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31st 2003, R, 117mins, 20th Century Fox |
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Cast:
Tom Skerritt, Sigourney Weaver, John Hurt, Ian Holm,
Harry Dean Stanton, Veronica Cartwright, Yaphet
Kotto, Bolaji Badejo, Helen Horton |
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Director:
Ridley Scott
Producers:
Gordon Carroll, David Giler,
Walter Hill, Ivor Powell, Ronald Shusett
Writers:
Ronald Shusett, Dan O'Bannon |
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Plot: Re-release of the 1979
sci-fi horror classic with additional scenes and new editing
by the original director Ridley Scott. In deep space, the crew
of the commercial starship Nostromo is awakened from their cryo-sleep
capsules halfway through their journey home to investigate a
distress call from an alien vessel. After landing on a barren
planet, Warrant Officer Ripley works to decipher the transmission
and discovers that the signal is actually a warning, not an
SOS. But it is too late to turn back as three members of the
crew have already left to investigate the derelict ship.
The terror begins when Kane encounters a nest of eggs inside
the alien ship. An organism from inside an egg leaps out and
attaches itself to his face, causing him to fall into a coma.
Because of the facehugger's awesome defenses, the crew of the
Nostromo cannot remove it without also killing Kane. As the
crew searches for a way to save Kane, the facehugger dies and
Kane wakes up, feeling fine. He is brought out of isolation
and the crew soon makes another horrifying discovery - the lifeform
they've found breeds within a human host.
The young alien that began its life inside of Kane escapes the
astonished crew and hides in the Nostromo where it continues
to develop. As the crew attempts to hunt it down, it in turn
hunts them. While searching for a safe escape, Ripley discovers
the Company's secret plans to bring the alien to Earth and that
Ash, the Nostromo's Science Officer, is willing to kill his
fellow crewmates to achieve this goal. Warrant Officer Ripley
ultimately finds that the alien must be destroyed, not only
to save herself and her crew, but all of mankind. She sets the
Nostromo to self-destruct and prepares to escape in a shuttle,
leading to the final explosive battle for survival.
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Reviews: Dark Horizons, Boston Globe,
Chicago Tribune, E! Online, Movie Eye,
Roger Ebert, ReelViews, Seattle PI
Links: Official
Site, Coming
Soon, Countingdown,
IMDb,
JoBlo,
Yahoo Movies
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