Alien

– During its return to the earth, commercial spaceship Nostromo intercepts a distress signal from a di..

Type:
Movie
Rating:
8.50 / 10
Duration:
One Hour and 56 Minutes
Release Year:
1979
Alien (1979)

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.

Alien (1979) - Trailer

Release Date:

22 Jun 1979

Language:

English

MPAA Content-Rating:
R – Restricted

Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian. Contains some adult material. Parents are urged to learn more about the film before taking their young children with them.

Director:

Ridley Scott

Writer:

Dan O'Bannon (story), Ronald Shusett (story), Dan O'Bannon (screenplay)

Main Actors:

Tom Skerritt, Sigourney Weaver, Veronica Cartwright, Harry Dean Stanton

Plot:

A commercial crew aboard the deep space towing vessel, Nostromo is on its way home when they pick up an SOS warning from a distant moon. What they don't know is that the SOS warning is not like any other ordinary warning call. Picking up the signal, the crew realizes that they are not alone on the spaceship when an alien stowaway is on the cargo ship.

Awards:

Won 1 Oscar. Another 16 wins & 19 nominations.

Production:

20th Century Fox

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
8.4/10
Rotten Tomatoes:
97%
Metacritic:
89%