Alien

Alien is a 1979 science fiction horror film directed by Ridley Scott, starring Sigourney Weaver, Tom Skerritt, Veronica Cartwright, Harry Dean Stanton, Sir John Hurt, Ian Holm, Yaphet Kotto, and Bolaji Badejo. It is the first film in the Alien franchise, and it follows the crew of the Nostromo spacecraft, who receive a distress signal from a nearby moon. While on the moon, the crew brings a dangerous, seemingly unkillable alien life form onboard.

## Val Verde Cinematic Universe Connections

Alien takes place in the Prime (P) timeline in the Val Verde Cinematic Universe in 2122P.

Related characters and movies include:

1. Alien spawned several sequels and prequels, including Aliens, Alien3, Alien: Resurrection, Prometheus, and Alien: Covenant.
2. Ellen Ripley played by Sigourney Weaver appears in Aliens, Alien3, and Alien: Resurrection.
3. The Xenomorph species appears throughout the Alien franchise.
4. Xenomorphs also appear in Alien vs. Predator and its sequel, Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem.
5. Jones the cat appears in Aliens.
6. The Weyland-Yutani Corporation appears throughout the Alien franchise.

## Plot (P)

In the distant future, in the far reaches of space, the Nostromo, a commercial spacecraft carrying twenty million tons of minerals, is on its way home when it receives a distress signal from the nearby moon LV-426. The crew of the Nostromo, including warrant officer Ellen Ripley, Captain Arthur Dallas, navigator Joan Lambert, engineering technician Samuel Brett, executive officer Gilbert Kane, science officer Ash, chief engineer Dennis Parker, and Jones the cat wake up from their hypersleep, as they are obligated to investigate the signal.

The crew congregates in the ship's mess hall, where they enjoy breakfast together. Samuel Brett and Dennis Parker begin to discuss unfair pay as Arthur Dallas is called away by the ship's computer, MOTHER. Dallas enters the MOTHER console room and finds out that they are not even close to home yet. Lambert sees that they are actually at the star system Zeta II Reticuli. Soon, Dallas briefs the crew about how they had woken up from hypersleep to investigate the distress signal coming from LV-426. Parker protests, but is informed by Ash that if they don't investigate, it will result in loss of pay. The crew listens to the signal, which sounds unfamiliar and unearthly.

The Nostromo's crew land a smaller spacecraft on the moon. Dallas, Kane, and, despite not wanting to, Lambert exit the ship. They search for the origin of the signal, and after a trek across LV-426's rocky surface, they eventually come across a huge alien spacecraft. They decide to enter the spacecraft in search of the distress call's origin. They enter through an opening in the side. Inside the ship are hallways with walls like bones, and a platform with the remains of an alien being. Meanwhile, on the ship, the signal has been analyzed by MOTHER. It appears not to be a distress call, but a warning. Ripley wants to go after the search party, but Ash convinces her that they will already figure that out by the time they get there. After noticing a hole in the floor, Kane descends into a large chamber with strange eggs and blue mist. He looks closer at one of the eggs, trying to figure out what it is. The egg starts to move and then opens up. A large, spider-like creature jumps out, and before Kane can move, it latches onto and melts through his helmet.

Dallas and Lambert carry an unconscious Kane back to the Nostromo to take him to the medical bay. Ripley refuses to let them come on board the ship due to quarantine regulations, but Ash lets them on anyway. Kane is taken to the Nostromo's medical bay, where the crew finds that the alien creature has attached itself to Kane's face and put a tube down his throat. Ash tries to remove it, but it releases acid blood that melts through the floor. The crew leaves the medical bay and the creature eventually detaches from Kane's face and is found dead. Kane awakens with no damage or injuries other than some memory loss. However, during a meal, he suddenly begins to choke and convulse, and an alien creature explodes from his chest, killing him and sending blood flying across the room. It escapes into the ship.

The crew decides to go after and capture the alien, but Ash convinces them not to kill it. After ejecting Kane's dead body out of an airlock, the Nostromo's crew goes after the alien.

## Cast

* Sigourney Weaver as Ellen Ripley
* Tom Skerritt as Arthur Dallas
* Veronica Cartwright as Joan Lambert
* Harry Dean Stanton as Samuel Brett
* Sir John Hurt as Gilbert Kane
* Ian Holm as Ash
* Yaphet Kotto as Dennis Parker
* Bolaji Badejo as the Alien