With Alien, Ridley Scott created a gripping space horror that is still exciting 40 years later. He also wrote cinema history with the first female action heroine Ellen Ripley. You can follow her battle in the home cinema version in 4K.
Even after more than 40 years, Alien – The Uncanny Creature from a Strange World continues to thrill movie fans. Released in 1979, Ridley Scott’s film is still one of the best sci-fi horror films of all time and has established an entire franchise that is still going strong. The edition is available on Amazon in the best sound and picture quality
The edition contains the movie in the theatrical version and the director’s cut. Bonus material includes audio commentaries by Ridley Scott, the actors and the film team from 2003. Fans can also look forward to the isolated film music and seven deleted scenes. In addition to the 4K edition*, the home cinema version released on the occasion of the 40th anniversary is also available on Blu-ray and DVD.
This is what Alien is about
The crew of the spaceship Nostromo are on their way back to Earth after an exploratory flight, but a distress signal lures them to an unknown planet. There, an alien organism attaches itself to one of the men, who turns into a terrible beast on board. The alien gruesomely kills one crew member after another. Second officer Ellen Ripley (Sigourney Weaver) tries to keep a cool head and takes up the fight.
(Alien The uncanny creature from an alien world on 4K.)
Ripley – the first female action heroine in film history
Sigourney Weaver was the first female action heroine to equal her male counterparts. Screenwriters Dan O’Bannon and Ronald Shusett had written a note in their script that all roles were unisex and could be played by either men or women. But even they were surprised when Ridley Scott actually decided to cast a woman in the lead role, which led to a dispute with the studio, as reported by Der Spiegel. The unknown Sigourney Weaver thus became the first major action heroine and changed the view of female characters in film.
This is how the franchise continues
There will be two more projects from the Alien universe that are currently in production. One is the Alien movie reboot Romulus, which has already been shot and is due to be released in cinemas on August 15, 2024. The story is to be told separately from the characters and events of the previous films.
Fans can also look forward to the first Alien series, for which The Mandalorian star Timothy Olyphant was recently cast as a new character. However, the Hollywood strike has severely slowed down production and all dates have been pushed back. Filming is set to resume at the beginning of 2024. It is still unclear when we will be able to see it on Disney+.
