""""". Several computer games based on the film were released, but not until several years after its theatrical run. Alien (film) Alien is a 1979 science fiction horror film directed by Ridley Scott and written by Dan O'Bannon. Based on a story by O'Bannon and Ronald Shusett, it follows the crew of the commercial space tug ""Nostromo"" who encounter the eponymous Alien, a deadly and aggressive extraterrestrial set loose on the ship. The film stars Tom Skerritt, Sigourney Weaver, Veronica Cartwright, Harry Dean Stanton, John Hurt, Ian Holm, and Yaphet Kotto. It was produced by Gordon Carroll, David Giler and"
"Alien Cargo Alien Cargo is a 1999 science fiction film starring Jason London, Missy Crider, Elizabeth Alexander and Alan Dale, as the crew of a space-cargo transport ship, which is attacked by an unknown alien life form that manipulates all organic life into releasing their inner evil psyche. After months of hyper-sleep aboard the cargo transport ship ""Solar System Shipping Vessel No.17"" (SSS-17), two crew members awaken - Christopher 'Chris' McNiel (Jason London) and Theta Kaplan (Missy Crider). They discover that they've been woken from hyper-sleep, by the ship's computer, almost ten months past their scheduled time, as something has"
"1979 film ""Alien"", directed by Ridley Scott, features the crew of the ""Nostromo"", a commercially-operated spaceship on a return trip to Earth hauling a refinery and 20 million tons of mineral ore mined from an asteroid. C. J. Cherryh's 1991 novel, ""Heavy Time"", focuses on the plight of asteroid miners in the Alliance-Union universe, while ""Moon"" is a 2009 British science fiction drama film depicting a lunar facility that mines the alternative fuel helium-3 needed to provide energy on Earth. It was notable for its realism and drama, winning several awards internationally. Several science-fiction video games include asteroid mining. For"
"The Alien Encounters The Alien Encounters is a 1979 science fiction film written and directed by James T. Flocker. It is an American B movie which follows the story of an investigator who is sent to locate an alien probe which has landed on Earth. Aliens from Barnard's Star have created a machine known as a betatron which has remarkable rejuvenating effects. Described by leading science fiction author David Wingrove in his Science Fiction Source Book as a ""Deathly dull B-movie UFO story with dire effects and no real encounters at all...Endless desert scenes and interminable talk-overs disguise crank concerns"
"Spaced Out (film) Spaced Out (also known as Outer Touch and Outer Spaced) is a 1979 British science fiction sex comedy film directed by Norman J. Warren and starring Glory Annen, Barry Stokes and Ava Cadell. The crew of a malfunctioning alien cargo ship make an emergency landing on Earth. This draws the attention of four sexually-frustrated humans in a nearby park: Oliver and Prudence (a mild-mannered professional and his highly-strung fiancée), Willy (a bumbling shop assistant) and Cliff (a middle-aged man). Oliver, Prudence, Willy and Cliff wander into the ship and encounter three aliens resembling human women: engineer Partha,"
"Sulaco (fictional spacecraft) The U.S.S. ""Sulaco"" is a fictional spaceship and important setting in the film ""Aliens"". It also appears briefly in the opening scene of ""Alien 3"", in the """" and """" video games that takes place shortly after the events of ""Alien 3"". The ""Sulaco"" is named after a fictional town in Joseph Conrad's novel ""Nostromo"", which is also the name of the ship from the original ""Alien"". A number of other names in the franchise are based on Conrad's work as well. Some scholarly research into the symbolism of the Alien franchise has considered it significant that"
"made additions to the script; Shusett was executive producer. The Alien and its accompanying artifacts were designed by the Swiss artist H. R. Giger, while concept artists Ron Cobb and Chris Foss designed the more human settings. ""Alien"" was released on May 25, 1979 in the United States and September 6 in the United Kingdom. It was met with critical acclaim and box office success, winning the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects, three Saturn Awards (Best Science Fiction Film, Best Direction for Scott, and Best Supporting Actress for Cartwright), and a Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, along with"
