Review by GEORGE R WARBURTON
Old. Not the remake I thought it was. But, nevertheless, still good.
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| Title Statement | The thing [DVD] / a Turman-Foster Company production ; produced by David Foster & Lawrence Turman ; directed by John Carpenter ; written by Bill Lancaster. |
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| Alternative Title(s) | John Carpenter's the thing |
| Additional Contributors | Carpenter, John,1948- |
| Russell, Kurt | |
| Brimley, Wilford,1935- | |
| Masur, Richard | |
| Campbell, John Wood,1910-1971 | |
| Publication | Universal City, CA: Universal, c2004. |
| Edition | Collector's ed. |
| Extent of Item | 1 videodisc (109 min.) |
| ISBN | 1417010908 (v.r.) 9781417010905 (v.r.) |
| Standard Number (UPC, etc.) | 025192543722 |
| Other Number | 1472240 |
| General Notes | DVD. Disc label title. Originally released as a motion picture in 1982. Widescreen version. Remake of the 1951 film based on the short story Who goes there? by John W. Campbell. Special features: commentary by Kurt Russell and John Carpenter, 80-minute documentary, never-before-seen stop motion animation footage cut from the film, work-in-progress visual effects footage, behind-the-scenes location footage, original theatrical trailer, outtakes, behind-the-scenes photographs, storyboards and conceptual art, annotated production archive. |
| Performance Credits | Kurt Russell, Wilford Brimley, Richard Masur. |
| Audience & Ratings | MPAA rating: R. |
| Languages | English and French language tracks with Spanish and French language subtitles.Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired. |
| System Details | DVD Dolby 5.1 surround. |
| Terms of Use | For home use only. |
| Summary | A twelve-man research team in the Antarctic finds an alien being that has fallen from the sky and remained buried in the snow for 100,000 years. When it is thawed it creates havoc and terror as it changes forms and becomes one of them. |
| Subjects & Genres | |
| By Topic | Life on other planets--Fiction |
| Horror films | |
| Science fiction films | |
| Feature films | |
| Films for the hearing impaired | |
| By Location | Antarctica--Fiction |
