| Alien Resurrection | |
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| Directed by | Jean-Pierre Jeunet |
| Produced by | Bill Badalato
Gordon Carroll David Giler Walter Hill |
| Written by | Characters:
Dan O'Bannon Ronald Shusett Screenplay: Joss Whedon |
| Starring | Sigourney Weaver
Winona Ryder Ron Perlman Dominique Pinon Gary Dourdan Michael Wincott Brad Dourif Leland Orser Dan Hedaya J.E. Freeman Kim Flowers Raymond Cruz |
| Music by | John Frizzel |
| Cinematogrophy | Darius Khondji |
| Distibuted by | 20th Century Fox |
| Release date(s) | November 26, 1997 |
| Running time: | Thetatrical cut:
109 min. 2003 Special edition 116 min. |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $70,000,000 |
| Gross revenue | $161,295,658 |
| Preceded by | Alien³ |
| Followed by | Alien vs. Predator |
Plot
200 years after Alien³ Ellen Ripley has been cloned on the outer military science vessel USM Auriga using "blood samples from Fiorina 'Fury' 161, on ice." The United Systems Military knows of Ripley carrying the Alien Queen embryo implanted in her in Alien³ and desire to extract the queen. After the success of the extraction, the scientists then decide to keep the Ripley clone alive for further study. The scientists then raise the Alien Queen and collect her eggs for further use. As a result of the cloning process Ellen Ripleys DNA was mixed with the queen's, she has developed different abilities including enhanced strength and reflexes, acidic blood also an empathic link with the aliens.
A ship called Betty full of mercenaries, arrives and deliver several kidnapped humans in hypersleep. The military scientists decide to use them as hosts for the Facehuggers , raising several adult Aliens for study. The mercenaries encounter Ripley, the youngest member Call recognizes her name,she then attempts to kill the Ripley clone believing she may be a host for more Aliens. But Call is too late, the adult Aliens have escaped confinement, damaging the ship and killing most of Augria's crew. Dr. Wren one of the ships scientists reveals that the Auriga's default command in an emergency situation is to return to earth. Realizing that if the Auriga returned to earth it would allow the Aliens to escape, Ripley, the mercenaries, Dr. Wren and a surviving Alien host Purvis then attempt to escape on the Betty and destroy the Auriga.
As the group makes their way through Auriga, several of them are killed by the Aliens. Call is revealed to be a android after Wren betrays the group. Using Calls ability to interface with the damaged ship's systems, they set it on a collision course with earth, hoping the Aliens will be destroyed. Ripley learns the Queen has gained an ability from her DNA as well: the Alien Queen has grown a womb which can give birth to live offspring without the need to lay eggs and a need for human hosts an offspring called the Newborn is born with human and Alien traits sees Ripley and determines her its mother and kills the Alien Queen.
Ripley and the others arrive at the Betty as they launch the Newborn manages to get onto the ship and then attacks Ripley and Call. Ripley then kills the Newborn by using her acidic blood to burn a hole through a viewing pane causing the creature to be drawn violently through the small hole and into the vacuum in space. The survivors escape and the Auriga explodes over earth killing all the Aliens.
Cast
- Sigourney Weaver as Ellen Ripley, After her suicide in Alien³, Ripley has been cloned using blood samples so the scientists can extract the Alien Queen from her chest. As a result of the cloning process Ripley has been affected by the Queen's DNA which has caused her to have enhanced strength and reflexes, acidic blood also the ability to sense the presence of the Aliens.
- Dan Heyada as General Perez, General Perez is the commanding officer of the Auriga who supervises the experiments to clone Ripley and study the Aliens.
- J.E. Freeman as Dr. Wren, Dr. Wren is one of several scientists onboard Auriga involved in cloning Ripley and studying the Aliens. After the Aliens managed to escape he sided with the protagonists in their attempt to escape the ship.
- Brad Dourif as Dr. Gediman, Another scientist involved in cloning Ripley and studying the Aliens.
- Carolyn Campbell as Dr. Williamson, The third member of the science team responsible for cloning Ripley.
- David St. James as Dr. Sprague, Another member of the Auriga's science team.
- Raymond Cruz as DiStephano, A soilder of the United Systems Military stationed on the Auriga. When the Aliens escaped confinement he joins the pratagonists in their attempt to escape the ship.
- Michael Wincott as Frank Elgyn, Captain of the ship Betty. He brings the Betty to the Auriga to sell several humans in cryostasis to Genral Perez. he is romantically involved with Hillard.
- Kim Flowers as Sabra Hillard, The Assistant pilot of the Betty who is romantically involved with Elgyn.
- Gary Dourdan as Christie, First mate and second in command of the Betty.
- Ron Perlman as Johner, A mercenary and member or the Betty's crew. Johner plays jokes, has a bad temper and teases Vriess about his handicap.
- Dominique Pinon as Vriess, The Betty's mechanic. Vriess is disabled and confined to a motorized wheelchair. He shares a close releationship with Call and an antagonistic relationship with Johner.
- Winona Ryder as Annalee Call, The newest crew member of the Betty. She has recognized Ripley and has knowledge on the Aliens. Call is revealed in the film to be an android and helps the protagonists interface the Auriga.
- Leland Orser as Purvis, Purivis is one of the several humans brought by the Betty to the Auriga in cryostasis to be hosts for the Aliens. Even though he has an Alien growing inside him he still joins the protagonists to escape the Auriga.
- Tom Woodruff, Jr. as the lead Alien, Woodruff had previously played the Alien in Alien³, and described the Alien in Resurrection as feeling "much more like a dog. It's got dog legs, a more pointed nose, and a more vicious mouth." Weaver praised Woodruff's work, saying that "working with him is like working with Lon Chaney Jr., only Tom's usually covered with K-Y Jelly."[4] Woodruff also played the lead Alien in the sequels Alien vs. Predator and Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem.