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Plot Summary:
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After investigating a mysterious transmission of unknown origin, the crew of a commercial spacecraft encounters a deadly lifeform. |
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Cast: (First 20, for the rest click 'Show All Cast & Crew' below.)
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Miscellaneous Companies:
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- Animals Unlimited
- Jones trained by
- Anvil Recording Studios
- music recorded at
- Lee Lighting Ltd.
- lighting
- R/Greenberg Associates Inc.
- title design
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- 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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Special Effects Department:
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- Filmfex Animation Services Ltd.
- special optical effects
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Filming Locations: (Now With Clickable Links To Location On Google Maps)
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Tech Info:
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- Budget:
- $11,000,000
- Revenue:
- $104,931,801
- Camera:
- Panavision Cameras and Lenses
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Color (DeLuxe)
- Laboratory:
- DeLuxe, USA / Rank Film Laboratories, Denham, UK
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- Aspect Ratio:
- 2.35 : 1
- Cinematographic Process:
- Panavision
- Film Negative Format:
- 35 mm - Kodak 5247
- Printed Film Format:
- 35 mm / 70 mm
- Production Dates:
- 05 Jul 1978 - Dec 1978
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Quotes:
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[After discovering the alien bleeds acid.]
Parker: It's got a wonderful defense mechanism: you don't dare kill it.
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Lambert: I can't see a goddamn thing.
Kane: Quit griping!
Lambert: I like griping.
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[Ripley has tried to disengage the self-destruct.]
Ripley: Mother! Turn the cooling unit back on! Mother! ...You bitch!
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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.
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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.
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Trivia:
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- 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 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.
- The vector graphics that appear on Ripley's screen showing the undocking sequence for the Nostromo were also used for the aircar launch sequence in Blade Runner.
- The front (face) part of the alien costume's head is made from a cast of a real human skull.
- Originally to be directed by Walter Hill, but he pulled out and gave the job to Ridley Scott.
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