Alien1979
About
- Runtime
- 1 hour 57 minutes
- Language
- English
- Tagline
- In space no one can hear you scream.
- Overview
During its return to the earth, commercial spaceship Nostromo intercepts a distress signal from a distant planet. When a three-member team of the crew discovers a chamber containing thousands of eggs on the planet, a creature inside one of the eggs attacks an explorer. The entire crew is unaware of the impending nightmare set to descend upon them when the alien parasite planted inside its unfortunate host is birthed.
- Genres
- Horror, Science Fiction
- Released
- May 25, 1979
- Budget
- $11,000,000
- Revenue
- $104,931,801
- Production
- Brandywine Productions
- Twentieth Century-Fox Productions
- Ronald Shusett Productions
Credits
Directing
- Ridley ScottDirector
- Paul IbbetsonFirst Assistant Director
- Kay FentonContinuity
- Raymond BecketAssistant Director
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- Julian WallSecond Assistant Director
- Steve HardingAssistant Director
- Bob JordanAssistant Director Trainee
Writing
- Dan O'BannonStory
- Ronald ShusettStory
- Dan O'BannonScreenplay
Art
- Michael SeymourProduction Design
- Roger ChristianArt Direction
- Leslie DilleyArt Direction
- Ian WhittakerSet Decoration
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- Jonathan AmberstonAssistant Art Director
- Dave JordanProperty Master
- Benjamín FernándezAssistant Art Director
- Ron CobbConcept Artist
- Chris FossConcept Artist
- Bill WelchConstruction Manager
- Julian CaldowProduction Illustrator
- Jean GiraudConcept Artist
- John DaveyPainter
Camera
- Derek VanlintDirector of Photography
- Bob PennStill Photographer
- Jimmy WaltersKey Grip
- Adrian BiddleFocus Puller
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- Colin DavidsonFocus Puller
Costume & Make-Up
- John MolloCostume Design
- Graham ChurchyardCostume Assistant
- Sarah MonzaniHairdresser
- Pat HayMakeup Artist
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- Tommie MandersonMakeup Supervisor
- Tiny NichollsWardrobe Supervisor
Crew
- Brian JohnsonSpecial Effects
- Roy ScammellStunt Coordinator
- Bernard LodgeSpecial Effects
- Guy HudsonSpecial Effects Technician
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- Phil KnowlesSpecial Effects Technician
- Dennis LoweSpecial Effects Technician
- Roger NicholsSpecial Effects Technician
- Neil SwanSpecial Effects Technician
- David H. WatkinsSpecial Effects Technician
- George GunningCarpenter
- Eddie PowellStunts
- Brian DoyleUnit Publicist
- Dan O'BannonOther
Editing
- Terry RawlingsEditor
- Peter WeatherleyEditor
- Les HealeyFirst Assistant Editor
- Peter CulverwellAssistant Editor
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- Bridget ReissAssistant Editor
- Peter BaldockAssistant Editor
- Maureen LyndonAssistant Editor
Lighting
- Ray EvansGaffer
Production
- Gordon CarrollProducer
- David GilerProducer
- Walter HillProducer
- Ronald ShusettExecutive Producer
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- Mary GoldbergCasting
- Mary SelwayCasting
- Ivor PowellAssociate Producer
- Garth ThomasProduction Manager
- Bill FinchProduction Accountant
- Valerie CraigProduction Assistant
- Alice HarmonProducer's Assistant
- Lori CovelProducer's Assistant
- Mark HaggardProduction Executive
Sound
- Jerry GoldsmithOriginal Music Composer
- Max BellDolby Consultant
- Bryan TillingDialogue Editor
- Ben BurttSound Designer
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- Derrick LeatherProduction Sound Mixer
- Jim ShieldsSound Editor
- Bill RoweSound Re-Recording Mixer
- Robert HathawayMusic Editor
- Lionel NewmanConductor
- William ParnellDialogue Editor
- Ray MerrinSound Re-Recording Assistant
Visual Effects
- Nick AllderSpecial Effects Supervisor
- Peter VoyseyModelling Supervisor
- H. R. GigerCreature Design
- Dennis AylingVFX Director of Photography
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- Eddie ButlerModeling
- Patti RodgersModeling
- Joss WilliamsSpecial Effects Supervisor
- Andy WilliamsSpecial Effects Supervisor
- Brian JohnsonSpecial Effects Supervisor
- Ray CapleMatte Painter
Trailers
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Posters
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