The Alien Creatures

The Alien Creatures (French: Les créatures extraterrestres and Danish: De fremmede væsner) is a 1976 Irish/French/Danish adult animated feature film produced by Stant Productions, A. Film A/S, and Acteurs Auteurs Associés with distributed by Avco-Embassy Pictures in the UK and Ireland, Nordisk Film in Denmark, and Pathé in France.
== Cast ==
Original Version (UK/Ireland English 1978)
*Robert Helpmann as The Boss Alien
*Charles Gray as Minion Alien
*Lionel Jeffries as The Alien King, one of 10 Stars in the Sky and the Ice King
*Lois Maxwell as Woman with Baby birth
Original Version (France French 1976)
*Georges Aminel as The Boss Alien
*Philippe Nicaud as Minion Alien
*Claude Bertrand as The Alien King, one of 10 Stars in the Sky and the Ice King
*Odile Versois as Woman with Baby birth
Original Version (Denmark Danish 1977)
*Dirch Passer as The Boss Alien
*Preben Kaas as Minion Alien
*Otto Brandenburg as The Alien King and the Ice King
*Willy Rathnov as one of 10 Stars in the Sky
American/Canadian Version (English 1992; cut into MPAA's PG rating)
*Tom Hanks as The Boss Alien
*Charles Nelson Reilly as Minion Alien
*Lionel Jeffries as The Alien King
*Vincent Price as the Ice King
*Frank Welker as one of 10 Stars in the Sky
==Songs==
the songs are not in the original version, but in the Re-dubbed American version in 1992. Tyler's original version was used on American VHS, Laserdisc, and pre-2016 DVD releases. Glee's version was used on American 2016-2021 DVD and Blu-ray releases. staring with a 2021 DVD/Blu-ray worldwide, Tyler's 2017 version was used. on the post-2016 prints of non-English versions, the Trolls version of the Total Eclipse of the Heart is used.
*Welcome to Alientown - Lionel Jeffries and the Chorus - Length: 4:00
*Don't Worry Little Guy - Frank Welker - Length: 2:55
*Try To Attack - Tom Hanks and Charles Nelson Reilly - 3:14
*Ice King's Freezing Alientown - the Chorus - Length: 1:10
*The Exile of the Boss and Minion Aliens - Lionel Jeffries - 0:55
*Welcome to Alientown (reprise) - the Chorus - Length: 0:45
*Total Eclipse of the Heart - Bonnie Tyler - Length: 5:32 (end credits only)
==Censorship==
all scenes are Cut in North America, Asia, other parts of Europe outside of UK and France, Africa and Australia. the film was banned in Egypt until the 1990s because it showed some swearing, blood, Woman with baby birth, and 2 Aliens getting eaten.
Deleted scenes:
*the Swearing (voices changed appropriately in the English versions)
*the Blood
*Woman with Baby birth scene
*The Boss and Minions Aliens being eaten (but the following scene is keptt, and the dialogue of the Alien king thinks that the Boss and Minion Aliens have exiled to earth)
==Release==
the film was released in France in 1976, Denmark in 1977 and the UK/Ireland in 1978. the film has been released to mixed reviews and is a Commercial Failure, causing the film never to be released on television, but the film did better on home video Worldwide for the film.
==Home Video==
in 1982, it was released on VHS and Laserdisc by Embassy Home Entertainment in the United Kingdom/Ireland. in 1986, Judy Garland Home Video released the film on VHS in the United Kingdom/Ireland.
in 1993, the Alien Creatures was re-relased on VHS by Judy Garland Home Video.
in 2001, it was re-re-released on VHS and released for the first time on DVD by Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment for the special edition with rested picture and dolby sound.
in 2006, the film was released again on DVD by 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment. it was released on Blu-ray for the 40th Anniversary of the film in 2016 by DHX Home Entertainment and The Criterion Collection.
in 2021, Universal Pictures Home Entertainment and DHX/UA Home Entertainment released the Alien Creatures on DVD and Blu-ray in North America. an International version was released Worldwide on Blu-ray by DHX/UA Home Entertainment and StudioCanal.
==Multilanguage==
*Arabic: الأجانب على السفينة (al'ajanib ealaa alsafina) (1978-1992), المخلوقات الغريبة (almakhluqat alghariba) (1992–present)
*Bosnian: Prostor Stvorenja
*Bulgarian: Извънземното същества (Izvŭnzemnoto sŭshtestva)
*Chinese: 外星生物 (Wài xīng shēngwù)
*Croatian: Alienska stvorenja
*Czech: Cizí zvířata
*Danish: De fremmede væsner
*Dutch: De Vreemdeling Schepsels
*English: The Alien Creatures
*Estoanian: Välismaalane Olendid
*Finnish: Ulkomaalainen Oliot
*French (Canada): Les créatures spatiales
*French (Europe): Les créatures extraterrestres
*German: Die Ausländer Kreaturen
*Greek: Τα Εξωγήινο πλάσματα
*Hebrew: יצורי חייזרים
*Hindi: विदेशी जीव
*Hungarian: Az Idegen Faj
*Icelandic: Rúm Verur af Skip
*Italian: Il alieno Animali
*Japanese: エイリアンの生き物
*Korean: 외국인 창조물
*Lithuanian: Svetimos būtybės
*Norweigian: De Romvesen Arter
*Polish: Obce istoty
*Portugese (Brazil): O Estrangeiro Criaturas
*Portugese (Europe): As criaturas alienígenas
*Romanian: Creaturile extraterestre
*Russian: Чужие существа
*Serbian: Простор Створења
*Slovak: Cudzinec tvorov
*Spanish (Latin America): El Extraterrestre Criaturas
*Spanish (Europe): Las criaturas alienígenas
*Swedish: De främmande varelserna
*Thai: สัตว์ต่างด้าว
*Ukranian: Чужорідні істоти
Category:1976 films
Category:Irish animated films
Category:Irish films
Category:French animated films
Category:French films
Category:Danish animated films
Category:Danish films
Category:Stant Studios films
Category:Pathé films
Category:PG-rated films
Category:BBFC 12-rated films