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Aliens
This time it's war.
( Action / Sci-Fi / Thriller )


Aliens Poster

MPAA Rating:
R
[language]

US Runtime: 137 min

Country of Origin: United States of America

Premiere Date:
Jul 18, 1986   [USA]
 
Director: James Cameron   [Director]
 
Writers: James Cameron   [Screenplay]
James Cameron   [Story]
David Giler   [Story]
Walter Hill   [Story]
Dan O'Bannon   [Characters]
Ronald Shusett   [Characters]
 
Producers: Gordon Carroll   [Executive Producer]
David Giler   [Executive Producer]
Walter Hill   [Executive Producer]
Gale Anne Hurd   [Producer]
 
Cinematography: Adrian Biddle   [Director of Photography]
 
Edited by: Ray Lovejoy   [Editor]
 
Music Composed by James Horner   [Original Music Composer]
 
Production Design: Peter Lamont   [Production Design]
 
Costume Design: Emma Porteous   [Costume Design]
 
Casting by Jane Feinberg   [Casting]
Mike Fenton   [Casting]
Mary Selway   [Casting]
Judy Taylor   [Casting]
 
Production Companys: 20th Century Fox   (US)
Brandywine Productions   (US)
Brandywine Productions Ltd.
SLM Production Group   (US)
 


Plot Summary:

    Decades after surviving the Nostromo incident, Ellen Ripley is sent out to re-establish contact with a terraforming colony but finds herself battling the Alien Queen and her offspring.

Cast:

Sigourney Weaver
Ripley
Carrie Henn
Newt
Michael Biehn
Corporal Hicks
Paul Reiser
Burke
Lance Henriksen
Bishop
Bill Paxton
Private Hudson
William Hope
Lieutenant Gorman
Jenette Goldstein
Private Vasquez
Al Matthews
Sergeant Apone
Mark Rolston
Private Drake
Ricco Ross
Private Frost
Colette Hiller
Corporal Ferro
 
Daniel Kash
Private Spunkmeyer
Cynthia Dale Scott
Corporal Dietrich
Tip Tipping
Private Crowe
Trevor Steedman
Private Wierzbowski
Paul Maxwell
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
 
 

Uncredited Cast:


Eddie Powell
Alien Warrior (uncredited)
Chris Webb
Alien Warrior (uncredited)
 
Alec Gillis
Alien (uncredited)
 

Stunt Crew:


Elanor Bertram
Stunts
Simon Crane
Stunts
Sue Crosland
Stunts
Clive Curtis
Stunt Double
Steve Dent
Stunts
Stuart Fell
Stunts
Louise Head
Stunt Double
Jazzer Jeyes
Stunts
Sean McCabe
Stunts
 
Eddie Powell
Stunts
Kiran Shah
Stunt Double
Stuart St. Paul
Stunts
Malcolm Weaver
Stunts
Chris Webb
Stunts
Bill Weston
Stunts
Paul Weston
Stunt Coordinator
Jason White
Stunts
 

Sound Crew:


Roy Charman
Sound Recordist
Archie Ludski
Dialogue Editor
 
Rocky Phelan
Foley Editor
Don Sharpe
Supervising Sound Editor
 
 

Special Visual Effects Crew:


Norman Baillie
Special Effects
H. R. Giger
Creature Design
Richard Hewitt
Visual Effects Supervisor
Brian Johnson
Special Effects
 
Peter Russell
Visual Effects Art Director
Dennis Skotak
Visual Effects Supervisor
Robert Skotak
Visual Effects Supervisor
 

Art Department:


Terry Ackland-Snow
Supervising Art Director
Ron Cobb
Conceptual Design
Bert Hearn
Property Master
Syd Mead
Concept Artist
 
Crispian Sallis
Set Decoration
Vic Simpson
Construction Manager
Steven Woodcock
Set Decoration
 

Directing Crew:


Derek Cracknell
First Assistant Director
Melvin Lind
Second Assistant Director
 
Stan Winston
Second Unit Director
 

Camera and Electrical Department:


Shaun O'Dell
Camera Operator
Bob Penn
Still Photographer
 
Jack Thetford
Gaffer
David Worley
Camera Operator
 
 

Costume and Wardrobe Department:


Tiny Nicholls
Costume Supervisor
 
 


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