Alien: Resurrection (1997)

User Rating:

6.1/10   

Director:

Jean-Pierre Jeunet

Writers (WGA):

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

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
Rodney Mitchell	...	Soldier with Glove
Robert Faltisco	...	Soldier Shot Through Helmet
David Rowe	...	Frozen Soldier
Garrett House	...	Soldier
Rod Damer	...	Soldier
Mark Mansfield	...	Soldier
Daniel Raymont	...	Soldier
Cris D'Annunzio	...	Soldier (as Chip Nuzzo)
Steven Gilborn	...	Voice of 'Father' (voice)
Robert Bastens	...	Sleeper
Rico Bueno	...	Sleeper
Alex Lorre	...	Sleeper
Ronald Ramessar	...	Sleeper (as Ron Ramessar)
Nicole Fellows	...	Young Ripley
Tom Woodruff Jr.	...	Lead Alien
Joan LaBarbara	...	Newborn Vocal #1 (voice)
Archie Hahn	...	Newborn Vocal #2 (voice)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Nito Larioza	...	Sleeper (uncredited)
Brad Martin	...	Soldier shot by Johner (uncredited)
David Prior	...	Alien (uncredited)
Eddie Yansick	...	Soldier who stuns Ripley (uncredited)

Directed by
Jean-Pierre Jeunet

Writing credits (WGA)
Dan O'Bannon		(characters) and
Ronald Shusett		(characters)
Joss Whedon		(written by)

Produced by
Bill Badalato	....	producer
Gordon Carroll	....	producer
David Giler	....	producer
Walter Hill	....	producer
Sigourney Weaver	....	co-producer

Original Music by
John Frizzell

Cinematography by
Darius Khondji

Film Editing by
Hervé Schneid

Casting by
Richard Pagano

Production Design by
Nigel Phelps

Art Direction by
Steve Cooper		(supervising art director) (as Stephen Cooper)
Andrew Neskoromny

Set Decoration by
John M. Dwyer

Costume Design by
Bob Ringwood

Makeup Department
Alan D'Angerio	....	hair designer
Linda DeVetta	....	makeup artist: Ms. Weaver
Naomi Donne	....	makeup designer: Winona Ryder
Barry R. Koper	....	makeup department head
Paul Anthony Morris	....	hair stylist
Bill Myer	....	makeup artist
Jason Joseph Sica	....	key hair stylist
Mike Smithson	....	makeup artist
John Dods	....	headcast maker: Gary Dourdan (uncredited)
Jane Galli	....	special makeup effects artist (uncredited)

Production Management
Bill Badalato	....	unit production manager
Billy Badalato	....	co-production supervisor
Bob Johnston	....	production supervisor
Gene Kozicki	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Michel Cheyko	....	first assistant director
Nancy King	....	second assistant director
Jackie C. Lee	....	second second assistant director
Mark Oppenheimer	....	first assistant director
Susan Walter	....	assistant director
Pitof	....	second unit director (uncredited)

