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Alien (1979)
After a space merchant vessel perceives an unknown transmission as a distress call, its landing on the source moon finds one of the crew attacked by a mysterious lifeform, and they soon realize that its life cycle has merely begun.
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Ridley ScottWriters:
Dan O'Bannon (story), Ronald Shusett (story), Dan O'Bannon (screenplay)All Cast & Crew
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Up until 2012, all the androids in the franchise had been named in alphabetical order: Ash in this film, Bishop in Aliens (1986) and Alien³ (1992), Call in Alien: Resurrection (1997), and David in Prometheus (2012). This trend seems to have come to an end as the new android character in Alien: Covenant (2017) is called Walter. In this new... ...
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Brett:
This is the worst shit I've ever seen, man.
Parker:
What you say? You got any biscuits over there?
Ripley:
Here's some cornbread.
Parker:
Cornbread. Yeah.
Lambert:
I am cold.
Parker:
Still with us, Brett?
Brett:
Right.
Kane:
Oh, I feel dead.
Parker:
Anybody ever tell you you look dead, man?
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(at around 1h 20 mins) When Ripley finds out the truth from Mother, Ash is seen standing next to her. A brief scuffle ensues and Ripley leaves the room. As she leaves there is no injury to her but when the door opens on the other side she has a bloody right nostril.
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The title of the movie is slowly created one line at a time at the top of the screen during the opening credits, starting out with the I, then vertical lines in L and E, and the forward slash in A and the slash in N (so it looks like / I I I \), then the ensuing lines of each letter are added slowly one at a time until the title is fully visible.
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Genres
Horror | Sci-FiDetails
Release Date:
22 June 1979Language
English
Country of Origin
UK, USABox Office
Budget:
$11,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
€167,534 (Spain) (26 October 2003)
Gross:
$78,900,000 (USA)
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