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 yells to Dallas about the alien that's attached itself to Kane's face.
Dallas gets a good look at the alien that's attached itself to Kane's face.
Dallas tells Ripley she needs to open the hatch immediately so they can get K...
Ripley tells Dallas she won't let him and the others out of quarantine until ...
Eggs or something? If you knew what they were going to do to you, you'd wish...
As part of the crew searches the planetoid, Kane describes what he sees to Da...
Dallas describes the dead life form they found outside the space ship.
Dallas tells the crew on the ship that he and the others have found an alien ...
Dallas describes what he sees outside the space ship to Ash who is sitting at...
Lambert complains as she and Kane make their way onto the planetoid where the...
Parker asks Ripley if he'll get more shares if they find something on the pla...
Lambert tries to see what's outside the ship but doesn't have much luck with ...
Dallas tells Kane and Lambert they should bring weapons with them when they g...
Dallas tells the crew they're not going to check out the planetoid in the dar...
Ripley tells Parker and Brett she's going to go down and check out the damage...
Parker tells Dallas that they have a lot of work to do after ship crashes ont...
Dallas demands answers from his crew after they crash on the planetoid.
Ripley tells the crew that the signal their ship intercepted isn't one she's ...
Parker tells Dallas he has no problem with the rescue mission if he's compens...
Parker tells Dallas that they're on board a commercial ship and if he's expec...
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