1979 · 1h 57m · Sci-Fi
Alien
Directed byRidley Scott
IMDb
8.4
1.08M votes
Metacritic
89
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Rotten Tomatoes
93%
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Box office
$106M
9.7x its $11M budget
Released May 25, 1979 by 20th Century Studios and Brandywine Productions
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Critics (Metacritic)89
Audience (IMDb x 10)84
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Cast
Crew
- Director
- Ridley Scott
- Writers
- Dan O'BannonRonald Shusett
- Music
- Jerry Goldsmith
- Cinematography
- Derek Vanlint
- Producers
- Gordon CarrollDavid GilerWalter Hill
2 nominations, 1 wins
Awards record
- NominatedBest Production Design · Academy Awards 1980Art Direction: Michael Seymour, Les Dilley, Roger Christian; Set Decoration: Ian Whittaker
- WonBest Visual Effects · Academy Awards 1980H.R. Giger, Carlo Rambaldi, Brian Johnson, Nick Allder, Denys Ayling
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