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Alien: Das unheimliche Wesen aus einer fremden Welt

Original title: Alien
  • 1979
  • 16
  • 1h 57m
IMDb RATING
8.5/10
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Alien: Das unheimliche Wesen aus einer fremden Welt (1979)
A mining ship, investigating a suspected SOS, lands on a distant planet. The crew discovers some strange creatures and investigates.
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After investigating a mysterious transmission of unknown origin, the crew of a commercial spacecraft encounters a deadly lifeform.After investigating a mysterious transmission of unknown origin, the crew of a commercial spacecraft encounters a deadly lifeform.After investigating a mysterious transmission of unknown origin, the crew of a commercial spacecraft encounters a deadly lifeform.

  • Director
    • Ridley Scott
  • Writers
    • Dan O'Bannon
    • Ronald Shusett
  • Stars
    • Sigourney Weaver
    • Tom Skerritt
    • John Hurt
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • IMDb RATING
    8.5/10
    1M
    YOUR RATING
    POPULARITY
    251
    32
    • Director
      • Ridley Scott
    • Writers
      • Dan O'Bannon
      • Ronald Shusett
    • Stars
      • Sigourney Weaver
      • Tom Skerritt
      • John Hurt
    • 1.9KUser reviews
    • 300Critic reviews
    • 89Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Top rated movie #50
    • Won 1 Oscar
      • 19 wins & 22 nominations total

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    Photos351

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    Sigourney Weaver
    Sigourney Weaver
    • Ripley
    Tom Skerritt
    Tom Skerritt
    • Dallas
    John Hurt
    John Hurt
    • Kane
    Veronica Cartwright
    Veronica Cartwright
    • Lambert
    Harry Dean Stanton
    Harry Dean Stanton
    • Brett
    Ian Holm
    Ian Holm
    • Ash
    Yaphet Kotto
    Yaphet Kotto
    • Parker
    Bolaji Badejo
    Bolaji Badejo
    • Alien
    Helen Horton
    Helen Horton
    • Mother
    • (voice)
    Eddie Powell
    Eddie Powell
    • Alien
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Ridley Scott
    • Writers
      • Dan O'Bannon
      • Ronald Shusett
    • All cast & crew
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      According to Yaphet Kotto, Sir Ridley Scott told him to annoy Sigourney Weaver off-camera, so that there would be genuine tension between their characters. Kotto regretted this, because he really liked Weaver.
    • Goofs
      (at around 1h 35 mins) A crewman with a black panel of some kind is visible through the smoke as Ripley runs through the corridors at the end of the film.
    • Quotes

      [last lines]

      Ripley: Final report of the commercial starship Nostromo, third officer reporting. The other members of the crew - Kane, Lambert, Parker, Brett, Ash, and Captain Dallas - are dead. Cargo and ship destroyed. I should reach the frontier in about six weeks. With a little luck, the network will pick me up. This is Ripley, last survivor of the Nostromo, signing off.

      [to Jonesy the cat]

      Ripley: Come on, cat.

    • Crazy credits
      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 the slash in A and the backslash in N, and then the vertical lines in L and E (so it looks like / I I I \). After that, the ensuing lines of each letter are added slowly one at a time until the title is fully visible.
    • Alternate versions
      The 2003 DVD release plasters the 1979 version of the 20th Century Fox logo with the 1980's version.
    • Connections
      Edited into Raumschiff Enterprise: Das nächste Jahrhundert: Datalore (1988)
    • Soundtracks
      Incidental music from 'Symphony No. 2 ('Romantic')'
      by Howard Hanson
      [Played over end credits]

    User reviews1.9K

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    Featured review
    8/10

    Still holds up better than most horror movies of today's age

    I just came around to watch the original Alien on Netflix and I have to say that I was positively surprised that a horror movie from the '70s is this suspenseful and effective.

    The characters actually behave like thinking human beings. The soundtrack is great and the direction is superb. Especially when comparing this movie to the modern movies with similar stories that borrowed many of the things that are working well here.

    A classic every horror and overall movie fan should watch.
    • pooz_the_gun
    • Mar 27, 2021
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    FAQ35

    • How long is Alien?Powered by Alexa
    • How does the spaceship create gravity? The spaceship does not seem to be rotating, although rotation is necessary to create gravity in the space.
    • How can the alien be alive in the ship's atmosphere, which contains much more oxygen, which should be toxic to the alien, than in the planet the alien resides?
    • Why does a commercial spacecraft used for hauling ore need a science officer?

    Details

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    • Release date
      • October 25, 1979 (West Germany)
    • Countries of origin
      • United Kingdom
      • United States
    • Official site
      • Facebook
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Alien - Director's Cut
    • Filming locations
      • Shepperton Studios, Shepperton, Surrey, England, UK(Studio)
    • Production companies
      • Twentieth Century Fox
      • Brandywine Productions
      • Scott Free Productions
    • See more company credits at IMDbPro

    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $11,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $84,206,106
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $3,527,881
      • May 28, 1979
    • Gross worldwide
      • $108,610,231
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Tech specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 57 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.39 : 1

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