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:

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!
Ripley: Whenever he says *anything* you say "right," Brett, you know that?
Brett: Right!
Ripley: Parker, what do you think? Your staff just follows you around and says "right"? Looks like a regular parrot.
Parker: [laughs] Yes... What, are you some kind of parrot?
Brett: Right!
Lambert: I can't see a goddamn thing.
Kane: Quit griping!
Lambert: I like griping.
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.

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.
Many of the non-English versions of the film's title translate as something similar to "Alien: The 8th Passenger".
The letters that slowly reveal the title of the movie at the beginning start out as hash marks, one for each crewmember that is killed.
The decal on the door of the Nostromo is a "checkerboard square", the symbol for Purina's pet food label, designating: Alien Chow.
According to a quote from Veronica Cartwright in a film magazine, in the scene where the alien's tail wraps around her legs, they are actually Harry Dean Stanton's legs, in a shot originally filmed for another scene entirely.

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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