ALIEN: Ridley Scott's Sci-Fi Classic Is Finally Coming To 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray For Its 40th Anniversary

ALIEN: Ridley Scott's Sci-Fi Classic Is Finally Coming To 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray For Its 40th Anniversary

As we near the 40th anniversary of Ridley Scott's Alien, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment has officially announced that it's finally bringing the sci-fi/horror classic to 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray!

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By RohanPatel - Mar 02, 2019 11:03 AM EST
Filed Under: Alien
Source: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
After releasing the first three Predator films to 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray earlier last year, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment is gearing up to bring another sci-fi/horror classic to the most premium home video format currently available: Alien.

The Ridley Scott-directed feature, which starred Sigourney Weaver in the lead role, will debut on 4K Ultra HD and 4K Digital HD on April 23rd, which is just a month ahead of the film's 40th Anniversary.

The combo pack will include both the original 1979 theatrical version and the 2003 Director's cut and both versions will include audio commentary from Scott and select cast members. Diehard fans can even enjoy the final theatrical isolated score and the composer's original isolated score as well as tons of deleted scenes.

The most exciting part, however, for movie purists, is that the 4K Ultra HD release will feature a brand new 4K restoration of the entire film, completed in 2018 by the studio at Company 3/Deluxe Entermainment Services Group, supervised by Ridley Scott and Pam Dery, with the 4K scans completed at EFilm. This means the Alien 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray could quite possibly be the best the film has looked in nearly four decades. 

THE SCARIEST MOVIE EVER MADE
ARRIVES ON 4K ULTRA HD™

ALIEN 40TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION
Arrives on 4K Ultra HD™ April 23

LOS ANGELES, CA (February 26, 2019) –– In space no one can hear you scream. The terrifying sci-fi adventure, ALIEN, celebrates 40 years with an all-new 4K Ultra HD™ master, available April 23. A limited edition 4K UHD™ steelbook of ALIEN 40th Anniversary Edition will also be available exclusively at Best Buy.

In the film that birthed the wildly successful ALIEN franchise, the crew of the deep space tug Nostromo awaken from stasis during a voyage home to Earth when their ship’s computer detects what is believed to be an alien distress signal coming from the desolate nearby moon, LV-426. While investigating, one of the crew, Kane (John Hurt), is attacked by an alien creature that latches to his face and he is rushed back to the Nostromo to receive medical treatment. Ripley (Sigourney Weaver), the ship’s warrant officer, advises against Kane’s return due to quarantine regulations - but her orders are ignored by Ash (Ian Holm), bringing the Nostromo under threat from a mysterious, extraterrestrial apex predator with violent and lethal survival instincts.

The film was restored in 4K in 2018 by 20th Century Fox at Company 3/Deluxe Entertainment Services Group, supervised by Ridley Scott and Pam Dery, with the 4K scans were done at EFilm.

ALIEN 40th Anniversary Bonus Features:
  • 1979 Theatrical Version
  • 2003 Director’s Cut
  • 2003 Audio Commentary by Ridley Scott and the Cast & Crew
  • 1999 Audio Commentary by Ridley Scott (1979 Theatrical Version Only)
  • Final Theatrical Isolated Score – Dolby Digital 5.1 (1979 Theatrical Version Only)
  • Composer’s Original Isolated Score – Dolby Digital 5.1 (1979 Theatrical Version Only)
  • Deleted Scenes
ALIEN 40th Anniversary 4K ULTRA HD™ & Blu-ray Specs
Street Date: April 23, 2019
Screen Format: Widescreen 16:9 (2.40:1)
Audio (4K Ultra HD™): English DTS-HD-MA 5.1 / English DTS-HD-MA 4.1 (Theatrical Version Only) / English Surround DTS-HD-MA2 2.0 / Spanish DD 5.1 / French DTS 5.1
Audio (Blu-ray): English DTS-HD-MA 5.1 / English Dolby Digital 4.1 (Theatrical Version Only) / English Surround Dolby Digital 2.0 / Spanish DD 5.1 / French DTS 5.1
Subtitles: English / Spanish / French
U.S. Rating: R for sci-fi violence, gore and language

ABOUT TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX HOME ENTERTAINMENT
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, LLC (TCFHE) is a recognized global industry leader and a subsidiary of Twentieth Century Fox Film. TCFHE is the worldwide marketing, sales and distribution company for all Fox film and television programming, acquisitions and original productions as well as all third-party distribution partners on DVD, Blu-ray™, 4K Ultra HD, Digital and VOD (video-on-demand). Each year TCFHE introduces hundreds of new and newly enhanced products, which it services to retail outlets and digital stores throughout the world.



