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Alien (film)

Not to be confused with Aliens (film).
"Alien 1" redirects here. For other uses, see Alien 1 (disambiguation).

Alien
A large egg-shaped object that is cracked and emits a yellowish light hovers in mid-air against a black background and above a waffle-like floor. The title "ALIEN" appears in block letters above the egg, and just below it, the tagline appears in smaller type: "In space no one can hear you scream."
Theatrical release poster by Philip Gips
Directed byRidley Scott
Screenplay byDan O'Bannon
Story by
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyDerek Vanlint
Edited by
Music byJerry Goldsmith
Production
companies
Distributed by20th Century Fox
Release dates
  • May 25, 1979 (1979-05-25) (United States)
  • September 6, 1979 (1979-09-06) (United Kingdom)
Running time
116 minutes[3]
Countries
  • United Kingdom
  • United States[1][2]
LanguageEnglish
Budget$11 million[a][5]
Box office$187 million[5][6]

Alien is a 1979 science fiction horror film directed by Ridley Scott and written by Dan O'Bannon, based on a story by O'Bannon and Ronald Shusett. It follows a spaceship crew who investigate a derelict spaceship and are hunted by a deadly extraterrestrial creature. The film stars Tom Skerritt, Sigourney Weaver, Veronica Cartwright, Harry Dean Stanton, John Hurt, Ian Holm, and Yaphet Kotto. It was produced by Gordon Carroll, David Giler, and Walter Hill through their company Brandywine Productions and was distributed by 20th Century-Fox. Giler and Hill revised and made additions to the script; Shusett was the executive producer. The alien creatures and environments were designed by the Swiss artist H. R. Giger, while the concept artists Ron Cobb and Chris Foss designed the other sets.

Alien premiered on May 25, 1979, the opening night of the fourth Seattle International Film Festival.[7][8][9] It received a wide release on June 22 and was released on September 6 in the United Kingdom. It initially received mixed reviews, but won the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects, three Saturn Awards (Best Science Fiction Film, Best Direction for Scott, and Best Supporting Actress for Cartwright), and a Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation. Alien grossed $78.9 million in the United States and £7.8 million in the United Kingdom during its first theatrical run. Its worldwide gross to date has been estimated at between $104 million and $203 million.

In subsequent years, Alien was critically reassessed and is now considered one of the greatest and most influential science fiction and horror films of all time. In 2002, Alien was deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" by the Library of Congress and was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry. In 2008, it was ranked by the American Film Institute as the seventh-best film in the science fiction genre, and as the 33rd-greatest film of all time by Empire. The success of Alien spawned a media franchise of films, books, video games, and toys, and propelled Weaver's acting career. The story of her character's encounters with the alien creatures became the thematic and narrative core of the sequels Aliens (1986), Alien 3 (1992), and Alien Resurrection (1997). A crossover with the Predator franchise produced the Alien vs. Predator films, while a two-film prequel series was directed by Scott before Alien: Romulus (2024).

  1. ^ a b Pulleine, Tim (1979). "Alien". Monthly Film Bulletin. Vol. 46, no. 540. London: British Film Institute. p. 191. ISSN 0027-0407. p.c — 20th Century-Fox (London), A Brandywine-Ronald Shushett production
  2. ^ a b "Alien". American Film Institute. Archived from the original on September 6, 2015. Retrieved August 25, 2015. Production Company: 20th Century-Fox Film Corp. Production Text: a Brandywine-Ronald Shusett production
  3. ^ "Alien". British Board of Film Classification. Retrieved April 16, 2022.
  4. ^ McIntee, 14–15.
  5. ^ a b "Alien (1979)". Box Office Mojo. IMDb. Archived from the original on October 25, 2019. Retrieved October 25, 2019.
  6. ^ "Alien (1979)". The Numbers. Nash Information Services, LLC. Archived from the original on May 7, 2019. Retrieved May 7, 2019.
  7. ^ Caldbick, John (May 1, 2012). "First Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF) opens at Moore Egyptian Theatre on May 14, 1976". HistoryLink.org. Archived from the original on July 25, 2020. Retrieved April 22, 2020.
  8. ^ "Memory — The Origins of Alien". SIFF.net. Archived from the original on July 25, 2020. Retrieved April 22, 2020.
  9. ^ McKittrick, Christopher. "Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF): History and Winners". LiveAbout.com. Archived from the original on July 2, 2020. Retrieved April 22, 2020.


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