EPISODE SEVEN
ALIEN.
Films Discussed
The Thing
Arrival
Alien: Covenant
Runtime: 2:51:00
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NOTES
The Thing
| The Thing | |
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Theatrical release poster by Drew Struzan
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| Directed by | John Carpenter |
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| Screenplay by | Bill Lancaster |
| Based on | Who Goes There? by John W. Campbell Jr. |
| Starring | Kurt Russell |
| Music by | Ennio Morricone |
| Cinematography | Dean Cundey |
| Edited by | Todd Ramsay |
Production
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The Turman-Foster Company
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| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
Release date
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Running time
| 109 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $15 million |
| Box office | $19.6 million (North America) |
| Actor | Role | |
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| Kurt Russell | R. J. MacReady | |
| A. Wilford Brimley | Blair | |
| T. K. Carter | Nauls | |
| David Clennon | Palmer | |
| Keith David | Childs | |
| Richard Dysart | Dr. Copper | |
| Charles Hallahan | Norris | |
| Peter Maloney | George Bennings | |
| Richard Masur | Clark | |
| Donald Moffat | Garry | |
| Joel Polis | Fuchs | |
| Thomas Waites | Windows |
Arrival
| Arrival | |
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U.S. theatrical release poster
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| Directed by | Denis Villeneuve |
| Produced by | |
| Screenplay by | Eric Heisserer |
| Based on | "Story of Your Life" by Ted Chiang |
| Starring | |
| Music by | Jóhann Jóhannsson |
| Cinematography | Bradford Young |
| Edited by | Joe Walker |
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Release date
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Running time
| 116 minutes[1] |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $47 million[2] |
| Box office | $203.4 million[3] |
- Amy Adams as Louise Banks
- Jeremy Renner as Ian Donnelly
- Forest Whitaker as Colonel G. T. Weber
- Michael Stuhlbarg as Agent Halpern
- Mark O'Brien as Captain Marks
- Tzi Ma as General Shang
- Abigail Pniowsky as 8-year-old Hannah
- Julia Scarlett Dan as 12-year-old Hannah
- Jadyn Malone as 6-year-old Hannah
- Frank Schorpion as Dr. Kettler
Brian Tallerico, from RogerEbert.com, gave the film three out of four: "It's a movie designed to simultaneously challenge viewers, move them and get them talking. For the most part, it succeeds."[48] At Time.com, Sam Lansky described it as "sophisticated, grownup sci-fi: a movie about aliens for people who don't like movies about aliens."[49] IGN reviewer Chris Tilly gave it a score of 8.5 out of 10, saying: "Arrival is a language lesson masquerading as a blockbuster, though much more entertaining than that sounds…it's smart, sophisticated sci-fi that asks BIG questions, and does a pretty good job of answering them."
Alien: Covenant
| Alien: Covenant | |
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Theatrical release poster
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| Directed by | Ridley Scott |
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| Story by |
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| Based on | Characters by |
| Starring | |
| Music by | Jed Kurzel |
| Cinematography | Dariusz Wolski |
| Edited by | Pietro Scalia |
Production
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| Distributed by | 20th Century Fox[1] |
Release date
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Running time
| 122 minutes[2] |
| Country | |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $97–111 million[4][5] |
| Box office | $240.9 million[4] |
- Michael Fassbender as David 8 and Walter One,[6] who are synthetic androids; David is an earlier-made android, who was formerly a crew member of the destroyed Prometheus,[7] and Walter is a newer model who assists the crew aboard the Covenant.[8]
- Katherine Waterston as Janet Daniels, the chief of terraforming for the Covenant mission and the wife/widow of the ship's captain, Jacob Branson. She's the third in command after Branson and Oram.[9] Waterston said she was well aware of the comparisons that were going to be made between her and Sigourney Weaver's Ellen Ripley, but that she tried not to think about it too much while filming for fear of being intimidated.[10]
- Billy Crudup as Chris Oram, the Covenant's first mate and Karine's husband. Oram is a self-serious man of faith who believes their role on the Covenant is an act of destiny, and shares a "contentious" relationship with Daniels.[11]
- Danny McBride as Tennessee Faris, the chief pilot of the Covenant and Maggie's husband.[12]
- Demián Bichir as Carl Lope, the head of the security unit aboard the Covenant and husband of Sergeant Hallett.[13][6]
- Carmen Ejogo as Karine Oram, the Covenant's biologist and Chris' wife.[11]
- Jussie Smollett as Ricks, the Covenant's navigator and Upworth's husband.
- Callie Hernandez as Upworth, the Covenant's communication officer and Ricks' wife; she also has paramedic training.
- Amy Seimetz as Maggie Faris, the lander's pilot and Tennessee's wife.[14]
- Nathaniel Dean as Hallett, a member of the security unit and Lope's husband.[13]
- Alexander England as Ankor, a member of the security unit.
- Benjamin Rigby as Ledward, a member of the security unit.
- Uli Latukefu as Cole, a member of the security unit.
- Tess Haubrich as Sarah Rosenthal, a member of the security unit.[6]
A number of actors appear in uncredited roles. Guy Pearce reprises his role as Peter Weyland, the trillionaire founder and CEO of Weyland Corporation (the Weyland-Yutani Corporation in "later" storylines) who died before the destruction of the Prometheus.[15] James Francoappears onscreen in photos and a video as Jacob Branson, the first captain of the Covenant and husband of Daniels; he also appears in deleted scenes.[16] Noomi Rapace had played archaeologist Dr. Elizabeth Shaw as a member of the destroyed Prometheus in the prequel film, and appeared in a short promotional prologue to Covenant that was set in the period between the two movies,[17] but does not act in the final cut of the movie itself, though her voice is heard from the planet early in the film and her image and voice appear later. Logan Marshall-Green's character Charlie Holloway, also from Prometheus, also appears in an archive image alongside Shaw.
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