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Key Information
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| Directors: |
John Carpenter |
| Stars: |
Wilford Brimley |
| Actors: |
Charles Hallahan |
| Genre: |
Science-Fiction/Fantasy |
| Subgenre: |
Suspense · Recommended · Cult Film · Demonic Possession · Aliens · Supernatural · Alien Life Forms · Scientists · Killers · Remake · Alien Encounters · Essential Cinema · Classic · Mystery · Science Fiction · Science-Fiction · Thriller |
| MPAA Rating: |
R (MPAA) |
| Available Formats: |
DVD: Widescreen Collector's Edition |
| UPC: |
025192543722 |
| Release Date: |
1982 |
| Running Time: |
1hr 48min |
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Languages
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| Original Language: |
English |
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DVD Editions
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Format: DVD: Widescreen Collector's Edition, 1hr 49min
Release Company: Universal Studios Home Video (October 26, 2004)
UPC: 025192543722 |
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VHS Editions
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Format: VHS: Pan & Scan, 1hr 48min
Release Company: Universal Studios Home Video (November 06, 1996)
UPC: 047897700934 |
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Credits
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| Screenwriter: |
Bill Lancaster |
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Professional Reviews
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(11/01/2008, p.142-143, Jamie Russell): 4 stars out of 5 -- "[I]t brews claustrophobia by trapping its characters in the Antarctic with a shape-shifter from outer space." |
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Quotes from the Movie
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"You gotta be *#@%!$& kidding me."--Palmer (David Clennon) as a man's head sprouts legs and skitters across the floor to escape a fire
"How will we make it?"--Childs (Keith David) to MacReady (Kurt Russell)
"Maybe we shouldn't."--MacReady to Childs
"Well...what do we do?"--Childs to MacReady
"Why don't we just wait here a while...see what happens."--MacReady to Childs
"Chariots of the Gods, man. They're droppin' outta the sky like flies...heck, they taught the Incas everything they know."--Palmer |
| More Information |
| Details: |
Based on both the short story by John W. Campbell, Jr. and the 1951 film produced by Howard Hawks, THE THING is John Carpenter's stunning masterpiece of horror. A group of weary scientists enduring the winter in an isolated camp deep in Antarctica chance upon an alien spacecraft buried in the ice. Near the strange craft is the body of an alien being, frozen solid. Thinking they have made the find of a lifetime, the scientists bring the alien body back to camp and thaw it out. The alien awakens, not in the best of moods, and proceeds to take over the identities of the scientists, one by one, body and all. Helicopter pilot MacCready (Kurt Russell) must lead the surviving men in discovering who among them is human and who is not and how they can destroy "the thing" before it takes them all and moves on to the heavily populated mainland and the rest of humanity. Rob Bottin supplies the awe-inspiring special effects of the creature in its many, ever-changing forms. The effects were groundbreaking at the time ... |
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