Alien (1979) - Ripley's Last Stand Scene (5/5) | Movieclips

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CLIP DESCRIPTION:
Ripley (Sigourney Weaver) blows the alien away and begins her journey back to civilization.

FILM DESCRIPTION:
"In space, no one can hear you scream." A close encounter of the third kind becomes a Jaws-style nightmare when an alien invades a spacecraft in Ridley Scott's sci-fi horror classic. On the way home from a mission for the Company, the Nostromo's crew is woken up from hibernation by the ship's Mother computer to answer a distress signal from a nearby planet. Capt. Dallas's (Tom Skerritt) rescue team discovers a bizarre pod field, but things get even stranger when a face-hugging creature bursts out of a pod and attaches itself to Kane (John Hurt). Over the objections of Ripley (Sigourney Weaver), science officer Ash (Ian Holm) lets Kane back on the ship. The acid-blooded incubus detaches itself from an apparently recovered Kane, but an alien erupts from Kane's stomach and escapes. The alien starts stalking the humans, pitting Dallas and his crew (and cat) against a malevolent killing machine that also has a protector in the nefarious Company.

CREDITS:
TM & © Fox (1979)
Courtesy of Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation
Cast: Sigourney Weaver
Director: Ridley Scott
Producers: Gordon Carroll, David Giler, Walter Hill, Ivor Powell, Ronald Shusett
Screenwriters: Dan O'Bannon, Ronald Shusett

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[youforgetthingsaday]

Her fear is what makes her strong in my opinion. I liked that she wasn't invincible, she was actually frightened.

[bhbluebird]

Remember watching this at the theater and everyone cheering when she blew it out the airlock.

[lisa-eldb]

Ripley is one of the calmest, intelligent, and bravest protagonist in cinema history. No ego, just demanded all follow the rules. protocol of their mission. The cat kept her calm, the cat's instincts became hers. The cat was her last and only link to the world she knew and needed to protect. His life, staying alive and safe, was her mission.
Aliens, the little girl, she does the same. Keeping that child alive, shielding her from watching the colonist die, she's a mother. She admired and praised her for staying alive. Truly one of the best films that show this bond

[manolis.]

This film was so well done. When people say Ridley Scott is overrated, show them this

[cassietad]

when someone's overstayed their welcome at your house and you're sick of dropping hints that you want them to leave

[treman]

"This is Ripley, last survivor of the Nostromo, signing off"

Cat: Am I a joke to you?

[taterboob]

When you're driving, a wasp gets into your car, and you manage to open your window at just the right time to suck them outside.

[Mattnova_]

The definitive female protagonist heroine of our time in cinema "Ellen Ripley" everybody.

[guerney]

When she's listing dead members of the crew, I just now noticed that little pause before "Ash"

[LoneWolf]

This is why Ripley is the greatest female hero in cinema, and she proves it even further in Aliens. Reminds me of Ash from the first two Evil Dead films. Like Ash, she's scared at first but builds up her bravery and defeats the monster.

[johnf.kennedy]

I saw this film with mom 40 years ago September 6, 1979. School didn't start yet and mom is still around. Thanks mom!

[rhondahoward]

This ending is so beautiful and very somber too. Ripley beat the alien, but we're unsure if she's doomed out in space, or if the network, with a little luck, _might_ pick her up. The last shot with her returning to hypersleep is perfectly ambiguous. Her fate is unknown.

[throwawayaccount]

Fun Fact: The original ending to this movie was going to have the Alien kill Ripley and record the last message in her voice. It's weird and creepy, but most horror movies from the 70s had downer endings, so, yeah.

[presentprogressive]

When Sigourney Weaver will eventually pass on, which will hopefully be far into the future, this last speech of her as Ripley will most certainly be played in all the news reports commemorating her as one of the most iconic female protagonists in movie history.

[alexthelizardking]

I should reach the frontier in about six weeks.

French accent: fifty seven years later...

[eskimojoe]

Honestly I'm just glad the cat didn't die

[ChadeGB]

This is what you call a strong woman, stronger than everyone else on board the Nostromo, the only one strong enough to survive. And she does it without super powers or having to force feed the fact to everyone that she's so strong and powerful. Ripley is strong, beautiful, modest, intelligent and a perfect role model.

[SuperPrince]

Just my opinion but everything about this movie is perfect the music, atmosphere, actors, writing, visuals simply a masterpiece. I cannot understand why anyone would not consider this to be one of the best films ever made

[tovsteh]

What I love about Ripley is how natural she is. No super powers, no supreme fighting abilities, no advantages, no sass. Just an intelligent, careful, honest and determined person. They don't write female protagonists like that anymore.

[drcynth]

So intense!
The fear on Ripley was so real.
Sigourney’s perfect acting.