the
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award for Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Role.
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and was selected for preservation in the United States
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became the thematic and narrative core of the series.
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Three Studies for Figures at the Base of a Crucifixion
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weekend with a per-screen average of $ 38,767, which
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O'Bannon had originally assumed that he would direct
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Films that won the Best Visual Effects Academy Award
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Creed, Barbara. "Alien and The Monstrous-Feminine."
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have each recalled it being closer to $ 8.4 million.
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Magazine, Volume 8, Number 4, 1979, pgs. 24 – 25. "
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University Press of Mississippi. p. 23. 3348:(1980), he describes it as a prototype for the 3104:(1975), in which an insectoid queen alien lays 1960:the entire set and the "space jockey" by hand. 1024:, but O'Bannon disliked this and changed it to 1000:the studios would buy, and the two revived his 710:BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role 10106: 9664:), Brian Johnson (Visual Effects Supervisor), 9296:"Holy Crap! Quint Interviews James Cameron!!!" 8840: 8796: 8265:"Alien Movie Review & Film Summary (1979)" 7989:, Volume 9, Number 1, 1979, pp.10–39. "Making 7524:Gallardo C., Ximena and C. Jason Smith (2004). 7279: 7277: 7275: 7273: 7271: 6960:Halliwell, Leslie (2001). 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Vol. 3, no. 3. pp. 72–73. 8226: 7667: 7527:Alien Woman: The Making of Lt. Ellen Ripley 7268: 7038:Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences 6899: 6490: 6451: 6358: 6346: 6305: 6267: 6076: 6058: 5887: 5831: 5775: 5699: 5679: 5546: 5530: 5468: 5291: 5282: 5266: 5215: 5145: 5121: 4735: 4620: 4594: 4583: 4581: 4579: 4577: 4575: 4573: 4571: 4569: 4567: 4538: 4167:has stated that it was $ 14 million, while 4019:film. In the 2003 commentary track for the 2520:British Academy of Film and Television Arts 2210:media such as comic books and video games. 1770:were combined to form the android innards. 970:O'Bannon soon accepted an offer to work on 14248:United States National Film Registry films 14173:Films involved in plagiarism controversies 13429:Saturn Award for Best Science Fiction Film 13420: 13406: 12974: 12960: 12524:Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest 11554: 11540: 11391: 11377: 11189: 11175: 10652: 10638: 9888: 9874: 9558:De Lauzirika, Charles (December 2, 2003). 8872: 8589: 8509: 8015: 7985:Carducci, Mark Patrick and Lovell, Glenn. 7698: 7696: 7204:"'Alien'(s) released in Widescreen Series" 6950: 6852: 6791:"Japan & Britain Launch For 'Alien'". 6701: 6699: 6697: 6695: 6667: 6140:"The Making of Alien's Chestburster Scene" 5883:Home Entertainment, Inc. December 2, 2003. 5393: 5073: 4917: 4809: 4677:"Ridley Scott on the Hard Road to 'Alien'" 4097:reported on February 18, 2015, that a new 3595:The "chestburster" effect was parodied in 3544:and made him change it. The film built on 2552:Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score 1939:in contrast to the industrial look of the 1796:. The head was manufactured separately by 1741:(1976) and the transformation sequence in 1691:The "chestburster" design was inspired by 1582:Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score 1214:(1977) and made an offer to him to direct 59: 12983:Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation 11196: 10448: 9519: 9320: 8616: 8595: 8453:"Which films influenced "Alien" and how?" 7979: 7932: 7874: 7760: 7470:"Alien (1979) 4k Ultra HD Blu-ray Review" 7366:"Alien Series Has A Blu-ray Release Date" 6959: 6543: 6410: 6408: 6406: 6325: 6170: 5997: 5995: 4918:Clark, Frederick S.; Jones, Alan (1979). 