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Synopsis
"In space, no one can hear you scream." A close encounter of the third kind becomes a
Jaws
-style nightmare when an alien invades a spacecraft in
Ridley Scott
's sci-fi horror classic. On the way home from a mission for the Company, the
Nostromo's
crew is woken up from hibernation by the ship's Mother computer to answer a distress signal from a nearby planet. Capt. Dallas' (
Tom Skerritt
) rescue team discovers a bizarre pod field, but things get even stranger when a face-hugging creature bursts out of a pod and attaches itself to Kane (
John Hurt
). Over the objections of Ripley (
Sigourney Weaver
), science officer Ash (
Ian Holm
) lets Kane back on the ship. The acid-blooded incubus detaches itself from an apparently recovered Kane, but an alien erupts from Kane's stomach and escapes. The alien starts stalking the humans, pitting Dallas and his crew (and cat) against a malevolent killing machine that also has a protector in the nefarious Company. ~ Lucia Bozzola, All Movie Guide
Cast
Veronica Cartwright
Lambert
Ian Holm
Ash
John Hurt
Kane
Yaphet Kotto
Parker
Tom Skerritt
Dallas
Harry Dean Stanton
Brett
Sigourney Weaver
Ellen Ripley
Production Crew
Leslie Dilley
Art Director
Roger Christian
Art Director
Adrian Biddle
Camera Operator
Mary Goldberg
Casting
Mary Selway
Casting
Derek Vanlint
Cinematographer
Jerry Goldsmith
Composer (Music Score)
Lionel Newman
Conductor
John Mollo
Costume Designer
Roger Dicken
Costume Designer
H.R. Giger
Creature Design
Ridley Scott
Director
Peter Weatherly
Editor
Terry Rawlings
Editor
Ronald Shusett
Executive Producer
Howard Hanson
Featured Music
Paul Ibbetson
First Assistant Director
Martin Bower
Model Effects Supervisor
Lionel Newman
Musical Direction/Supervision
David Giler
Producer
Gordon Carroll
Producer
Walter Hill
Producer
Anton Furst
Production Designer
Leslie Dilley
Production Designer
Michael Seymour
Production Designer
Dan O'Bannon
Screen Story
Ronald Shusett
Screen Story
Dan O'Bannon
Screenwriter
Ian Whittaker
Set Designer
Bernard Lodge
Special Effects
Brian Johnson
Special Effects
Carlo Rambaldi
Special Effects
Nick Allder
Special Effects
Year: 1979
Runtime: 117
Country: UK
MPAA Rating: R
Category: Feature
Genre
Horror
Science Fiction
Color type
Eastmancolor
Sound
Dolby
Produced by
20th Century Fox
Brandywine
Release
October 29, 2003 (USA - Re-release)
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