Alien / 20th Century Fox ; a Brandywine-Ronald Shusett production ; screenplay by Dan O'Bannon ; produced by Gordon Carroll, David Giler and Walter Hill ; directed by Ridley Scott.

Format Video (DVD)
EditionDirector's cut.
Publication InfoBeverly Hills, Calif. : Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, 2003.
Description2 videodiscs (116 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Subjects

Other author/creatorShusett, Ronald.
Other author/creatorO'Bannon, Dan.
Other author/creatorCarroll, Gordon, 1928-2005.
Other author/creatorGiler, David.
Other author/creatorHill, Walter, 1942-
Other author/creatorScott, Ridley.
Other author/creatorSkerritt, Tom.
Other author/creatorWeaver, Sigourney, 1949-
Other author/creatorCartwright, Veronica.
Other author/creatorStanton, Harry Dean, 1926-2017
Other author/creatorHurt, John, 1940-2017
Other author/creatorHolm, Ian, 1931-2020.
Other author/creatorKotto, Yaphet, 1939-2021
Other author/creatorVanlint, Derek.
Other author/creatorRawlings, Terry.
Other author/creatorGoldsmith, Jerry.
Other author/creatorTwentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation.
Other author/creatorBrandywine (Firm)
Other author/creatorTwentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc.
Uniform titleAlien (Motion picture)
Contents Disc 1: Director's cut (117 min., 2003) -- Theatrical version (116 min., 1979).
Abstract A mindless, savage, and merciless alien is attacking the crew of an intergalactic freighter and it must be stopped before they are all killed.
General noteOriginally produced as a motion picture in 1979.
General noteSpecial 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.
CreditsStory, Dan O'Bannon, Ronald Shusett ; director of photography, Derek Vanlint ; film editor, Terry Rawlings ; music, Jerry Goldsmith.
Cast Tom Skerritt, Sigourney Weaver, Veronica Cartwright, Harry Dean Stanton, John Hurt, Ian Holm, Yaphet Kotto.
Audience MPAA rating: R.
Technical detailsDVD.
LanguageClosed-captioned.
LanguageEnglish or Spanish soundtracks, optional English or Spanish subtitles.
Genre/formFeature films.
Genre/formHorror films.
Genre/formVideo recordings for the hearing impaired.
UPC 024543098508 00
Publisher number2009850 Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment