Alien
20th Century Fox (1979)
Horror, Science Fiction, Thriller
In Collection
#1116
0*
Seen It:  Yes
024543711193
IMDB   8.5
111 mins UK / English
Blu-ray Disc  Region 1   R (Restricted)
Sigourney Weaver Ripley
Bolaji Badejo Alien
Veronica Cartwright Lambert
Harry Dean Stanton Brett
Ian Holm Ash
John Hurt Kane
Yaphet Kotto Parker
Tom Skerritt Captain Dallas
Director
Ridley Scott
Producer Gordon Carroll
Ronald Shusett
Writer Ronald Shusett
Dan O'Bannon
Cinematography Derek Vanlint
Musician Jerry Goldsmith


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.
Edition Details
Edition Blu-Ray Edition
Distributor 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Release Date 5/10/2011
Packaging HD Case
Screen Ratio Theatrical Widescreen (2.35:1)
Subtitles English; French; Portuguese; Spanish; Swedish
Audio Tracks Dolby Digital 4.1 [English]
Dolby Digital 5.1 [French]
Dolby Digital 5.1 [Portuguese]
Dolby Digital 5.1 [Spanish]
Dolby Digital Stereo [English]
DTS [English]
DTS 5.1 [French]
Layers Single Side, Dual Layer
No. of Disks/Tapes 1

Features
*1979 Theatrical Version. *2003 Director's Cut with Ridley Scott Introduction. *2003 Audio Commentary with Director Ridley Scott, Writer Dan O'Bannon, Executive Producer Ronald Shusett, Editor Terry Rawlings, and Actors Sigourney Weaver, Tom Skeritt, Veronica Cartwright, Harry Dean Stanton, and John Hurt. *Audio Commentary (for Theatrical Cut only) by Ridley Scott. * Final Theatrical Isolated Score by Jerry Goldsmith (Dolby Digital 5.1). *Composer's Original Isolated Score by Jerry Goldsmith (Dolby Digital 5.1). *Deleted and Extended Scenes (1080p, 6:39). *Deleted Scene Footage Marker: By activating this option during the Director's Cut, an on-screen prompt will appear to identify footage not present in the Theatrical release.