In Aliens (1986), Ellen Ripley is handed a photo of her daughter, Amanda, after awakening from 57 years of hypersleep. The woman in the photo is Sigourney Weaver's mother.

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image showing In Aliens (1986), Ellen Ripley is handed a photo of her daughter, Amanda, after awakening from 57 years of hypersleep. The woman in the photo is Sigourney Weaver's mother.

O-shi on March 15th, 2018 at 09:30 UTC »

I like it when they use actual pictures of actors (e.g. a younger them) in movies

5772156649015328606 on March 15th, 2018 at 09:53 UTC »

Here's a relevant extract from an interview conducted by Starburst magazine in 1992:

Starburst: In that scene Burke shows Ripley a photo of an elderly lady that was her daughter, which I read somewhere was a photo of your own mother, is that true?

Sigourney Weaver: Yes it is, I pulled a bit of my weight on that one!

Exctmonk on March 15th, 2018 at 10:09 UTC »

This is the director's cut, btw, in case anyone is wondering why they don't remember this at all.