alien

Category : Gift Set, Horror, Adventure, Science-Fiction/Fantasy, Thriller, Recommended, Classic, Essential Cinema, Aliens, Space Exploration, Blockbuster, AFI Top 100 Thrills, AFI Top 50 Villains
Starring : Sigourney Weaver, John Hurt, Ian Holm, Tom Skerritt, Harry Dean Stanton, Yaphet Kotto, Veronica Cartwright
Director : Ridley Scott
Cinematographer : Derek Vanlint
Composer : Jerry Goldsmith
Costume Designer : John Mollo, Roger Dicken, H. R. Giger
Editor : Terry Rawlings, Peter Weatherly
Producer : Walter Hill, David Giler, Gordon Carroll
Production Designer : Michael Seymour
Screenwriter : Dan O'Bannon
Set Designer : Ian Whittaker
Source Writer : Ronald Shusett
Special Effects : Carlo Rambaldi, Bernard Lodge

Running Time : 129 Minutes

Status : Tersedia
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Director Ridley Scott's breakthough film, an immensely successful blend of horror and science fiction, is a classic in both genres and spawned ... Full Descriptiona host of sequels and imitators. Starring Sigourney Weaver as warrant officer Ellen Ripley, ALIEN focuses on the crew of the space cargo ship Nostromo, which lands on a moribund planet in response to a faint SOS. Inside a crashed ship, the crew members come upon strange pods, one of which spews forth a repellently fleshy insectile creature that locks on to the face of the unlucky Kane (John Hurt). Despite Ripley's advice, science officer Ash (Ian Holm) allows Kane to return to the ship, where the creature finally releases its grip. Soon, however, in one of the film's most infamous scenes, one of its offspring explodes horribly from Kane's stomach and scurries away. Dallas (Tom Skerritt), the vessel's captain, leads the others in a search for the rapidly growing, acid-dripping alien before it can cut them down--one by one. A triumph of art direction, set design, and special effects, ALIEN gains much of its impact from the contrast between the bleak, antiseptic beauty of the space vessel's interior and the primordial horror of the alien, a brilliantly original fusion of insect, man, and machine designed by Swiss surrealist painter H.R. Giger. The top-notch cast also includes Veronica Cartwright, Yaphet Kotto, and Harry Dean Stanton.

Theatrical Release: May 25, 1979. Theatrical Rerelease: October 29, 2003. For ALIEN: THE DIRECTOR'S CUT, the original negative was restored and digitally remastered. In addition, director Ridley Scott reviewed archival footage not included in the original and chose specific never-before-seen footage to include in this special version of the film.

Alien Reviews:

"...Ridley Scott was a force to be reckoned with..."-- Stephen Farber, Movieline's Hollywood Life

"...With its cliché-confounding cast and plotting, roughneck sensibility and star-making turn from Weaver, ALIEN rewards repeat viewing..." -- Total Film Staff, Total Film

"...Scott's film still shreds nerves....At once graphically elegant and viscerally effective, the future conjured up by Scott was dystopian to the core..." -- Manohla Dargis, Los Angeles Times

"...In ALIEN, you can hear lessons for the sci-fi future in a great milestone from the recent past..." -- Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly

"Ridley Scott's 1979 movie is a great original."-- Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

"Weaver's Ripley revolutionized women's roles by introducing the female action hero..." -- Premiere Staff, Premiere

"...ALIEN outshines all competition in the luminous splendour of its photography..." -- Philip Strick, Sight and Sound

"...An old-fashioned scary movie set in a highly realistic sci-fi future, made all the more believable by the expert technical craftsmanship....[Weaver] carries it off well..." -- Har., Variety