Alien is a 1979 science fiction horror film directed by Ridley Scott and starring Tom Skerritt, Sigourney Weaver, Veronica Cartwright, Harry Dean Stanton, John Hurt, Ian Holm and Yaphet Kotto. The film's title refers to its primary antagonist: a highly aggressive extraterrestrial creature which stalks and kills the crew of a spaceship. Dan O'Bannon wrote the screenplay from a story by him and Ronald Shusett, drawing influence from previous...
Parker wants to discuss whether they're going to get a bonus out of stopping ...
Ripley is confronted by her shipmates after she refused to let them back on t...
Ripley comments on Ash's scanner that finds objects when there's changes in t...
Ripley gives the command to open the door while they search for the alien on ...
Mother, the ship's computer announces that the ship will detonate in 10 minut...
Parker and Brett want more money if they're going to investigate the planetoi...
Ripley discusses her plan to eliminate the alien from the ship with the remai...
Dallas announces to the crew that they're not home yet. The computer on thei...
Lambert finally finds their position on the map. They're far from home.
Ripley tries to radio over to the planetoid that they've stopped to investiga...
Ripley asks Ash how the scanner he created will find the alien on their ship.
Ripley tries to command the ship to shut the self destruct off but it's too l...
Ripley asks Ash to help her figure out how they can kill the alien. They dec...
Ash tries to convince Ripley not to warn the others when she tells Ash she do...
Ripley goes to check on Parker and Brett but they just bug her about whether ...
Parker and Brett want to discuss shares before the go to the planetoid to exp...
Ash sneaks up on Ripley while she's talking to the ship's main computer.
Parker screams to Lambert to get out of the room right before the alien kills...
Ripley gives her final report about what happened to her ship before entering...
Ripley reconnects the robot Ash to ask it questions about how they can kill t...
Ripley and the rest of the survives decide to blow up the ship to eliminate t...
Ripley teases Brett about his working relationship with Parker.
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