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


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

Cast:

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

Filming Locations:

Tech Info:

Quotes:

[After discovering the alien bleeds acid.]
Parker: It's got a wonderful defense mechanism: you don't dare kill it.
Kane: Oh, I feel dead.
Parker: Anybody ever tell you you look dead?
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.
[Ripley has tried to disengage the self-destruct.]
Ripley: Mother! Turn the cooling unit back on! Mother! ...You bitch!
[Last line]
Ripley: Cargo and ship destroyed. I should reach the frontier in about 6 weeks. With a little luck, the network will pick me up. This is Ripley, last survivor of The Nostromo, signing off.

Trivia:

The rumor that the cast, except for John Hurt, did not know what would happen during the "chestburster" scene is partly true. The scene had been explained for them, but they did not know specifics. For example, Veronica Cartwright did not expect to be sprayed with blood.
The models had to be repainted every evening of the shoot because the slime used on-set removed the acrylic paint from their surfaces.
The computer screen displaying Nostromo's orbit around the planet contains a hidden credit to Dr. Brian Wyvill, one of the programmers for the animation. Within the top frame entitled Deorbital Descent, it is possible to isolate the letters "BLOB", Dr. Wyvill's common nickname.
The Nostromo was built to the, then, current NASA specifications for spacecraft. Some of the displays from the Nostromo are reused in BLADE RUNNER.
Three aliens were made: a model and two suits. One of the suits was for the seven foot tall Masai tribesman Bolajo Bolaji, and the other was for a trained stunt man.

Trailers:

Alien Main Trailer (Must have previously set up Lycos Entertainment Video Player)
Alien 10 Sec. TV Spot (Must have previously set up Lycos Entertainment Video Player)
Alien 30 Sec. TV Spot (Must have previously set up Lycos Entertainment Video Player)
Alien Trailer B (Must have previously set up Lycos Entertainment Video Player)
Alien Director's Cut Trailer (Must have QuickTime Installed)

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