Art Department
Michael Ardito Jr.	....	labor foreman
Bill Boes	....	assistant art director
Tony Bohorquez	....	model maker
Andre Brizard	....	artist: Dutruc
Dan Brodzik	....	painter (as 'Air Dan' Brodzik)
Eric Brown	....	illustrator
Elijah Bryant	....	set dresser
Jeffrey P. Buccacio Jr.	....	sculptor
Marco A. Campos	....	general foreman
Marc Caro	....	design supervisor
Joseph H. Catmull	....	foreman
John Chichester	....	set designer
Harrison Craig	....	model maker
Mick Cukurs	....	set designer
Jeffrey Cupernell	....	model maker
Seth Curlin	....	model maker
Kenneth Davis	....	paint gang boss
Marc Martin Del Campo	....	set dresser
Robert E. Denne	....	paint supervisor
Sylvain Despretz	....	conceptual artist
William K. Dolan	....	lead man
Ty Thinh Do	....	model maker
Gregory Earls	....	storyboard scanner
Jann K. Engel	....	set designer
Richard Fernandez	....	set designer
Emily Ferry	....	property master
Xavier Fourmond	....	artist: Dutruc
Andy Friend	....	storyboard artist
Joseph Frank Giorgianni	....	propmaker foreman
Brett Gollin	....	assistant props
Niel Gonzalez	....	assistant props
Donnie Grant	....	decorator painter
Johannis 'Freddie' Greve	....	illustrator
Laura Grijalva	....	lead painter
Mark Heard	....	paint gang boss
Rick Hilgner	....	model maker
Patrick Hinkle	....	model maker
James Hogue	....	painter
A. Todd Holland	....	art department production assistant
Luis G. Hoyos	....	set designer
Leigh-Alexandra Jacob	....	assistant painter
Lawrence Jacobucci	....	decorator painter
Johnnie Jenkins	....	construction auditor
Dean B. Katz	....	set dresser
Jim Key	....	model maker
Steve Koch	....	sculptor
Alex Kolasinski	....	artist: Dutruc
Gary A. Krakoff	....	construction coordinator
Gary B. Krakoff Jr.	....	propmaker foreman
Laure Lacroix	....	artist: Dutruc
Allen Lafferty	....	propmaker foreman
Mike Larrabee	....	painter
Jack Laspada	....	labor supervisor
Jeremie Leroux	....	artist: Dutruc
Randy Levy	....	model maker
Madeline Lewis	....	assistant construction auditor
Ernest Lopez	....	plasterer foreman
Jon Marsala	....	propmaker foreman (as John Marsala)
Adolfo Martínez Pérez	....	storyboard artist
Jim Martin	....	illustrator
Ben Massi Jr.	....	paint gang boss
Alain Micaelli	....	artist: Dutruc
John A. Mileski	....	stand-by painter (as John 'Jam' Mileski)
Robert T. Morales	....	model maker
Michelle Morgan	....	model maker
Andrew Murdock	....	art department production assistant
H. Bruce Norrbom	....	welding foreman
Marc Paccosi	....	artist: Dutruc
Michael R. Padilla	....	model maker
Logan Payne	....	model maker
James Peattie	....	construction coordinator
Joseph R. Pinkos	....	set dresser
John Rogers	....	model maker
Greg Sanger	....	lead man
Louis Scaduto	....	additional texture map painter
Charles S. Serrano	....	propmaker foreman
Maya Shimoguchi	....	set designer
Scott Shinkle	....	model maker
Marty Slagle	....	decorator painter
Penny Smartt-Juday	....	art department coordinator
Mike Smithson	....	sculptor
Grant Sparks	....	assistant paint supervisor
George Stokes	....	propmaker foreman (as George Stokes Jr.)
Joy Taylor	....	assistant property master
C.G. Waguespack	....	art department production assistant
Roger Walco	....	model maker
Steve Wang	....	sculptor
Joshua Warner	....	on-set dresser
James Waterhouse	....	model maker
Jerry Wax	....	set dresser
Randall D. Wilkins	....	set designer (as Randall Wilkins)
Gregory Zemgals	....	set dresser (as Gregory A. Zemgals)
Salvador Anaya	....	plaster foreman (uncredited)
Aprile Lanza Boettcher	....	model maker (uncredited)
Tammy DeRuiter	....	painter (uncredited)
Dragon Dronet	....	props (uncredited)
Kon Iliov	....	propmaker gangboss (uncredited)
Scott MacLachlan	....	property maker (uncredited)
Richard N. McGuire	....	gangboss (uncredited)
Fred O'Connor	....	propmaker (uncredited)
Franklin T. Perry	....	propmaker (uncredited)
Douglas J. Stewart	....	painter: alien effects (uncredited)