"Aliens (film) Aliens is a 1986 American science fiction action horror film written and directed by James Cameron, produced by Gale Anne Hurd and starring Sigourney Weaver. It is the sequel to the 1979 film ""Alien"" and the second installment in the ""Alien"" franchise. The film follows Weaver's character Ellen Ripley as she returns to the moon where her crew encountered the hostile Alien creature, this time accompanied by a unit of space marines. Additional roles are played by Carrie Henn, Michael Biehn, Paul Reiser, Lance Henriksen, Jenette Goldstein, William Hope, Al Matthews, and Bill Paxton. Gordon Carroll, David Giler,"
"been shown on British television. Spaced Out (film) Spaced Out (also known as Outer Touch and Outer Spaced) is a 1979 British science fiction sex comedy film directed by Norman J. Warren and starring Glory Annen, Barry Stokes and Ava Cadell. The crew of a malfunctioning alien cargo ship make an emergency landing on Earth. This draws the attention of four sexually-frustrated humans in a nearby park: Oliver and Prudence (a mild-mannered professional and his highly-strung fiancée), Willy (a bumbling shop assistant) and Cliff (a middle-aged man). Oliver, Prudence, Willy and Cliff wander into the ship and encounter three aliens"
"representation of how space warfare would actually appear. James Cameron's ""Aliens"", the 1986 sequel to the 1979 film ""Alien"", used ""Starship Troopers"" as the basis for its futuristic military. The movie involves a small unit of the United States Colonial Marine Corps who provide emergency response to a planetary colony in 2179. The film showed futuristic twists on many modern types of military vehicle and gear, including a dropship, 10x25mm caseless ""Pulse"" M41A1 rifles, flamethrowers and machine guns, and realistic body armor and tactical equipment. The 1993 television series ""Babylon 5"" chronicled a turbulent time in galactic politics, which involved"
"heels. She also appeared as the vampire Diamondback in ""Near Dark"" (1987), Officer Meagan Shapiro in ""Lethal Weapon 2"" (1989), Janelle Voight in """" (1991), the science officer in ""Star Trek Generations"" (1994), and an Irish immigrant mother in ""Titanic"" (1997). Goldstein is now the proprietor of the store Jenette Bras, a large-cup bra specialist known for its slogan ""The alphabet starts at 'D'. Jenette Goldstein Jenette Elise Goldstein (born February 4, 1960) is an American actress, best known for her Saturn Award–winning role as Private Vasquez in the 1986 science fiction action film ""Aliens"". Goldstein was born in Los"
"1989 until the rides closure in 2017. An ""Alien""-based attraction at the Magic Kingdom entered early development stages before being reworked into ExtraTERRORestrial Alien Encounter. The Alien has a brief cameo in an episode of ""Zig and Sharko"". Alien (creature in Alien franchise) The ""Alien"" (colloquial: ""Xenomorph XX121""; binomial: ""Internecivus raptus [""murderous thief""]"") is a fictional endoparasitoid extraterrestrial species that is the eponymous antagonist of the ""Alien"" film series. The species made its debut in the film ""Alien"" (1979) and reappeared in the sequels ""Aliens"" (1986), ""Alien 3"" (1992), and ""Alien Resurrection"" (1997), as well as the crossover films ""Alien"
"where the ""Nostromo"" crew first encountered the Alien eggs in the film ""Alien"" (1979). Aliens attack and the player must fight their way through the research facility, the derelict ship, and an adjoining colony. Next the player explores the atmosphere processing station and shuts down its cooling valves in order to cause an explosion which will wipe out the Aliens. The player character escapes in a drop ship and travels to Odobenus Station in orbit above the planetoid, where they battle more Aliens, Predators, facehuggers, and cybernetically-enhanced Aliens until reaching the spaceship ""Tyrargo"". Aboard the ship the player battles more"
"science fiction, horror and bleak poetry into a seamless whole."" On ""Metacritic"" it holds a score of 83 out of 100 based on 22 reviews, indicating ""universal acclaim"". ""Alien"" won the 1979 Academy Award for Best Visual Effects and was also nominated for Best Art Direction (for Michael Seymour, Leslie Dilley, Roger Christian, and Ian Whittaker). It won Saturn Awards for Best Science Fiction Film, Best Direction for Ridley Scott, and Best Supporting Actress for Veronica Cartwright, and was also nominated in the categories of Best Actress for Sigourney Weaver, Best Make-up for Pat Hay, Best Special Effects for Brian"
"Boyle also cited inevitable visual influences from science fiction films in space by Andrei Tarkovsky (""Solaris"" in 1972), Stanley Kubrick ("""" in 1968), and Ridley Scott (""Alien"" in 1979). Influences from other science fiction films also included Paul W. S. Anderson's ""Event Horizon"" (1997), John Carpenter's ""Dark Star"" (1974), and Douglas Trumbull's ""Silent Running"" (1971). Filmmakers consulted NASA in designing the scientific aspects of the film. Technical specifications for the ship were provided in order to make it more realistic. An oxygen garden was also recommended to provide oxygen for the ship and to enable the crew to grow their"
"Alien (creature in Alien franchise) The ""Alien"" (colloquial: ""Xenomorph XX121""; binomial: ""Internecivus raptus [""murderous thief""]"") is a fictional endoparasitoid extraterrestrial species that is the eponymous antagonist of the ""Alien"" film series. The species made its debut in the film ""Alien"" (1979) and reappeared in the sequels ""Aliens"" (1986), ""Alien 3"" (1992), and ""Alien Resurrection"" (1997), as well as the crossover films ""Alien vs. Predator"" (2004) and """" (2007). The ""Alien"" design is credited to Swiss surrealist and artist H. R. Giger, originating in a lithograph titled ""Necronom IV"" and refined for the series' first film, ""Alien"". The practical effects for"
"AA certificate after deciding that an X rating would make it easier to sell as a horror film. ""Alien"" opened in American theaters on May 25, 1979. The film had no formal premiere, yet moviegoers lined up for blocks to see it at Grauman's Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood where a number of models, sets, and props were displayed outside to promote it during its first run. Religious zealots set fire to the model of the space jockey, believing it to be the work of the devil. In the United Kingdom, ""Alien"" premiered at a gala performance at the Edinburgh Film"
"Curtis Harrington felt that Ridley Scott's ""Alien"" (1979) must have received some inspiration from his feature, saying ""Ridley's film is like a greatly enhanced, expensive and elaborate version of ""Queen of Blood"""". An alien species contacts Earth to say that they are coming across the galaxy to make formal contact. Their interstellar starship crashes on Mars and an Earthship is dispatched to attempt a rescue. On Mars, they locate the downed craft, but only a single dead alien humanoid is found aboard. They determine that an alien rescue shuttle left the Red Planet but crashed on nearby Phobos. A strange,"
"science-fiction/horror film ""Alien"", as well as ""The Thing"" and """". The film is set in the 23rd century, when companies are now surveying distant planets for mining rights. The Sincam corporation is investigating a relatively new planet and has hired the Saldes (a deep-space cruiser), to shuttle company surveyors to check it out. The employees consist of Jiro Takagi of the Japanese division, Dick Berry of the Australian division, the president's daughter Nancy, Farrah Van Dorothy, Morgan W. Scott, Jimmy, and Dr. Harris Mead, while the crew consists of Captain Mike Hamilton, his subordinates Dular, Walt, and Carolyn, as well"
