The thing

Foster, David, 1929- (Producer). Turman, Lawrence. (Producer). Carpenter, John, 1948- (Director). Lancaster, Bill, 1947-1997 (Screenwriter). Russell, Kurt. (Actor). Brimley, Wilford, 1935- (Actor). Carter, T. K., 1956- (Actor). Clennon, David. (Actor). David, Keith. (Actor). Dysart, Richard. (Actor). Hallahan, Charles. (Actor). Maloney, Peter. (Actor). Masur, Richard. (Actor). Moffat, Donald, 1930- (Actor). Polis, Joel. (Actor). Cundey, Dean, 1945- (Cinematographer). Ramsay, Todd. (Film editor). Morricone, Ennio. (Composer). Campbell, John W., Jr. (John Wood), 1910-1971 Who goes there? (Added Author). Universal Pictures (Firm) (Added Author). Turman-Foster Company (Added Author). Kurt Russell, A. Wilford Brimley, T.K. Carter, David Clennon, Keith David, Richard Dysart, Charles Hallahan, Peter Maloney, Richard Masur, Donald Moffat, Joel Polis. (Cast).

Summary: A research team at a remote research station in Antarctica finds an alien being that has fallen from the sky and has remained buried in the snow for over 100,000 years. Unfrozen and unleashed, it creates havoc and terror as it changes forms and becomes one of them.

Item details

ISBN: 1417010908
ISBN: 9781417010905
ISBN: 1417010988
Physical Description: videorecording
videodisc
1 videodisc (109 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Publisher: Universal City, CA : Universal, c2005.

Contents / Notes

General Note:	Originally produced as a motion picture in 1982. Based on the story, Who goes there? by John W. Campbell Jr. "Anamorphic widescreen 2.35:1"--Container. Recorded in Dolby digital 5.1 (English)--and Dolby digital 2.0 (French). "Supplement written, produced and directed by Michael Matessino"--Container. Special features: optional feature commentary with John Carpenter and Kurt Russell; the documentary, John Carpenter's The thing : terror takes shape; annotated production archive; cast production photographs, production art and storyboards; behind-the-scenes location footage; outtakes, original theatrical trailer.
Creation/Production Credits Note:	Music, Ennio Morricone ; director of photography, Dean Cundey ; editing, Todd Ramsay.
Participant or Performer Note:	Kurt Russell, A. Wilford Brimley, T.K. Carter, David Clennon, Keith David, Richard Dysart, Charles Hallahan, Peter Maloney, Richard Masur, Donald Moffat, Joel Polis.
Target Audience Note:	MPAA rated R.
System Details Note:	DVD ; NTSC, region 1 ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Language Note:	In English with optional soundtrack in French, and with optional subtitles in French and Spanish; closed-captioned in English.