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Aliens
Director: James Cameron (Dir)
Release Date:   1986
Premiere Information:   Los Angeles and New York openings: 18 Jul 1986
Duration (in mins):   137
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Cast:   Sigourney Weaver (Ripley)  
    Carrie Henn (Newt)  
    Michael Biehn (Cpl. Hicks)  
    Paul Reiser (Burke)  
    Lance Henriksen (Bishop)  

Production Company: Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp.  
Distribution Company: Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp.  
Director: James Cameron (Dir)
Producer: Gale Anne Hurd (Prod)
Writer: James Cameron (Scr)
  James Cameron (Story)
  David Giler (Story)
  Walter Hill (Story)
Photography: Adrian Biddle (Dir of photog)
Art Direction: Peter Lamont (Prod des)
Film Editor: Ray Lovejoy (Film ed)
Music: James Horner (Mus comp)
MPAA Rating: R
Country: United States
Language: English

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Copyright Claimant Copyright Date Copyright Number
Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp. 25/6/1986 dd/mm/yyyy PA290806

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Genre: Science fiction
Sub-Genre: Action

Bibliographic Sources:   Date   Page
Hollywood Reporter   8 Jul 1986   p. 3, 33.
Los Angeles Times   18 Jul 1986   p. 1, 26.
New York Times   18 Jul 1986   p. 11.
Variety   9 Jul 1986   p. 15.

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