We continue our journey of the spooky with Ripley Scott's 1979 Sci-fi-Horror classic, Alien
Directed by Ridley Scott
Screenplay byDan O'Bannon
Story by Dan O'Bannon, Ronald Shusett
Produced by Gordon Carroll, David Giler, Walter Hill
Starring Tom Skerritt, Sigourney Weaver, Veronica Cartwright, Harry Dean Stanton, John Hurt, Ian Holm, Yaphet Kotto
Cinematography Derek Vanlint
Edited by Terry Rawlings
Peter Weatherley
Music by Jerry Goldsmith
Production companies 20th Century-Fox
Brandywine Productions[1][2]
Distributed by20th Century-Fox
Release datesMay 25, 1979 (United States)
September 6, 1979 (United Kingdom)
Running time116 minutes
Budget
$11,000,000 (estimated)
Gross US & Canada
$84,206,106
Opening weekend US & Canada
$3,527,881May 28, 1979
Gross worldwide
$109,726,643