"""Alien Resurrection"", was released in 1997. In 2179 a fire starts aboard the Colonial Marine spaceship ""Sulaco"". The computer launches an escape pod containing Ellen Ripley, the young girl Newt, Hicks, and the damaged android Bishop; all four are in cryonic stasis. Scans of the crew's cryotubes show a queen facehugger attached to one member. The pod crash-lands on Fiorina ""Fury"" 161, a foundry facility and penal colony. The inmates recover the crashed pod and its passengers. The same facehugger is seen approaching inmate Thomas Murphy's dog, Spike. Ripley is awakened by Clemens, the prison doctor, who informs her that"
"hostile Martian life form. No one believes him until the creature, now a stowaway, begins hunting the rescue ship's crew as they return to Earth. The film's premise has been cited as an inspiration for screenwriter Dan O'Bannon's screenplay for Ridley Scott's 1979 film ""Alien"". In 1973, a nuclear-powered spaceship blasts off from Mars for Earth, bringing with it the sole survivor of the first mission, Col. Edward Carruthers (Marshall Thompson). He is suspected of having murdered the other nine members of his crew for their food and water rations, on the premise that he had no way of knowing"
"C-57D The United Planets Cruiser C-57D is a fictional starship featured in MGM's 1956 science fiction film ""Forbidden Planet"". The design used for the starship is a flying saucer, inspired by the spate of UFO sightings during the 1950s era, and which itself inspired the look of the exterior saucer section and interior design of another iconic starship, ""Star Trek""'s USS ""Enterprise"". In the film's screenplay the starship carries no name, only the designation ""United Planets Cruiser C-57D"". The saucer has a lenticular profile. Above there is a dome, approximately a third of the diameter of the lens. Below there"
"and rescue"" spaceship found on the planet Miranda in the 2005 Joss Whedon film ""Serenity"" carries the codename ""C57D"" (without the hyphen) in tribute to the original saucer in MGM's 1956 film. C-57D The United Planets Cruiser C-57D is a fictional starship featured in MGM's 1956 science fiction film ""Forbidden Planet"". The design used for the starship is a flying saucer, inspired by the spate of UFO sightings during the 1950s era, and which itself inspired the look of the exterior saucer section and interior design of another iconic starship, ""Star Trek""'s USS ""Enterprise"". In the film's screenplay the starship"
"Aliens"", Ford had previously acted in the Western films ""A Time for Killing"" in 1967, ""Journey to Shiloh"" in 1969 and ""The Frisco Kid"" in 1979. While Ford is well known for playing Indiana Jones, the filmmakers wanted to avoid giving him a cowboy hat that would remind audiences too much of Jones. Writer Alex Kurtzman said, ""We needed to make sure that—no pun intended—we tipped a hat to iconography of Harrison Ford and also presented the audience with a very different version."" Olivia Wilde was cast in one of the lead roles, and Favreau called Wilde's character the key"
"of writer/director James T. Flocker"", the film received generally poor reviews. Filmed in and around the Calico Mountains including Mule Canyon Road and scenes on the lake bed, off Ghost Town Road and Interstate 15, 7 miles north of Barstow, California. The Alien Encounters The Alien Encounters is a 1979 science fiction film written and directed by James T. Flocker. It is an American B movie which follows the story of an investigator who is sent to locate an alien probe which has landed on Earth. Aliens from Barnard's Star have created a machine known as a betatron which has"
"It also launched Weaver's acting career, providing her with her first lead role. The story of her character's encounters with the Alien creatures became the thematic and narrative core of the sequels ""Aliens"" (1986), ""Alien 3"" (1992) and ""Alien Resurrection"" (1997). A crossover with the ""Predator"" franchise produced the ""Alien vs. Predator"" films, which includes ""Alien vs. Predator"" (2004) and """" (2007). A prequel series includes ""Prometheus"" (2012) and """" (2017). In the year 2122, the commercial space tug ""Nostromo"" is on a return trip to Earth with a seven-member crew in stasis, Captain Dallas (Tom Skerritt), Executive Officer Kane"
