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Aliens
- Theatrical - Wide 1986-07-18
- Cast Sigourney Weaver Michael Biehn Paul Reiser Lance Henriksen Bill Paxton
- Directed by James Cameron
- Written by James Cameron
Box Office Gross:
$183,316,455
Running Time:
137 minutes
Language:
English
Production Company:
SLM Production Group, 20th Century Fox, Brandywine Productions
Genres:
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Synopsis
Ripley, the sole survivor of the Nostromo’s deadly encounter with the monstrous Alien, returns to Earth after drifting through space in hypersleep for 57 years. Although her story is initially met with skepticism, she agrees to accompany a team of Colonial... See more Marines back to LV-426.
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