Alien

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Alien - 2 Disc Collector's Edition

In space, no one can hear you scream.

"At its most fundamental level, Alien is a movie about things that can jump out of the dark and kill you. It shares a kinship with the shark in "Jaws," Michael Myers in "Halloween," and assorted spiders, snakes, tarantulas and stalkers."

"One of the great strengths of "Alien" is its pacing. It takes its time. It waits. It allows silences (the majestic opening shots are underscored by Jerry Goldsmith with scarcely audible, far-off metallic chatterings). It suggests the enormity of the crew's discovery by building up to it with small steps: The interception of a signal (is it a warning or an SOS?)." - Roger Ebert

Starring Tom Skerritt, Sigourney Weaver, Veronica Cartwright, Harry Dean Stanton, John Hurt, Ian Holm, Yaphet Kotto, Bolaji Badejo, Helen Horton and Eddie Powell.

Selected for the Library of Congress' National Film Registry of American Film.

DVD - 2 Disc Set - Widescreen

Commentary by director Ridley Scott and technical crew
Available Audio Tracks: English (DTS), English (Dolby Digital 5.1), Spanish (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround)
Theatrical version (117 min.)
Extended cut (seamlessly branched) (137 min.)
Preproduction: Star Beast (developing the story), First Draft of Screenplay by Dan O'Bannon, The Visualists (direction and design), Ridleygrams (original thumbnails & notes), storyboard archive, Art of Alien (Cobb, Foss, Giger, Moebius), Truckers in Space (casting), Sigourney Weaver's screen test with optional commentary by Ridley Scott, cast portrait gallery
Production: Fear of the Unknown (Shepperton Studios, 1978), production gallery, The Darkest Reaches (Nostromo and alien planet), The Sets of Alien, The Eighth Passenger (creature design), The Chestburster (creature design)
Post-Production: Future Tense (music and editing), 8 deleted scenes, visual effects gallery (photo archive), A Nightmare Fulfilled (reaction to the film), poster explorations, special shoot, premire

Curator's Comments:
Read Roger Ebert's essay on this DVD Classic.

Director: Ridley Scott
Color
117/137 minutes
Released: 1979
Rated: R

Country: U.S.A.
Language: English, French .Available subtitles: English, Spanish
Genre: Science Fiction/Horror/Thriller/Action

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