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Cast:
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Crew:
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Special Effects:
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- Filmfex Animation Services Ltd.
- special optical effects
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Miscellaneous Companies:
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- Animals Unlimited
- Jones trained by
- Anvil Recording Studios
- music recorded at
- Lee Lighting Ltd.
- lighting
- R/Greenberg Associates Inc.
- title design
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- Sony U.K. Ltd.
- video equipment
- Steve Frankfurt Communications
- title design
- Thorn EMI Elstree Studios
- post-production
- Tony Silver Films
- title design
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Filming Locations: (Now With Clickable Links To Location On Google Maps)
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Tech Info:
- Budget:
- $11,000,000 (USA)
- Camera:
- Panavision Cameras and Lenses
- Color Info:
- Color (DeLuxe)
- Laboratory:
- DeLuxe, USA / Rank Film Laboratories, Denham, UK
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- Aspect Ratio:
- 2.35 : 1
- Cinematographic Process:
- Panavision
- Film Negative Format:
- 35 mm - Kodak 5247
- Printed Film Format:
- 35 mm / 70 mm
- Production Dates:
- 05 Jul 1978 - Dec 1978
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Quotes:
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Ripley: Come on, Ash, I mean, the Science Department should be able to help us. What can we do to drive it?
Ash: Yes, well, it has adapted remarkably well to our atmosphere considering its nutritional requirements. The only thing we don't know about is temperature.
Ripley: OK, what about temperature? What happens if we change it?
Ash: Let's try it. Most animals retreat from fire, yes?
Dallas: Fire, yeah.
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Ripley: When we throw the switches, how long before the ship blows?
Parker: Ten minutes.
Ripley: No bullshit?
Parker: If we ain't outta here in ten minutes, we won't need no rocket to fly through space.
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Ripley: Ash?! Any suggestions from you or Mother?
Ash: No, we're still collating.
Ripley: [laughing in disbelief] You what? You're still collating? I find that hard to believe.
Ash: What would you like me to do?
Ripley: Just what you've been doing, Ash, nothing!
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[Ripley has tried to disengage the self-destruct.]
Ripley: Mother! Turn the cooling unit back on! Mother! ...You bitch!
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Ripley: Whenever he says *anything* you say "right," Brett, you know that?
Brett: Right!
Ripley: Parker, what do you think? Your staff just follows you around and says "right"? Looks like a regular parrot.
Parker: [laughs] Yes... What, are you some kind of parrot?
Brett: Right!
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Trivia:
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- The vector graphics that appear on Ripley's screen showing the undocking sequence for the Nostromo were also used for the aircar launch sequence in Blade Runner.
- The computer screen displaying Nostromo's orbit around the planet contains a hidden credit to Dr. Brian Wyvill, one of the programmers for the animation. Within the top frame entitled Deorbital Descent, it is possible to isolate the letters "BLOB", Dr. Wyvill's common nickname.
- In the space jockey scene, the three crew members Lambert, Dallas, and Kane are portrayed by Scott's two children and another child; this was done to make the model appear larger.
- Conceptual artist H.R. Giger's designs were changed several times because of their blatant sexuality.
- According to a quote from Veronica Cartwright in a film magazine, in the scene where the alien's tail wraps around her legs, they are actually Harry Dean Stanton's legs, in a shot originally filmed for another scene entirely.
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