Alien

Alien - Das unheimliche Wesen aus einer fremden Welt
After receiving a distress signal, the commercial spacecraft Nostromo lands on an uninhabited moon, where the crew finds the wreck of an alien spaceship. When a creature attaches itself to a ship’s officer, the crew takes it back on board. The alien turns out to be extremely robust and aggressive. And it continues to grow. One by one, it decimates the crew until only the female officer Ripley survives ... Alien marked the start of modern, “adult” science fiction films. In a counterpoint to the “clean look” of Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), the film envisaged a dingy, loud and “run-down” future. H.R. Giger’s Oscar-winning design for the armoured and slimy giant reptile was a decisive influence on future film creatures. Alien also broke the glass ceiling on female action heroes. That, along with Ripley’s phallic adversary, male “pregnancy”, and an all-knowing command computer dubbed “Mother” provided fodder for a psychoanalytic interpretation previously unknown in the genre. Since then, extraterrestrial onscreen villains have effectively been considered a reflection of human deprivation and repression. The film itself “gave birth” to three official sequels (1986 – 1997), two prequels (2012, 2017), and numerous unauthorized imitations.
by Ridley Scott
with Tom Skerritt, Sigourney Weaver, Veronica Cartwright, Harry Dean Stanton, John Hurt, Ian Holm, Yaphet Kotto
United Kingdom / USA 1979 English 117’ Colour Rating R16

With

  • Tom Skerritt
  • Sigourney Weaver
  • Veronica Cartwright
  • Harry Dean Stanton
  • John Hurt
  • Ian Holm
  • Yaphet Kotto

Crew

Director Ridley Scott
Screenplay Dan OʼBannon based on an idea by Dan OʼBannon and Ronald Shusett
Cinematography Derek Vanlint
Editing Terry Rawlings, Peter Weatherley
Music Jerry Goldsmith
Sound Derrick Leather
Production Design Michael Seymour, Les Dilley, Roger Christian
Special Effects Brian Johnson, Nick Allder, HR Giger
Costumes John Mollo
Make-Up Tommy Manderson
Producers Gordon Carroll, David Giler, Walter Hill

Produced by

Twentieth Century Fox

Additional information

DCP: Park Circus, Glasgow