Alien (1979)
Note: this print runs 88 minutes against a recorded 117 minutes. It is the best copy we have found; we keep looking for a complete print.
With Yaphet Kotto, Veronica Cartwright, Tom Skerritt, Harry Dean Stanton, John Hurt, Sigourney Weaver, Ian Holm, Eddie Powell
Directed by Ridley Scott
Alien is a 1979 science fiction horror film directed by Ridley Scott and written by Dan O'Bannon, based on a story by O'Bannon and Ronald Shusett. It follows a commercial starship crew who investigate a derelict space vessel and are hunted by a deadly extraterrestrial creature. The film stars Tom Skerritt, Sigourney Weaver, Veronica Cartwright, Harry Dean Stanton, John Hurt, Ian Holm, and Yaphet Kotto. It was produced by Gordon Carroll, David Giler, and Walter Hill through their company Brandywine Productions and was distributed by 20th Century-Fox. Giler and Hill revised and made additions to the script; Shusett was the executive producer. The alien creatures and environments were designed
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