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A mindless, savage, and merciless alien is attacking the crew of an intergalactic freighter, and it must be stopped before they are all killed.

Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Alien (Motion picture)
Other Authors: O'Bannon, Dan (Screenwriter), Skerritt, Tom (Actor), Weaver, Sigourney, 1949-, Cartwright, Veronica (Actor), Stanton, Harry Dean, 1926-2017, Hurt, John, 1940-2017, Holm, Ian, 1931-2020, Kotto, Yaphet, 1939-2021 (Actor), Goldsmith, Jerry (composer (expression))
Format: Video
Language:English
Published: [United States] : Twentieth Century Fox., 1979.
Subjects:
Monsters > Drama.
Human-alien encounters > Drama.
Ripley > (Fictitious character) > Drama.
Films for the hearing impaired.
Science fiction films.
Horror films.
Thrillers (Motion pictures)
Fiction films.
Feature films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Internet videos.
Online Access:Connect to this streaming video (Criterion-on-Demand)
Description
Summary:A mindless, savage, and merciless alien is attacking the crew of an intergalactic freighter, and it must be stopped before they are all killed.
Item Description:Originally released as a motion picture by 20th Century Fox Film Corp., 1979.
The duration appears on some vendor websites as 124 minutes.
Physical Description:1 online resource (1 video file (116 min., 37 sec.)) : sound color
Audience:MPAA rating: R.
CHV rating: 18A.
Production Credits:Director of photography, Derek Vanlint ; editor, Terry Rawlings ; music, Jerry Goldsmith.