Cinematic background from Alien 1979 - During its return to the earth, commercial spaceship Nostromo intercepts a distress signal from a distant planet. When a three-member team of the crew discovers a chamber containing thousands of eggs on the planet, a creature inside one of the eggs attacks an explorer. The entire crew is unaware of the impending nightmare set to descend upon them when the alien parasite planted inside its unfortunate host is birthed.

Alien

1979

Horror, Sci-Fi

Directors:
Ridley Scott
Writers:
Ronald Shusett, Dan O'Bannon
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Movie still from “Alien” (1979), directed by Ridley Scott – A person looking up at the sky; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Alien” (1979), directed by Ridley Scott – Two men sitting next to each other in a room; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Alien” (1979), directed by Ridley Scott – The inside of a helmet; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Alien” (1979), directed by Ridley Scott – A man with a helmet on his head in the dark; Close Up shot, Overhead angle
Movie still from “Alien” (1979), directed by Ridley Scott – Two men are sitting at a table and one of the men is holding a can of beer; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Alien” (1979), directed by Ridley Scott – A woman laying in a bath tub in a bathtub; Close Up shot, Overhead angle
Movie still from “Alien” (1979), directed by Ridley Scott – A person with a crying face; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Alien” (1979), directed by Ridley Scott – A young boy in a space suit looking at the camera; Close Up shot, Overhead angle
Movie still from “Alien” (1979), directed by Ridley Scott – A person wearing a jacket; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Alien” (1979), directed by Ridley Scott – A computer screen in the dark; Close Up shot, Overhead angle
Movie still from “Alien” (1979), directed by Ridley Scott – A woman standing next to a man holding a sword; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Alien” (1979), directed by Ridley Scott – A man and a woman sitting in a car; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Alien” (1979), directed by Ridley Scott – A woman laying on a bed in a dark room; Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “Alien” (1979), directed by Ridley Scott – A person in a space suit in a dark room; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Alien” (1979), directed by Ridley Scott – A person wearing a green shirt; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Alien” (1979), directed by Ridley Scott – A person in a spacesuit is standing in a room; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Alien” (1979), directed by Ridley Scott – An inside view of a space ship with the door open; Wide shot, Overhead angle
Movie still from “Alien” (1979), directed by Ridley Scott – A group of people standing next to each other in a room; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Alien” (1979), directed by Ridley Scott – A man in a black suit is holding a flashlight; Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Alien” (1979), directed by Ridley Scott – A group of people in space suits standing in a room; Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Alien” (1979), directed by Ridley Scott – A man in a black jacket and a man in a blue jacket; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Alien” (1979), directed by Ridley Scott – A person with long hair and a beard; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Alien” (1979), directed by Ridley Scott – A person's face with water on their face; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Alien” (1979), directed by Ridley Scott – A man sitting in a chair talking on a cell phone; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Alien” (1979), directed by Ridley Scott – Two men are looking at each other in a dark room; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Alien” (1979), directed by Ridley Scott – A woman in a military jacket looking to her left; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Alien” (1979), directed by Ridley Scott – A person with a beard; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Alien” (1979), directed by Ridley Scott – An image of a space ship in the night sky; Extreme Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Alien” (1979), directed by Ridley Scott – A person with a cigarette in her mouth; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Alien” (1979), directed by Ridley Scott – A person wearing a jacket; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Alien” (1979), directed by Ridley Scott – A woman standing in a room next to a wall; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Alien” (1979), directed by Ridley Scott – A man in a space suit and a helmet; Close Up shot, Overhead angle
Movie still from “Alien” (1979), directed by Ridley Scott – An overhead view of an alien ship in the dark; Extreme Wide shot, Overhead angle
Movie still from “Alien” (1979), directed by Ridley Scott – A person's face in a dark room; Close Up shot, High angle
Movie still from “Alien” (1979), directed by Ridley Scott – A woman standing in front of a wall of lights; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Alien” (1979), directed by Ridley Scott – A person with a beard; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Alien” (1979), directed by Ridley Scott – A woman looking out of a window at the stars; Extreme Close Up shot, Overhead angle
Movie still from “Alien” (1979), directed by Ridley Scott – A man in a green jacket is sitting in front of a computer keyboard; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Alien” (1979), directed by Ridley Scott – A person with a blue hat on; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Alien” (1979), directed by Ridley Scott – A woman in a uniform is standing in a dark room; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Alien” (1979), directed by Ridley Scott – An image of an empty room in the dark; Extreme Wide shot, Overhead angle
Movie still from “Alien” (1979), directed by Ridley Scott – A man in a space suit looking into a mirror; Close Up shot, Overhead angle
Movie still from “Alien” (1979), directed by Ridley Scott – A man standing next to a bed in a dark room; Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Alien” (1979), directed by Ridley Scott – A man sitting in a chair inside of an airplane; Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “Alien” (1979), directed by Ridley Scott – A man standing in front of an open door; Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Alien” (1979), directed by Ridley Scott – A person in a space helmet looking at the camera; Close Up shot, Overhead angle
Movie still from “Alien” (1979), directed by Ridley Scott – A man in a space helmet looking at the camera; Close Up shot, Overhead angle
Movie still from “Alien” (1979), directed by Ridley Scott – A man wearing a space helmet looking into a mirror; Close Up shot, Overhead angle