Sound Department
Paul Apted	....	assistant sound editor
James Ashwill	....	foley mixer
Craig Berkey	....	sound effects editor
Steve Bowerman	....	boom operator
Ted Caplan	....	foley editor
Blake R. Cornett	....	assistant sound editor (as Blake Cornett)
John T. Cucci	....	foley artist
David Cunningham	....	sound recordist
Susan Dawes	....	assistant sound editor (as Susan Shackelford)
Carmen Flores De Tanis	....	assistant sound editor
Sean Garnhart	....	sound effects editor
Richard Bryce Goodman	....	sound mixer
Robin Haskins	....	sound recordist
R.J. Kizer	....	adr supervisor
Rick Kline	....	sound re-recording mixer
Dave Kulczycki	....	dialogue editor (as David Kulczycki)
Anne Laing	....	assistant sound editor (as Anne M. Laing)
John A. Larsen	....	supervising sound editor
Linda Lew	....	foley artist
Diane Linn	....	adr recordist: Los Angeles
Harry B. Miller III	....	dialogue editor
Douglas Murray	....	adr recordist: New York
Dan O'Connell	....	foley artist
Greg Orloff	....	additional sound mixer
Lauren Palmer	....	adr editor
Kevin E. Patterson	....	cable person
Steve F. Price	....	sound production assistant
Roy Seeger	....	first assistant sound editor
Leslie Shatz	....	sound designer
Leslie Shatz	....	sound re-recording mixer
Greg Steele	....	adr mixer: Los Angeles
Donald Sylvester	....	foley supervisor
Tami Treadwell	....	adr recordist: Los Angeles
Paul Urmson	....	sound effects designer
Gregory H. Watkins	....	sound re-recording mixer
Jay Wilkinson	....	sound effects editor
Paul J. Zydel	....	adr mixer: New York (as Paul Zydel)
Fred Peck III	....	sound re-recordist (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Eric Allard	....	special effects coordinator
Tony Allard	....	special effects technician (as George 'Tony' Allard)
Kim Bailey	....	special effects graphics
Thomas Baumann	....	special effects technician
Brent W. Bell	....	special effects technician
Gary F. Bentley	....	special effects foreman (as Gary Bentley)
Chris Brenczewski	....	special effects technician
Michael A. Crites	....	special effects technician
Chris Cunningham	....	character designer
Sam De La Torre	....	special effects technician
Michael Del Genio	....	special effects foreman
Bruce Devan	....	special effects producer
Darryl B. Dodson	....	special effects technician
Yuri Everson	....	project coordinator: Amalgamated Dynamics
Steve Frakes	....	project coordinator: Amalgamated Dynamics
Jim Girch	....	special effects foreman
Morgan Guynes	....	special effects technician
Geraldine Hofstatter	....	special effects office coordinator
Robert Hutchins	....	pyrotechnician
Frank Iudica	....	special effects technician
Nick Karas	....	special effects technician (as Nick L. Karas)
Douglas D. Kelley	....	assistant to special effects coordinator
Dan Kelly	....	special effects technician
Gary L. King	....	special effects technician (as Gary King)
Sam P. La Fata	....	special effects technician
Robert Loftin	....	special effects technician
Salvy Maleki	....	special effects assistant office coordinator
Caius Man	....	special effects technician
Al Marangoni	....	special effects technician
Scott D. Mattson	....	special effects assistant office coordinator
Sid McGee	....	special effects technician
Louie R. Molina	....	special effects technician
Karen Orlijan	....	special effects technician
Mark A. Ramage	....	special effects technician
Sabine Reckendorf	....	special effects technician
Eugene P. Rizzardi	....	special effects technician (as Gene Rizzardi)
Andy Schoneberg	....	project coordinator: Amalgamated Dynamics
Martin Simon	....	special effects technician
Joe Viskocil	....	pyrotechnics supervisor (as Joseph Viskocil)
Andy Weder	....	special effects foreman
Gary D. Bierend	....	special effects foreman (uncredited)
Enrique Bilsland	....	creature mechanical designer (uncredited)
Joanne Bloomfield	....	fabricator: Amalgamated Dynamics (uncredited)
Darin Bouyssou	....	mold technician: Amalgamated Dynamics (uncredited)
Tom Ceglia	....	special effects foreman (uncredited)
Michael Dudley	....	mold maker (uncredited)
Steve Fink	....	prosthetics technician (uncredited)
Jason Groman	....	special effects assistant (uncredited)
Karin Hanson	....	special effects hair (uncredited)
Grady Holder	....	lab technician: Amalgamated Dynamics (uncredited)
Steve Koch	....	sculptor: Amalgamated Dynamics Inc. (uncredited)
Julian Ledger	....	creature effects: Queen Alien fabrication (uncredited)
Arthur Lee	....	conceptual illustrator: Amalgamated Dynamics Inc. (uncredited)
Mike Menzel	....	special effects technician (uncredited)
Robert Miller	....	fabricator (uncredited)
Steve Newburn	....	laboratory technician: Amalgamated Dynamics Inc. (uncredited)
Andy Schoneberg	....	puppeteer/project coordinator: Amalgamated Dynamics (uncredited)
Robert G. Willard	....	special effects foreman (uncredited)

