Alien: Resurrection (1997)

Director:

Jean-Pierre Jeunet

Writers (WGA):

Dan O'Bannon (characters) and
Ronald Shusett (characters) ...

Release Date:

26 November 1997 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Horror | Sci-Fi | Thriller

Tagline:

It's been more than 200 years...The beginning has just started.

Plot:

200 years after her death, Ellen Ripley is revived as a powerful human/Alien hybrid clone who must continue her war against the Aliens.

Plot Keywords:

Alien | Scientist | Escape | Blood | Breeding

Awards:

4 wins & 14 nominations

Cast

Sigourney Weaver	...	Ellen Ripley
Winona Ryder	...	Annalee Call
Dominique Pinon	...	Vriess
Ron Perlman	...	Johner
Gary Dourdan	...	Christie
Michael Wincott	...	Frank Elgyn
Kim Flowers	...	Sabra Hillard
Dan Hedaya	...	Gen. Martin Perez
J.E. Freeman	...	Dr. Mason Wren
Brad Dourif	...	Dr. Jonathan Gediman
Raymond Cruz	...	Vincent Distephano
Leland Orser	...	Larry Purvis
Carolyn Campbell	...	Carlyn Williamson (Anesthesiologist)
Marlene Bush	...	Scientist
David St. James	...	Surgeon

Also Known As:

Alien 4

MPAA:

Rated R for strong sci-fi violence and gore, some grotesque images, and for language.

Runtime:

109 min | 116 min (2003 Special Edition)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital

Certification:

Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:14A (Alberta) | Canada:18 (Nova Scotia) | Canada:R (Manitoba/Ontario) | Italy:T | Finland:K-15 (DVD rating) | South Korea:15 | Philippines:R-18 | Brazil:14 | Argentina:16 | Australia:MA | Chile:18 | Finland:K-16 | France:-12 | Germany:16 | Hong Kong:IIB | Ireland:18 | Japan:R-15 | Netherlands:16 | New Zealand:R16 | Norway:15 | Peru:18 | Portugal:M/16 | Singapore:M18 | Spain:18 | Sweden:15 | UK:18 | USA:R (certificate #35542) | Iceland:16

Filming Locations:

20th Century Fox Studios - 10201 Pico Blvd., Century City, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Brandywine Productions

Trivia:

Winona Ryder was a big fan of the first movie and jumped at the chance of appearing alongside her icon, Sigourney Weaver, for that reason.

Goofs:

Incorrectly regarded as goofs: In the first three films, it takes an extremely long time (long enough to require freezing of the passengers) to get between populated places in space. In this film, the ship is able to travel from "unregulated space" to Earth itself in as little as three hours. However, we have no idea what "unregulated space" is (it could be very near Earth for all we know) and there have been two hundred years of technological development since the first three films anyway.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Ripley: [voiceover] My mommy always said there were no monsters. No real ones. But there are.

Movie Connections:

References Ghost Ship (1992)

Soundtrack:

I'm Popeye the Sailor Man

Vastly underrated, stop bitching, will ya?!

OK. We've all been frightened to death in our youth with 'ALIEN'. A year or two later we shat our pants once more when Cameron delivered what is probably the best 2nd part sequel ever ('ALIENS'). We then all got more slightly more mature over the years and had different perceptions of Fincher's ALIEN3: some of us thought it too little of a splatter movie while others complained about it's still being a rip-off of the original. Now then, there's no question about us people in the +30 age group, is there? We simply must see ALIEN RESURRECTION, don't we? The whole saga has become part of our personal history and seeing Lt Ripley dealing with Giger's creation makes us feel young again. I'm ever so glad Jean-Pierre Jeunet is a director who, just as the rest of us, has grown from teen to twen to adult with the ALIEN-trilogy's impact on his creative soul. He doesn't copy, he doesn't steal, he doesn't try a rip-off of any kind. Instead, he carries the story further, he introduces tongue-in-cheek-moments while at the same time delivering a true, suspenseful actionmovie that is very well worth seeing. I don't understand the ranting going on on this page. ALIEN RESURRECTION fulfils all expections, both storywise and visually. For an action flick, the cast is beyond criticism. ALIEN RESURRECTION is to be judged for what it wants to be - an entertaining modern fairy tale, a horror action movie, a splatter for the masses. In these categories, it delivers 9 out of 10.