GALLERY: 'Alien' - 45th Anniversary
'Alien'
Course: Returning to Earth
Sigourney Weaver as Ellen Ripley
Sigourney Weaver and Ridley Scott
"I Love That There's a Female Hero"
Ridley Scott
John Hurt as Kane
"Staggeringly Ahead of its Time"
"It's All About the 'Chestbursting' Scene"
The Chestburster
Yaphet Kotto as Parker, Sigourney Weaver as Ripley, and Ian Holm as Ash
"So Much More Than Simply Horror"
The Xenomorph
Veronica Cartwright as Lambert
"The Atmosphere is so Palpable"
Tom Skerritt as Dallas
The Juggernaut
Ian Holm as Ash
"The Cat Survived in the End"
Sigourney Weaver as Ripley
Sigourney Weaver as Ripley
Best Visual Effects
"In Space No One Can Hear You Scream"
GALLERY: 'Alien' - 45th Anniversary
Jun 5, 2024
'Alien'

Just two years after Star Wars took moviegoers to a galaxy far, far away, Ridley Scott's sci-fi horror film Alien presented audiences with a very different kind of adventure in space.

Only the second feature in the now-legendary career of Scott, as well as the first starring film role for Sigourney Weaver, Alien defied expectations, delivering both an iconic heroine and unforgettable scares. Released on June 22, 1979, Alien was a box office smash, grossing over $100 million worldwide on a budget of just over $10 million.

The film received Oscar nominations for Best Art Direction-Set Decoration and Best Visual Effects, and went on to win an Oscar for its visual effects. And now, 45 years later, Scott's masterpiece is widely recognized as one of the greatest, most influential films ever made.

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