"Ash (Alien) Ash is a fictional character in the movie ""Alien"", who was portrayed by actor Ian Holm, who, although known in the U.K. as a stage actor, was at the time unknown to American audiences. Ash serves as an antagonist of the first film. The character is the science officer of the ""Nostromo"", who breaks quarantine by allowing Kane, a member of the crew, back on board after he has been infected by an alien life form. It is later discovered that Ash is not human at all, as he appears, but is in fact a Hyperdyne Systems 120-A/2"
"Jenette Goldstein Jenette Elise Goldstein (born February 4, 1960) is an American actress, best known for her Saturn Award–winning role as Private Vasquez in the 1986 science fiction action film ""Aliens"". Goldstein was born in Los Angeles, California, and raised in Beverly Hills. Her family is Jewish (from Russia, Morocco, and Brazil). Her first film role was in James Cameron's ""Aliens"" (1986), as the Hispanic character PFC Jenette Vasquez. Due to its title, she initially thought the film was about immigration and arrived at her audition for the part of a tough-as-nails space marine in a short skirt and high"
"Stone goes floating about in nothing but her underwear"" references ""Alien"" (1979). Other critics made connections with """" (1968). James Cameron praised the film and stated, ""I think it's the best space photography ever done, I think it's the best space film ever done, and it's the movie I've been hungry to see for an awful long time"". Empire Online, Ask Men and ""The Huffington Post"" also considered ""Gravity"" to be one of the best space films ever made, though ""The Huffington Post"" later included ""Gravity"" on their list of ""8 Movies from the Last 15 Years That Are Super"
"Alien (franchise) Alien is a science-fiction horror media franchise centered on the film series depicting Warrant Officer Ellen Ripley (played by Sigourney Weaver) and her battles with an extraterrestrial lifeform, commonly referred to as ""the Alien"". Produced and distributed by 20th Century Fox, the series began with ""Alien"" (1979), directed by Ridley Scott. It was followed by three sequels, ""Aliens"" (1986), ""Alien³"" (1992), and ""Alien Resurrection"" (1997), directed by James Cameron, David Fincher, and Jean-Pierre Jeunet, respectively. Scott also directed a prequel series, composed of ""Prometheus"" (2012) and """" (2017). The series has led to numerous books, comics, and video"
"the 1979 film ""Alien"" just before shooting began. For the cargo bay scenes a warehouse in Manchester was hired for the shooting. Empty cardboard boxes were strategically stacked up and down the warehouse floor to give the illusion of a stocked cargo bay. Although the episode had a pre-credits warning, about the episode's content, this was more of a plot device as the episode was broadcast past the 9:00 pm watershed. During the filming of the Polymorph morphing into Lister's boxer shorts scene the audience laughed so loud for so long that Chris Barrie had to wait several minutes until"
"to switch Ellen Ripley from the standard male action hero to a heroine. Ripley (played by Sigourney Weaver), who appeared in the first four ""Alien"" films, would become a cinematic icon. The final scene of John Hurt's character has been named by a number of publications as one of the most memorable in cinematic history. Filmed at Shepperton Studios in England, ""Alien"" was the sixth highest-grossing film of 1979, earning over $104 million worldwide. Scott was involved in the 2003 restoration and re-release of the original film. In promotional interviews at the time, Scott indicated he had been in discussions"
"The crewmembers climb up into the depths of the eerie ship and discover the gigantic remains of long dead monstrous creatures. In 1979, ""Cinefantastique"" noted the remarkable similarities between this atmospheric sequence and a lengthy scene in the then-new ""Alien"". The magazine also pointed out other minor parallels between the two films. However, both ""Alien""<nowiki>'</nowiki>s director Ridley Scott and screenwriter Dan O'Bannon claimed at the time that they had never seen ""Planet of the Vampires"". Tim Lucas has noted that the basic plot and ideas of the film not only inspired ""Alien"" but ""continue to influence filmmakers and inspire the"