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Overview
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Release Date:
26 November 1997 (USA)
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Tagline:
It's been more than 200 years...The beginning has just started. more
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. full summary | full synopsis
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4 wins
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14 nominations
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Vastly underrated, stop bitching, will ya?!
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| 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 |
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Also Known As:
Alien 4
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MPAA:
Rated R for strong sci-fi violence and gore, some grotesque images, and for language.
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Runtime:
109 min | 116 min (2003 Special Edition)
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Color (Technicolor)
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2.35 : 1 more
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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
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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.
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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.
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References Ghost Ship (1992)
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I'm Popeye the Sailor Man
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FAQ
How did Call get all the way to the top of the elevator shaft after she plunged back into the water?How can the Alien inside Ripley be cloned, even though they only had Ripley's DNA?
Is Weyland-Yutani still around in this movie?
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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.