Kurt Russell
R.J. MacReady
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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.
- $15 million
- Ennio Morricone
- June 25, 1982
- Kurt Russell
Jun 25, 1982 · A shape-shifting alien terrorizes a research team in Antarctica in this classic film by John Carpenter. IMDb provides cast and crew information, user and critic reviews, trivia, goofs, quotes, and more.
- (449K)
- John Carpenter
- 16+
- Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Oct 14, 2011 · A team of scientists in Antarctica discovers an alien craft and a frozen creature that can shape-shift and infect them. IMDb provides cast and crew information, user and critic reviews, trivia, goofs, quotes, and more for this 2011 film.
- Matthijs Van Heijningen Jr.
- 715
- 3 min
The Thing is a 2011 American science fiction horror film directed by Matthijs van Heijningen Jr., written by Eric Heisserer, and starring Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Joel Edgerton, Ulrich Thomsen, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, and Eric Christian Olsen.
- $31.5 million
- Marco Beltrami
- $38 million
Synopsis. In the opening shot, an alien spaceship flies through space and enters Earth's atmosphere near Antarctica. Whether or not the ship crashes or lands on Earth is unknown. In Antarctica, during the winter of 1982, a helicopter flies hurriedly after a husky.
In remote Antarctica, a group of American research scientists are disturbed at their base camp by a helicopter shooting at a sled dog. When they take in the dog, it brutally attacks both human...
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- Horror, Sci-Fi, Mystery & Thriller
- R
Oct 14, 2011 · A prequel to John Carpenter's 1982 horror classic, The Thing is a sci-fi thriller about an alien organism that can imitate its victims. Critics and audiences are divided on its merits, with 34% and 42% ratings respectively.
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- Horror, Sci-Fi, Mystery & Thriller
- R
