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Movie Info
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Director -
Graham Baker -
Producer -
Gale Anne Hurd , Richard Kobritz -
Screenwriter -
Rockne S. O'Bannon -
Distributor -
20th Century Fox -
Production Co -
Twentieth Century Fox -
Rating -
R -
Genre -
Sci-Fi -
Original Language -
English -
Release Date (Theaters) -
Oct 7, 1988, Original -
Release Date (Streaming) -
Oct 20, 2015 -
Box Office (Gross USA) -
$24.7M -
Runtime -
1h 30m -
Sound Mix -
Surround