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Alien

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.

DVD  - 2004
FIC Alien
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  • Physical Description videodisc
    1 videodisc (116 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
  • Edition Widescreen ed.
  • Publisher Beverly Hills : Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, [2004]

Content descriptions

General Note:
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; outtakes; theatrical trailers; screensaver files.
GMD: videodisc.
Formatted Contents Note: Disc 1: Original 1979 release ; Disc 2: 2003 Director's cut release.
Creation/Production Credits Note: Director of photography, Derek Vanlint ; film editor, Terry Rawlings ; music, Jerry Goldsmith ; story, Dan O'Bannon, Ronald Shusett.
Participant or Performer Note: Sigourney Weaver, Tom Skerritt, Veronica Cartwright, Harry Dean Stanton, John Hurt, Ian Holm, Yaphet Kotto.
Target Audience Note:
Rated R.
System Details Note:
DVD; 5.1 DTS, Dolby surround.
Language Note:
Closed-captioned. English (Dolby 5.1 and surround) and French (Dolby surround) soundtracks with optional subtitles in English and Spanish.
Awards Note:
1979 Academy Award: Best effects (visual effects).