Alien
Big-budget special effects, swiftly paced action and a distinct feminist subtext from writer-director James Cameron turned what should have been a by-the-numbers sci-fi sequel into both a blockbuster and a seven-time Oscar nominee. Sigourney Weaver returns as Ellen Ripley, the last surviving crewmember of a corporate spaceship destroyed after an attack by a vicious, virtually unbeatable alien life form. Adrift in space for half a century, Ripley grapples with depression until she's informed by her company's representative, Carter Burke ( Paul Reiser ) that the planet where her crew discovered the alien has since been settled by colonists. Contact with the colony has suddenly been lost, and a detachment of Colonial Marines is being sent to investigate. Invited along as an advisor, Ripley predicts disaster, and sure enough, the aliens have infested the colony, leaving a sole survivor, the young girl Newt ( Carrie Henn ). With the soldiers picked off one by one, a final all-female showdown brews between the alien queen and Ripley, who's become a surrogate mother to Newt. Several future stars made early career appearances in Aliens (1986), including Lance Henriksen , Bill Paxton and Reiser. — Karl Williams
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Sigourney Weaver | Ripley |
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Carrie Henn | Newt |
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Michael Biehn | Corporal Hicks |
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Paul Reiser | Burke |
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Lance Henriksen | Bishop |
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Bill Paxton | Private Hudson |
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William Hope | Lieutenant Gorman |
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Jenette Goldstein | Private Vasquez |
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Al Matthews | Sergeant Apone |
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Mark Rolston | Private Drake |
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Ricco Ross | Private Frost |
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Colette Hiller | Corporal Ferro |
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Daniel Kash | Private Spunkmeyer |
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Cynthia Dale Scott | Corporal Dietrich |
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Tip Tipping | Private Crowe |
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Trevor Steedman | Private Wierzbowski |
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Paul Maxwell | Van Leuwen |
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Valerie Colgan | ECA Rep |
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Alan Polonsky | Insurance Man |
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Alibe Parsons | Med Tech |
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Blain Fairman | Doctor |
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Barbara Coles | Cocooned Woman |
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Carl Toop | Alien Warrior |
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John Lees | Power Loader Operator |
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Bill Armstrong | Lydecker |
| Director | James Cameron |
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| Writer | James Cameron, David Giler, Walter Hill, Dan O'Bannon, Ronald Shusett | |
| Producer | Gordon Carroll, David Giler, Walter Hill, Gale Anne Hurd | |
| Musician | James Horner | |
| Photography | Adrian Biddle | |
| Packaging | HD Case |
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| Nr Discs | 1 |
| Screen Ratios | Widescreen (1.85:1) |
| Audio Tracks | Dolby Digital 5.1 [French] Dolby Digital 5.1 [Spanish] Dolby Digital 5.1 [Portuguese] DTS 5.1 [French] DTS [English] Dolby Digital 4.1 [English] Dolby Digital Surround [English] DTS-HD HR 5.1 [English] DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 [English] |
| Subtitles | English | French | Portuguese | Spanish |
| Regions | Region A |