Depois de investigar uma transmissão misteriosa de origem desconhecida, a tripulação de uma nave espacial comercial encontra uma forma de vida mortal.Depois de investigar uma transmissão misteriosa de origem desconhecida, a tripulação de uma nave espacial comercial encontra uma forma de vida mortal.Depois de investigar uma transmissão misteriosa de origem desconhecida, a tripulação de uma nave espacial comercial encontra uma forma de vida mortal.
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- Ganhou 1 Oscar
- 19 vitórias e 22 indicações no total
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The dark, cold beauty of this film will never be equaled.
It's hard to look at this film without considering the sequels and knowing the alien itself, however when made the alien was mostly unseen and a mystery. It's difficult to forget what you've seen, but it's important to approach this film first if possible rather than joining the series late.
It's amazing that this is over 20 years old - apart from the actors looking so young, the film doesn't feel dated at all. The sci-fi visions here are still bleak and futuristic as they were then - this is not the Star Trek vision of the future. The foreboding exists long before John Hurt spills his secret, Scott's direction is excellent throughout. Once the alien is "born" the tension is cranked up and the characters dispatched one by one (a formula we know oh-so well now!)
However here the characters are not merely alien-food but have some dimension to them. Weaver is excellent, while the support cast is full of great support actors (Stanton, Kotto, Hurt, Skerritt, Holm), but of course the real star is the one we see least of.
We barely see the alien in full detail, most of the time it is set in shadows, moving with deadly intent.The alien here is not simply a killing machine as seen in later films but is cruel with it. Witness the alien trap a female crew member and slowly rub up her leg, moving with slow seductive movements before moving with terrifying speed to kill another crew member sneaking up behind it. The slow movements betray the alien's pure cruelty.
The film is a study in terror. It may not be as action packed as the other films in the series but it brings the claustrophobia of being hunted to a new level.
The characters actually behave like thinking human beings. The soundtrack is great and the direction is superb. Especially when comparing this movie to the modern movies with similar stories that borrowed many of the things that are working well here.
A classic every horror and overall movie fan should watch.
Seems to get better and better as time goes on, maybe because as I mature, I appreciate the fine acting details or is it that there are fewer and fewer films to compare Alien to. Alien is a masterpiece in so many areas (in no order); Editing, photography, acting, direction, art, music, sound, script. In fact Alien ought to be mandatory viewing for every film director whether budding or currently or even as a refresher for well seasoned film makers.
It's so clear Ridley was able to make the film he wanted to make without interference from non creative parties.
Você sabia?
- CuriosidadesAccording to Yaphet Kotto, Sir Ridley Scott told him to annoy Sigourney Weaver off-camera, so that there would be genuine tension between their characters. Kotto regretted this, because he really liked Weaver.
- Erros de gravação(at around 1h 35 mins) A crewman with a black panel of some kind is visible through the smoke as Ripley runs through the corridors at the end of the film.
- Citações
[last lines]
Ripley: Final report of the commercial starship Nostromo, third officer reporting. The other members of the crew - Kane, Lambert, Parker, Brett, Ash, and Captain Dallas - are dead. Cargo and ship destroyed. I should reach the frontier in about six weeks. With a little luck, the network will pick me up. This is Ripley, last survivor of the Nostromo, signing off.
[to Jonesy the cat]
Ripley: Come on, cat.
- Cenas durante ou pós-créditosThe title of the movie is slowly created one line at a time at the top of the screen during the opening credits, starting out with the I, then the slash in A and the backslash in N, and then the vertical lines in L and E (so it looks like / I I I \). After that, the ensuing lines of each letter are added slowly one at a time until the title is fully visible.
- Versões alternativasThe 2003 DVD release plasters the 1979 version of the 20th Century Fox logo with the 1980's version.
- ConexõesEdited into Jornada nas Estrelas: A Nova Geração: Datalore (1988)
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- Alien: O Oitavo Passageiro
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- Orçamento
- US$ 11.000.000 (estimativa)
- Faturamento bruto nos EUA e Canadá
- US$ 84.206.106
- Fim de semana de estreia nos EUA e Canadá
- US$ 3.527.881
- 28 de mai. de 1979
- Faturamento bruto mundial
- US$ 109.102.567
- Tempo de duração1 hora 57 minutos
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- Proporção
- 2.39 : 1