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The film stars Kurt Russell as the team's helicopter pilot R.J. MacReady, with A. Wilford Brimley, T. K. Carter, David Clennon, Keith David, Richard Dysart, Charles Hallahan, Peter Maloney, Richard Masur, Donald Moffat, Joel Polis, and Thomas G. Waites in supporting roles.
Jun 25, 1982 · The Thing: Directed by John Carpenter. With Kurt Russell, Wilford Brimley, T.K. Carter, David Clennon. A research team in Antarctica is hunted by a shape-shifting alien that assumes the appearance of its victims.
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In Winter 1982, an American Antarctic research station is alerted by gunfire and explosions. Pursued by a Norwegian helicopter, an Alaskan Malamute makes its way into the camp as the science station's crew looks on in confusion. Through reckless use of a thermite charge, the helicopter is destroyed and its pilot killed in the resulting explosion. T...
Kurt Russell - R.J. MacReadyKeith David - ChildsA. Wilford Brimley - BlairThomas G. Waites - WindowsThe screenplay was written in 1981 by Bill Lancaster, son of Burt Lancaster. The film’s musical score was composed by Ennio Morricone, a rare instance of Carpenter not scoring one of his own films. The film was shot near the small town of Stewart in northern British Columbia. The research station in the film was built by the film crew during summer...
The Thing fared poorly at the box office. It was released in the United States on June 25, 1982 in 840 theaters and was issued an "R" rating by the Motion Picture Association of America (limiting attendees to 17 and older without a guardian). The film cost $15,000,000 to produce, and debuted at #8 at the box office, with an opening weekend gross of...
The Thing received nominations from the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films for Best Horror Film and Best Special Effects.
Despite mixed contemporary reviews, the film maintains a 80% "Fresh" rating on Rotten Tomatoes and was listed as one of the best of 1982 by Filmsite.org and Film.com. The film ranked #97 on Rotten Tomatoes’ Journey Through Sci-Fi (100 Best-Reviewed Sci-Fi Movies), and a scene from The Thing was listed as #48 on Bravo’s 100 Scariest Movie Moments. S...
On 25 June 2012 passes 30 years since "The Thing" has debuted on the screens of theaters for the first time (alongside with Ridley Scott's "Blade Runner").25.06.2013 - 31st anniversary of "The Thing". Same number as the Outpost.The original tagline for the film, "Man is The Warmest Place to Hide", was written by Stephen Frankfort, who wrote the Alien 1979 tagline, "In space no one can hear you scream."The tagline was later changed by Universal Studios, to "The ultimate in alien terror", trying to capitalize on Alien's audience.- Commerce Writer
- Donald Moffat As Garry. Donald Moffat portrayed Garry, a stern station commander and leader of Outpost 31 in The Thing. Like many other characters in the film, his fate was grim, but the actor's future was not.
- Thomas G. Waites As Windows. Thomas G. Waites was one of the youngest members of The Thing's cast, and he played a goofy and short-fused radio operator named Windows.
- David Clennon As Palmer. David Clennon played Palmer in The Thing, an assistant mechanic who delivers many laughs. After this role, he has gone on to work on film projects like 1984's Falling in Love, 2005's Syriana, 2011's J.Edgar with Leonardo DiCaprio, and 2014's Gone Girl.
- Richard Dysart As Cooper. The award-winning actor who played the chief physician in The Thing, Richard Dysart, had a successful career afterward. Dysart passed away in 2015 at the age of 86, but before that, he proved his acting chops many times over in the horror genre and beyond.
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Oct 11, 2023 · SYFY WIRE Features. The Thing Oral History: The Cast and Crew Reveal Secrets of John Carpenter's Sci-Fi Masterpiece. John Carpenter knows who was really the Thing at the end of the movie ... but four decades later, he's still not telling. By Josh Weiss Updated Mar 12, 2024, 10:20 AM ET. An alien creature appears in The Thing (1982).
The Thing (1982) Directed by John Carpenter Genres - Horror , Mystery , Science Fiction , Thriller | Sub-Genres - Alien Film , Creature Film , Sci-Fi Horror | Run Time - 108 min. | Countries - United States | MPAA Rating - R
