Alien [videorecording] / - Widescreen ed. - Beverly Hills : Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, 2004. - 1 videodisc (116 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 insert sheet.

Originally released as a motion picture in 1979. Special features: audio commentary by Ridley Scott; deleted scenes; artwork and photo galleries; original storyboards; isolated original score; alternate music tracks.

Public performance rights included.

Director, Ridley Scott ; producers, Gordon Carroll, David Giler, and Walter Hill ; screenplay by Dan O'Bannon. Director, Ridley Scott ; producers, Gordon Carroll, David Giler, and Walter Hill ; screenplay by Dan O'Bannon.

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

Terror begins when the crew of a spaceship investigates a transmission from a desolate planet and discovers a life form that is perfectly evolved to annihilate mankind. Each crew member is slain until only Ripley is left.

Rated R.


DVD; 5.1 DTS, Dolby surround, Region 1, dual layer.


Closed-captioned. English (Dolby 5.1 and surround) and French (Dolby surround) soundtracks with optional subtitles in English and Spanish.

1979 Academy Award: Best effects (visual effects).

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Life on other planets--Drama.


Science fiction films.
Alien films.
Horror films.
Feature films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

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