Alien

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R,1hr 57min

Genres:

Sci-Fi,Action

Released:

January 1, 1979

Distributor:

20th Century Fox

Starring:

Tom Skerritt, Sigourney Weaver, Yaphet Kotto ... More

Synopsis: "In space, no one can hear you scream." A close encounter of the third kind becomes a Jaws-style nightmare when an alien invades a spacecraft in Ridley Scott's sci-fi horror classic. On the way home from a mission for the Company, the Nostromo's crew is woken up from hibernation by the ship's Mother computer to answer a distress signal from a nearby planet. Capt. Dallas's (Tom Skerritt) rescue team discovers a bizarre pod field, but things get even stranger when a face-hugging creature bursts out ... Full Synopsis

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	Lucia Bozzola, AMG Review Combining science fiction with horror, Swiss artist H.R. Giger's alien design and Carlo Rambaldi's visual effects creepily meld technology with corporeality, creating a claustrophobic environment that is coldly mechanical yet horribly anthropomorphized, like the metallic monster itself. Director Ridley Scott keeps the alien out of full view, hiding it in the dark or camouflaging it in the workings ... Read Review

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	Tom Skerritt Dallas Sigourney Weaver Ellen Ripley Yaphet Kotto Parker Veronica Cartwright Lambert

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