Alien 3

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Alien 3 is a 1992 science fiction horror film in the Alien franchise, directed by David Fincher in his feature debut and known for its dark, bleak tone and controversial departure from its predecessors.

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Label Occurrences
Alien 3 canonical 24
Alien 3: Special Edition 2
Alien 3 (1992 film) 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf American film
film
science fiction horror film
basedOn characters created by Dan O'Bannon
characters created by Ronald Shusett
castMember Brian Glover
Charles Dance
Charles S. Dutton
Christopher John Fields
Danny Webb
Holt McCallany
Lance Henriksen
Paul McGann
Pete Postlethwaite
Ralph Brown
Sigourney Weaver
Tom Woodruff Jr.
cinematographyBy Alex Thomson
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
director David Fincher
distributor 20th Century Fox
editedBy Terry Rawlings
featureDirectorialDebutOf David Fincher
followedBy Alien: Resurrection
surface form: Alien Resurrection
follows Aliens
franchiseCharacterFeatured Xenomorph
genre horror
science fiction
thriller
hasHomeMediaVersion Alien 3 self-linksurface differs
surface form: Alien 3: Special Edition
knownFor bleak atmosphere
controversial departure from predecessors
dark tone
language English
mainCharacter Ellen Ripley
musicBy Elliot Goldenthal
notableElement death of key characters from Aliens
partOf Alien franchise
surface form: Alien (franchise)
portrayedBy Sigourney Weaver
productionCompany 20th Century Fox
productionDesignBy Norman Reynolds
rating R
releaseDate 1992-05-22
releaseYear 1992
screenwriter David Giler
Larry Ferguson
Walter Hill
seriesOrdinal 3
setIn Fiorina 161
settingType penal colony

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Paul McGann notableWork Alien 3
Paul McGann playedInFilm Alien 3
Alien: Resurrection setAfter Alien 3
Alien: Resurrection prequel Alien 3
Sigourney Weaver notableWork Alien 3
David Fincher notableWork Alien 3
David Fincher directed Alien 3
Terry Rawlings edited Alien 3
Walter Hill produced Alien 3
Aliens precedes Alien 3
David Giler notableWork Alien 3
David Giler notableWork Alien 3
this entity surface form: Alien 3: Special Edition
David Giler workedOn Alien 3
Gordon Carroll notableWork Alien 3
Charles Dance notableWork Alien 3
Alien 3 hasHomeMediaVersion Alien 3 self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Alien 3: Special Edition
Lance Henriksen notableWork Alien 3
Bob Ringwood notableWork Alien 3
Bob Ringwood workedOn Alien 3
Alien franchise hasFilm Alien 3
this entity surface form: Alien 3 (1992)
Ellen Ripley appearsIn Alien 3
Xenomorph appearsIn Alien 3
this entity surface form: Alien 3 (1992 film)
Susan notableWork Alien 3
subject surface form: Susan Alexandra Weaver
Ian Watson wroteScreenplayFor Alien 3
this entity surface form: Alien 3 (early story treatment)