Alien (film)

Alien (1979), directed by Ridley Scott, is an extremely popular and influential science fiction/horror film that spawned several sequels and imitators. Although the title characters are the highly aggressive extraterrestrial creatures (Xenomorph is the proper name of this species), the real connecting thread is the saga of Ellen Ripley, played by Sigourney Weaver, a human woman who finds herself the principal opponent of the species throughout the series. The film is especially notable as the first major American film series with a female action hero.

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1979 - Ridley Scott - Science fiction - Horror - Film - Sequel - Xenomorph - Ellen Ripley - Sigourney Weaver - Human - American - Action hero

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There are just seven human actors in the movie: Tom Skerritt (Captain Dallas), Sigourney Weaver (Warrant Officer Ripley), Veronica Cartwright (Navigator Lambert), Harry Dean Stanton (Engineering Technician Brett), John Hurt (Executive Officer Kane), Ian Holm (Science Officer Ash), and Yaphet Kotto (Chief Engineer Parker).

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Tom Skerritt - Dallas - Sigourney Weaver - Ripley - Veronica Cartwright - Lambert - Harry Dean Stanton - Brett - John Hurt - Kane - Ian Holm - Ash - Yaphet Kotto - Parker

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The film's visual imagery was designed by H.R. Giger, for which he won an Oscar.

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Imagery - H.R. Giger - Oscar

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In 2002, the United States Library of Congress deemed Alien "culturally significant" and selected it for preservation in the National Film Registry.

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2002 - Library of Congress - National Film Registry

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