FILM

Alien (1979)

Name: Alien
Director: Ridley Scott
Genre: Horror, Science Fiction
Released: 1979-05-25
Cast: Tom Skerritt, Sigourney Weaver, Veronica Cartwright, Harry Dean Stanton, John Hurt

Film · 1979 · 117 min · R · Horror · Science Fiction

In space no one can hear you scream.

During its return to the earth, commercial spaceship Nostromo intercepts a distress signal from a distant planet. When a three-member team of the crew discovers a chamber containing thousands of eggs on the planet, a creature inside one of the eggs attacks an explorer. The entire crew is unaware of the impending nightmare set to descend upon them when the alien parasite planted inside its unfortunate host is birthed.

Directed by Ridley Scott

Starring Tom Skerritt, Sigourney Weaver, Veronica Cartwright, Harry Dean Stanton, John Hurt, Ian Holm, Yaphet Kotto, Bolaji Badejo

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Release dates in the United States

In cinemas	21 June 1979
Digital release	Not listed
Physical release	1 June 1999
First release anywhere	25 May 1979

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