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‘Alien' returns, scarier than ever

"Alien" returns, scarier than ever
Five minutes of deleted footage have been restored to the film

Before Steven Spielberg made extraterrestrials cute and cuddly, Ridley Scott made them slimy and savage. One of Hollywood's all-time fear-jerkers, "Alien" returns to theaters in an updated version nearly 25 years after its debut.

"ALIEN: THE Director's Cut" digitally restores the images, enhances the audio and sound effects, trims a few shots to tighten transitions and adds about five minutes of deleted footage, mainly a creepy scene explaining the fate of vanished co-stars Tom Skerritt and Harry Dean Stanton.

That somber, melodramatic scene has been available on the DVD as deleted footage, which Scott cut because it slowed the pacing of the film's tumultuous 17-minute climax.

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Anyone remember seeing this movie?  Do you think the extra 5 minutes will add more of a scare into the movie?  Anyone planning on seeing it when they re-release it in theaters?

ever scarier returns Alien

It was a great movie, but I do not know how 5 minutes will make a difference. It seems that the movie industry is running out of ideas? Or are they just trying to make a quick buck out of old song lyrics?

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I really don't think the extra few minutes of footage will make much of a difference. It is a great movie. But in my opinion, I think that Hollywood is running out of ideas for movies. Which is probably why they are re-releasing alot of the older movies with the added footage in it, thinking it might make a few more dollars to add to what they already have. -->

ever scarier returns Alien

Heh, I'd say Lord of the Rings started the whole re-releasing the movie with more footage thing. They just put it on a larger and WAY better scale hehe.

I wouldn't see this one in the theatre, an extra 5 mintues isn't worth the money. I can always wait and see it on TV or something.

ever scarier returns Alien

Not neccessarily the case. Using your example of The Lord of the Rings having extra footage, they actually cut out tons of it, just to get it to a lower running time. I do enjoy seeing what's been taken out, but that's more for the DVD versions than anything else. Plus, LOTR is just following suit with the added bonuses that the majority of the other movies offer.