4905:"The Eighth Passenger: Creature Design", 4370: 4368: 4206: 4140:List of films featuring extraterrestrials 3857: 3670:). The highly popular Yugoslav and later 2638:taking the place of the making-of video. 2548:San SebastiΓ‘n International Film Festival 2536:Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation 2317:in the United States on June 22. Vandals 1980: 1778:Further information on the creature: 1040:by which the alien could board the ship. 472:Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation 14233:Films with screenplays by Ronald Shusett 9604:(former President of 20th Century Fox), 9520:Callender, Samantha (October 27, 2018). 9326: 9294:Vespe, Eric "Quint" (February 7, 2006). 9127: 8846: 8686: 8327:Reverse Angle: A Decade of American Film 8174: 7996: 6102: 6023: 6021: 6019: 5585:Within the context of that fantasy [ 5418:"The Visualists: Direction and Design", 5313: 4564: 4410: 4215: 4105:. On February 25, it was confirmed that 3887: 3877: 3751:as his primary influence, saying "I saw 3650:hired to replace twelve crumbling stone 3536:(1980) was initially going to be titled 3442: 3183: 2272:"In space, no one can hear you scream." 2246:for 20th Century-Fox representatives in 1709:for inspiring the chest-bursting scene. 1528: 1334: 1139: 942:as a horror movie instead of a comedy." 913:had made a science-fiction comedy film, 896: 870:also portrayed the alien in some scenes. 786:Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress 654: 9676: 9359: 9341:from the original on September 27, 2008 9103:France, Lisa Respers (March 25, 2019). 8092:from the original on September 14, 2015 7907: 7693: 7647: 7612: 7567: 7390: 7358: 6962:Halliwell's Film & Video Guide 2001 6900:Christopher, Rob (September 17, 2013). 6807: 6768:. BFI (Online Database). Archived from 6722: 6692: 6120:from the original on September 29, 2012 5951:from the original on September 23, 2015 5715: 5170:The Den of Geek interview: Dan O'Bannon 2329:premiered at a gala performance at the 1533:Jerry Goldsmith composed the music for 1452:to the combination of cat hair and the 1440:For scenes showing the exterior of the 1339:Ridley Scott filmed model shots of the 704:, which had also exacerbated a case of 14: 14228:Films with screenplays by Dan O'Bannon 14080: 13647:Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country 9713:Science Fiction Films of the Seventies 9534:from the original on November 22, 2018 9501:from the original on November 22, 2018 9486: 9442:from the original on February 19, 2015 9392: 9308:from the original on December 12, 2007 9287: 9211: 9102: 9053:from the original on December 21, 2021 9003: 8977: 8807:from the original on December 21, 2021 8797:Did You Know ? 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London: 3973:(1997) saw Ripley resurrected through 3438: 2556:Grammy Award for Best Soundtrack Album 1645:; both of them felt that his painting 1586:Grammy Award for Best Soundtrack Album 624:The crew decides to self-destruct the 14128:American science fiction horror films 13784:Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind 13401: 12955: 12428:The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers 11563:Academy Award for Best Visual Effects 11535: 11517: 11372: 11170: 10633: 10000:Alien: Isolation – The Digital Series 9869: 9688:. pp. 10–44, 208, 251, 258–260. 