LOS ANGELES TIMES (Calendar section only), July 17, 1986

• "Aliens" film advertisement
• Opening Day movie premiere (Eve)
• Science-fiction action horror
• Actress Sigourney Weaver

A nice issue on the premiere of the motion picture hit "Aliens" and perhaps no better issue could be found than this, the leading newspaper from the home of the entertainment industry.
Page 5 of this section has a 10 x 8 1/2 inch advertisement for the opening day premiere of "ALIENS"on the following day. (see images)
A quite rare issue as it would not have been saved since it contains no historically significant content.
Complete Calendar section only with all 10 pages, nice condition.

Background: Released in North American theaters on July 18, 1986, James Cameron’s Aliens achieved legendary status not only by radically shifting Ridley Scott’s claustrophobic 1979 sci-fi horror into an intense, military action spectacle, but also by pulling off remarkable, illusion-filled filmmaking on a tight $18.5 million budget. Behind its epic scale lies a astonishingly rare level of practical thrift: despite the perception of an overwhelming Xenomorph horde, production built only 12 full alien suits, relying on stuntmen, flexible foam leotards, hung mannequins, and clever camera angles to simulate dozens of creatures attacking at once. Furthermore, to stay within budget, the production could afford only six hypersleep chambers for the Sulaco set, using strategically placed mirrors to double the count on screen. The film’s crowning technical achievement was the iconic 14-foot Alien Queen—a groundbreaking, non-CGI puppet sculpted entirely by hand and operated simultaneously by up to 16 puppeteers, including two technicians hidden inside the suit, hydraulic controls, and fishing lines. Adding to its rare cinematic footprint, Aliens defied typical genre expectations when Sigourney Weaver earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress—an extraordinary accomplishment for an action sci-fi film at the time—solidifying its legacy as both a technical triumph and an undisputed masterpiece of cinema.