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Alien Cover Image DVD DVD

Alien

Summary: A mindless, savage, and merciless alien is attacking the crew of an intergalactic freighter and it must be stopped before they are all killed.

Record details

  • Physical Description: videorecording
    videorecording (DVD)
    videodisc
    2 DVD-videosdiscs (116 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
  • Edition: Director's cut.
  • Publisher: Beverly Hills, Calif. : Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, 2003.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1979.
Special features include: Audio commentary by director, cast members, and others; Star beast : developing the story (featurette); The visualists : direction and design (featurette); Truckers in space : casting (featurette); Future tense : music and editing (featurette); Outward bound : visual effects (featurette); A nightmare fulfilled : reactions to the film (featurette); Fear of the unknown : Shepperton Studios, 1978 (featurette); The darkest reaches : Nostromo and Alien planet (featurette); The eighth passenger : creature design (featurette); The chestburster (multi-angle sequence); Sigourney Weaver screen test; still photo galleries; deleted and extended scenes.
Formatted Contents Note: Disc 1: Director's cut (117 min., 2003) -- Theatrical version (116 min., 1979).
Creation/Production Credits Note: Story, Dan O'Bannon, Ronald Shusett ; director of photography, Derek Vanlint ; film editor, Terry Rawlings ; music, Jerry Goldsmith.
Participant or Performer Note: Tom Skerritt, Sigourney Weaver, Veronica Cartwright, Harry Dean Stanton, John Hurt, Ian Holm, Yaphet Kotto.
System Details Note:
DVD; widescreen presentation (2.35:1 aspect ratio); 5.1 Dolby surround, 5.1 DTS, Dolby surround.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note:
Licensed for: home, library, classroom, ILL.
Language Note:
Can be viewed subtitled in English or Spanish, or dubbed in Spanish. Closed captioned.
Subject: Monsters -- Drama
Human-alien encounters -- Drama
Video recordings for the hearing impaired
Horror films
Science fiction films
Feature films

Available copies

  • 2 of 2 copies available at Emily Carr University of Art + Design.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 2 total copies.
Show Only Available Copies
Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Circulation Modifier Holdable? Status Due Date Courses
Emily Carr University of Art + Design PN1997.2 .A454 2003 c.1 (Text) 30214240 Video Volume hold Available -
Emily Carr University of Art + Design PN1997.2 .A454 2003 c.2 (Text) 30214518 Video Volume hold Available -

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