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Alien (1979)

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(No longer in theaters)
  • Rating: R
  • Director: Ridley Scott   Cast: Sigourney Weaver, Tom Skerritt, John Hurt, Veronica Cartwright, Harry Dean Stanton
  • Running Time: 117 minutes
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Genre

SciFi/Fantasy, Suspense/Thriller

Producer

Gordon Carroll, David Giler, Walter Hill

Distributor

20th Century Fox

Release Date

Jan 1, 1979

Release Notes

Nationwide

Review

Scott’s 1979 sci-fi horror film, which is basically a haunted-house movie set in outer space with one particularly hideous monster, launched a franchise that went in strange directions. But the original never lost its ability to terrify—or gross us out. Don’t miss the chance to see it on the big screen.

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