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:

Lambert: I can't see a goddamn thing.
Kane: Quit griping!
Lambert: I like griping.
Ripley: When we throw the switches, how long before the ship blows?
Parker: Ten minutes.
Ripley: No bullshit?
Parker: If we ain't outta here in ten minutes, we won't need no rocket to fly through space.
[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.
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: 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?

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.
Much of the dialogue was developed through improvisation.
In THE BLUE PLANET, David Attenborough said the 'Alien' monster was modeled after the Phronima, a creature spotted by submersibles at great depths. It's only an inch long, mostly transparent, and it looks like a shrimp with head, eyes, jaws and teeth just like the H.R. Gieger monster.
The face hugger carcass that Ash autopsies was made using fresh shellfish to recreate the internal organs.
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.

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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