Alien (1979)

117 mins
8.2 / 10

During its return to the earth, commercial spaceship Nostromo intercepts a distress signal from a distant planet. When a three-member team of the crew discovers a chamber containing thousands of eggs on the planet, a creature inside one of the eggs attacks an explorer. The entire crew is unaware of the impending nightmare set to descend upon them when the alien parasite planted inside its unfortunate host is birthed.

  • Horror
  • Action
  • Thriller
  • Science Fiction

Cast

Backdrops

Cast

Tom Skerritt
as Dallas
Sigourney Weaver
as Ripley
Veronica Cartwright
as Lambert
Harry Dean Stanton
as Brett
John Hurt
as Kane
Ian Holm
as Ash
Yaphet Kotto
as Parker
Bolaji Badejo
as Alien
Helen Horton
as Mother (voice)

Directing

Ridley Scott
- Director
Paul Ibbetson
- First Assistant Director
Kay Fenton
- Continuity
Raymond Becket
- Assistant Director

Production

Gordon Carroll
- Producer
David Giler
- Producer
Walter Hill
- Producer
Ronald Shusett
- Executive Producer
Mary Goldberg
- Casting
Mary Selway
- Casting
Ivor Powell
- Associate Producer
Garth Thomas
- Production Manager
Bill Finch
- Production Accountant

Writing

Dan O'Bannon
- Story
Ronald Shusett
- Story
Dan O'Bannon
- Screenplay

Camera

Derek Vanlint
- Director of Photography
Bob Penn
- Still Photographer
Jimmy Walters
- Key Grip

Sound

Jerry Goldsmith
- Original Music Composer
Max Bell
- Dolby Consultant
Bryan Tilling
- Dialogue Editor
Ben Burtt
- Sound Designer
Derrick Leather
- Production Sound Mixer
Jim Shields
- Sound Editor
Bill Rowe
- Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Robert Hathaway
- Music Editor
Lionel Newman
- Conductor

Visual Effects

Carlo Rambaldi
- Visual Effects
Nick Allder
- Special Effects Supervisor
Peter Voysey
- Modelling Supervisor
H. R. Giger
- Creature Design
Brian Johnson
- Special Effects Supervisor
Dennis Ayling
- VFX Director of Photography
Eddie Butler
- Modeling
Patti Rodgers
- Modeling

Crew

Brian Johnson
- Special Effects
Roy Scammell
- Stunt Coordinator
Bernard Lodge
- Special Effects
Guy Hudson
- Special Effects Technician
Phil Knowles
- Special Effects Technician
Dennis Lowe
- Special Effects Technician
Roger Nichols
- Special Effects Technician
Neil Swan
- Special Effects Technician
David H. Watkins
- Special Effects Technician
George Gunning
- Carpenter
Eddie Powell
- Stunts
Brian Doyle
- Unit Publicist

Art

Michael Seymour
- Production Design
Roger Christian
- Art Direction
Leslie Dilley
- Art Direction
Ian Whittaker
- Set Decoration
Jonathan Amberston
- Assistant Art Director
Jean Giraud
- Conceptual Design
Dave Jordan
- Property Master
Benjamín Fernández
- Assistant Art Director
Ron Cobb
- Concept Artist
Chris Foss
- Concept Artist
Bill Welch
- Construction Manager

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