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Alien

20th Century Fox (1979)

8.5

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Classic | Horror | Sci-Fi | Science Fiction | Thriller

UK | English | Color | 01:51

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During its return to the earth, commercial spaceship Nostromo intercepts a distress signal from a distant planet. When a three-member team of the crew discovers a chamber containing thousands of eggs on the planet, a creature inside one of the eggs attacks an explorer. The entire crew is unaware of the impending nightmare set to descend upon them when the alien parasite planted inside its unfortunate host is birthed.

Cast View all

	Tom Skerritt	Dallas
	Sigourney Weaver	Ripley
	Veronica Cartwright	Lambert
	Harry Dean Stanton	Brett
	John Hurt	Kane
	Ian Holm	Ash
	Yaphet Kotto	Parker
	Bolaji Badejo	Alien
	Helen Horton	Mother
	Eddie Powell	Alien

Crew View all

Director	Ridley Scott
Writer	Dan O'Bannon, Ronald Shusett
Producer	Gordon Carroll, David Giler, Walter Hill, Ivor Powell, Ronald Shusett
Musician	Jerry Goldsmith
Photography	Derek Vanlint

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Edition details

Nr Discs	4

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Added Date	Mar 10, 2012 13:58:28
Modified Date	Jun 24, 2025 17:33:06

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Story Synopsis:
The first installment of one of the most popular science fiction sagas, “Alien” stars Sigorney Weaver as Ripley, a member of the spaceship Nostromo who investigate a mysterious transmission from a desolate planet.

LaserDisc Picture:
Picture quality on the 2.35:1 LaserDisc is excellent, the result no doubt of carefully orchestrated transfers. The picture presentations reflect the dark brooding mood intended by the directors. There is virtually no video noise artifacts nor evidence of any significant degree of grain.

LaserDisc Soundtrack:
Any science fiction film usually requires an array of original sound effects to create an other worldly environment and the sound design is particularly rich with both complexity and startling realism. The scores by both Jerry Goldstein and James Horner capture the sense of the vast emptiness of space in one moment and grisly human terror in the next.