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Overview

During its return to the earth, commercial spaceship Nostromo intercepts a distress signal from a distant planet. When a three-member team of the crew discovers a chamber containing thousands of eggs on the planet, a creature inside one of the eggs attacks an explorer. The entire crew is unaware of the impending nightmare set to descend upon them when the alien parasite planted inside its unfortunate host is birthed.

English
Rated R
😱Horror
👽Science Fiction

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Released

25th May 1979

47 years ago

Runtime

1 hour 57 minutes

Finishes at 7:14pm

Budget

$11,000,000 ($52,847,300 today)

Revenue $104,931,801

Directed by

Ridley Scott

Written by

Ronald Shusett, Dan O'Bannon

Ratings and awards

Won 1 Oscar. 19 wins & 22 nominations total

8.4/10
93%
89%
82%
87%

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