Alien

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Credits:Wikipedia;General Use

Alien

Motto:In Space No One Can Here You Scream.

Release date:May 25,1979(USA)

Crew

Director:Ridley Scott

Screenplay:Dan O'Bannon

Design/Art:H.R.Giger

Production

Companies

20th Century Fox
Scott Free Productions
RatPac-Dune Entertainment
TSG Entertainment
Brandywine Productions
Dune Entertainment

Cast

Sigourney Weaver(Ellen Ripley)
John Hurt(Kane)
Yaphet Kotto(Parker)
Tom Skerritt(Dallas)
Harry Dean Stanton(Brett)
Veronica Cartwright(Lambert)
Ian Holm(Ash)
Bolaji Badejo(Alien)
Helen Horton(Mother)

Review:IMDb(8.5/10);Rotten Tomatoes(97%);Metacritic(83%)

Rating:R

Runtime:1h57m

Budget:11 million USD

Box Office:$180 million USD

Type of Movie:Fantasy/Mystery

Plot

A cargo ship Nostromo,a M-Class Lockmart CM 88B Bison starefreighter,with a crew of 7,picks up a distress signal from a alien ship on LV-426.The crew in the cryo-sleep capsules woke up to investigate.When they go to check it out,Kane is attacked by facehugger which attached it self to his face;and that is when the terror begins.

Aliens

Motto:This Time It's War.

Release Date:July 18,1986(USA)

Crew

Director:James Cameron

Screenplay:James Cameron

Design/Art:H.R.Giger

Production

Companies

20th Century Fox
Brandywine Productions

Cast

Sigourney Weaver(Ellen Ripley)
Michael Biehn(Cpl.Dwayne Hicks)
Carrie Henn(Rebecca Jordan/Newt)
Lance Henriksen(Bishop)
Bill Paxton(Pvt.Hudson)
Paul Reiser(Carter Burke)
Jenette Goldstein(Pvt.Vasquez)
William Hope(Lt.Gorman)
Mark Rolston(Pvt.Drake)
Al Matthews(Sgt.Apone)
Ricco Ross(Pvt.Frost)
Cynthia Dale Scott(Cpl.Dietrich)
Daniel Kash(Pvt.Spunkmeyer)
Colette Hiller(Cpl.Ferro)
Tip Tipping(Tim Crowe)
Trevor Steedman(Pvt.Wierzbowski)
Paul Maxwell(Van Leuwen)
Alibe Parsons(Med Tech)
Valerie Colgan(ECA Rep)
Blain Fairmen(Doctor)
Alan Polonsky(Insurance Man)

Review:IMDb(8.4/10);Rotten Tomatoes(99%);Roger Ebert(3.5/4)

Rating:R

Runtime:2h34m

Budget:18.5 millions USD

Box Office:$131.1-183.3 million USD

Type of Movie:Thiller/Science Fiction

Plot

57 years after the events of Alien,Ripley's shuttle in found by a deep space salvage team.When Bruke informs her that they lost contact with the colonist/terraformers(Hadley's Hope) on LV-426;she first said no,they after asking if there to wipe them out Bruke said,'yes'.She goes with Bruke and the Colonial Marines on the USS Sulaco.When they landed on LV-426,they find Newt,the only survivor of Hadley's Hope.They find the signals of the rest,and then the war begins.

Alien3

Motto:Three Times The Terror.

Release Date:May 22,1992(USA)

Crew

Director:David Fincher

Screenplay:Dan O' Bannon,Walter Hill,Ronald Shusett,David Giler,Larry Ferguson

Design/Art:H.R.Giger

Production

Companies

20th Century Fox
Brandywine Productions

Cast

Sigourney Weaver(Ellen Ripley)
Lance Henriksen(Bishop)
Charles Dance(Clemens)
Charles S.Duton(Dillon)
Brian Glover(Andrews)
Paul McGann(Golic)
Michael Biehn(Cpl.Hicks)
Ralph Brown(Aaron)
Danny Webb(Morse)
Pete Postlethwaite(David)
Holt McCallany(Junior)
Christopher John Fields(Rains)
Leon Herbert(Boggs)
Carl Chase(Frank)
Clive Mantle(Clive William)
Christopher Fairbank(Murphy)
Vincenzo Nicoil(Jude)
DeObia Oparei(Arthur)
Peter Guinness(Gregor)
Phil Davis(Kevin)
Niall Buggy(Eric Buggy)