Visual Effects by
Steve Alessi	....	visual effects grip (as Steve 'Da Jag' Alessi)
Fritz Archer	....	digital effects editor
Michael Avalos	....	miniature effects production assistant
Eileen Bee	....	pre-visualization
Christophe Belena	....	I/O technician
Laurent Ben-Mimoun	....	digital matte painter
Rhett Bennett	....	digital effects artist (as Rhett Bennatt)
Mike Bienstock	....	motion control operator
Sebastian Bilbao	....	computer graphics artist: Duboi
Sebastian Bilbao	....	pre-visualizor: 20th Century Fox
Mark 'Boylee' Boyle	....	visual effects second assistant camera (as Boylee)
Stephen Brand	....	pre-visualization
Mark A. Brown	....	chief technologist: VIFX
Mike Burns	....	visual effects best boy grip (as Michael J. Burns)
Joel Bystrom	....	miniature effects grip
Alain Carsoux	....	compositing supervisor
David S. Castaneda	....	motion control coordinator
Christian Clarke	....	visual effects set production assistant
Barry Clint	....	miniature effects grip
Brent O. Coert	....	miniature effects assistant coordinator
Keith Collea	....	miniature effects video assist operator
Keith Collea	....	on-set assist editor: special visual effects unit
David Collier	....	Production Assistant
Leah Culton	....	visual effects editorial production assistant
John Decker	....	digital artist (2003 special edition DVD)
Steve Dellerson	....	digital coordinator
Portia Digiovanni	....	miniature effects assistant camera
François Dupuy	....	I/O technician
Gus Duron	....	media coordinator
Antoine Durr	....	digital supervisor
Thomas Duval	....	compositing supervisor
Ted Eachus	....	miniature effects grip
Benjamin Edelberg	....	model maker
Seth Edelstein	....	second assistant director: visual effects
David Esneault	....	digital effects artist
Martha Fay	....	miniature effects gaffer
Matthew Ferro	....	visual effects producer
Big Harry Fichter	....	miniature effects director of photography
Little Mary Fichter	....	miniature effects director of photography
Rick Fichter	....	special effects director of photography
Bob Field	....	visual effects gaffer
Adam Francis	....	miniature effects camera production assistant
Meg Freeman	....	digital painter
Bob Froehlig	....	manager of systems
Shannon Blake Gans	....	visual effects executive producer: Hunter/Gratzner Industries Inc.
Art Garcia	....	visual effects grip
Gary George	....	scanning department manager
Mike Gerzevitz	....	visual effects electrician
Laney Gradus	....	digital effects production manager
Matthew Gratzner	....	art director: Hunter/Gratzner Industries, Inc.
Matthew Gratzner	....	miniature fabricator
Matthew Gratzner	....	miniature supervisor: Hunter/Gratzner Industries, Inc.
Scott Graves	....	visual effects best boy
Jeffrey B. Gregg	....	miniature effects grip
Joseph Grossberg	....	visual effects consultant
Wendy Grossberg	....	visual effects assistant production coordinator
Rick Grover	....	miniature effects best boy grip
David Gutman	....	digital compositor
Conrad W. Hall	....	visual effects director of photography
Celia Hallquist	....	miniature effects coordinator
Adrienne Hamalian-Mangine	....	miniature effects script supervisor
Thane Hawkins	....	digital effects artist
Jenny Haynes	....	requisitions
Robert Heine	....	visual effects first assistant camera (as Robert J. Heine)
Chad J. Hellmuth	....	miniature effects production assistant
Erik Henry	....	visual effects supervisor
Fred Henssens	....	visual effects office production assistant
Richard E. Hollander	....	visual effects supervisor (as Richard Hollander)
Ian Hunter	....	miniature consultant
Ian Hunter	....	miniature fabricator
David Janssen	....	miniature effects assistant camera
Amy Jupiter	....	executive digital effects producer: Blue Sky Studios (as Amy J. Jupiter)
David Kagen	....	miniature effects electrician
Gary Kangrga	....	visual effects grip
Christian J. Killingsworth	....	visual effects electrician
Hilary Klym	....	miniature effects key grip
Lisa Knaggs	....	producer: Hunter/Gratzner
Mitch Kopelman	....	digital effects supervisor
Michael La Fave	....	3D digital artist
Cindy Lagerstrom	....	visual effects electrician
Bruno Le Provost	....	CGI artist
Robert Leveen	....	assistant director: visual effects
Chris Lewis	....	visual effects electrician
Joe Lewis	....	motion control supervisor
Adam Lovell	....	crew chief: miniatures fabrication (as Adam C. Lovell)
Theresa Lynch	....	visual effects assistant production coordinator
Brad Manheim	....	visual effects office production assistant
Karine Marchandou	....	I/O supervisor
Kristine McPherson	....	visual effects assistant editor
Scott Medcalf	....	miniature effects best boy electric (as Scott 'Scooter' Medcalf)
David V. Mei	....	digital paint artist (as David Mei)
Zeke Morales	....	media coordinator
Cecilia Mou	....	rotoscoping
Mark Mullins	....	motion control crew
Craig Newman	....	digital department manager
Martin November	....	visual effects editor (as Marty November)
Michael O'Brien	....	motion control rigger
Nick Panagos	....	3D digital artist
Eric Parker	....	miniature effects electrician (as Eric A. Parker)
Arnaud Peiny	....	visual effects
Chris Pember	....	animator: Frantic Films (2003 special edition)
Raymond M. Perosi	....	visual effects dolly grip (as Raymond 'Campa' Perosi)
Scot Petitclerc	....	visual effects first assistant "b" camera
Pitof	....	visual effects supervisor
Robert A. Preston	....	visual effects key grip
Michelle Reiner	....	digital imaging
Christina Reyes	....	computer graphics production assistant
Nicolas Rey	....	CGI artist
John Riley	....	visual effects set production assistant
Steve Rosenbluth	....	motion control crew
Danny Rubio	....	miniature effects assistant supervisor
Nancy Rushlow	....	miniature effects production supervisor
Miguel Sánchez	....	miniature effects electrician
Scott Schneider	....	model crew chief
Leslie Schor	....	digital effects coordinator
Christopher Scollard	....	digital effects producer
Kerry Shea	....	visual effects production coordinator
John Siczewicz	....	senior digital artist: Blue Sky Studios
Antoine Simkine	....	visual effects executive producer: Duboi
Paul Sklar	....	miniature effects set medic
Lauren Smith	....	visual effects coordinator
Derek Spears	....	digital fireman (as Derek T. Spears)
Danielle Stewart	....	miniature effects production assistant
Steven Strong	....	miniature effects electrician
Steve Switaj	....	motion control engineer
Joe 'Tater' Tate	....	visual effects grip
Frank D. Tobin	....	visual effects best boy (as Frank Tobin)
Rick Tschudin	....	visual effects first assistants camera
Edouard Valton	....	producer: Duboi
Theo Vandernoot	....	3D digital artist: VIFX
Jean-Marie Vives	....	digital matte painter
Alexander G. Watts	....	stand-by model maker
Robert Weiss	....	visual effects office production assistant
Anthony Widmer	....	visual effects grip
Darrell Woodard	....	assistant director: visual effects
Susan Zwerman	....	visual effects producer
Matt Broeska	....	lead matchmove artist: Frantic Films (2003 special edition) (uncredited)
Grady Cofer	....	Inferno artist (uncredited)
Shaun Cusick	....	modeler (uncredited)
Richard Davenport	....	camera assistant: visual effects unit (uncredited)
Mark Edwards	....	film I/O (uncredited)
David Fogg	....	motion control (uncredited)
Alexander Levenson	....	modeler (uncredited)
Ralph Maiers	....	composite supervisor: Digital Magic (uncredited)
Thomas Quinn	....	mechanical effects lead (uncredited)
David Robert	....	model maker (uncredited)
Rich Thorne	....	production executive (uncredited)
Erik von Wodtke	....	miniature effects production assistant (uncredited)
Dan Weeks	....	production programmer: Blue Sky Studios (uncredited)
Leon Xiao	....	chief systems administrator (uncredited)