9560:The Beast Within: The Making of Alien 9427: 9409:from the original on January 18, 2011 9293: 9075: 8959:from the original on October 30, 2020 8499:from the original on February 4, 2017 8450: 8399:from the original on February 7, 2017 8322: 8271:from the original on October 26, 2015 8262: 8043: 7875:MaΓ§ek III, J.C. (November 21, 2012). 7256:from the original on October 13, 2012 7214:from the original on January 26, 2024 7113: 6881:from the original on February 4, 2023 6858: 6485:The Beast Within: The Making of Alien 6382: 6326:Mackinder, Adrian (January 1, 2002). 6262:The Beast Within: The Making of Alien 6016: 5826:The Beast Within: The Making of Alien 5770:The Beast Within: The Making of Alien 5649: 5625:The Beast Within: The Making of Alien 5496: 5420:The Beast Within: The Making of Alien 5116:The Beast Within: The Making of Alien 5040: 4907:The Beast Within: The Making of Alien 4589:The Beast Within: The Making of Alien 4502: 4353:from the original on October 25, 2019 4249: 4247: 4119:, a continuation of Scott's prequel, 4063:had been hired to write a prequel to 2830: 2808:by a recording artist under the name 2734:The Beast Within: The Making of Alien 2460:Academy Award for Best Visual Effects 2380: 1792:from snakes and cooling tubes from a 1731:moment in film, ranking it above the 629:with Jones, narrowly escaping as the 583:, Navigator Lambert, Science Officer 452:Academy Award for Best Visual Effects 14148:British science fiction horror films 11985:Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom 11518: 9487:Liptak, Andrew (December 30, 2017). 9183: 9115:from the original on August 12, 2019 9006:"Eli Roth: 'Alien made me throw up'" 8929:from the original on August 29, 2008 8658:The 500 Greatest Movies of All Time" 8540:from the original on October 9, 2014 8131:from the original on January 3, 2014 8016:Lanzagorta, Marco (March 13, 2013). 7775:from the original on August 11, 2016 7582:from the original on October 5, 2013 7391:Frazier, Adam (September 12, 2014). 6990:"Sneak Previews Season 1 Episode 18" 6640: 6598: 6208:from the original on October 1, 2007 5239: 5233: 5114:"Star Beast: Developing the Story", 4930:from the original on August 13, 2014 4293:British Board of Film Classification 3129: 2417:were mixed or negative. A review by 2218:The title sequence was developed by 1466:while Ripley escapes in the shuttle 12572:The Curious Case of Benjamin Button 9729:Elkins, Charles, ed. "Symposium on 9460: 9428:Kroll, Justin (February 18, 2015). 9393:Abrams, Rachel (January 14, 2011). 9374:from the original on August 9, 2009 9327:Davidson, Paul (February 8, 2006). 9004:Nissim, Mayer (September 6, 2010). 8826:"'Alien' gargoyle on ancient abbey" 8749:from the original on March 30, 2019 8668:from the original on March 10, 2012 8634:from the original on March 28, 2014 8418:Howell, Peter (September 3, 2015). 8044:Blair, Andrew (February 15, 2013). 7908:Sanchez, Rick (February 27, 2002). 7868: 7703:French, Philip (November 2, 2003). 7558:. Reconstruction 4.3 (Summer 2004). 7246:"More "Aliens" come to VHS and DVD" 6928:"Anti Reviews on Movie-Film-Review" 6668:Illuminati, Chris (June 20, 2016). 6622:from the original on March 13, 2013 6606:"Alien: BBFC classification report" 6198:"Alien named as top 18-rated scene" 6173:"Inside Alien's Chestburster Scene" 6171:Christian, Roger (April 26, 2014). 6152:from the original on April 30, 2010 5824:"Future Tense: Music and Editing", 5381:from the original on April 27, 2015 3850:corridors and air shafts. Official 3804:adaptation of the film scripted by 2540:British Society of Cinematographers 2036:, while the escape shuttle, called 1968:crew and would contain statues and 1604: 1592:. The score has been released as a 444:Seattle International Film Festival 368:, based on a story by O'Bannon and 24: 14103:1970s science fiction horror films 13259:Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade 9704: 9360:Fleming, Michael (July 30, 2009). 