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A sci-fi thriller with a difference. The crew aboard the space freighter Nostromo investigate a distress call and one of the crew members brings back on board an Alien of unknown origin. In comparison to the technology dominated sterile world controlled by a computer, where no-one trusts anyone, the horror of the Alien is its very organic nature. Under Scott’s direction this film is grippingly suspensful and draws interesting parallels between the perfect inhumanity of the Alien and that of the Company. Cast includes: Sigourney Weaver, Harry Dean Stanton, John Hurt.
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ACMI Identifier
313422
Languages
English
English
English
French
German
Italian
Spanish
Audience classification
MA
Subject categories
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Motion picture trailers
Fantasy & Science Fiction → Extraterrestrial beings
Fantasy & Science Fiction → Science fiction films
Feature films → Feature films - United States
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
DVD; Access Print (Section 1)