Resurrection

The chest-bursters are back. In an announcement that surprised no one, Fox Home Entertainment has officially unveiled the full specs for The ALIEN Quadrilogy, a nine-disc box set that promises to be one of the most extensive in history. While this past week's theatrical re-release of the original ALIEN (oops, make that "The Director's Cut") didn't light the box office on fire, it is all about this box set anyway, isn't it? So, what will this long-awaited mega-set, which streets on December 2nd, contain?

The seminal classic ALIEN brings you:

• The original 1979 theatrical version and the 2003 Director's cut
• An introduction by Director Ridley Scott, Dan O'Bannon, Sigourney Weaver, Veronica Cartwright, Harry Dean Stanton, John Hurt and more
• Brand new commentary by Ridley Scott and the technical crew
• Nine brand new documentaries: "Star Beast," "The Visualists," "Truckers In Space," "Fear Of The Unknown," "The Darkest Reaches," "The Eight Passenger," "Future Tense," "Outward Bound" and "A Nightmare Fulfilled"
• A Multi-Angle Scene Study on the Chestburster sequence with optional commentary
• Sigourney Weaver's original screen test with optional commentary
• Seven deleted scenes with index
• The first draft of the screenplay by O'Bannon
• Ridleygrams - Original thumbnails and sketches
• Storyboard Archives
• "Art of Alien" including a cast portrait gallery, production gallery,
  the sets of Alien, H.R. Giger's Workshop, continuity polaroids and VFX gallery
• Original theatrical posters and stills from the premiere
  

The first sequel ALIENS:

• The original theatrical version - available for the first time ever on DVD
  - and the special edition
• An introduction by Director James Cameron
• Brand new commentary by Cameron, Michael Biehn, Jenette Goldstein, Carrie Henn, Terry Henn, Lance Henriksen, Gale Anne Hurd, Pat McClung, Bill Paxton, Dennis Skotak, Robert Skotak and Stan Winston
• James Cameron original treatment
• Nine brand new featurettes: "57 Years Later," "Building Better Worlds," "Preparing For Battle," "This Time It's War," "The Risk Always Lives," "Bug Hunt," "Beauty And The Bitch," "Two Orphans" and "Aliens Unleashed"
• The Art of Aliens including conceptual art portfolio, cast portraits,
  production gallery, continuity polaroids, Stan Winston's workshop, VFX gallery and premiere stills
• Deleted footage marker and deleted scene index
• Multi-angle videomatics with optional commentary
• An Easter Egg

The much-maligned ALIEN 3:

• The original theatrical version and a restored pre-release version with
  more than 30 minutes of never-before-seen footage
• Brand new commentary by cinematographer Alex Thompson, Editor Terry Rawlings, VFX designers Alec Gillis and Tom Woodruff Jr., effects producer Richard Edlund, and actors Paul McGann and Lance Henriksen
• 11 new featurettes: "Development," "Tales Of The Wooden Planet," "Pre-Production III," "Xeno-Erotic," "Production: Part One, Part Two, and Part Three," "Adaptive Organism," "Optical Fury," "Music, Editing And Sound" and "Post-Mortem"
• E.E.V. Bio-Scan - A multi-angle vignette with optional commentary by Gillis
• The Art of Alien 3 including conceptual art portfolio, production gallery, and visual effects
• Furnace construction time lapse
• Storyboard archives

ALIEN Resurrection, starring a pre-bust Winona Ryder:

• The original theatrical version and an extended cut with alternate opening and ending sequences
• An introduction by director Jean Pierre Jeunet
• Brand new commentary by Jeunet, Herve Schneid, Alec Gillis, Tom Woodruff Jr., Pitof, Sylvain Despretz, Ron Perlman, Dominique Pinon and Leland Orser
• First draft of the screenplay by Joss Whedon
• 11 new featurettes: "From The Ashes," "French Twist," "Under The Skin," "Death From Below," "In The Zone," "Unnatural Mutation," "Genetic Mutation," "Genetic Composition," "Virtual Alien," "A Matter Of Scale" and "Critical Junction"
• Multi-angel rehearsal footage
• A Mike Carro photo gallery, a conceptual art gallery, VFX gallery, a
  promotional photo archive and continuity polaroids
• Storyboard archives
• An Easter Egg
  

And the Bonus Disc:

• A brand new Q&A with Ridley Scott
• "Experience in Terror" - A promotional featurette from 1979
• "Alien Evolution" - Channel 4 U.K. exclusive documentary on Alien
• A complete laser disc archive of Alien and Aliens
• Original theatrical trailers and TV spots from all four films
• "Aliens In The Basement" - Inside the Bob Burns ALIEN Collection
• Dark Horse cover gallery - Anthology of 11 issues of the ALIEN comics
• DVD-ROM feature - Script to screen comparisons

How much will this behemoth cost you? Only $99.95.