After investigating a mysterious transmission of unknown origin, the crew of a commercial spacecraft encounters a deadly lifeform.After investigating a mysterious transmission of unknown origin, the crew of a commercial spacecraft encounters a deadly lifeform.After investigating a mysterious transmission of unknown origin, the crew of a commercial spacecraft encounters a deadly lifeform.
- Won 1 Oscar
- 19 wins & 22 nominations total
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Storyline
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- TriviaShredded condoms were used to create tendons of the beast's ferocious jaws.
- Goofs(at around 1h 35 mins) A crewman with a black panel of some kind is visible through the smoke as Ripley runs through the corridors at the end of the film.
- Quotes
[last lines]
Ripley: Final report of the commercial starship Nostromo, third officer reporting. The other members of the crew - Kane, Lambert, Parker, Brett, Ash, and Captain Dallas - are dead. Cargo and ship destroyed. I should reach the frontier in about six weeks. With a little luck, the network will pick me up. This is Ripley, last survivor of the Nostromo, signing off.
[to Jonesy the cat]
Ripley: Come on, cat.
- Crazy creditsThe title of the movie is slowly created one line at a time at the top of the screen during the opening credits, starting out with the I, then the slash in A and the backslash in N, and then the vertical lines in L and E (so it looks like / I I I \). After that, the ensuing lines of each letter are added slowly one at a time until the title is fully visible.
- Alternate versionsThe 2003 DVD release plasters the 1979 version of the 20th Century Fox logo with the 1980's version.
- ConnectionsEdited into Star Trek: The Next Generation: Datalore (1988)
- WalterFrith
- Jan 21, 2005
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- Countries of origin
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- Language
- Also known as
- Alien, el octavo pasajero
- Filming locations
- Production companies
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Box office
- Budget
- $11,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $84,206,106
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $3,527,881
- May 28, 1979
- Gross worldwide
- $108,591,169
- Runtime1 hour 57 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 2.39 : 1
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