Alien
(DVD) 

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Benbrook Public Library - DVDDVD ALIOn Shelf
Richland Hills Public Library - DVDDVD ALIOn Shelf

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Published
Beverly Hills, Calif. : Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, 2003.
Edition
Widescreen version ; Director's cut.
Language
English
UPC
024543098508

Notes

General Note
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1979.
General Note
Originally packaged as discs 1&2 of the Alien quadrilogy 9-disc set.
General Note
Special features include: Audio commentary by director, cast members, and others; Star beast : developing the story (featurette); The visualists : direction and design (featurette); Truckers in space : casting (featurette); Future tense : music and editing (featurette); Outward bound : visual effects (featurette); A nightmare fulfilled : reactions to the film (featurette); Fear of the unknown : Shepperton Studios, 1978 (featurette); The darkest reaches : Nostromo and Alien planet (featurette); The eighth passenger : creature design (featurette); The chestburster (multi-angle sequence); Sigourney Weaver screen test; still photo galleries; deleted and extended scenes.
Creation/Production Credits
Story, Dan O'Bannon, Ronald Shusett ; director of photography, Derek Vanlint ; film editor, Terry Rawlings ; music, Jerry Goldsmith.
Participants/Performers
Tom Skerritt, Sigourney Weaver, Veronica Cartwright, Harry Dean Stanton, John Hurt, Ian Holm, Yaphet Kotto.
Description
When the crew of the space freighter Nostromo answers a distress call from a desolate planet, they unwittingly unleash the terror of a deadly life form that breeds within a human host.
Target Audience
MPAA rating: Rated R.
System Details
DVD, widescreen presentation (2.35:1 aspect ratio); 5.1 Dolby surround, 5.1 DTS, Dolby surround.
Language
English and Spanish language soundtracks; English and Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned.

Citations

APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Shusett, R., O'Bannon, D., Carroll, G., Giler, D., Hill, W., Scott, R., Skerritt, T., Weaver, S., Cartwright, V., Stanton, H. D., Hurt, J., Holm, I., Kotto, Y., Vanlint, D., Rawlings, T., & Goldsmith, J. (2003). Alien (Widescreen version ; Director's cut.). Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Ronald. Shusett et al.. 2003. Alien. Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Ronald. Shusett et al.. Alien Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, 2003.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Shusett, Ronald., et al. Alien Widescreen version ; Director's cut., Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, 2003.

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