9084:from the original on April 7, 2019 8889:"National Film Preservation Board" 8875:Ex YU rock enciklopedija 1960–2023 8604:from the original on June 10, 2012 8237:Invasion of the Outer Space Movies 8175:Malhutra, Rahul (April 29, 2024). 7958: 7920:from the original on March 8, 2005 7856:from the original on July 19, 2011 7801:from the original on April 9, 2017 7761:Eggerston, Chris (March 4, 2010). 7568:Kermode, Mark (October 19, 2003). 6938:from the original on July 27, 2010 6680:from the original on June 24, 2019 6649:from the original on June 24, 2019 6452:Nathan, Ian (September 17, 2011). 5721: 5497:Eakin, Marah (November 22, 2021). 5240:Hays, Matthew (October 23, 2003). 5061:from the original on June 27, 2015 4526:from the original on July 25, 2020 4453:from the original on July 25, 2020 4423:from the original on July 25, 2020 4388:. 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In 2008, it was ranked by the 374:deadly extraterrestrial creature 14193:Films scored by Jerry Goldsmith 14153:Films about suspended animation 13068:The City on the Edge of Forever 9550: 8767:"The Making of Super Metroid". 8201:Hughes, Mark (April 28, 2024). 7515:. London: Verso, 1990. 128-141. 6784: 6752: 6716: 6712:. October 10, 1979. p. 28. 6661: 6634: 6537: 6510: 6445: 6376: 6220: 6164: 6132: 5937: 5911: 5555: 5516: 5490: 5434: 5371:"10 great British sci-fi films" 5362: 5307: 5163: 4911: 4782: 4710: 4696: 4665: 4640: 4465: 4443:"Memory β€” The Origins of Alien" 4216:Pulleine, Tim (1979). "Alien". 4000:. A film series followed, with 3275:Despite initial mixed reviews, 3171:was re-released in theaters by 2782:Alien: 35th Anniversary Edition 2565: 2560:BAFTA Award for Best Film Music 2290:" in Australia. In the UK, the 1788:, incorporating pieces such as 1590:BAFTA Award for Best Film Music 1551:National Philharmonic Orchestra 1299:were older than was typical in 14168:Films directed by Ridley Scott 13865:Rise of the Planet of the Apes 13378:Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon 13304:Star Trek: The Next Generation 13283:Star Trek: The Next Generation 13208:2010: The Year We Make Contact 10298:Aliens: A Comic Book Adventure 9395:"Rapace boards Ridley Scott's 9076:Sharf, Zack (March 28, 2019). 7648:Emerson, Jim (June 14, 2012). 6428:). 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October 6, 1992. p. 8. 6003:"Grammy Awards 1980 Nominees" 4199: 3835:in the United States, and by 3512:script first. In the wake of 3455: 3162: 2570: 2371:Hollywood creative accounting 2341: 2292:British Board of Film Censors 2046:The Nigger of the 'Narcissus' 1997:β€”Ron Cobb on his designs for 1705:credits his experiences with 1572:, and to use an excerpt from 1272:, who had worked with him on 905:While studying cinema at the 887: 778:(1963), and more recently in 749:Saturn Award for Best Actress 557:was directed by Scott before 541:(1997). A crossover with the 65:Theatrical release poster by 14158:1970s English-language films 14138:Brandywine Productions films 13915:Rogue One: A Star Wars Story 13905:Star Wars: The Force Awakens 13754:A.I. Artificial Intelligence 12999:The Incredible Shrinking Man 10600:Memory: The Origins of Alien 10096:Alien: The Illustrated Story 9711:Anderson, Craig W. "Alien". 9224:Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem 8113:"H. R. Giger – Alien Design" 8006:, Titanbooks, 2019, page 22. 7835:; London: Hutchinson, pg 26. 7297:(DVD booklet). Los Angeles: 6904:. Chicagoist. Archived from 6797:. June 13, 1979. p. 24. 