Alien [4K Ultra-HD + Blu-ray] [2019]

A 1979 science fiction horror film directed by Ridley Scott and written by Dan O'Bannon. Based on a story by O'Bannon and Ronald Shusett, it follows the crew of the commercial space tug Nostromo, who, after coming across a mysterious derelict spaceship on an uncharted planetoid, find themselves up against a deadly and aggressive extraterrestrial loose within their vessel. The film stars Tom Skerritt, Sigourney Weaver, Veronica Cartwright, Harry Dean Stanton, John Hurt, Ian Holm, and Yaphet Kotto. It was produced by Gordon Carroll, David Giler, and Walter Hill through their company Brandywine Productions and was distributed by 20th Century-Fox. Giler and Hill revised and added the script; Shusett was the executive producer. The Alien and its accompanying artefacts were designed by the Swiss artist H. R. Giger, while concept artists Ron Cobb and Chris Foss designed the more human settings.Alien premiered on May 25, 1979, as the opening night of the fourth Seattle International Film Festival, presented in 70 mm at midnight. It received a wide release on June 22 and was released on September 6 in the United Kingdom. It was met with mixed reviews on release. Still, it was a box-office success, winning the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects, three Saturn Awards (Best Science Fiction Film, Best Direction for Scott, and Best Supporting Actress for Cartwright), and a Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation.Critical reassessment since then has resulted in Alien being widely considered one of the greatest and most influential science fiction and horror films ever. In 2002, Alien was deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" by the Library of Congress and was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry. In 2008, it was ranked by the American Film Institute as the seventh-best film in the science fiction genre, and as the 33rd-greatest film of all time by Empire. The success of Alien spawned a media franchise of films, books, video games, and toys, and propelled Weaver's acting career. The story of her character's encounters with the alien creatures became the thematic and narrative core of the sequels Aliens (1986), Alien 3 (1992), and Alien Resurrection (1997)4K Glory for this classic Ridley movie with both cuts available on this set.

If you love this film get the 4k now. Picture best it's ever lookrled and the atmos sound track just makes it perfect.

Another film I'd not seen for some time, remember seeing this one at the Cinema when it was first doing the rounds (guess that was indeed around 40 years ago.The film was spine-chilling, often very tense, and designed to shock the audience style film of that time.Was encouraged to upgrade to 4k by some of the reviewer's comments, glad I did, the picture quality on the format is indeed outstanding given that the film is over 40 years old now.Cast/CrewTom Skerritt -Dallas, captain of the NostromoSigourney Weaver as Ripley, the warrant officerVeronica Cartwright as Lambert, the navigatorHarry Dean Stanton as Brett, the engineering technician.John Hurt as Kane, the executive officerIan Holm as Ash, the ship's science officerYaphet Kotto as Parker, the chief engineer.Helen Horton as the voice of Mother, the Nostromo's computer.The Commercial vessel Nostromo is returning to Earth after completing its mission, the on-board computer 'Mother' picks-up an unidentified signal and wakes the crew.Following protocol, the crew is duty-bound to respond to possible distress calls, a small team led by the Captain head out to the derelict vessel to investigate, meanwhile back on Nostromo Ripley deciphers part of the message being sent realizing it to be a warning, however, she is unable to relay this to the investigating team.On-board the derelict vessel, Kane comes across some egg-like objects, poking one about, it opens-up, something springs out attaching itself to Kane's face.When the investigating team head back to Nostromo, Ripley says with an unidentified alien object on Kane's face they should not break quarantine rules, however, they are allowed back on-board.Removal of whatever had attached itself to Kane proves impossible, however, eventually, it disappears, however, Kane is not back to normal for long, the being had implanted itself within his being and breaks-out.The remaining crew now have to try and track down the alien presence, and soon find it has vicious intent as one by one the crew's numbers diminish until just Ripley and the onboard pet (a cat) remain.The alien spawn proves a determined adversary, as Ripley tries to escape its persistent attention.Will Ripley the only surviving crew-member escape?A truly tense watch that indeed intensifies during the final sequences of the film.Given the film was made some years before Special-Effects really got going, the visual content is indeed impressive.Certainly worthy of another glance, recommend getting theb4k upgrade if you have the necessary gear available to you.

Great movie and it looks really good in 4k.

This 4k is much better than the blu ray version. More detail picture looks fab . A must buy for Alien fans this film is the best in the series.

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The picture quality of this 4K disc is the best of any old film I have seen so far, up there with 'The Shining'. If only all film studios spent as much time and care upgrading their back catalogues.