Aliens (1986) - Credits and Details

Aliens Credits and Details

Directed by
	James Cameron	...	directed by
Written by
	James Cameron	...	story by / screenplay by
	David Giler	...	story by
	Walter Hill	...	story by
	Dan O'Bannon	...	based on characters created by
	Ronald Shusett	...	based on characters created by
Cast
	Sigourney Weaver	...	Ripley
	Carrie Henn	...	Newt
	Michael Biehn	...	Corporal Hicks
	Paul Reiser	...	Burke
	Lance Henriksen	...	Bishop
	Bill Paxton	...	Private Hudson
	William Hope	...	Lieutenant Gorman
	Jenette Goldstein	...	Private Vasquez
	Al Matthews	...	Sergeant Apone
	Mark Rolston	...	Private Drake
	Ricco Ross	...	Private Frost
	Colette Hiller	...	Corporal Ferro
	Daniel Kash	...	Private Spunkmeyer
	Cynthia Dale Scott	...	Corporal Dietrich (as Cynthia Scott)
	Tip Tipping	...	Private Crowe
	Trevor Steedman	...	Private Wierzbowski
	Paul Maxwell	...	Van Leuwen
	Valerie Colgan	...	ECA Rep
	Alan Polonsky	...	Insurance Man
	Alibe Parsons	...	Med Tech
	Blain Fairman	...	Doctor
	Barbara Coles	...	Cocooned Woman
	Carl Toop	...	Alien Warrior
	John Lees	...	Power Loader Operator
Uncredited Cast
	William Armstrong	...	Lydecker
	Jay Benedict	...	Newt's Father
	Holly de Jong	...	Newt's Mother
	Christopher Henn	...	Newt's Brother
	Elizabeth Inglis	...	Amanda Ripley-Mclaren
	Mac McDonald	...	Simpson
	Stuart Milligan	...	Salvage Team Leader
	Eddie Powell	...	Alien Warrior
	Bob Sherman	...	Salvage Team Leader (voice)
	Chris Webb	...	Alien Warrior
	Paul Weston	...	Alien Warrior
	Tom Woodruff Jr.	...	Salvager
Produced by
	Gordon Carroll	...	executive producer
	David Giler	...	executive producer
	Walter Hill	...	executive producer
	Gale Anne Hurd	...	producer
Original Music by
	James Horner	...	music composed by
Special Effects by
	Norman Baillie	...	workshop supervisor
	Nigel Booth	...	creature effects crew
	Ron Burton	...	senior special effects technician
	Trevor Butterfield	...	creature effects crew
	Julian Caldow	...	creature effects crew
	Ron Cartwright	...	senior special effects technician
	Philomena Davis	...	creature effects crew
	Michael Dunleavy	...	senior special effects technician
	Greg Figiel	...	creature effects crew
	Nick Finlayson	...	senior special effects technician
	Alec Gillis	...	coordinator: creature effects
	Graham High	...	creature effects crew
	Dave Keen	...	creature effects crew
	Richard J. Landon	...	coordinator: creature effects
	Rick Lazzarini	...	creature effects crew
	Ray Lovell	...	creature effects crew
	Lindsay Macgowan	...	creature effects crew
	Shane Mahan	...	coordinator: creature effects
	John Morris	...	senior special effects technician
	Ken Morris	...	senior special effects technician
	Stephen Norrington	...	creature effects crew
	Christine Overs	...	creature effects crew
	Peter Pickering	...	senior special effects technician
	John Richardson	...	special effects supervisor
	John Robertson	...	creature effects crew
	Ian Rolph	...	creature effects crew
	Matt Rose	...	creature effects crew
	John Rosengrant	...	coordinator: creature effects
	Bill Sturgeon	...	creature effects crew
	Willie Whitten	...	creature effects crew
	Paul Whybrow	...	senior special effects technician
	Joss Williams	...	senior special effects technician
	Mark Williams	...	creature effects crew
	Stan Winston	...	alien effects created by
	Tom Woodruff Jr.	...	coordinator: creature effects
	James Belohovek	...	miniature effects supervisor
	Howard Berger	...	sculptor
	Michael Burnett	...	miniature effects unit
	Dave Chagouri	...	special effects
	Ashish Chanana	...	special effects
	Simon Cockren	...	special effects assistant
	Edward J. Franklin	...	special effects crew
	Matthew Harlow	...	special effects technician
	Simon Hewitt	...	video effects technician
	Garth Inns	...	special effects crew
	Steven James	...	creature effects crew
	Adam Jones	...	sculptor
	Crit Killen	...	miniatures
	Hal Millar	...	special effects
	Mike Minjoodt	...	creature effects crew
	Brian Penikas	...	creature effects crew
	Anton Prickett	...	special effects technician
	Tim Turner	...	miniature effects assistant
	Andy Williams	...	special effects technician
	Steven Woodcock	...	model maker
Visual Effects by
	Michael Anderson	...	camera operator: visual effects
	Jonathan Angell	...	senior special effects technician: visual effects
	Doug Beswick	...	mechanical armature design: visual effects
	John Brown	...	senior special effects technician: visual effects
	Leslie Dear	...	cameraman: visual effects
	Paul Frift	...	assistant director: visual effects
	Robert Gavin	...	special effects editor: visual effects
	Richard Hewitt	...	video effects supervisor
	Brian Johnson	...	visual effects supervisor: post production
	Christopher Knowles	...	assistant director: visual effects
	David Litchfield	...	camera operator: visual effects
	Pat McClung	...	miniatures technical supervisor: visual effects
	Digby Milner	...	senior special effects technician: visual effects
	Roy Moores	...	process photographer: visual effects
	Phil Notaro	...	mechanical armature design: visual effects
	Harry Oakes	...	cameraman: visual effects
	Peter Russell	...	art director: visual effects
	Barry Saunders	...	construction manager: visual effects
	Dennis Skotak	...	visual effects supervisor
	Robert Skotak	...	visual effects supervisor
	Brian Smithies	...	miniature floor effects supervisor: visual effects
	Sarah Spooner	...	production secretary: visual effects
	Charles Staffell	...	process photographer: visual effects
	Paul Tivers	...	unit production manager: visual effects
	Wally Wheeler	...	gaffer: visual effects
	Tony White	...	titles and video graphics design: visual effects
	Brendan Guy Joseph Alimo	...	visual effects designer
	Larry Arpin	...	visual effects
	Steven Begg	...	Visual effects technician
	Suzanne M. Benson	...	visual effects
	Martin Body	...	rotoscope artist
	Zoe Cain	...	visual effects trainee
	Alan Church	...	optical camera operator
	Andrew Coates	...	rotoscope artist
	Andrew Eio	...	motion control programmer
	Mark Gardiner	...	motion control cameraman
	Tony Gardner	...	cosmetic supervisor: miniature effects unit
	John Lee	...	model maker
	Alan G. Markowitz	...	visual effects supervisor
	Peter Melrose	...	matte artist
	Tim Ollive	...	optical compositing
	Julian Parry	...	effects crew: Los Angeles
	Jay Roth	...	model maker
	Tony Rowland	...	camera grip
	Adrian Trent	...	assistant visual effects editor
	Peter Truckel	...	motion control camera
Stunts
	Elanor Bertram	...	stunt performer
	Simon Crane	...	stunt performer
	Sue Crosland	...	stunt performer
	Steve Dent	...	stunt performer
	Stuart Fell	...	stunt performer
	Louise Head	...	double: Newt
	Jazzer Jeyes	...	stunt performer
	Sean McCabe	...	stunt performer
	Eddie Powell	...	stunt performer
	Kiran Shah	...	double: Newt
	Stuart St Paul	...	stunt performer
	Malcolm Weaver	...	stunt performer
	Chris Webb	...	stunt performer
	Bill Weston	...	stunt performer
	Paul Weston	...	stunt coordinator
	Jason White	...	stunt performer
	Clive Curtis	...	stunt double: Frost
	Tom Delmar	...	stunts
	Nick Gillard	...	stunts
Thanks
	Peter Aston	...	the producers gratefully acknowledge the assistance and cooperation of

Additional Info
Premiere:	July 18, 1986
DVD Release:	June 01, 1999
Blu-ray Release:	October 26, 2010
Countries:
Distributor:	Twentieth Century Fox
Websites:

Ratings
8.7 / 10	8.4 / 10	84 / 100

Production Companies
20th Century Fox
Brandywine Productions
Pinewood Studios
SLM Production Group

Distributors
20th Century Fox (1986) (United States) (theatrical)
CBS/Fox (1987) (United States) (pan and scan) (VHS)
CBS/Fox (1987) (United States) (laserdisc) (video)
CBS (1989) (United States) (TV)
Fox Video (1991) (United States) (laserdisc) (video)
Fox Video (1993) (United States) (VHS)
Fox Video (1995) (United States) (laserdisc) (video)
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (1999) (United States) (special edition) (DVD)
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (1999) (United States) (VHS)
HBO Max (2020) (United States) (VOD) (video)
Tubi TV (2021) (United States) (video)
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (United States) (LaserDisc) (video)
American Broadcasting Company (ABC) (2002) (United States) (TV)

Filming Locations
Acton Lane Power Station, Acton Lane, Acton, London, England, UK (exterior of atmosphere processing station; interior of alien structure; cocoon chamber) (now demolished)
Acton, London, England, UK
Albert R. Broccoli 007 Stage, Pinewood Studios, Iver Heath, Buckinghamshire, England, UK (Sulaco cargo bay)
Buckinghamshire, England, UK
D Stage, Pinewood Studios, Iver Heath, Buckinghamshire, England, UK (cargo lock of Sulaco; cargo lock of Dropship 2; interior of Dropship 2; dark chamber)
E Stage, Pinewood Studios, Iver Heath, Buckinghamshire, England, UK (medical lab - annex and operating room; loading platform; back projection of Jordens' tractor; operations room, corridor, and main complex; landscape of atmospheric processing station; service tunnel and elevator; control operations; control block corridors and medical wing; operations manager's office in medical wing; lower levels of main complex; colony operations room; freight elevator; main concourse)
England, UK
F Stage, Pinewood Studios, Iver Heath, Buckinghamshire, England, UK (operating room of the medical lab; ceiling of the operations room)
Iver Heath, Buckinghamshire, England, UK
L Stage, Pinewood Studios, Iver Heath, Buckinghamshire, England, UK (Ripley's apartment; hospital room; Newt and Ripley fall down a chute; freight elevator; interior of the Narcissus; Newt's nest; egg chamber; cockpit of Dropships 1 and 2; Bishop squirms through a conduit shaft)
London, England, UK
Long Process Stage, Pinewood Studios, Iver Heath, Buckinghamshire, England, UK (control operations) (originally called North Tunnel) (now demolished)
M Stage, Pinewood Studios, Iver Heath, Buckinghamshire, England, UK (visual effects for landing platform, egg chamber, cargo lock, operations room, air ducts, and service elevator)
Pinewood Studios, Iver Heath, Buckinghamshire, England, UK (Studio)
S Stage, Pinewood Studios, Iver Heath, Buckinghamshire, England, UK
UK

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