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Alien 3

Alien 3 (stylized as ALIEN3) is a 1992 American science fiction horror film directed by David Fincher and written by David Giler, Walter Hill, and Larry Ferguson, from a story by Vincent Ward. Starring Sigourney Weaver reprising her role as Ellen Ripley, it is the third installment of the Alien franchise.

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Based on
Dan O'Bannon · Ronald Shusett
Box office
$159.8–180 million
Budget
$50–60 million
Cinematography
Alex Thomson
Country
United States
Directed by
David Fincher

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Alien 3

Nodes191
Edges190
Triples229
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.010471
Components1

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Alien 3

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related to Home media · 32
Alien 3 → Alien, Alien Anthology, Alien Legacy, Alien Quadrilogy DVD, Alien Resurrection, Alien Triple Pack DVD, Aliens, Anthology, Blu-ray, Blu-ray Disc, DVD, Fincher, Fincher's, Fox, Goldenthal's, In, LaserDisc, Making, Quadrilogy, Rage
related to Development · 31
Alien 3 → Alien, Aliens, Although Fox, Brandywine Productions, But Brandywine, Century Fox, Cold War, Conquest, David Giler, Earth's, Earthlings, Ellen Ripley, Fox, Giler, Gordon Carroll, Hill, Michael Biehn's Corporal Hicks, Paradise, Ridley Scott, Ripley's
related to Start-up with Vincent Ward · 27
Alien 3 → Alien, By, Devil, East, Eventually Ripley, Fox, Having, Human Heart, John Fasano, London, Los Angeles, Luddite-like, Map, Medieval Odyssey, Once Hill, Once Twohy, Primarily, Ripley, Ripley's, The
related to Assembly cut · 18
Alien 3 → Alien, Alien Quadrilogy DVD, Another, Assembly Cut, Blu-ray, Charles, Clemens's, DVD, Fincher, Golic, In, Instead, Lauzirika, One, Ripley, This, Unlike, When Fox
related to Critical response · 18
Alien 3 → Alien, Alien Resurrection, Alien3, As, At The Movies, Audiences, CinemaScore, Ebert, Gene Siskel, I've, In, Metacritic, Review, Roger Ebert, Rotten Tomatoes, The, They, Weaver's
related to Video games · 18
Alien 3 → Acclaim, Alien, Aliens, Amiga, Bits Studios, Commodore, LJN, Master System, Mega Drive/Genesis, Nintendo Entertainment System, Probe Entertainment, Rather, Ripley, Sega, Super NES, The Game Boy, The Gun, Virgin Games
related to Eric Red script · 16
Alien 3 → Afterwards, Alien, Brandywine, Eric Red, February, Following Gibson's, Harlin, His, It, Near Dark, Red, Red's, Special Forces, Sulaco, The, The Hitcher
related to William Gibson's Alien 3 · 15
Alien 3 → Alien's, As, Audible, Dark Horse, Dirk Maggs, Gibson's, In, James Hannigan, Johnnie Christmas, Lance Henriksen, May, Michael Biehn, Tamra Bonvillain, The, William Gibson's Alien
related to Box office · 13
Alien 3 → Alien, Box Office Mojo, By, Canada, Fox, In October, It, Lethal Weapon, May, Memorial Day, The, United States, Variety
related to Television · 10
Alien 3 → AKOM, Alien, Aliens, An, Animation, Children's Television Act, Fox, Kenner Toys, Korean, Operation

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alien film ripley aliens fox fincher released weaver script ward also bishop cut hill set story sigourney release giler david

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Alien 3Based onDan O'Bannon1.00infobox
Alien 3Based onRonald Shusett1.00infobox
Alien 3Box office$159.8–180 million1.00infobox
Alien 3Budget$50–60 million1.00infobox
Alien 3CinematographyAlex Thomson1.00infobox
Alien 3CountryUnited States1.00infobox
Alien 3Directed byDavid Fincher1.00infobox
Alien 3Distributed by20th Century Fox1.00infobox
Alien 3Edited byTerry Rawlings1.00infobox
Alien 3LanguageEnglish1.00infobox
Alien 3Music byElliot Goldenthal1.00infobox
Alien 3Produced byGordon Carroll1.00infobox
Alien 3Produced byDavid Giler1.00infobox
Alien 3Produced byWalter Hill1.00infobox
Alien 3Production companyBrandywine Productions1.00infobox
Alien 3Release dateMay 22, 1992 (1992-05-22)1.00infobox
Alien 3Running time114 minutes1.00infobox
Alien 3Screenplay byDavid Giler1.00infobox
Alien 3Screenplay byWalter Hill1.00infobox
Alien 3Screenplay byLarry Ferguson1.00infobox
Alien 3StarringSigourney Weaver1.00infobox
Alien 3StarringCharles S. Dutton1.00infobox
Alien 3StarringCharles Dance1.00infobox
Alien 3StarringLance Henriksen1.00infobox
Alien 3Story byVincent Ward1.00infobox

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