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Alien
Director:
Ridley Scott
(Dir)
Release Date:
1979
Premiere Information:
Los Angeles and New York openings: 25 May 1979
Duration (in mins):
117
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Cast:
Tom Skerritt
(Dallas)
Sigourney Weaver
(Ripley)
Veronica Cartwright
(Lambert)
Harry Dean Stanton
(Brett)
John Hurt
(Kane)
Summary:
Production Company:
Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp.
Distribution Company:
Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp.
Director:
Ridley Scott
(Dir)
Producer:
Gordon Carroll
(Prod)
David Giler
(Prod)
Walter Hill
(Prod)
Writer:
Dan O'Bannon
(Scr)
Dan O'Bannon
(Story)
Ronald Shusett
(Story)
Photography:
Derek Vanlint
(Dir of photog)
Art Direction:
Michael Seymour
(Prod des)
Film Editor:
Terry Rawlings
(Film ed)
Music:
Jerry Goldsmith
(Mus)
MPAA Rating:
R
Country:
Great Britain and United States
Language:
English
Music:
Songs:
Source Text:
Copyright Claimant
Copyright Date
Copyright Number
Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation
11/6/1979
dd/mm/yyyy
PA38135
Physical Properties:
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col:
Genre:
Science fiction
Note:
Bibliographic Sources:
Date
Page
Hollywood Reporter
18 May 1979
p. 3.
Los Angeles Times
20 May 1979
Calendar, p. 1.
Motion Picture Herald Product Digest
6 Jun 1979
p. 1.
The New Republic
16 Jun 1979
p. 20.
New York Times
25 May 1979
Section III, p. 16.
New York Times
24 Jun 1979
p. 19.
Newsweek
28 May 1979
p. 101.
Saturday Review
4 Aug 1979
p. 51.
Time
4 Jun 1979
p. 60.
Variety
23 May 1979
p. 22.
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