Midnight Screenings 2019 / Alien / USA, United Kingdom 1979
The crew of an interstellar cargo ship are on their way back to Earth when the onboard computer prematurely awakens them from hibernation. The passengers discover that the ship has intercepted a distant signal. After landing on a barren planet they find a wrecked spaceship, and on it a hatchery filled with strange eggs. The immortal sci-fi saga begins.
Even forty years after its release, this brilliant collaboration between screenwriter Dan O’Bannon, biomechanical surrealist H. R. Giger and visionary director Ridley Scott remains just as stunning as in 1979, when it redefined the science-fiction genre. The creature, who arrives out of the depths of space, is no civilized extraterrestrial seeking to make contact with the human race; it is the embodiment of pure evil, as intelligent as it is remorseless. This visually captivating film works with our primal fear of the unknown and unseen amid the claustrophobic corridors of the spaceship Nostromo, where the mismatched crew must engage in an unequal struggle for survival – a struggle nobody will ever know about. Because in space, no one can hear you scream.
Nikola Paggio
117 min / Color, DCP
Director Ridley Scott
/ Screenplay Dan O’Bannon, Ronald Shusett
/ Dir. of Photography Derek Vanlint
/ Music Jerry Goldsmith
/ Editor Terry Rawlings, Peter Weatherley
/ Art Director Roger Christian, Leslie Dilley
/ Producer Gordon Carroll, David Giler, Walter Hill
/ Production Twentieth Century-Fox Productions, Brandywine Productions
/ Cast Sigourney Weaver, Tom Skerritt, Harry Dean Stanton, John Hurt
/ Sales Park Circus Group
Ridley Scott (b. 1937, South Shields, United Kingdom). Selected filmography: The Duellists (1977), Alien (1979), Blade Runner (1982), Thelma & Louise (1991), Gladiator (2000), Hannibal (2001), American Gangster (2007), Prometheus (2012), The Martian (2015), Alien: Covenant (2017)
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