Movie still from “Alien” (1979), directed by Ridley Scott – A man in a helmet looking into a mirror; Close Up shot, Overhead angle
Movie still from “Alien” (1979), directed by Ridley Scott – A man sitting at a table wearing a blue headband; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Alien” (1979), directed by Ridley Scott – A man laying on a bed in front of a wall; Medium shot, Overhead angle
Movie still from “Alien” (1979), directed by Ridley Scott – A man with a beard and a blue hat is smiling; Close Up shot, Overhead angle
Movie still from “Alien” (1979), directed by Ridley Scott – A couple of people standing in a room with food; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Alien” (1979), directed by Ridley Scott – A man covered in shaving cream and shaving cream on his face; Close Up shot, High angle
Movie still from “Alien” (1979), directed by Ridley Scott – A person with a beard; Extreme Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Alien” (1979), directed by Ridley Scott – A person wearing a mask; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Alien” (1979), directed by Ridley Scott – A group of people standing around a man with a beard; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Alien” (1979), directed by Ridley Scott – A man in uniform standing in a kitchen; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Alien” (1979), directed by Ridley Scott – View of a person wearing a leather jacket; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Alien” (1979), directed by Ridley Scott – A man in a spacesuit sitting in front of a computer; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Alien” (1979), directed by Ridley Scott – A man sitting next to a woman smoking a cigarette; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Alien” (1979), directed by Ridley Scott – A group of people sitting at a table in a room; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Alien” (1979), directed by Ridley Scott – A group of people standing around a man in a car; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Alien” (1979), directed by Ridley Scott – An overhead view of a person in a space suit; Medium shot, Overhead angle
Movie still from “Alien” (1979), directed by Ridley Scott – A person sitting at a table; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Alien” (1979), directed by Ridley Scott – A woman standing next to a black man in a room; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Alien” (1979), directed by Ridley Scott – A man's face in a helmet; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Alien” (1979), directed by Ridley Scott – A person standing in a dark room with wires hanging from the ceiling; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Alien” (1979), directed by Ridley Scott – Two men standing next to each other in the dark; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Alien” (1979), directed by Ridley Scott – A man standing in a room holding a gun; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Alien” (1979), directed by Ridley Scott – A man standing inside of a room with a lot of lights; Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Alien” (1979), directed by Ridley Scott – View of a helmet on the side of a ship; Close Up shot, Overhead angle
Movie still from “Alien” (1979), directed by Ridley Scott – A man standing next to pipes in a dark room; Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Alien” (1979), directed by Ridley Scott – Two men and a woman looking into each other's eyes; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Alien” (1979), directed by Ridley Scott – A man standing in front of a computer screen; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Alien” (1979), directed by Ridley Scott – A man standing next to a wall in a dark room; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Alien” (1979), directed by Ridley Scott – An old machine is sitting in a dark room; Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Alien” (1979), directed by Ridley Scott – A man standing in a dark room with his arms crossed; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Alien” (1979), directed by Ridley Scott – A man and a woman looking at each other while on a cell phone; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Alien” (1979), directed by Ridley Scott – A woman is crying in front of an array of lights; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Alien” (1979), directed by Ridley Scott – A person in a dark room; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Alien” (1979), directed by Ridley Scott – A person with a headset on is looking at the camera; Close Up shot, Overhead angle
Movie still from “Alien” (1979), directed by Ridley Scott – A man's face in the dark; Extreme Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Alien” (1979), directed by Ridley Scott – A person wearing a helmet with a light shining on it; Medium shot, Overhead angle
Movie still from “Alien” (1979), directed by Ridley Scott – A man with a beard is smiling for the camera; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Alien” (1979), directed by Ridley Scott – A woman in a dark room looking at the camera; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Alien” (1979), directed by Ridley Scott – A man wearing a space helmet in a dark room; Close Up shot, Overhead angle
Movie still from “Alien” (1979), directed by Ridley Scott – A man in a green shirt is holding his hands up; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Alien” (1979), directed by Ridley Scott – A person's face in the dark; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Alien” (1979), directed by Ridley Scott – A person in a diving suit in the water; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Alien” (1979), directed by Ridley Scott – A woman in a white jacket is looking up; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Alien” (1979), directed by Ridley Scott – A person sitting in a chair in a room; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Alien” (1979), directed by Ridley Scott – A man in a spacesuit sitting in a room; Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “Alien” (1979), directed by Ridley Scott – A woman drinking a cup of coffee in a dark room; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Alien” (1979), directed by Ridley Scott – A man sitting in front of a computer monitor; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Alien” (1979), directed by Ridley Scott – A woman with curly brown hair is in the dark; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Alien” (1979), directed by Ridley Scott – A man holding a wii controller in a room; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Alien” (1979), directed by Ridley Scott – A person wearing a shirt; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Alien” (1979), directed by Ridley Scott – A man's face in a dark room; Extreme Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Alien” (1979), directed by Ridley Scott – A man sitting at a table in front of a control panel; Medium shot, High angle