Alien 1979

Name: Alien
Released: 1979-05-25
Cast: Tom Skerritt, Sigourney Weaver, Veronica Cartwright, Harry Dean Stanton, John Hurt

Synopsis:

During its return to the earth, commercial spaceship Nostromo intercepts a distress signal from a distant planet. When a three-member team of the crew discovers a chamber containing thousands of eggs on the planet, a creature inside one of the eggs attacks an explorer. The entire crew is unaware of the impending nightmare set to descend upon them when the alien parasite planted inside its unfortunate host is birthed.

Directed by:	Ridley Scott
Written by:	Dan O'Bannon
Release date:	1979-05-25
Runtime:	117 minutes
Critics score:	97 / 100
Tagline:	In space, no one can hear you scream.
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