Stunts
Lesley Aletter	....	stunts
Todd Bryant	....	stunts
Mark Chadwick	....	stunts
Edward Conna	....	stunts (as Eddie Conna)
Jani D. Davis	....	stunts (as Jani Davis)
Mark De Alessandro	....	stunts
Christina Fetters	....	stunts
Brian Kula Fung	....	personal stunt trainer to Ms. Weaver
Randall Huber	....	stunts
Kent W. Luttrell	....	stunt rigger
Brad Martin	....	stunts
David Brian Martin	....	stunts
Nigel Miguel	....	stunts (as Nigel P. Miguel)
Dorenda Moore	....	stunts
Chris O'Hara	....	stunts (as Christopher R. O´Hare)
Vladimir Orlov	....	stunts
Ernie F. Orsatti	....	stunt coordinator (as Ernie Orsatti)
Noon Orsatti	....	stunts
Mary Peters	....	stunts
Tracy Phillips	....	stunts
Gregg Sargeant	....	stunts
Keith Shindoll	....	stunts (as Keith Sindoll)
Tony Snegoff	....	stunts
Chad Stahelski	....	stunts
Jose L. Vasquez	....	stunts
William Washington	....	stunts
Eddie Yansick	....	stunts
Dorenda Morales	....	stunts (uncredited)
Mary Peters	....	stunt double: Sigourney Weaver (uncredited)
Chad Stahelski	....	stunt double: Michael Wincott (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Michael Alexonis	....	best boy grip
Michael Arvanitis	....	best boy electric (as Michael S. Arvanitis)
Mark Ballentine	....	rigging best boy electric
Huston Beaumont	....	rigging best boy grip
Philippe Carr-Forster	....	additional camera operator (as Phil Carr-Forster)
Gary S. Christie	....	best boy grip (as Gary Christie)
Peter Davidian	....	rigging gaffer
Kenny Davis	....	company grip
David Emmerichs	....	Steadicam operator
David Emmerichs	....	additional camera operator
Michael Ferris	....	additional underwater camera operator
Anna Foerster	....	pyrotechnics director of photography
Chris Franco	....	electrician (as Chris 'Julio' Franco)
Steve Galloway	....	playback and video assist
Ákos Gulyás	....	camera intern
Conrad W. Hall	....	camera operator: "a" camera
R. Dana Harlow	....	company grip
Dan Kerns	....	electrician
Dana Kroeger	....	camera loader (as Dana S. Kroeger)
Michael Lambert	....	electrician (as Michael B. Lambert)
Bob Leitelt	....	rigging key grip
William T. McKane	....	best boy electric
Jason Newton	....	company grip
Michael C. Price	....	company grip
Cynthia Pusheck	....	underwater first assistant camera
C. Alan Rawlins	....	key grip
Paul Rawson	....	video assist operator
Pete Romano	....	underwater director of photography
Amy Schulenberg	....	underwater second assistant camera (as Amy E. Schulenberg)
Christian Silver	....	company grip
Don Steinberg	....	second assistant camera (as Donny Steinberg)
Christopher C. Strong	....	chief lighting technician
Wayne Stroud	....	company grip
C. Ashley Sudge	....	dolly grip (as Charles Ashley Sudge)
Suzanne Tenner	....	unit photographer
Carlos M. Torres	....	electrician
Zoran Veselic	....	first assistant camera
Michael Walden	....	video assist operator
Monty Woodard	....	electrician
Adam Glick	....	set lighting technician (uncredited)
Scott Graves	....	best boy electric (uncredited)
Kris Holmes	....	electrician (uncredited)
Jeb Johenning	....	digital video assist operator (uncredited)
Marcos O. Lopez	....	additional second assistant camera: "b" camera (uncredited)
Robin Melhuish	....	assistant camera: "b" camera (uncredited)
Arnold Peterson	....	camera operator: motion control (uncredited)
Jeffrey Ray Strong	....	electrician (uncredited)
Sam Urdank	....	still photographer: "b" camera, additional photography (uncredited)
Sam Urdank	....	still photographer: additional photography (uncredited)
Chris Wagganer	....	video assist operator (uncredited)
Chuck Whelan	....	additional second assistant camera (uncredited)
Greg Whiteside	....	24 frame video operator (uncredited)

