
Alien Resurrection is a movie novelization written by A.C. Crispin in 1997 and based on the movie Alien: Resurrection, directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet in 1997. The movie features Sigourney Weaver, Winona Ryder, Ron Perlman, Dan Hedaya, J.E. Freeman, Brad Dourif, and others.
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Storyline
In 2379, two hundred years after the events of Alien 3, military scientists on the space vessel USM Auriga create a clone of Ellen Ripley, designated Ripley 8, using DNA from blood samples taken before her death. The scientists extract the embryo, raise it, and collect its eggs while keeping Ripley 8 alive for further study.
Movie vs Book

Year
1997
Minutes
109
Movie Rate
6.20
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Movie
Alien: Resurrection
Director: Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Country: USA
Year: 1997
Length: 1h49m
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Year
1997
Pages
320
Book Rate
7.38
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Book
Alien Resurrection
Author: A.C. Crispin
Country: USA
First published in: 1997
Length: 320 pages
Genre: Fiction
Book series: Alien Movie Novelizations
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Novelizations aren’t just a transcription of the film story. They also add details and backstory to the plot in a literary way.
“The language of prose is very different than the language of cinema. The movie has to successfully translate what was in the book.”
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