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Plot Summary:
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Two hundred years after Lt. Ripley died, a group of scientists clone her, hoping to breed the ultimate weapon. But the new Ripley is full of surprises … as are the new aliens. Ripley must team with a band of smugglers to keep the creatures from reaching Earth. |
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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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- Argonaut Software Ltd.
- 'Atom Zone' video game
- Austin Video Services
- video assist equipment
- Bill Dance Casting
- extras casting
- Blue Sky Studios
- computer generated aliens
- Blue Sky/VIFX
- cg shell, grenade and blade sequences
- Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment Inc.
- camera cranes and dollies
- Cinesite Inc.
- digital film services
- Hunter/Gratzner Industries Inc.
- miniatures fabrication
- Inter Video
- video playback services
- Jo Anne Kane Music Services
- music preparation
- Laser Mechanisms
- laser effects
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- Ocean Video
- BRAINSTORM digital video systems
- One Step Up
- foley recording
- Pacific Title
- titles and opticals
- Pango-Pango Catering
- catering
- Scarlet Letters
- titles coordination
- Signet Soundelux Studios
- sound recording and mixing
- Sony Pictures Studios, Kim Novak Theatre
- re-recording studio
- Sony Scoring Stage
- sound recording and mixing
- The Fluorescent Company Inc.
- blue screen
- The Fluorescent Company Inc.
- ultra violet lighting
- Vertex International
- rotoscoping
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Special Effects Department:
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- All Effects Company
- Amalgamated Dynamics
- alien effects
- Blue Sky/VIFX
- computer generated aliens
- Digiscope
- digital visual effects
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- Duboi
- digital visual effects
- Hunter/Gratzner Industries Inc.
- miniatures
- Vertex International
- rotoscoping
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Filming Locations: (Now With Clickable Links To Location On Google Maps)
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- 20th Century Fox Studios - 10201 Pico Blvd., Century City, Los Angeles, California, USA [studio]
- Long Beach, California, USA
- Los Angeles, California, USA
- Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
- Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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Tech Info:
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- Budget:
- $70,000,000
- Revenue:
- $162,000,000
- Camera:
- Panavision Cameras and Lenses
- Color Info:
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Color (Technicolor)
- Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital / DTS
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- Aspect Ratio:
- 2.35 : 1
- Cinematographic Process:
- Super 35
- Film Negative Format:
- 35 mm - Kodak
- Printed Film Format:
- 35 mm - anamorphic
- Film Length:
- 3054 m
- Production Dates:
- 20 Nov 1996 - May 1997
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Quotes:
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Ripley: Who do I have to fuck to get off this boat?
Johner: I can get you off. Maybe not the boat.
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Elgyn: My authorization code is E-A, T-M, E.
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Annalee Call: He is breeding an alien species. More than dangerous. If those things get loose, it's gonna make the Lacerta Plague look like a fucking square dance!
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Johner: I'm not a mechanic, Mr. Ironsides! Mostly I just hurt people!
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[When the Betty hits Earth's atmosphere]
Johner: What's burning, man?!
Vriess: Us!
Johner: Shit! You're right!
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Trivia:
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- Writer Joss Wheadon wrote Christie's character with Chow Yun-Fat in mind. Chow Yun-Fat's manager and producer Terence Chang turned down the role for him.
- Joss Whedon went through five different versions of the final battle with the "Newborn" creature, the first four versions of which all took place on Earth in such settings as a hospital maternity ward, a giant junkyard, a snowy forest and cliffside, and a desert.
- Sigourney Weaver actually made the behind-the-back half-court basketball shot on her own, despite the fact that the way the ball disappears off-screen for a split second before going into the basket implies that she had off-screen help. She actually made the basketball shot on only the second take.
- In the theatrical release, H.R. Giger is not credited for his part in the design of the Aliens. The video release has his name in the closing credits.
- Actor Ron Perlman nearly drowned while filming the underwater sequence. At one point, when trying to surface, he hit his head on a sprinkler in the ceiling, knocking him out cold. He was rescued by nearby film crew members.
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