Animation Department
Nina Bafaro	....	animator
George Bernota	....	mechanical designer
Evan Brainard	....	mechanical designer
James Bresnahan	....	animator
Wei-Ling Chang	....	animator
Chris Cunningham	....	character designer (as Chris Halls)
Doug Dooley	....	animator
Michael Eringis	....	technical animator
Hiroshi 'Kan' Ikeuchi	....	mechanical designer
John Lundberg	....	mechanical designer
Eric Pender	....	procedural animation development
Jordu Schell	....	character designer
Jesse Sugarman	....	animator
Steve Talkowski	....	animator

Casting Department
Eyde Belasco	....	casting associate
Bill Dance	....	extras casting
Terrence Harris	....	casting associate
Terrence Harris	....	extras casting
Bill Marinella	....	extras casting associate

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Paul Delucca	....	costumer
Ed Fincher	....	key costumer
Cathy Hill	....	costumer
Jennifer Morrison Holyfield	....	costumer
Katina Le Kerr	....	costumer (as Katina Kerr)
David Rawley	....	costume supervisor
Claudia Wick	....	costumer

Editorial Department
James Andrykowski	....	first assistant editor
Gary Burritt	....	negative cutter
Jeffrey Harlacker	....	second assistant editor
Robert Mendoza	....	post-production assistant
David Orr	....	color timer
Greg Parsons	....	assistant editor: avid
Liza Sullivan	....	assistant editor
Yvan Lucas	....	color consultant (uncredited)

Music Department
Pete Anthony	....	orchestrator
Jeff Atmajian	....	orchestrator
Frank Bennett	....	orchestrator
Mark Cross	....	music co-producer
Brad Dechter	....	orchestrator
Sandy DeCrescent	....	orchestra contractor
Robert Elhai	....	orchestrator
Lisa Jaime	....	assistant music editor
Artie Kane	....	conductor
Don Nemitz	....	orchestrator
Bobbi Page	....	vocal conductor
Dennis S. Sands	....	score mixer (as Dennis Sands)
Abby Treloggen	....	music editor

Transportation Department
Tom Marshall	....	transportation captain (as Tommy Marshall)
Dave Robling	....	transportation coordinator (as David Robling)
Skip Wilson	....	transportation captain
James G. Brill	....	driver (uncredited)

