Aliens (1986) - There Are Some Places In The Universe You Don't Go Alone

Aliens

There Are Some Places In The Universe You Don't Go Alone
( Action / Horror / Sci-Fi / Thriller )

MPAA Rating:

[language]

US Runtime: 137 min

Premiere Date:
Jul 18, 1986 [USA]

Director:	James Cameron

Writers:	David Giler [story] James Cameron [also story]

Producers:	Gordon Carroll [Executive Producer] David Giler [Executive Producer] Walter Hill [Executive Producer] Gale Anne Hurd [Producer]

Music by	James Horner Jerry Goldsmith [uncredited]

Cinematography:	Adrian Biddle

Edited by:	Ray Lovejoy

Production Companys:	20th Century Fox Brandywine Productions Ltd.

Cast:

Sigourney Weaver Ellen Ripley Michael Biehn Corporal Dwayne Hicks Paul Reiser Carter J. Burke Lance Henriksen Bishop Carrie Henn Rebecca 'Newt' Jordan Bill Paxton Private W. Hudson William Hope Lt. W. Gorman Jenette Goldstein Private J. Vasquez Al Matthews Sergeant A. Apone Mark Rolston Private M. Drake Ricco Ross Private R. Frost Colette Hiller Corporal C. Ferro Daniel Kash Private D. Spunkmeyer Cynthia Dale Scott Corporal C. Dietrich Tip Tipping Private T. Crowe		Trevor Steedman Private T. Wierzbowski Paul Maxwell Weyland-Yutani Corp. Rep. Van Leuwen Valerie Colgan ECA Rep Alan Polonsky Insurance Man Alibe Parsons Med Tech Blain Fairman Doctor Barbara Coles Cocooned Woman Carl Toop Alien Warrior John Lees Power Loader Operator Kiran Shah Newt's Double #2 Jay Benedict Russ Jorden (special edition) Mac McDonald Colony Officer Simpson (special edition) William Armstrong Lydecker Holly De Jong Ann Jorden Christopher Henn Timmy Jordan (special edition)

Crew:

Peter Boita associate editor Pete Cavaciuti steadicam operator Ron Cobb conceptual designer Michael Condro first asst. camera Jane Feinberg casting: USA Mike Fenton casting: USA Randall Frakes synthesizer effects Geoff Freeman unit publicist H.R. Giger original alien designer Stewart Hadley generator operator Martin Hume camera focus Paul Kenward focus puller		Martin Kenzie first asst. camera: second camera Michael McDermott gaffer: second unit Greig McRitchie orchestrator Tiny Nicholls costume supervisor Bob Penn still photographer Jay Roberts location auditor Phil Sanderson first asst. editor Mary Selway casting: UK Judy Taylor casting: USA Paul Tucker production controller Ian Underwood synthesizer effects David Worley camera operator

Special Effects:

Fantasy II Film Effects Peerless Camera Co. Ltd.		Stan Winston Studio The L.A. Effects Group

Miscellaneous Companies:

Arkadon motion control Peerless Camera Co. Ltd. motion control		Peter Aston model effects miniatures

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Tech Info:

Quotes:

[All doors have been welded closed against the advancing aliens.]
Hicks: Now all we need is a deck of cards.
Ripley: What do those pulse rifles fire?
Gorman: 10 millimeter explosive tip caseless. Standard light armor piercing round. Why?
[Pulling out his pump-action shotgun.]
Hicks: I like to keep this handy for close encounters.
[On whether she would return to LV-426]
Ripley: Now please leave. I am not going back, and I am... I would not be any good to you if I did.
Gorman: I'm coming in.
Hudson: I feel safer already.

Trivia:

Hicks was originally played by James Remar, but Michael Biehn replaced him a few days after principal photography began, due to "artistic differences" between Remar and director James Cameron.
Bishop's Knife trick was also previously seen in John Carpenter's Dark Star. Like Bishop, Boiler misses too.
The body mounts for Vasquez's and Drake's smart guns are taken from Steadicam gear.
Ripley's (Sigourney Weaver) daughter was played by Weaver's mother.
The pulse rifles that the Marines use are made from a Thompson M1A1 machine gun with a Franchi SPAS 12 shotgun underneath.

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