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Release Date:
18 July 1986 (USA)
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Tagline:
This time there's more. more
Plot:
The planet from Alien (1979) has been colonized, but contact is lost. This time, the rescue team has impressive firepower, enough? full summary | full synopsis
Awards:
Won 2 Oscars.
Another 15 wins
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21 nominations
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(332 articles)
Sigourney Weaver: 'Avatar will change what people want in the cinema'
(From The Guardian - Film News. 8 December 2009, 1:20 AM, PST)
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(From The Guardian - Film News. 8 December 2009, 1:20 AM, PST)
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ALIENS IS THE SCI-FI GENRE
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Sigourney Weaver | ... | Ellen Ripley | |
| Carrie Henn | ... | Rebecca 'Newt' Jorden | |
| Michael Biehn | ... | Cpl. Dwayne Hicks | |
| Lance Henriksen | ... | Bishop | |
| Paul Reiser | ... | Carter Burke | |
| Bill Paxton | ... | Pvt. Hudson | |
| William Hope | ... | Lt. Gorman | |
| Jenette Goldstein | ... | Pvt. Vasquez | |
| Al Matthews | ... | Sgt. Apone | |
| Mark Rolston | ... | Pvt. Drake | |
| Ricco Ross | ... | Pvt. Frost | |
| Colette Hiller | ... | Cpl. Ferro | |
| Daniel Kash | ... | Pvt. Spunkmeyer | |
| Cynthia Dale Scott | ... | Cpl. Dietrich (as Cynthia Scott) | |
| Tip Tipping | ... | Pvt. Crowe |
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MPAA:
Rated R for monster violence, and for language. (1992 special edition)
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Runtime:
137 min | USA:154 min (special edition)
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Color:
Color (Eastmancolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints) |
Dolby (35 mm prints)
Certification:
Canada:13+ (Quebec) |
Canada:PA (Manitoba) |
Canada:R (Nova Scotia) (original rating) |
Canada:R (Ontario) |
Canada:18 (Nova Scotia) (re-rating) (1999) |
Italy:T |
Canada:14+ (Ontario) |
Finland:K-18 (director's cut) (DVD rating) |
South Korea:12 |
Portugal:M/16 |
Brazil:14 |
Philippines:R-18 |
USA:R (Certificate #27850) |
South Korea:15 (DVD rating) |
India:A |
New Zealand:M |
Argentina:13 |
Australia:M |
Chile:14 |
Finland:K-16 |
France:-12 |
Hong Kong:IIB |
Iceland:16 |
Ireland:18 |
Japan:PG-12 |
Mexico:B |
Netherlands:16 |
Norway:18 |
Peru:14 |
Singapore:M18 |
Spain:13 |
Sweden:15 |
UK:18 |
West Germany:16
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Sergeant Apone (Al Matthews) was a heavy inspiration for the ornery sergeant Johnson (voiced by David Scully) in the video game Halo (2001) (VG) - the line "- Come on, the corps ain't paying us by the hour!" is heard in the game (see also trivia for Halo (2001) (VG)).
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Goofs:
Revealing mistakes: When Ripley is firing grenades into the Queen's ovipositor, after one of the last explosions, an intact, yellow chicken egg yolk is clearly seen sliding out of the wound. (It is even more obvious in one of the Quadrilogy's featurettes.)
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Quotes:
[first lines]
Salvage team leader: Bio-readouts are all in the green, looks like she's alive. Well, there goes our salvage, guys.
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Salvage team leader: Bio-readouts are all in the green, looks like she's alive. Well, there goes our salvage, guys.
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Spoofed in Achi-wa ssipak (2006)
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Soundtrack:
Movie music
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FAQ
How is it that Ripley was rescued?Why is this the only Alien movie filmed in 1.85:1 ratio and not 2.35:1?
Why is Hudson so freaked out after the first encounter with the Aliens?
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"Aliens" is the best trapped-with-a-monster-right-behind-you movie of all time. The weird part is that it's not the first of its kind. Usually, the first of a genre is always the best but these kinds of movies were made decades-and-decades before 1986's "Aliens." Still, through its strong story and characters, it elbows its way to the head of the class.
Ripley is a heroine like no other. She thrills you. Her powerful presence and unstoppable soul will always live on in the minds of movie-goers. She and Newt form a surrogate mother-daughter relationship that is more touching than anything I've seen before in this kind of a movie. In this movie more than any other in the "Alien" series, Ripley's a woman who does what she can (and then some) to protect herself and the ones around her. She's the perfect action hero.
On top of that, the pulsing music that plays while Bishop is speeding them away from the exploding compound and while Ripley is booting the Queen Alien out into space is beyond comparison.
Note: If you LOVED this movie, it's probably best you don't see Alien 3. It, for some reason, turns the triumph of this film's conclusion into a depression deeper than the vastness of a hundred black holes.