3. Who is [character/director] ? (Movies: Alien)
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This article is from the Alien Movies FAQ, by Darryll Hobsonand Eelko de Vos E.W.C.deVos@TWI.TUDelft.NL with numerous contributions by others.
3. Who is [character/director] ? (Movies: Alien)
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"ALIEN"
Director: Ridley Scott
Writer: Dan O'Bannon
Composer: Jerry Goldsmith
Director of Photography: Derek Vanlint
Designer: H.R.Giger (Hans Rudi Giger. Giger pronounced rhyming with "eager")
Cast:
Ellen Ripley [Sigourney Weaver]: Warrant Officer
J. Lambert [Veronica Cartwright]: Navigator.
Ash [Ian Holm]: Science officer, an android.
Parker [Yaphet Kotto]: Chief engineer.
G. E. Kane [John Hurt]: Executive officer; the alien bursts from his chest.
(In the novel, his first name is "Thomas")
S. E. Brett [Harry Dean Stanton]: Engineering technician.
A. Dallas [Tom Skerritt]: Captain.
Alien [Bolaji Bodejo]
Mother [Helen Horton]: voice of the Nostromo computer.
"ALIENS"
Director: James Cameron
Writers: James Cameron, David Giler (story), Walter Hill (story)
Composer: James Horner
Director of Photography: Adrian Biddle
Cast:
Ellen Ripley [Sigourney Weaver]: Cargo loader, gets assigned (by
choice) as an advisor for the mission to LV-426.
Sergeant A. Apone [Al Matthews]: sergeant, ground commander.
Corporal Dwayne Hicks [Michael Biehn]: only soldier that survived.
Private W. Hudson [Bill Paxton]: "Game over man! Game over!"
Private J. Vasquez [Jenette Goldstein]: uses a smart gun. Woman.
Private M. Drake [Mark Rolston]: uses a smart gun.
Corporal C. Ferro [Colette Hiller]: dropship pilot (wears sunglasses).
Private D. Spunkmeyer [Daniel Kash]: dropship co-pilot and cargo loader.
L. Bishop [Lance Henriksen]: Android; science officer.
Carter J. Burke [Paul Reiser]: Company advisor.
Private R. Frost [Ricco Ross]: Hated the corn bread.
Private T. Crowe [Tip Tipping]
Corporal C. Dietrich [Cynthia Scott]: Medic.
Lieutenant S. Gorman [William Hope]: Controls the marines from the APC.
Private T. Wierzbowski [Trevor Steedman]
Rebecca Jorden [Carrie Henn]: Newt.
Mrs Jorden [Holly De Young]: Newt's mother.
Timmy (Timothy?) Jorden [Christopher Henn]: Newt's brother.
Russ Jorden [Jay Benedict]: Newt's father.
Lydecker [Bill Armstrong]: Acheron colony administrator
Simpson [Mac McDonald]: Acheron colony administrator
"ALIEN^3"
Director: David Fincher
Writers: Larry Ferguson, David Giler, Walter Hill, Vincent Ward (story)
Composer: Elliot Goldenthal
Director of Photography: Alex Thomson
Cast:
Ellen Ripley [Sigourney Weaver]: sole survivor of the Sulaco, shaves her
head, carries the next alien queen embryo in her body.
Bishop II [Lance Henriksen]: android and (in a different roll) the designer
of the android or another android (looking like Bishop).
Clemens [Charles Dance]: the doctor.
Golic [Paul McGann]: in the infirmary, wearing the straitjacket.
Dillon [Charles S. Dutton]: the religious leader.
Andrews [Brian Glover]: superintendant
Newt [Danielle Edmond]: the little girl corpse.
Aaron [Ralph Brown] Morse [Danny Webb]
Arthur [Dhobi Oparei] Murphy [Chris Fairbank]
Jude [Vincenzo Nicoli] Eric [Niall Buggy]
Frank [Carl Chase] Kevin [Philip Davis]
Rains [Christopher John Fields] Gregor [Peter Guinness]
Boggs [Leon Herbert] William [Clive Mantle]
Junior [Holt McCallany] David [Pete Postlethwaite]
Troy [Paul Brennan] Company Man [Hi Ching]
"ALIEN-RESURRECTION"
Director: Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Writer: Joss Whedon
Director of Photography: Darius Khondji
Cast:
Ripley-Clone [Sigourney Weaver]: the eighth clone of Ripley who was grown
artificially with a queen alien inside her, has hightened
abilities and perception after removal of the alien
Annalee Call [Winona Ryder]: crewmember of the Betty, android
Johner [Ron Perlman]: crewmember of the Betty
Vriess [Dominique Pinon]: chief mechanic of the Betty, paralyzed
Elgyn [Michael Wincott]: leader of the Betty
Gen. Perez [Dan Hedaya]: leader of the Auriga
Dr. Wren [J.E. Freeman]: scientist on the Auriga
Gediman [Brad Dourif]: scienist on the Auriga
Distephano [Raymond Cruz]: soldier on the Auriga
Hilliard [Kim Flowers]: pilot of the Betty
Christie [Gary Dourdan]: mercenary of the Betty
Purvis [Leland Orser]: kidnapped technician aided by the Betty
crew, used for procreation of the aliens
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