Director Ridley Scott's breakthough film, an immensely successful blend of horror and science fiction, is a classic in both genres and spawned a host of sequels and imitators. Starring Sigourney Weaver as warrant officer Ellen Ripley, ALIEN focuses on the crew of the space cargo ship Nostromo, which lands on a moribund planet in response to a faint SOS. Inside a crashed ship, the crew members come upon strange pods, one of which spews forth a repellently fleshy insectile creature that locks on to the face of the unlucky Kane (John Hurt). Despite Ripley's advice, science officer Ash (Ian Holm) allows Kane to return to the ship, where the creature finally releases its grip. Soon, however, in one of the film's most infamous scenes, one of its offspring explodes horribly from Kane's stomach and scurries away. Dallas (Tom Skerritt), the vessel's captain, leads the others in a search for the rapidly growing, acid-dripping alien before it can cut them down--one by one.

A triumph of art direction, set design, and special effects, ALIEN gains much of its impact from the contrast between the bleak, antiseptic beauty of the space vessel's interior and the primordial horror of the alien, a brilliantly original fusion of insect, man, and machine designed by Swiss surrealist painter H.R. Giger. The top-notch cast also includes Veronica Cartwright, Yaphet Kotto, and Harry Dean Stanton.

For ALIEN: THE DIRECTOR'S CUT, the original negative was restored and digitally remastered. In addition, director Ridley Scott reviewed archival footage not included in the original and chose specific never-before-seen footage to include in this special version of the film!!

• Attractive Retail Box
• Genre: Science-Fiction/Fantasy, Science-Fiction, Classic, Adventure, Aliens, Horror, Prison/Prisoners, Science-Fiction, Space Exploration, Thriller
• Rating: R (MPAA)
• Rating Reason: For Sci-Fi Action Violence.
• Starring: Sigourney Weaver, Harry Dean Stanton, Tom Skerritt, Yaphet Kotto, John Hurt, Ian Holm, Veronica Cartwright
• Directed By: Ridley Scott
• Release Information:
• Studio: Fox Home Entertainment
• Theatrical Release Date: May 25, 1979
• DVD Release Date: January 6, 2004
• 1979 Theatrical Version Run Time: 117 minutes
• 2003 Director's Cut Run Time: 116 minutes
• Production Company: Fox
• Package Type: Digipak
• Number of Discs: 2
• THX Digitally Mastered
• Director's Cut
• DVD Features:
• Encoding: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only). This DVD will probably NOT be viewable in other countries.
• Aspect Ratio(s):
• Widescreen anamorphic - 2.35:1
• Available Audio Tracks:
• English (DTS Digital 5.1 Surround)
• English (Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround)
• Spanish (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround)
• THX Certified
• Available Subtitles: English and Spanish
• Closed Captioned: Yes
• Bonus Features:
• Contains Two (2) Film Versions
• Digitally Restored and Recut by Ridley Scott
• Disc 1:
• Contains the Original 1979 Theatrical Version (117 min.) and the All-New 2003 Director's Cut (116 min.)!
• Full-Length Audio Commentary by Director Ridley Scott, Writer Dan O'Bannon, Executive Producer Ronald Shusett, Editor Terry Rawlings, Actors Sigourney Weaver, Tom Skerritt, Veronica Cartwright, Harry Dean Stanton and John Hurt (for both Versions).
• Introduction by Ridley Scott
• Disc 2:
• Behind-the-Scenes Featurettes, Including - "Star Beast: Developing the Story," "The Visualists: Direction and Design," "Truckers in Space: Casting," "The Eighth Passenger: Creature Design, Sigourney Weaver Screen Test, "The Chestbuster: Creature Design"
• Multi-Angle Scene Studies
• Still Photo Galleries
• Deleted and Extended Scenes
• And More!
• Interactive Features:
• Scene Access
• Interactive Menus

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