Review:IMDb(6.4/10);Rotten Tomatoes(43%);Metacritic(59%)

Rating:R

Runtime:2h25m

Budget:50 million USD

Box Office:159.8 million USD

Type of Movie:Science Fiction/Thriller

Plot

After the events of Aliens,there is an alien egg on the Sulaco.The facehugger is cut by something and acid burns the floor which the smoke detects the smoke and the shuttle Bishop,Hicks,(later in Februray 11,2013,in Aliens:Colonial Marines, it says Hicks wasn't in the shuttle and survives)Newt,and Ripley.They crash land in Fiorina 161,a wasteland which is a maximum security prison with rapist,murders,etc.Ripley is the only one survives;she finds out that she has a queen chestburster,and she must find az way to kill the alien with no weapons.

Alien:Resurruction

Motto:Witness The Resurrection.

Release Date:November 26,1997(USA)

Crew

Director:Jean-Pierre Jeunet

Screenplay:Joss Whedon

Design/Art:H.R.Giger

Production

Companies

20th Century Fox
Brandywine Productions

Cast

Sigourney Weaver(Ellen Ripley)
Winona Ryder(Annalee Call)
Ron Perlman(Johner)
Gary Dourdan(Christie)
Dominique Pinon(Vriess)
Dan Hedaya(Gen.Martin Perez)
Brad Dourif(Dr.JonathanGediman)
Kim Flowers(Sabra Hillard)
Michael Wincott(Frank Elgyn)
J.E. Freeman(Dr. Mason Wren)
Leland Orser(Larry Purvis)
Raymond Cruz(Vincent Distephano)
David St. James(Surgeon)
Marlene Bush(Scientist)
Tom Woodruff Jr.(Alien)
Steven Gilborn(Father)

Review:IMDb(6.2/10);Rotten Tomatoes(54%);Roger Ebert(1.5/4)

Rating:R

Runtime:1h56m

Budget:70 million USD

Type of Movie:Mystery/Action

Plot

200 years since Ripley died on "Fury 161" wiping out the xenomorph,the military clones Ripley to extract the alien queen inside her.After a xenomorph breakout on the USM Auriga,1 marine,1 android,1 scientist,1 cloned Ripley,and a bunch of mercenaries have to survive and kill the aliens before they reach earth.

Prometheus

Release Date:June 8,2012(USA)

Crew

Director:Ridley Scott

Screenplay:Jon Spaihts and Damon Lindelof

Design/Art:H.R.Giger

Production

Companies

20th Century Fox
Scott Free Productions
Brandywine Productions
Dune Entertainment
RatPac-Dune Entertainment

Cast

Michael Fassbender(David)
Noomi Rapace(Elizabeth Shaw)
Charlize Theron(Meredith Vickers)
Logan Marshall-Green(Charlie Holloway)
Guy Pearce(Peter Weyland)
Idris Elba(Janek)
Sean Harris(Fifield)
Rafe Spall(Millburn)
Kate Dickie(Ford)
Benedict Wong(Ravel)
Emun Elliott(Chance)
Patrick Wilson(Shaw's Father)
Ian Whyte(Last Engineer)
Vladimir Furdik(Mercenary #2)
Branwell Donaghey(Mercenary #1)
C.C.Smiff(Mercenary #3)
Giannina Facio(Shaw's Mother)
John Lebar(Ghost Engineer)
James Embree(Mechanic #1)
Shane Steyn(Mercenary #4)
Rhona Croker(Archaeologist)
Jenny Rainsford(Archaeologist)
Robin Atkin Downes(?)
Anil Biltoo(Lingiuist Teacher)
Florian Robin(Mechanic #2)
Richard Thomas(Archaeologist)
Eugene O'Hare(Mechanic #4)
Philip McGinley(Archaeologist)
Daniel James(Sacrifice Engineer)

Review:IMDb(7/10);Rotten Tomatoes(73%);Metacritic(64%)

Rating:R

Runtime:2h4m

Budget:130 million USD

Type of Movie:Drama/Fantasy

Plot

"The discovery of a clue to mankind's origins on Earth leads a team of explorers to the darkest parts of the universe. Two brilliant young scientists lead the expedition. Shaw hopes that they will meet a race of benevolent, godlike beings who will in some way verify her religious beliefs, while Holloway is out to debunk any spiritual notions. However, neither the scientists nor their shipmates are prepared for the unimaginable terrors that await them."-Google