Other crew
Rachel Aberly	....	unit publicist
Steve Austin	....	24 frame video supervisor
Rick Baca	....	payroll accountant
Eileen Bee	....	supervisor
Susan J. Bonno-Buckner	....	assistant accountant
Gregory Brauer	....	intern
Laurent Buffi	....	office production assistant
Steve Buscaino	....	laboratory technician
Sylvie Capron	....	administrative supporter
Nik E. Carey	....	laboratory technician (as Nik Carey)
Jan Carlee	....	project creative supervisor
Laurent Clavier	....	research and development
Stephanie Claxton	....	assistant accountant
Bernadette Colomine	....	local support
Karen Cowan	....	assistant accountant
Barbara Crow	....	first assistant accountant
Pamela Cveticanin	....	laboratory technician
Zach Cveticanin	....	laboratory technician
Stephane Deverly	....	research and development
Robb Earnest	....	production secretary
Josh Einsohn	....	on-set production assistant (as Joshua Einsohn)
Rod P.I. Francis	....	dive master
Marion Frelat	....	travel arrangements
Carlos Garcia	....	caterer
H.R. Giger	....	original alien designer
Alec Gillis	....	alien effects
Nancy Gilmour	....	interpreter to Mr. Jeunet
Marci Graber	....	assistant accountant
Richard Grant	....	auricle digital timings
Wade Hagen	....	assistant accountant
Rip Hampton O'Neil	....	head of technology
James Hirahara	....	mechanical crew
Jesse Hollander	....	technical assistant
Chia-Chi Hu	....	coordinator
Mark Johnson	....	mechanical crew
Kathy McDonald Jones	....	assistant production coordinator
Karen Keener	....	laboratory technician
Shannon Kenny	....	script supervisor (as Shannon E. Kenny)
Luke Khanlian	....	queen alien mechanical designer
Mike Klos	....	laser effects
Steve Kuzela	....	laboratory technician
Tim Lamprose	....	set medic
Timothy Leach	....	laboratory technician
Jonathan Leahey	....	alien atmospherics
David S. Leong	....	trainer: Ms. Weaver
Louis Leterrier	....	on-set production assistant
Gil Levine	....	mechanical engineer
Carlyle O. Livingston II	....	foreman
Alex 'Little Al' Lorenzana	....	laboratory technician
F. Cameron MacRae	....	associate to producer
Bernard Maltaverne	....	president: Duboi
Rocco Marra	....	on-set production assistant (as Rocco J. Marra)
Ivan Martin del Campo	....	production secretary
Tony Matijevich	....	laboratory technician
David McKimmie	....	office production assistant
Sandra Miller	....	assistant: Ms. Ryder
Abdou Moustachir	....	accountant
Christopher Nealy	....	technical advisor: underwater unit
Sophie Neki	....	financial manager
Terrie Nettles	....	accounting production assistant
Steve Neuvenheim	....	assistant accountant
Ken Niederbaumer	....	alien effects
Ken Niederbaumer	....	laboratory technician
Chris Nitz	....	on-set production assistant
David Penikas	....	newborn mechanical face designer
Christine Pernin	....	assistant: Mr. Jeunet
David Perteet	....	laboratory technician
Paul Pistore	....	puppeteer
Cynthia Quan	....	production accountant
Ramdam	....	visa support
Sandra Ricard	....	in/out technician
Jerry Rightmer	....	brainstorm operator
Eric Rivera	....	craft service
Sol Rivera	....	craft service
Mary Robbins	....	production associate
Stephanie Sain	....	on-set production assistant
Barbara Schenk	....	local support
Ben Schoen	....	titles coordinator
Andy Schoneberg	....	project coordinator: Amalgamated Dynamics Inc.
Michele Short	....	office production assistant
Laure Stichelbaut	....	production supporter
Dale Tanguay	....	mechanical engineer
Aaron Triche	....	on-set production assistant
Olivier Tubach	....	research and development
Aruna Villiers	....	consultant to Mr. Jeunet
Mark Viniello	....	laboratory technician
Ryan Nathaniel Warda	....	office production assistant
Chris Wedge	....	creative supervisor
Garth Winkless	....	laboratory technician
Tom Woodruff Jr.	....	alien effects
Julie M. Anderson	....	production coordinator (uncredited)
Melissa Binder	....	textile artist (uncredited)
Doug Byers	....	fixture foreman (uncredited)
Raechel Donahue	....	voice artist (uncredited)
Tara Foran	....	post payroll accountant (uncredited)
Steven L. Franklin	....	craft service (uncredited)
Joe Hartwick Jr.	....	studio accountant (uncredited)
Jeff Himmel	....	puppeteer (uncredited)
Sheila A. House	....	production assistant (uncredited)
Christine Papalexis	....	puppeteer (uncredited)
Julie Ann Snow	....	studio accountant (uncredited)
Melodee Spevack	....	adr voice (uncredited)
Aron Warner	....	production executive (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Brandywine Productions
• Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation

Distributors

• Columbia TriStar Films (1997) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment (1997) (Netherlands) (video)
• 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
• 20th Century Fox de Argentina (Argentina)
• 20th Century Fox of Germany (Germany)
• Columbia TriStar Egmont Film Distributors
• Filmes Castello Lopes (Portugal)
• Gativideo (Argentina) (video)
• Hispano Foxfilms S.A.E. (Spain)
• Odeon (1997) (Greece) (theatrical)
• Odeon (1998) (Greece) (video)
• Odeon (2003) (Greece) (DVD) (special edition)
• Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation (USA)
• UGC-Fox Distribution (UFD) (France)

Special Effects

• Duboi (digital visual effects)
• Blue Sky/VIFX (computer generated aliens)
• All Effects Company
• Amalgamated Dynamics (alien effects)
• Digiscope (digital visual effects)
• Duran Duboi
• Hunter/Gratzner Industries (miniatures)
• Vertex International (rotoscoping)

Other Companies

• Argonaut Software Ltd.  'Atom Zone' video game
• Austin Video Services  video assist equipment
• Bill Dance Casting  extras casting
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  camera cranes and dollies
• Cinesite  digital film services
• Dolby Laboratories  sound post-production
• Inter Video  video playback services
• Jo Anne Kane Music Services  music preparation
• Laser Mechanisms  laser effects
• Ocean Video  BRAINSTORM digital video systems
• One Step Up  foley recording
• Pacific Title  titles and opticals
• Pango-Pango Catering  catering
• Scarlet Letters  titles coordination
• Signet Soundelux Studios  sound recording and mixing
• Sony Pictures Studios, Kim Novak Theatre  re-recording studio
• Sony Scoring Stage  sound recording and mixing
• The Fluorescent Company Inc.  blue screen
• The Fluorescent Company Inc.  ultra violet lighting

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:

As the film progresses, the walls of the ship's corridors become darker and more ominous.

