Director Ridley Scott's breakthough film, an immensely successful blend of horror and science fiction, is a classic in both genres and spawned a host of sequels and imitators. Starring Sigourney Weaver as warrant officer Ellen Ripley, ALIEN focuses on the crew of the space cargo ship Nostromo, which lands on a moribund planet in response to a faint SOS. Inside a crashed ship, the crew members come upon strange pods, one of which spews forth a repellently fleshy insectile creature that locks on to the face of the unlucky Kane (John Hurt). Despite Ripley's advice, science officer Ash (Ian Holm) allows Kane to return to the ship, where the creature finally releases its grip. Soon, however, in one of the film's most infamous scenes, one of its offspring explodes horribly from Kane's stomach and scurries away. Dallas (Tom Skerritt), the vessel's captain, leads the others in a search for the rapidly growing, acid-dripping alien before it can cut them down--one by one. A triumph of art direction, set design, and special effects, ALIEN gains much of its impact from the contrast between the bleak, antiseptic beauty of the space vessel's interior and the primordial horror of the alien, a brilliantly original fusion of insect, man, and machine designed by Swiss surrealist painter H.R. Giger. The top-notch cast also includes Veronica Cartwright, Yaphet Kotto, and Harry Dean Stanton.
Product Identifiers
UPC
0086162000751
eBay Product ID (ePID)
3046720
Product Key Features
Actor
Tom Skerritt, John Hurt, Sigourney Weaver, Ian Holm
Edition
Academy Awards Collection; 20th Anniversary Edition
Rating
R
Movie/TV Title
Alien
Director
Ridley Scott
Format
DVD
Release Year
1999
Genre
Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Additional Product Features
Region Code
Region 1
Number of Discs
1
Country/Region of Manufacture
USA
Display Format
Academy Awards Collection; 20th Anniversary Edition
Signal Standard
Dvd
LeafCats
617
Leading Role
Tom Skerritt, John Hurt, Sigourney Weaver, Ian Holm