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Other manifestations of this work

Basic facts

Original title Alien
Film type Feature
Category Fiction
Director
Producer
Screenplay
Production country
Production company
Classification Allowed from age 15
Dialogue
Swedish release 1979-11-02

Titles

Original title
Swedish release title
Alternative title
Re-release title

Crew

Director
Screenplay
Story
Producer
Director of Photography
Music
Production Designer
Film Editor
Production Mixer
Stunt Coordinator
Still Photographer
Set Decorator
Costume Designer
Make-up Supervisor
Hair Stylist
Sound Editor
Re-recording Mixer
Graphic Design
Other Crew

Cast

Companies

Production Company Brandywine-Ronald Shusett Production
Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation
Distributor in Sweden (35 mm) Fox-Stockholm Film Distribution AB
Distributor in Sweden (DCP) Biografcentralen 2016
Distributor in Sweden (DVD) AB Svensk Filmindustri 2006
SF Home Entertainment 2008

Swedish censorship / rating

Censorship number 139831
Date 2003-09-25
Classification Allowed from age 15
Original length 3173 meters
Notes Aktindelning: 597-574-572-520-519-391


Censorship number 120442
Date 1979-08-06
Classification Allowed from age 15
Original length 3195 meters
Notes Aktindelning: 505-445-515-480-485-415-350 = 3195 m.


Censorship number 120378
Date 1979-07-12
Classification Allowed from age 15
Original length 55 meters
Notes Trailer.


Technical specifications

Aspect ratio 2.35:1 (Panavision)
Sound type Sound
Sound system Optical mono
Colour type Colour
Colour system Eastman Color
Carrier type 35 mm
Frames per second 24
Length in metres 3209 meter
Length in minutes 117 min
Reels 7 reels


Release dates

Release in Sweden 1979-11-02 Draken Gothenburg Sweden 117 min
1979-11-02 Scania Malmö Sweden 117 min
1979-11-02 Aveny Norrköping Sweden 117 min
1979-11-02 Rigoletto Stockholm Sweden 117 min
1979-11-02 Ri-Tvåan Stockholm Sweden 117 min
1979-11-02 Ringside Stockholm Sweden 117 min
1979-11-02 Spegeln Uppsala Sweden 117 min
1979-11-02 Prisma Västerås Sweden 117 min
1979-11-02 Camera 1 Växjö Sweden 117 min (samt ytterligare 10 platser)
TV showing 1990-01-12 Kanal 1 Sweden 112 min
1991-05-03 TV2 Sweden 112 min
1995-11-03 Kanal 1 Sweden 112 min
2001-09-09 TV4 Sweden 112 min
2002-04-05 TV4 Sweden 112 min
Re-release 2003-11-14 Royal Gothenburg Sweden 116 min ("the Director's Cut")
2003-11-14 BiografPalatset Malmö Sweden 116 min ("the Director's Cut")
2003-11-14 AMC Stockholm Sweden 116 min ("the Director's Cut")
2003-11-14 BioPalatset Stockholm Sweden 116 min ("the Director's Cut")
2003-11-14 Royal 1 Stockholm Sweden 116 min ("the Director's Cut")
TV showing 2004-12-11 TV4 Sweden 112 min
DVD release 2006-03-22 Sweden
2008-11-10 Sweden
Cinematheque screening, archive copy 2010-04-27
2010-05-15
2011-05-15
2011-09-24
2011-10-15
Re-release 2016-10-24 Sweden 117 min
Cinematheque screening 2019-12-07 Filmhuset Stockholm Sweden
Cinematheque screening, archive copy 2019-12-07
2022-10-08 Gothenburg Sweden
2022-12-09 Stockholm Sweden
Precious Images (1986) Alien (1979)

Holdings Film

The information given here refers to film material in the Swedish Film Institute’s archive. Access to the archive’s stock is given on request, for research, other film archives and rights’ holders. For enquiries please contact filmarkivet@filminstitutet.se

Element type Print
Item base Acetate
Carrier type 35 mm
Length 3176


Element type Print
Item base Acetate
Carrier type 35 mm
Length 3167


Element type Print
Item base Polyester
Carrier type 35 mm
Length 3172


Element type Print
Item base Polyester
Carrier type 35 mm
Length 3172


Holdings Posters

Size About 70 x 100 cm
Quantity 2


Size Smaller than 40 x 75 cm
Quantity 1


Size About 70 x 100 cm
Quantity 2


Holdings Stills

Black and white print 11
Colour prints 17
Slides SET
Album No


Holdings Promotion materials

Type Program/Reklamtryck


Type Misc.prints
Language Swedish



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