 


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HeavyMetal4Life
HeavyMetal4Life - 3/2/2019, 11:45 AM
A real shame that Alien and Aliens are the only great entries in this franchise. Hope Disney can get this franchise back on track.
regularmovieguy
regularmovieguy - 3/2/2019, 12:09 PM
@HeavyMetal4Life

There was a user here who told me he saw a test screening of Covenant and promised it was the best sequel since Aliens and restored greatness in the franchise.

Me on opening night:
HeavyMetal4Life
HeavyMetal4Life - 3/2/2019, 12:12 PM
@regularmovieguy - who the hell said that?

Also, did you see the link I posted the other day about what the initial story for Covenant was?? Ridley Scott fcked up big time!
regularmovieguy
regularmovieguy - 3/2/2019, 12:18 PM
@HeavyMetal4Life

I think his name was MrDrake . He had a Darth Vader-Rogue One gif avatar.

And yea...I saw it. Feel bad for Naomi Rapace. She was awesome in Prometheus. Super bummed we didn’t get that version.

There are things I like in Covenant. But it all goes to shit imo when David appears with the flair. Fassbender [frick]ing kills it in the movies but I just couldn’t get on board from that point on.

Not to mention Billy Crudup is such a [frick]ing dumbass in that movie.
HeavyMetal4Life
HeavyMetal4Life - 3/2/2019, 12:25 PM
@regularmovieguy - yeah, I feel bad for her too. When I talk about Covenant to people, I tell them that it literally butchers the potential that Prometheus set up.

I actually enjoy Prometheus; its not perfect and has obvious issues, but it dealt with some neat ideas and concepts and had some good performances from Rapace and Fassbender. And the visuals were neat too. They threw away the exciting story they had set in front of themselves with Prometheus and just gave us a by the numbers rehash of stuff that previous Alien films have done much better. And I'm a bit tired of Scott's focus on AI gone wrong at the expense of a good Alien storyline. I was really excited for Covenant going into its release, but man was it such a frustrating disappointment. The best part imo was the updated David model.

But as much as I dislike Covenant, I want Scott to finish the prequel storyline because I don't like an unfinished story like that. He needs to have someone watching over his creative choices, and bring the storyline full circle as planned: have them go to the Engineers homeworld, figure out why they lost interest in humanity, and then set up the original Alien. This isn't that difficult to do.
Konel110693
Konel110693 - 3/2/2019, 12:35 PM
@HeavyMetal4Life - Hey if you don't mind, could you post that link again? I quite enjoyed the mysterious aspect of Prometheus but was sickeningly disappointing in Covenant, I would be interested to see what they originally thought up, as what was described post Prometheus was absolutely not what we got in Covenant!
WackyBantha
WackyBantha - 3/2/2019, 1:09 PM
@regularmovieguy -
Jayman627
Jayman627 - 3/2/2019, 1:29 PM
@WackyBantha - Great episode!
Feralwookiee
Feralwookiee - 3/2/2019, 3:11 PM
@HeavyMetal4Life - Yup!
Imo, the Aliens franchise is just like the Terminator franchise. The first two movies in both series are very good; all the rest...skip!
TakesTwoToTorgo
TakesTwoToTorgo - 3/2/2019, 6:15 PM
I felt a great amount of dread leading into Covenant and sure enough Shaw got the Hicks/Newt dead on arrival treatment. If Disney wants to wash that taste out of our mouths then they should picks up the Phone and call Cameron, Blomkamp, Weaver, And Beihn
mrawly2
mrawly2 - 3/2/2019, 11:45 AM
Nice. Got my tickets booked to go see it again in the cinema on Tuesday.
Jayman627
Jayman627 - 3/2/2019, 11:47 AM
Beautiful artwork! Ripley is still one of cinemas most badass heroes!
MexCowboyNation
MexCowboyNation - 3/2/2019, 12:09 PM
Alien is the best Alien film.
regularmovieguy
regularmovieguy - 3/2/2019, 12:10 PM
@CowboyNation214

Since when were you banned?
regularmovieguy
regularmovieguy - 3/2/2019, 12:10 PM
@CowboyNation214

And I agree with that 👍🏻
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