Aliens is a UK VHS release by CBS/Fox Video, Fox Video and 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment. It was first released on Rental on 29th April 1987 by CBS/Fox Video. It was re-released on Sell Through by CBS/Fox Video on 9th February 1989 as part of the All Time Greats series. On 13th April 1992 Aliens: Special Edition was released by Fox Video (adding an extra 17 Minutes additional footage). On 22nd November 1993 Aliens: Special Edition was re-released as part of the Alien Trilogy "Facehugger" Collector's Box Set by Fox Video. A THX Remastered version was re-released in 1997 by Fox Video. On 15th May 2000 Aliens: Special Edition was released on DVD as both a stand alone release and as part of the "Alien Legacy Box Set" by 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment. On 8th December 2003 both versions of Aliens were re-released as part of the Alien Quadrilogy Box Set by 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment.
Description[]
This Time It’s War
Last time it was a fight to the death. This time it’s all-out war. Because the menace is back! An awesome death-force, massive in power, multiplied a thousand-fold. The Alien has bred…
But there was one survivor from the earlier massacre aboard the Starfreighter Nostromo. Years later, Officer Ripley (Sigourney Weaver) is found floating in space. She’s taken back to her home planet – Earth. But just as she thought the horror was over, it began all over again. A threat to Earth. To life itself. She woke from half a century of sleep into a waking nightmare. They sent her back with a team of hand-picked warriors, back to the remote planet, breeding ground of the Aliens, to destroy the multiplied menace for ever. No job for a woman. But a job only one woman could do…
Running Time Approx. 131 Minutes
Copyright 1986 Twentieth Century Fox
Cast[]
- Sigourney Weaver as Ripley
- Carrie Henn as Newt
- Michael Biehn as Corporal Hicks
- Paul Reiser as Burke
- Lance Henriksen as Bishop
- Bill Paxton as Private Hudson
- William Hope as Lieutenant Gorman
- Jenette Goldstein as Private Vazquez
- Al Matthews as Sergeant Apone
- Mark Rolston as Private Drake
- Ricco Ross as Private Frost
- Colette Hiller as Corporal Ferro
- Daniel Kash as Private Spunkmeyer
- Cynthia Scott as Corporal Dietrich
- Tip Tipping as Private Crowe
- Trevor Steedman as Private Wierzbowski
- Paul Maxwell as Van Leuwen
Credits[]
- Directed by James Cameron
- Produced by Gale Anne Hurd
- Executive Producers Gordon Carroll, David Giler & Walter Hill
- Story by James Cameron, David Giler & Walter Hill
- Screenplay by James Cameron
- Music by James Horner
- Cinematography by Adrian Biddle
- Editor Ray Lovejoy
- Produced by Brandywine Productions
- Distributed by 20th Century Fox
Theatrical Release Date: 18th July 1986 (US) / 29th August 1986 (UK)