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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: Does it grow?
Dr. Gediman: Yeah. Very rapidly.
Ripley: It's a queen.
Dr. Gediman: How did you know that?
Ripley: She'll breed. You'll die. Everyone in the company will die.
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Johner: Hey, Vriess, you got a socket wrench? Maybe she just needs an oil change. Can't believe I almost fucked it.
Vriess: Yeah, like you never fucked a robot.
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Ripley: Why do you care about them?
Annalee Call: Because I'm programmed to.
Ripley: You're programmed to be an asshole? You're the "new model" asshole they're putting out?
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Johner: So, I hear you, like, ran into these things before?
Ripley: Yeah.
Johner: What did you do?
Ripley: I died.
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General Perez: Ellen Ripley died trying to wipe this species out. For all intents and purposes, she succeeded!
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Trivia:
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- Jean-Pierre Jeunet wanted to have a scene where a mosquito stings Ripley, then vanishes into smoke because of her acid blood. Eventually, he left the idea after the SFX team told him how much it would cost.
- Angelina Jolie was originally approached to play Winona Ryder's role
- Originally, the fourth alien movie was to be a rendition of the popular comic Aliens Vs. Predator.
- 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.
- 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.
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