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Alien Resurrection
It's already too late.
( Action / Horror / Sci-Fi )


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MPAA Rating:
R
[language]

US Runtime: 109 min

Country of Origin: United States of America

Premiere Date:
Nov 12, 1997   [France]
 
Director: Jean-Pierre Jeunet
 
Writers: Dan O'Bannon   [Characters]
Ronald Shusett   [Characters]
Joss Whedon   [Writer]
 
Producers: Bill Badalato   [Producer]
Gordon Carroll   [Producer]
David Giler   [Producer]
Walter Hill   [Producer]
Sigourney Weaver   [Co-Producer]
 
Cinematography: Darius Khondji
 
Edited by: Hervé Schneid
 
Music Composed by John Frizzell
 
Production Design: Nigel Phelps
 
Costume Design: Bob Ringwood
 
Casting by Richard Pagano
 
Production Companys: 20th Century Fox   (US)
Brandywine Productions   (US)
Brandywine Productions Ltd.
 


Plot Summary:

    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.

Cast: (First 20, for the rest click 'Show All Cast & Crew' below.)

Sigourney Weaver
Ripley
Winona Ryder
Call
Dominique Pinon
Vriess
Ron Perlman
Johner
Gary Dourdan
Christie
Michael Wincott
Elgyn
Kim Flowers
Hillard
Dan Hedaya
General Perez
J.E. Freeman
Dr. Wren
Brad Dourif
Gediman
 
Raymond Cruz
Distephano
Leland Orser
Purvis
Carolyn Campbell
Anesthesiologist
Marlene Bush
Scientist
David St. James
Surgeon
Rodney Mitchell
Soldier with Glove
Robert Faltisco
Soldier Shot Through Helmet
David Rowe
Frozen Soldier
Garrett House
Soldier
Rod Damer
Soldier
 
 

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Miscellaneous Companies:

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
 
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
 
 

Special Effects Department:

All Effects Company
Amalgamated Dynamics
alien effects
Blue Sky/VIFX
computer generated aliens
Digiscope
digital visual effects
 
Duboi
digital visual effects
Hunter/Gratzner Industries Inc.
miniatures
Vertex International
rotoscoping
 

Filming Locations: (Now With Clickable Links To Location On Google Maps)

 

Tech Info:

Budget:
$70,000,000
Revenue:
$162,000,000
Camera:
Panavision Cameras and Lenses
Color Info:
Color (Technicolor)
Sound Mix:
the double-d symbol Dolby Digital / DTS
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

Quotes:

  • Annalee Call: You're a thing, a construct. They grew you in a fucking lab.
     
  • [When the Alien "baby" emerges from the Queen's womb]
    Dr. Gediman: You are... a beautiful, beautiful, little butterfly.
     
  • Annalee Call: Jesus Christ, Johner, what do you put in this shit, battery acid?
    Johner: Just for color.
     
  • 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?
     
  • [When the Betty hits Earth's atmosphere]
    Johner: What's burning, man?!
    Vriess: Us!
    Johner: Shit! You're right!
     

Trivia:

  • Whedon originally scripted the Newborn creature as a four-legged, eyeless, bone-white creature with red veins running along the sides of its head. It had an inner jaw, similar to the all the other aliens. It also had a pair of pincers on the sides of his head. These pincers were used to hold its prey still as it drained the prey of blood with its inner jaw. The creature was also larger, nearly the size of the queen alien. In later script revisions, the creature was changed into a "more believable" hybrid of human and alien.
     
  • The Auriga interactive computer is named "Father." In the original Alien, the computer's name was "Mother." There are even compatible scenes where people yell at Mother or Father for not responding to them.
     
  • 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.
     
  • 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.
     
  • 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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