Aliens / 20th Century Fox ; a Brandywine production ; director, James Cameron ; producer, Gale Anne Hurd ; story, James Cameron, David Giler, Walter Hill ; screenplay, James Cameron.
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FilmPublisher number: 2298253 | Twentieth Century Fox Home EntertainmentLanguage: English Publisher: Beverly Hills, CA : Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, [2014]Edition: 1991 special editionDescription: 1 videodisc (approximately 154 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 inContent type: - two-dimensional moving image
- video
- videodisc
- Aliens (Motion picture)
- Alien (Motion picture)
- Director of photography, Adrian Biddle ; music, James Horner ; editor, Ray Lovejoy.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Big-budget special effects, swiftly paced action, and a distinct feminist subtext from writer/director James Cameron turned what should have been a by-the-numbers sci-fi sequel into both a blockbuster and a seven-time Oscar nominee. Sigourney Weaver returns as Ellen Ripley, the last surviving crew member of a corporate spaceship destroyed after an attack by a vicious, virtually unbeatable alien life form. Adrift in space for half a century, Ripley grapples with depression until she's informed by her company's representative, Carter Burke (Paul Reiser) that the planet where her crew discovered the alien has since been settled by colonists. Contact with the colony has suddenly been lost, and a detachment of colonial marines is being sent to investigate. Invited along as an advisor, Ripley predicts disaster, and sure enough, the aliens have infested the colony, leaving a sole survivor, the young girl Newt (Carrie Henn). With the soldiers picked off one by one, a final all-female showdown brews between the alien queen and Ripley, who's become a surrogate mother to Newt. Several future stars made early career appearances in Aliens (1986), including Lance Henriksen, Bill Paxton, and Reiser. ~ Karl Williams, Rovi
Originally released as motion picture in 1986.
Sequel to the film "Alien" (1979).
Special features: Behind-the-scenes footage -- Interview with James Cameron -- Still photo section -- Includes 17 minutes of restored footage.
Director of photography, Adrian Biddle ; music, James Horner ; editor, Ray Lovejoy.
Sigourney Weaver, Carrie Henn, Michael Biehn, Lance Henriksen, Paul Reiser.
Ripley (Sigourney Weaver), the sole survivor from the original ALIEN, is awakened after 57 years of drifting through space, her stories disbelieved by Company executives who tell her that the alien's planet is now inhabited and colonized. When contact is suddenly lost with the colonists, Ripley returns to the planet with a squad of marines, an android (Lance Henriksen), and a Company executive (Paul Reiser) with a mission of his own. Once on the planet, no survivors can be found except for Newt, a little girl who awakens motherly instincts in Ripley just in time for the acid-blooded aliens to attack in what quickly becomes a one-sided battle for sheer survival.
MPAA rating: R.
DVD video; NTSC; widescreen 1.85.1 ; Dolby digital 5.1, English Dolby surround.
In English with optional English or Spanish subtitles.