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


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    MPAA Rating:
    R
    [sci-fi violence/gore and language]

    US Runtime: 117 min

    Premiere Date:
    25 May 1979   [USA]
     
    Producers: Ronald Shusett   [Executive Producer]
    Gordon Carroll   [Producer]
    David Giler   [Producer]
    Walter Hill   [Producer]
    Ivor Powell   [Associate Producer]
     
    Production Companys: 20th Century Fox
    Brandywine Productions Ltd.
     

    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:

    • Bray Studios, Down Place, Oakley Green, Berkshire, England, UK   [studio]
    • Shepperton Studios, Shepperton, Surrey, England, UK   [studio]

    Tech Info:

    • Camera: Panavision Cameras and Lenses
    • Budget: $11,000,000 (USA)
    • Color Info: Color (DeLuxe)
    • Cinematographic Process: Panavision
    • Laboratory: DeLuxe, USA / Rank Film Laboratories, Denham, UK
    • Aspect Ratio: 2.35 : 1
    • Film Negative Format: 35 mm - Kodak 5247
    • Printed Film Format: 35 mm / 70 mm
    • Production Dates: 05 Jul 1978 - Dec 1978

    Quotes:

    • Lambert: I can't see a goddamn thing.
      Kane: Quit griping!
      Lambert: I like griping.
       
    • Kane: Oh, I feel dead.
      Parker: Anybody ever tell you you look dead?
       
    • [After discovering the alien bleeds acid.]
      Parker: It's got a wonderful defense mechanism: you don't dare kill it.
       
    • Ripley: Ash, that transmission -- Mother's deciphered part of it. It doesn't look like an S.O.S.
      Ash: Well, what is it, then?
      Ripley: Well, I, it looks like a warning. I'm going to go out after them.
      Ash: What's the point? I mean... by the time it takes to get there, you'll, they'll know if it's a warning or not, yes?
       
    • 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.
       

    Trivia:

    • The front (face) part of the alien costume's head is made from a cast of a real human skull.
       
    • A lawsuit by A.E. van Vogt, claiming plagiarism of his 1939 story "Discord in Scarlet" (which he had also incorporated in the 1950 novel "Voyage of the Space Beagle"), was settled out of court.
       
    • The decal on the door of the Nostromo is a "checkerboard square", the symbol for Purina's pet food label, designating: Alien Chow.
       
    • Many of the non-English versions of the film's title translate as something similar to "Alien: The 8th Passenger".
       
    • 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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