Alien Quadrilogy: Alien / Aliens / Alien 3 / Alien Resurrection

DVD/APPROX. 0 MINS./0/US R

Main feature:

Release Dec 2, 2003
Video Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Anamorphic - Enhanced for Widescreen TVs.

Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Anamorphic - Enhanced for Widescreen TVs.
Audio English: Dolby Digital 5.1
English: DTS 5.1
Spanish: Dolby Digital 2.0
Subtitles English, Spanish
Studio Fox
Year 0
Genre Fantasy, Sci-Fi

Special features:

  • Presented on 9 discs
  • ALIEN - 2 DVDs
  • The original 1979 theatrical version and the 2003 Director's cut
  • An introduction by Director Ridley Scott, Dan O'Bannon, Sigourney Weaver, Veronica Cartwright, Harry Dean Stanton, John Hurt and more
  • Brand new commentary by Ridley Scott and the technical crew
  • Nine brand new documentaries: "Star Beast," "The Visualists," "Truckers In Space," "Fear Of The Unknown," "The Darkest Reaches," "The Eight Passenger," "Future Tense," "Outward Bound" and "A Nightmare Fulfilled"
  • A Multi-Angle Scene Study on the Chestburster sequence with optional commentary
  • Sigourney Weaver's original screen test with optional commentary
  • Seven deleted scenes
  • The first draft of the screenplay by O'Bannon
  • Ridleygrams - Original thumbnails and sketches
  • Storyboard Archives "Art of Alien" including a cast portrait gallery, production gallery, the sets of Alien, H.R. Giger's Workshop, continuity polaroids and VFX gallery
  • Original theatrical posters and stills from the premiere.
  • ALIENS - 2 DVDs
  • The original theatrical version and the special edition
  • An introduction by Director James Cameron
  • Brand new commentary by Cameron, Michael Biehn, Jenette Goldstein, Carrie Henn, Terry Henn, Lance Henriksen, Gale Anne Hurd, Pat McClung, Bill Paxton, Dennis Skotak, Robert Skotak and Stan Winston
  • James Cameron original treatment
  • Nine brand new featurettes: "57 Years Later," "Building Better Worlds," "Preparing For Battle," "This Time It's War," "The Risk Always Lives," "Bug Hunt," "Beauty And The Bitch," "Two Orphans" and "Aliens Unleashed"
  • The Art of Aliens including conceptual art portfolio, cast portraits, production gallery, continuity polaroids, Stan Winston's workshop, VFX gallery and premiere stills
  • Deleted footage marker and deleted scene
  • Multi-angle videomatics with optional commentary.
  • ALIEN 3 - 2 DVDs
  • The original theatrical version and a restored pre-release version with more than 30 minutes of never-before-seen footage
  • Brand new commentary by cinematographer Alex Thompson, Editor Terry Rawlings, VFX designers Alec Gillis and Tom Woodruff Jr., effects producer Richard Edlund, and actors Paul McGann and Lance Henriksen
  • 11 new featurettes: "Development," "Tales Of The Wooden Planet," "Pre-Production III," "Xeno-Erotic," "Production: Part One, Part Two, and Part Three," "Adaptive Organism," "Optical Fury," "Music, Editing And Sound" and "Post-Mortem"
  • E.E.V. Bio-Scan - A multi-angle vignette with optional commentary by Gillis
  • The Art of Alien 3 including conceptual art portfolio, production gallery, and visual effects
  • Furnace construction time lapse Storyboard archives.
  • ALIEN RESURRECTION - 2 DVDs
  • The original theatrical version and an extended cut with alternate opening and ending sequences
  • An introduction by director Jean Pierre Jeunet
  • Brand new commentary by Jeunet, Herve Schneid, Alec Gillis, Tom Woodruff Jr., Pitof, Sylvain Despretz, Ron Perlman, Dominique Pinon and Leland Orser First draft of the screenplay by Joss Whedon
  • 11 new featurettes: "From The Ashes," "French Twist," "Under The Skin," "Death From Below," "In The Zone," "Unnatural Mutation," "Genetic Mutation," "Genetic Composition," "Virtual Alien," "A Matter Of Scale" and "Critical Junction"
  • Multi-angel rehearsal footage
  • A Mike Carro photo gallery, a conceptual art gallery, VFX gallery, a promotional photo archive and continuity polaroids
  • Storyboard archives.
  • Bonus DVD
  • A brand new Q&A with Ridley Scott
  • "Experience in Terror" -- A promotional featurette from 1979
  • "Alien Evolution" -- Channel 4 U.K. exclusive documentary on "Alien"
  • A complete laser disc archive of "Alien" and "Aliens"
  • Original theatrical trailers and TV spots from all four films
  • "Aliens In The Basement" -- Inside the Bob Burns "ALIEN" Collection
  • Dark Horse cover gallery -- Anthology of 11 issues of the "ALIEN" comics
  • DVD-ROM feature -- Script to screen comparisons

Synopsis:

The Ultimate All-New Alien Box set, loaded with hours of never before seen extras! Aliens: will allow viewers to choose between the Theatrical version, which has never been available on DVD before, and the Cameron, Director’s cut Alien 3: will include David Fincher’s 2 hr. 50 min original version of the movie, which has never been released. Alien Resurrection: will feature an alternate opening and ending (crash on Earth). And for the 9th bonus disc, which will include over 3 hours of material: Darkhorse Alien Comics Darkhorse Alien vs. Predator Complete Laser Disc features – so can throw away laser discs and have everything imaginable in this boxset.

Cast and Crew:

Fox presents
Sigourney WeaverVeronica CartwrightCharles DanceBrad DourifCharles DuttonMervyn LeRoyJ.E. FreemanDan HedayaLance HenriksenIan HolmJohn HurtYaphet KottoRon PerlmanWinona RyderHarry StantonMichael WincottMargaret O'Brien"Alien Quadrilogy: Alien / Aliens / Alien 3 / Alien Resurrection"
Written byDan O'BannonWritten byRonald ShusettWritten byJames CameronWritten byDavid GilerWritten byWalter HillWritten byJoss Whedonproduced byRonald Shusett
produced byGordon Carroll
produced byDavid Giler
produced byWalter Hill
produced byGale Anne Hurd
directed byRidley Scottdirected byJames Camerondirected byDavid Fincherdirected byJean-Pierre Jeunet
Production Year: 0

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