Podcast #83 – Aliens DVD Commentary
Posted by Carl on Nov 11, 2012 in Podcasting | Comments Off on Podcast #83 – Aliens DVD Commentary
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As promised this time around we did a DVD commentary for Aliens
From Wikipedia:
science fiction  action film  directed by James Cameron  and starring Sigourney Weaver , Carrie Henn, Michael Biehn , Lance Henriksen , William Hope , andBill Paxton . A sequel to the 1979 film Alien Aliens  follows Weaver’s character Ellen Ripley  as she returns to the planet where her crew encountered the hostile Alien creature, this time accompanied by a unit of Colonial Marines.
adventure  tone was in contrast to the horror  motifs of the original Alien . Following the success of The Terminator [3] greenlit  Aliens  with a budget of approximately $18 million. It was filmed in England at Pinewood Studios  and at a decommissioned power plant.
Aliens  grossed $86 million at the US box office during its 1986 theatrical release and $131 million worldwide.[4] Academy Awards , including a Best Actress  nomination for Sigourney Weaver. It won in the categories of Sound Effects Editing  and Visual Effects . It won eight Saturn Awards , includingBest Science Fiction Film , Best Actress  for Weaver and Best Direction  and Best Writing  for Cameron.
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Aliens is a 1986 science fiction action film directed by James Cameron and starring Sigourney Weaver, Carrie Henn, Michael Biehn, Lance Henriksen, William Hope, andBill Paxton. A sequel to the 1979 film Alien, Aliens follows Weaver’s character Ellen Ripley as she returns to the planet where her crew encountered the hostile Aliencreature, this time accompanied by a unit of Colonial Marines.
Aliens‘ action-adventure tone was in contrast to the horror motifs of the original Alien. Following the success of The Terminator (1984), which helped establish Cameron as a major action director,[3] 20th Century Fox greenlit Aliens with a budget of approximately $18 million. It was filmed in England at Pinewood Studios and at a decommissioned power plant.