Goofs:

Audio/visual unsynchronized: In the nest, when the scientist says: "First everything was normal...", the movements of his lips clearly doesn't match the spoken words.

Quotes:

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

Movie Connections:

Spoofed in Phil the Alien (2004)

Soundtrack:

JuliusPriva son d'ogni conforto

"Was it everything you hoped for?"

Alien Resurrection was released about six months after I graduated from high school, and at the time I wasn't very familiar with the series. I took my first film class about six months later, at which point I learned to really appreciate the great films and filmmakers, and one of the first things I learned was that the first three Alien films are spectacular achievements of science fiction cinema and the third sequel is a sad, ridiculous mess. This happens all too often with sequels and yes, part four is not yet another amazingly impressive Alien film, but come on, it's not THAT bad.

I watched it last night for the first time in almost ten years, and was surprised at how much I enjoyed it. It's strange that I liked it so much, because it shows all the signs of a botched, modernized sequel of a series that should have been left alone long ago. The characters, most of all, are almost all goofy caricatures with preposterous dialogue and routine motivations, and some just don't belong at all. Personally I am a pretty big fan of Winona Ryder, but only in roles that suit her, and she has had a lengthy list of roles that suit her, but Annallee Call in Alien Resurrection is just not one of them. Too often she comes off as a tough talking teenager in this movie and it just gets hard to take her character seriously. She's like Ja Rule in Half Past Dead, but less ridiculous.

Then again, this could just have been a result of her starring alongside Sigourney Weaver, and that woman is just awesome. Dan Hedaya is suitably over-the-top in his role as the gleefully neurotic General Perez, and I have to admit that I was curious to see the performance of Gary Dourdan as Christie. Lately I've been watching countless hours of CSI on DVD, and it's amazing to see how different his role is in this movie from the most serious role he would play later in that show. I prefer the later performance, myself.

The resurrection implied in the title refers to Ripley being borough back to life 200 years after her death for the purpose of creating one of the alien queens, and then breeding the animals for twisted scientific purposes. They decide to keep Ripley alive for observation after surgically removing the alien from her chest, only to discover that she and the aliens are clearly more than they are prepared to handle. There is a negligible subplot involving a group of shady characters headed by the wonderfully sinister Michael Wincott as a Frank Elgyn, who promises his men won't start trouble or get into any fights if they are allowed to stay on board for a few days and nights.

I also have to mention Ron Perlman, who just has a face for this kind of movie. Probably most recognizable lately as Hellboy, this has to be one of the least appreciated actors of the last few decades. In just over 20 years he has acted in more than 150 films and TV shows, and at the time of this writing he has 18 projects in the works. Unbelievable! He also has one of the best lines in the movie ("Why the waste of ammo?! Must be a chick thing…").

The aliens are probably the thing that will make or break this movie, and in my opinion they were impressive enough. The occasional CGI effects are never convincing, but then again they never are, so luckily they didn't overdo them. Even the aliens swimming underwater was not too much for me to accept, perhaps given the automatic tension that is immediately generated in almost any movie where someone has to hold their breath for a long time. This went on far too long to be anything remotely realistic in this movie, but it was a good scene nonetheless.

I would also argue that this is the goriest of all of the four alien movies, particularly at the end, but also contains some of the best comic relief. This combination makes the movie highly entertaining, even following in the long shadows of its spectacular predecessors. There is a high energy scene in the third act of the film where Perlman's character performs a daredevil stunt to shoot one of the pursuing aliens dead which is followed by what has to be the funniest spider killing in film history. I haven't laughed out loud like that at a movie in a long, long time.

In browsing through the posts on the message board for Resurrection I have been inspired to raise my rating for the movie from a 7 to an 8, if only because it is so obvious that everyone is jumping on the bandwagon about bashing this movie. I see nothing but whiny, pouting little brats whimpering and griping about little nitpicky details in the movie, condemning the third sequel in the Alien quadrilogy as a travesty and an embarrassment and a pathetic way to end the series.

Stupid people in large numbers, man. It's sad to see such a clear mob mentality slamming a movie that is about 100 times better than most people say. No, it's not up to the same level as the first two films and it definitely has its drawbacks, but it is definitely a good installment in the series, and you could certainly do a lot worse for some fun popcorn sci-fi on a Friday night. I'll admit that my judgment might be a little skewed because I watched the staggeringly awful Eaten Alive just before seeing this, but it is clear to me that Alien: Resurrection has yet to receive the respect it deserves.