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The Thing is a 1982 American science fiction horror film directed by John Carpenter from a screenplay by Bill Lancaster.
- $15 million
- Ennio Morricone
- June 25, 1982
- Kurt Russell
Jun 18, 2020 · Carpenter's The Thing is often called a remake of director Christian Nyby's 1951 film The Thing from Another World, and while that makes for an acceptable shorthand, it's really not entirely true. Their stories are certainly very similar, but Carpenter clearly went back to author John W. Campbell's novella Who Goes There? for inspiration, as ...
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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Jun 9, 2019 · Like the 1951 film, The Thing from Another World, it was an adaptation of the 1938 novella, Who Goes There?, written by John W. Campbell (under the pseudonym Don A. Stuart); actually, though, the 1982 film is much more faithful to Campbell’s novella than the 1951 film was.
Jan 1, 2001 · Novelization by American author Alan Dean Foster of screenplay to the 1982 Hollywood film The Thing directed by John Carpenter and written by Bill Lancaster, based on the short story Who Goes There? by John W. Campbell, Jr.
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Nov 28, 2011 · The original novella, Who Goes There?, written by legendary sci-fi writer John W Campbell Jr under the pseudonym Don A Stuart, was first published in the 1930s. If you take into account the...
Mar 25, 2022 · The Thing is based on the 1938 story “Who Goes There?” written by legendary magazine editor John W. Campbell Jr. Geek’s Guide to the Galaxy host David Barr Kirtley initially preferred the subtle...
