'Alien' movie review
(c) 1979 20th Century Fox Alien (1979) Directed by Ridley Scott Written by Dan O’Bannon, based on an original story by Dan O’Bannon and Ronald Shussett Starring; Sigourney Weaver, Tom Skerritt, Veronica Cartwright, Yaphet Kotto, Harry Dean Stanton, Ian Holm, John Hurt In space no one can hear you scream. Released in the summer of 1979, director Ridley Scott’s Alien is the most effective blend of science fiction and horror since Howard Hawks’ The Thing from Another World (1951). Set almost entirely aboard a commercial space tug owned by “the Company.” Alien borrows effectively from Hawks’ chiller about a Cold War era military-science team’s fight against a parasitic alien and Steven Spielberg’s Jaws. Its leisurely pace, laser-like focus on characterization, and Scott’s unerring instinct for creating rising tension help earn Alien its status as one of the greatest films ever made. As envisioned by Ronald Shussett and screenwriter Dan O’Bannon,