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"Unfortunately, by breaking quarantine, you risk everybody's life."

In deep space, the crew of the commercial starship Nostromo is awakened from their cryo-sleep capsules halfway through their journey home to investigate a distress call from an alien vessel. The terror begins when the crew encounters a nest of eggs inside the alien ship. An organism from inside an egg leaps out and attaches itself to one of the crew, causing him to fall into a coma.

Release date: June 22, 1979 (USA)

Director: Ridley Scott

Sequel: Aliens

Story by: Ronald Shusett, Dan O'Bannon

Screenplay: Ridley Scott, Dan O'Bannon

Awards: Academy Award for Best Visual Effects