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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 commercial starship crew who investigate a derelict space vessel 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.
- Director
- Ridley Scott
- Writer
- Dan O'Bannon · Ronald Shusett
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- Release date
- 25 May 1979 · Released
- Runtime
- 117 min
- Country of origin
- United States, United Kingdom
- Languages
- English
- Genres
- Action · Fantasy · Mystery · Adventure · Thriller · Horror · Science Fiction · Monster
- Also known as
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- Deutsch
- Alien – Das unheimliche Wesen aus einer fremden Welt
- Español
- Alien, el octavo pasajero
- 日本語
- エイリアン
- 한국어
- 에이리언
- Polski
- Obcy – ósmy pasażer Nostromo
- Português
- Alien, O Oitavo Passageiro
- Themes
- extraterrestrial life ↗
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