1980
Academy Awards
Visual Effects
H.R. Giger, Carlo Rambaldi, Brian Johnson, Nick Allder, Denys Ayling
Art Direction
Art Direction: Michael Seymour, Les Dilley, Roger Christian; Set Decoration: Ian Whittaker

During its return to the earth, commercial spaceship Nostromo intercepts a distress signal from a distant planet. When a three-member team of the crew discovers a chamber containing thousands of eggs on the planet, a creature inside one of the eggs attacks an explorer. The entire crew is unaware of the impending nightmare set to descend upon them when the alien parasite planted inside its unfortunate host is birthed.
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1980
Visual Effects
H.R. Giger, Carlo Rambaldi, Brian Johnson, Nick Allder, Denys Ayling
Art Direction
Art Direction: Michael Seymour, Les Dilley, Roger Christian; Set Decoration: Ian Whittaker
1980
Best Original Score - Motion Picture
Jerry Goldsmith
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