Alien - 1979

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Alien

1979 film

1. 8.5/10·IMDb

   97%·Rotten Tomatoes

Story

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. The terror begins when the crew encounters a nest of eggs inside the alien ship. An organism from inside an egg leaps out and attaches itself to one of the crew, causing him to fall into a coma.

Initial release: May 25, 1979 (USA)
Director: Ridley Scott
Running time: 1h 57m
Film series: Alien
Screenplay: Dan O'Bannon

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