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The commercial vessel Nostromo receives a distress call from an unexplored planet. After searching for survivors, the crew heads home only to realise that a deadly bioform has joined them.

Primary Title
  • Alien: Director's Cut
Date Broadcast
  • Tuesday 19 January 2016
Release Year
  • 1979
Start Time
  • 20 : 30
Finish Time
  • 23 : 00
Duration
  • 150:00
Channel
  • Prime
Broadcaster
  • Sky Network Television
Programme Description
  • The commercial vessel Nostromo receives a distress call from an unexplored planet. After searching for survivors, the crew heads home only to realise that a deadly bioform has joined them.
Classification
  • AO
Owning Collection
  • Chapman Archive
Broadcast Platform
  • Television
Languages
  • English
Captions
Live Broadcast
  • No
Rights Statement
  • Made for the University of Auckland's educational use as permitted by the Screenrights Licensing Agreement.
Subjects
  • Monsters--Drama
  • Human-alien encounters--Drama
  • Feature films--United States
Genres
  • Horror
  • Science fiction
Contributors
  • Ridley Scott (Director)
  • Dan O'Bannon (Writer)
  • Ronald Shusett (Writer)
  • Sigourney Weaver (Actor)
  • Tom Skerritt (Actor)
  • John Hurt (Actor)
  • Brandywine Productions (Production Unit)
  • Twentieth Century-Fox Productions (Production Unit)
  • 99231605714002091 (MMS ID)
Subjects
  • Monsters--Drama
  • Human-alien encounters--Drama
  • Feature films--United States