Alien (1979) - In Space No One Can Hear You Scream.

Alien

In Space No One Can Hear You Scream.
( Horror / Sci-Fi / Thriller )

MPAA Rating:

[sci-fi violence/gore and language]

US Runtime: 117 min

Premiere Date:
May 25, 1979 [USA]

Director:	Ridley Scott

Writers:	Dan O'Bannon [story] Ronald Shusett [story] Dan O'Bannon David Giler [uncredited]

Producers:	Ronald Shusett [Executive Producer] Gordon Carroll [Producer] David Giler [Producer] Walter Hill [Producer] Ivor Powell [Associate Producer]

Music by	Jerry Goldsmith

Cinematography:	Derek Vanlint

Edited by:	Terry Rawlings

Production Companys:	20th Century Fox Brandywine Productions Ltd.

Cast:

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 voice Eddie Powell Alien (uncredited)

Crew:

Peter Baldock asst. film editor Saul Bass title designer Adrian Biddle camera focus Stanley Bielecki advertising and publicity consultant Percy Edwards alien vocalizator Ray Evans gaffer Mark Haggard production executive Les Healey first asst. editor		Charles Lippincott advertising and publicity consultant Sandy Molloy asst. to director Arthur Morton orchestrator Lionel Newman conductor Tiny Nicholls wardrobe supervisor Bob Penn still photographer Mary Selway casting: UK Micky Wilson electrician

Special Effects:

Filmfex Animation Services Ltd. special optical effects

Miscellaneous Companies:

Animals Unlimited Jones trained by Anvil Recording Studios music recorded at Lee Lighting Ltd. lighting R/Greenberg Associates Inc. title design		Sony U.K. Ltd. video equipment Steve Frankfurt Communications title design Thorn EMI Elstree Studios post-production Tony Silver Films title design

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Tech Info:

Quotes:

[After discovering the alien bleeds acid.]
Parker: It's got a wonderful defense mechanism: you don't dare kill it.
[Ripley has tried to disengage the self-destruct.]
Ripley: Mother! Turn the cooling unit back on! Mother! ...You bitch!
Ripley: Come on, Ash, I mean, the Science Department should be able to help us. What can we do to drive it?
Ash: Yes, well, it has adapted remarkably well to our atmosphere considering its nutritional requirements. The only thing we don't know about is temperature.
Ripley: OK, what about temperature? What happens if we change it?
Ash: Let's try it. Most animals retreat from fire, yes?
Dallas: Fire, yeah.
Parker: Before we dock, I think we ought to discuss the bonus situation. Brett and I, we think we ought to, we deserve full shares. Right?
Brett: You see, Mr. Parker and I feel that the bonus situation has never been on a, an equitable level.
Dallas: Well, you get what you contracted for like everybody else.
Brett: Yes, but everybody else gets more than us.
Kane: Oh, I feel dead.
Parker: Anybody ever tell you you look dead?

Trivia:

Conceptual artist H.R. Giger's designs were changed several times because of their blatant sexuality.
The alien's habit of laying eggs in the stomach (which then burst out) was inspired by the spider wasp (ichneumonid) that lays its eggs in the abdomen of spiders. This image gave Dan O'Bannon nightmares, which he used in creating the story.
This is one of two science fiction movies featuring Ian Holm in which there is a character by the name of "Dallas". The other one is The Fifth Element (with Bruce Willis as Corben Dallas).
In the space jockey scene, the three crew members Lambert, Dallas, and Kane are portrayed by Scott's two children and another child; this was done to make the model appear larger.
The models had to be repainted every evening of the shoot because the slime used on-set removed the acrylic paint from their surfaces.

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