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Alien is a science-fiction horror film released in 1979 starring Tom Skerritt, Sigourney Weaver, Veronica Cartwright, Harry Dean Stanton, John Hurt, Ian Holm and Yaphet Kotto. It was directed by Ridley Scott, written by Dan O’Bannon based on a story by Dan O’Bannon and Ronald Shussett. It was produced by Brandywine Productions and distributed by Twentieth Century Fox.  Alien was a critical and box office success upon release, winning one Academy Award (Best Visual Effects) and as three Saturn Awards (Best Science Fiction Film, Best Director and Best Supporting Actress) among others. Alien has since been selected for preservation by the Library of Congress and is now listed in the National Film Registry. The film has spawned a media franchise that includes films, a tv series, video games, books and graphic novels as well as a wide variety of merchandise that includes shirts, figures, statues, posters and coffee mugs among others. 

For a complete list of Awards visit:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_accolades_received_by_the_Alien_film_series#Alien

     The film tells the tale of the crew of the Nostromo, a commercial space-tug towing and ore-refinery back to Earth that picks up what the crew believe is a distress beacon. Compelled by a clause in their employment contracts that mandates they investigate any systematic signal under penalty of full forfeiture of shares they divert to investigate. After touching down on a forbidding planetoid (LV-426) three crewmembers find and enter a derelict alien ship.

     Within the ship they discover the corpse of a long-dead alien, a portion of whose body appears to have been blown open from within. Further investigation of the spacecraft leads one of the crew to descend alone into what may be a storage hold and finds a large number of eggs. 

     An alien life form springs from one of the eggs and attaches itself to the crewmember’s face and he is incapacitated, leading the other two crewmembers to bring him back to the Nostromo. Once there, a brief standoff occurs as it is argued whether or not they should be brought on board the Nostromo in violation of quarantine protocol to save their shipmate’s life. They are let on board and along with them, the alien. Once aboard the ship, the alien begins killing the crew off one by one in truly terrifying fashion.

For exceptional detail on the film summary visit:

https://avp.fandom.com/wiki/Alien_(film)

Tom Skerritt as Captain Dallas

Sigourney Weaver as Warrant Officer Ripley

Veronica Cartwright as Navigator Lambert

Harry Dean Stanton as Engineer Technician Brett

John Hurt as Executive Officer Kane

Ian Holm as Science Officer Ash

Yaphet Kotto as Chief Engineer Parker

Bolaji Badejo as the Alien

Helen Horton as the voice of ‘Mother’

Eddie Powell and Roy Scammell also appeared as the Alien (uncredited)

Directed by Ridley Scott

Screenplay by Dan O’Bannon

Story by Dan O’Bannon and Ronald Shussett

Produced by Gordon Carroll, David Giler and Walter Hill

Executive Producer Ronald Shussett

Music by Jerry Goldsmith

Creature effects by H.R. Giger

Ship design by Ron Cobb and Chris Foss

Spacesuit design by Moebius

Production Company: Brandywine Productions

Distributed by Twentieth Century Fox 

Release Date: June 22, 1979

Budget $11 Million

Worldwide Gross: $104,931,801

For more Cast and Crew information visit: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078748/fullcredits/?ref_=tt_cl_sm

     This website is an homage to one of the greatest films ever made (science-fiction, horror or otherwise in my opinion), the people who made it and of course, a source of enjoyment for those of you like me who just absolutely love this film. It is meant to deliver original analysis and content as well as that from around the web and links to other sites around the web that relate to this film franchise. This site is and will likely always be a work in progress but I hope it brings you great joy and entertainment each and every time you visit it to see what new content, links to new articles, videos and merchandise have been posted or linked to. Enjoy!

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