Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 137 min
- Age rating
- R
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
- Violence
- Mild
- Frights
- Mild
Why tonight?
- One of the best-reviewed films Cue holds.
The story
Ripley, the sole survivor of the Nostromo's deadly encounter with the monstrous Alien, returns to Earth after drifting through space in hypersleep for 57 years. Although her story is initially met with skepticism, she agrees to accompany a team of Colonial Marines back to LV-426.
- android
- space marine
- extraterrestrial technology
- spaceman
- space travel
- settler
- colony
- cryogenics
- vacuum
- space colony
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
- Lance Henriksen — Bishop
- Bill Paxton — Private Hudson
- William Hope — Lieutenant Gorman
- Jenette Goldstein — Private Vasquez
- Al Matthews — Sergeant Apone
- Mark Rolston — Private Drake
- Ricco Ross — Private Frost
- Colette Hiller — Corporal Ferro
- Daniel Kash — Private Spunkmeyer
- Cynthia Dale Scott — Corporal Dietrich
- Tip Tipping — Private Crowe
- Directed
- James Cameron
- Written
- David Giler, James Cameron, Walter Hill
Production
- Rating
- 8.0 / 10 · 11,146 ratings
- Studio
- SLM Production Group, 20th Century Fox, Brandywine Productions
The Collection
The complete story, in order.
1979Alien
Where it starts.
Aliens
1986 · You’re here
Alien³
1992
Alien Resurrection
1997
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
