Alien (1979)
| Release Date | 25 May 1979 |
| Budget | $11,000,000 |
| US Box Office | $79,000,000 |
| Tagline | In space no one can hear you scream. |
| Genre | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller |
| Country | USAUK |
| Filming Locations | Shepperton Studios, Shepperton, Surrey, England, UK |
| Language | English, Spanish |
| Sound Mix | 70 mm 6-Track, Dolby |
| Color | Color |
| Film Type | Feature |
| Film Class | Creature Film |
| Mood | Other Dimensions, Nail-biters |
| Themes | Evil Aliens, Space Travel, Robots and Androids |
| Tones | Claustrophobic, Visceral, Menacing, Paranoid, Ominous, Chilly, Gruesome |
| Tags | Alien [not Human], Creature, Escape, Intergalactic, Man Vs Aliens, Monster, Parasite, Spacecraft, Trapped |
Alien is a 1979 science fiction horror film directed by Ridley Scott and starring Tom Skerritt, Sigourney Weaver, Veronica Cartwright, Harry Dean Stanton, John Hurt, Ian Holm and Yaphet Kotto. The film's title refers to its primary antagonist: a highly aggressive extraterrestrial creature which stalks and kills the crew of a spaceship. Dan O'Bannon wrote the screenplay from a story by him and Ronald Shusett, drawing influence from previous works of science fiction and horror. The film was produced through Brandywine Productions and distributed by 20th Century Fox, with producers David Giler and Walter Hill making significant revisions and additions to the script. The titular Alien and its accompanying elements were designed by Swiss surrealist artist H. R. Giger, while concept artists Ron Cobb and Chris Foss designed the human aspects of the film.
Cast and Crew
Cast
Helen Horton
Mother
Director
Writer
Ronald Shusett
Producer
Gordon Carroll
producer
Ivor Powell
associate producer
Ronald Shusett
executive producer
Original Music
Cinematographer
Derek Vanlint
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Editor
David Crowther
Terry Rawlings
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Peter Weatherley
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Production Designer
Michael Seymour
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Art Director
Leslie Dilley
Set Decorator
Ian Whittaker
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Costume Designer
John Mollo
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Makeup Department
Pat Hay
makeup artist
Tommie Manderson
makeup designer
Sarah Monzani
hair stylist
Production Manager
Garth Thomas
production manager
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Raymond Becket
assistant director
Steve Harding
assistant director
Paul Ibbetson
first assistant director
Bob Jordan
trainee assistant director
Art Department
José María Alarcón
assistant set decorator
Jonathan Amberston
assistant art director
Ron Cobb
concept artist
John Davey
head painter
Benjamín Fernández
assistant art director
Chris Foss
concept artist
George Gunning
head carpenter
Dave Jordan
property master
Jill Quertier
production buyer
Bert Rodwell
head plasterer
Bill Welch
construction manager
Gari Bacon
props
John Chisholm
prop man
Paul James
plasterer
Keith Short
sculptor
Sound Department
Max Bell
stereo sound consultant: Dolby
Andrew I. King
sound re-recording mixer: director's cut
Derrick Leather
production sound mixer
Ray Merrin
sound re-recording assistant
Bill Rowe
sound re-recording mixer
Jim Shields
sound editor
Bryan Tilling
dialogue editor
Special Effects
Nick Allder
special effects supervisor
Alan Bryce
floor effects supervisor
Clinton Cavers
alien effects coordinator
Carlo De Marchis
additional alien mechanics
Roger Dicken
small alien forms co-designer and maker
Guy Hudson
special effects technician
Phil Knowles
special effects technician
Dennis Lowe
special effects technician
Roger Nichols
special effects technician
Carlo Rambaldi
alien head effects
Neil Swan
special effects technician
David H. Watkins
special effects technician
Dr. David Watling
additional alien mechanics
Philip Sharpe
special effects technician
Christian Wolf-La'Moy
model maker
Visual Effects
Denys Ayling
director of photography: miniature effects
Martin Bower
supervising model maker: miniature effects
Eddie Butler
modeller
Ray Caple
matte artist
Shirley Denny
modeller
Dick Hewitt
electronics and video coordinator
David Litchfield
operator: miniature effects
Bernard Lodge
special graphic effects
Terry Pearce
focus: miniature effects
Bill Pearson
supervising model maker: miniature effects
Patti Rodgers
modeller
Peter Voysey
supervising modeller
Peter Woods
key grip: miniature effects
Alan Buchan
visual effects
Rick Cortes
Inferno artist
Bob Keen
modeller
Jon Sorensen
visual effects miniatures
Stunts
Eddie Powell
stunts
Roy Scammell
stunt coordinator
Monty Jordan
assistant stunt coordinator
Camera and Electrical Department
Adrian Biddle
camera focus
Colin Davidson
camera focus
Ray Evans
gaffer
Bob Penn
still photographer
Jimmy Walters
key grip
Wick Finch
electrician
David Johnson
second assistant camera
Micky Wilson
electrician
Casting Department
Mary Goldberg
casting: USA
Mary Selway
casting: UK
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Tiny Nicholls
wardrobe supervisor
Editorial Department
Peter Baldock
assistant film editor
Peter Culverwell
assistant film editor
Les Healey
first assistant editor
Maureen Lyndon
assistant film editor
Bridget Reiss
assistant film editor
Brian Q. Kelley
editor: additional material for special edition
Music Department
Robert Hathaway
music editor
Arthur Morton
orchestrator
Other Crew
Stanley Bielecki
advertising and publicity consultant
Lori Covel
assistant to producers
Valerie Craig
production assistant
Brian Doyle
unit publicist
Kay Fenton
continuity
Bill Finch
production accountant
Mark Haggard
production executive
Alice Harmon
assistant to producers
Charles Lippincott
advertising and publicity consultant
Sandy Molloy
assistant to director
Saul Bass
title designer
Robert H. Lemer
associate to producer
Jake Scott
stand-in
Production Company
Brandywine Productions Ltd.
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Twentieth Century-Fox Productions
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Distributor
Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation
20th Century Fox Italia
20th Century Fox Netherlands
20th Century Fox
20th Century Fox of Germany
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Columbia-Fox
Netherlands Fox Film Corporation
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
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20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
20th Century Fox de Argentina
Abril Vídeo
American Broadcasting Company (ABC)
CBS Fox Video
CBS/Fox Home Video
CBS/Fox
,
Fox Video
Gativideo
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Odeon
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment Germany
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Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
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Special Effects
Filmfex Animation Services
Miscellaneous
Steve Frankfurt Communications
title design
RGreenberg Associates
title design
Tony Silver Films
title design
Animals Unlimited
Jones trained by
Dolby Laboratories
sound post-production
Panavision
filmed in
DeLuxe Laboratories
prints by
Lee Lighting
lighting
Sony U.K. Ltd.
video equipment
Shepperton Studios
made at
J.R. Bray Studios
made at
Anvil Recording Studios
music recorded at
E.M.I. Elstree Studios
post-production
Intrada
soundtrack
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