Alien Anthology [1979-1997] [Blu-ray] (2010) *NEW*

Alien (1979)

In deep space, the crew of the commercial starship Nostromo is awakened from their cryo-sleep capsules halfway through their journey home to investigate a distress call from an alien vessel. The terror begins when the crew encounters a nest of eggs inside the alien ship. An organism from inside an egg leaps out and attaches itself to one of the crew, causing him to fall into a coma.

Alien
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Directed by	Ridley Scott
Produced by	Gordon Carroll David Giler Walter Hill
Screenplay by	Dan O'Bannon
Story by	Dan O'Bannon Ronald Shusett
Starring	Tom Skerritt Sigourney Weaver Veronica Cartwright Harry Dean Stanton John Hurt Ian Holm Yaphet Kotto
Music by	Jerry Goldsmith
Cinematography	Derek Vanlint
Edited by	Terry Rawlings Peter Weatherley
Production companies	20th Century Fox Brandywine Productions
Distributed by	20th Century Fox
Release date	May 25, 1979 (United States) September 6, 1979(United Kingdom)
Running time	117 minutes
Country	United Kingdom United States
Language	English
Budget	$9–11 million
Box office	$104.9–203.6 million

Aliens (1986)

After floating in space for 57 years, Lt. Ripley's (Sigourney Weaver) shuttle is found by a deep space salvage team. Upon arriving at LV-426, the marines find only one survivor, a nine year old girl named Newt (Carrie Henn). But even these battle-hardened marines with all the latest weaponry are no match for the hundreds of aliens that have invaded the colony.

Aliens
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Directed by	James Cameron
Produced by	Gale Anne Hurd
Screenplay by	James Cameron
Story by	James Cameron David Giler Walter Hill
Based on	Characters by Dan O'Bannon Ronald Shusett
Starring	Sigourney Weaver
Music by	James Horner
Cinematography	Adrian Biddle
Edited by	Ray Lovejoy
Production companies	20th Century Fox Brandywine Productions
Distributed by	20th Century Fox
Release date	July 18, 1986
Running time	137 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$17–18 million
Box office	$131.1–183.3 million

Alien 3 (1992)

Ellen Ripley (Sigourney Weaver) is the only survivor when she crash lands on Fiorina 161, a bleak wasteland inhabited by former inmates of the planet's maximum security prison. Once again, Ripley must face skepticism and the alien as it hunts down the prisoners and guards. Without weapons or modern technology of any kind, Ripley leads the men into battle against the terrifying creature.

Alien 3
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Directed by	David Fincher
Produced by	Gordon Carroll David Giler Walter Hill
Screenplay by	David Giler Walter Hill Larry Ferguson
Story by	Vincent Ward
Based on	Characters by Dan O'Bannon Ronald Shusett
Starring	Sigourney Weaver Charles S. Dutton Charles Dance Lance Henriksen
Music by	Elliot Goldenthal
Cinematography	Alex Thomson
Edited by	Terry Rawlings
Production company	20th Century Fox Brandywine Productions
Distributed by	20th Century Fox
Release date	May 22, 1992
Running time	114 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$50–55 million
Box office	$159.8 million

Alien: Resurrection (1997)

The saga continues 200 years after Ripley sacrificed herself for the sake of humanity. Her erstwhile employers long gone, this time it is the military that resurrects the one-woman killing machine through genetic cloning to extract the alien from within her, but during the process her DNA is fused with the queen and then the aliens escape. Now Ripley must decide where her allegiance lies.

Alien Resurrection
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Directed by	Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Produced by	Gordon Carroll David Giler Walter Hill Bill Badalato
Written by	Joss Whedon
Based on	Characters by Dan O'Bannon Ronald Shusett
Starring	Sigourney Weaver Winona Ryder Ron Perlman Dan Hedaya J. E. Freeman Brad Dourif Michael Wincott
Music by	John Frizzell
Cinematography	Darius Khondji
Edited by	Hervé Schneid
Production company	20th Century Fox Brandywine Productions
Distributed by	20th Century Fox
Release date	November 26, 1997
Running time	109 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$60–75 million
Box office	$160.7–161.4 million