6228:"Top 100 Best Movie Moments" 5879:, DVD disc 1). Los Angeles: 5655:"Great Movies: Alien (1979)" 5322:University Press of Kentucky 4793:. IGN Movies. Archived from 4009:Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem 3797:Alien: The Illustrated Story 2966:The Thing from Another World 2794:Alien: The Illustrated Story 2632:Making of Alien Resurrection 2441: 1773: 1243:The Texas Chain Saw Massacre 1067:The Thing from Another World 876:as the voice of Mother, the 428:, while the concept artists 7: 10405:Alien: The Roleplaying Game 10141:Green Lantern Versus Aliens 9668:(Supervising model maker). 9362:"'Alien' Prequel Takes Off" 8828:. BBC News. August 23, 2013 8664:magazine. October 3, 2008. 7313:"DVD Exclusive Awards 2003" 7143:"San Sebastian 1979 Awards" 6825:"'Alien' Bows In Britain". 6641:Ross, Jane (May 23, 2019). 6328:"Alien (1979) Movie Review" 4133: 4101:film would be developed by 3119:At the Mountains of Madness 3080:, as well as reviewers for 2916:throat, the whole number." 2877:is a rape movie as much as 2462:and was also nominated for 1921:. For example, some of the 1899:deriving "Weylan" from the 1422:to escape. Combined with a 1226:, drawing on such films as 280:September 6, 1979 10: 14289: 14268:1979 science fiction films 14263:American body horror films 14208:Films shot at Bray Studios 14048:Speculative fiction/Horror 13637:Terminator 2: Judgment Day 13546:E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial 13275:Terminator 2: Judgment Day 12153:Terminator 2: Judgment Day 11937:E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial 11038:(segment "Jonathan", 2005) 11035:All the Invisible Children 10946:All the Money in the World 10776:1492: Conquest of Paradise 10330:Aliens: Thanatos Encounter 9737:22.3 (Nov. 1980): 278–304. 8873:JanjatoviΔ‡, Petar (2024). 7742:November 27, 2012, at the 5945:"Great American Composers" 5919:"Symphony 2 Howard Hanson" 5314:LoBrutto, Vincent (2019). 4920:"Bolaji Bodejo: The Alien" 3881: 3833:Model Products Corporation 3408:Terminator 2: Judgment Day 3167:For its 45th anniversary, 3146:were published in 2016 by 2900:glimpse into these fears. 2578:has been released in many 2445: 2307:Grauman's Egyptian Theatre 2225: 2186:, and forms the border of 2136:motion control photography 1777: 1522: 1435:computer-generated imagery 1330: 1253: 1249: 892: 671:as Dallas, captain of the 644: 436:designed the other sets. 29: 14258:British body horror films 13956: 13845: 13734: 13617: 13516: 13435: 13360: 13249: 13158: 13085: 13008: 12989: 12866: 12379: 11892: 11569: 11529: 11407: 11235: 11204: 11144: 11115: 11064: 10997: 10696: 10667: 10609: 10579: 10543: 10514: 10483: 10457: 10441: 10419: 10380: 10266:Aliens: The Computer Game 10258:Aliens: The Computer Game 10233: 10224: 10206:Alien: Out of the Shadows 10171: 10085: 10025: 10018: 9991: 9972: 9905: 9895: 9742:The Technological Society 9270:Home Entertainment, Inc. 8775:Ltd. 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Alien (movie)
Aliens (film)
Alien 1 (disambiguation)
A large egg-shaped object that is cracked and emits a yellowish light hovers in mid-air against a black background and above a waffle-like floor. The title "ALIEN" appears in block letters above the egg, and just below it, the tagline appears in smaller type: "In space no one can hear you scream."
Philip Gips
Ridley Scott
Dan O'Bannon
Ronald Shusett
Gordon Carroll
David Giler
Walter Hill
Tom Skerritt
Sigourney Weaver
Veronica Cartwright
Harry Dean Stanton
John Hurt
Ian Holm
Yaphet Kotto
Derek Vanlint
Terry Rawlings
Peter Weatherley
Jerry Goldsmith
20th Century-Fox
Brandywine Productions
science fiction
horror film
Ridley Scott
Dan O'Bannon
Ronald Shusett
deadly extraterrestrial creature

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