Alien: The Director's Cut (Two Disc Special Edition) [DVD] | ![Alien: The Director's Cut (Two Disc Special Edition) [DVD]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41GBQA0VH1L._SL160_.jpg) | Director: Ridley Scott
Actors: Sigourney Weaver, Tom Skerritt, John Hurt, Veronica Cartwright, Harry Dean Stanton
Studio: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Category: DVD
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Rating:  74 reviews
Sales Rank: 14608
Format: Box set, Director's Cut, PAL, Special Edition, Widescreen
Languages: English (Subtitles For The Hearing Impaired), English (Original Language)
Rating: Suitable for 18 years and over
Region: 2
Discs: 2
Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Number Of Discs: 2
Running Time: 116 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.3 x 0.6
EAN: 5039036016391
ASIN: B0001B3YSS
Theatrical Release Date: May 25, 1979
Release Date: March 15, 2004
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Amazon.co.uk Review
By transplanting the classic haunted house scenario into space, Ridley Scott, together with screenwriters Dan O'Bannon and Ronald Shusett, produced a work of genuinely original cinematic sci-fi with IAlien/I that, despite the passage of years and countless inferior imitations, remains shockingly fresh even after repeated viewing. Scott's legendary obsession with detail ensures that the setting is thoroughly conceived, while the Gothic production design and Jerry Goldsmith's wonderfully unsettling score produce a sense of disquiet from the outset: everything about the spaceship INostromo/I--from Tupperware to toolboxes-seems oddly familiar yet disconcertingly ... well, alien.pNothing much to speak of happens for at least the first 30 minutes, and that in a way is the secret of the film's success: the audience has been nervously peering round every corner for so long that by the time the eponymous beast claims its first victim, the release of pent-up anxiety is all the more effective. Although Sigourney Weaver ultimately takes centre-stage, the ensemble cast is uniformly excellent. The remarkably low-tech effects still look good (better in many places than the CGI of the sequels), while the nightmarish quality of H.R. Giger's bio-mechanical creature and set design is enhanced by camerawork that tantalises by what it doesn't reveal.pBOn the DVD:/B The director, audibly pausing to puff on his cigar at regular intervals, provides an insightful commentary which, in tandem with superior sound and picture, sheds light into some previously unexplored dark recesses of this much-analysed, much-discussed movie (why the crew eat muesli, for example, or where the "rain" in the engine room is coming from). Deleted scenes include the famous "cocoon" sequence, the completion of the creature's insect-like life-cycle for which cinema audiences had to wait until 1986 and James Cameron's IAliens/I. Isolated audio tracks, a picture gallery of production artwork and a "making of" documentary complete a highly attractive DVD package. --IMark Walker/I
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 'this place gives me the creeps' September 19, 2006
recrea33 (london)
14 out of 14 found this review helpful
well if you don't like monster movies
br /you ain't going to like this.
br /because i believe this is the ultimate monster movie.
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br /watch in awe as weird prosaic horror descends on your everyday 22nd century mining operation.
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br /a superb ensemble cast,
br /set design and art direction that still looks good today,
br /possibly jerry goldsmith's best ever score,
br /and fantastic sound design that compliaments it
br /(i can listen to this film without pictures)
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br /they say there are only 12 stories in the world,
br /and this is one of them.
br /the moral being, beware 'the company'
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br /a luscious sci-fi tone poem on celluloid.
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br /classic stuff.
Excellent June 5, 2004
Gaffer (UK)
13 out of 13 found this review helpful
The director's cut of this seminal sci-fi film is only slightly longer than the theatrical release.
br /Notable inclusions are: the whole crew listening to the garbled SOS signal (very chilling), Ripley getting punched/slapped in a fight with Lambert because she wouldn't let the investigating party back on bord (quarantine rules), and the infamous Dallas scene where he is coccooned as either food / host material (but without dialogue).
br /The only problem with this last scene is that it has been argued that it tends to break up the action and suspense that has been building as Ripley messes around with Nostromo's self destruct/ runs from the alien...but I think it's paced very well.
br /Despite this though, there's not much to choose between both versions.
br /This is a visually remastered (the film's original negative has undergone some digital cleanup and restoration) attempt with DTS so it is also an excellent reference DVD with which to show off your home cinema system (the opening shots as they orbit the planet are great).
br /The only dissapointment is the exclusion of "original trailers" from the extra's, which is there on the "standard" single disc edition (although, maybe I simply couldn't find them :D ).
br /Overall though, this still doesn't detract from an excellent dvd release that includes a whole host of other great extra's like HRGiger art....
br /Enjoy.
Lucas Take Note March 11, 2004
R. L. Ricketts (South Africa)
12 out of 12 found this review helpful
Quite frankly, this is the ultimate in customer care. A number of us do not want Alien 3 4, so did not buy the box set. by releasing them seperatley, you get to buy just the ones you want.brA very nice feature is being able to choose between the original issue of the film or the new version. George Lucas, take note of this with your imminent Star Wars releases please.brThe remastered print is amazing - visual and audio quality superb.brThe extras are too numerous to list here - an outstanding example of how to reissue a classic film properly.
In space, no one can hear you scream January 23, 2005
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
Ridely Scott introduced in 1979 the idea that'In space, no one can hear you scream', setting the scene for the horror movie, Alien.pThe plot is relatively simple, a small crew discover a distress signal which they, by following regulations, investigate. They land on a desolate planet and find a ship with the remains of its crew and mysterious eggs that lie beneath a thin layer of mist. Little do the crew know that the eggs contain aliens, before becoming aware of the danger of this, a crew member is attacked by the alien within the egg. This leaves the member unconscious.pThe horror has only just been introduced and its development is inevitable when the crew bring the member, along with the alien, back on board their ship. As suspected, the alien gets loose (in cunning fashion, the method of which is completely unexpected unless you have previously seen this film).pThe alien rapidly grows, as too does the crew's dilemma as they try to resolve this situation. One by one, the alien kills the members of the crew, leaving the survivors more vulnerable than before. The members' deaths are also well built up, the suspense leading up to their deaths is magnificent, resulting in an excellent suspense film.pUlitmately, there is a showdown between the alien and the main character, Ripley, played by Sigourney Weaver. The suspense is maintained from the moment they arive on the planet to the last scene where Ripley feels she has killed the alien.pThis film is a classic, a great example of a suspense film, which is also a sci-fi. A truly great film which will keep you on edge for the majority of the film.
Amazing!! June 7, 2003
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
I love this movie! Ever since I first bought it on video I was in love with it so I just had to buy this DVD when I saw all the extras listed on the back. Not that it needs the exras. This film easily stands on its own two feet.pIt can truely be said that Ridley Scott's Alien is Science fiction masterpiece. The movie could run on atmosphere alone. The tension is an ever present thread throughout this movie that builds and builds until its almost unbearable. This coupled with the amazing visuals of the alien and the alien ship and the realistic performances this film is a feast for film lovers. Definitely worth whatever price tag is stuck on it. The extras are really worth a look. Keep an eye out for the alien walking in a crablike position... pure comedy moment. pBUY IT!!!!
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