The Thing [Includes Digital Copy] [4K Ultra HD Blu-ray/Blu-ray]

The Thing [Includes Digital Copy] [4K Ultra HD Blu-ray/Blu-ray]

Director: John Carpenter Cast: Kurt Russell
Kurt Russell
, T.K. Carter
T.K. Carter
, David Clennon
David Clennon
, Keith David
Keith David
John Carpenter
The Thing [Includes Digital Copy] [4K Ultra HD Blu-ray/Blu-ray]

The Thing [Includes Digital Copy] [4K Ultra HD Blu-ray/Blu-ray]

Director: John Carpenter Cast: Kurt Russell
Kurt Russell
, T.K. Carter
T.K. Carter
, David Clennon
David Clennon
, Keith David
Keith David
John Carpenter

4K Ultra HD (Blu-ray - 2 PACK / with Blu-ray)

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Overview

John Carpenter's The Thing is both a remake of Howard Hawks' 1951 film of the same name and a re-adaptation of the John W. Campbell Jr. story "Who Goes There?" on which it was based. Carpenter's film is more faithful to Campbell's story than Hawks' version and also substantially more reliant on special effects, provided in abundance by a team of over 40 technicians, including veteran creature-effects artists Rob Bottin and Stan Winston. The film opens enigmatically with a Siberian Husky running through the Antarctic tundra, chased by two men in a helicopter firing at it from above. Even after the dog finds shelter at an American research outpost, the men in the helicopter (Norwegians from an outpost nearby) land and keep shooting. One of the Norwegians drops a grenade and blows himself and the helicopter to pieces; the other is shot dead in the snow by Garry (Donald Moffat), the American outpost captain. American helicopter pilot MacReady (Kurt Russell, fresh from Carpenter's Escape From New York) and camp doctor Copper (Richard Dysart) fly off to find the Norwegian base and discover some pretty strange goings-on. The base is in ruins, and the only occupants are a man frozen to a chair (having cut his own throat) and the burned remains of what could be one man or several men. In a side room, Copper and MacReady find a coffin-like block of ice from which something has been recently cut. That night at the American base, the Husky changes into the Thing, and the Americans learn first-hand that the creature has the ability to mutate into anything it kills. For the rest of the film the men fight a losing (and very gory) battle against it, never knowing if one of their own dwindling number is the Thing in disguise. Though resurrected as a cult favorite, The Thing failed at the box office during its initial run, possibly because of its release just two weeks after Steven Spielberg's warmly received E.T.The Extra-Terrestrial. Along with Ridley Scott's futuristic Alien, The Thing helped stimulate a new wave of sci-fi horror films in which action and special effects wizardry were often seen as ends in themselves.

Product Details

Release Date: 09/07/2021
UPC: 0191329106914
Original Release: 1982
Source: Universal Studios
Language: English
Format: Blu-ray
Sales rank: 999

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits
Kurt Russell R.J. MacReady
T.K. Carter Nauls
David Clennon Palmer
Keith David Childs
Richard Dysart Dr. Copper
Charles Hallahan Norris
Peter Maloney Bennings
Richard Masur Clark
Donald Moffat Garry
Joel Polis Fuchs
Thomas Waites Windows,Windows
Norbert Weisser Norwegian
Larry Franco Norwegian Passenger with Rifle,Actor
Nate Irwin Helicopter Pilot
William Zeman Pilot
Wilford Brimley Dr. Blair
Henry B. Walthall Actor
Adrienne Barbeau Computer
Jed Dog Thing
Tony Cecere Actor
Kent Hays Actor
Larry Holt Actor
Melvin Jones Actor
Eric Mansker Actor
Clint Rowe Actor
Rock Walker Actor
Jerry Wills Actor
Ennio Morricone Composer

Technical Credits
Tony Cecere Stunts,Stunts
Kent Hays Stunts
Larry Holt Stunts
Melvin Jones Stunts
Eric Mansker Stunts
Denver Mattson Stunts
Clint Rowe Stunts
Ken Strain Stunts
Rock Walker Stunts
Jerry Wills Stunts
Roy Arbogast Special Effects
Rob Bottin Special Effects
John Carpenter Director,Screenwriter
Michael Clifford Special Effects
David Foster Producer
Leroy Routly Special Effects
Wilbur Stark Executive Producer,Producer
Lawrence Turman Producer
Albert Whitlock Special Effects,Special Effects
Bill Lancaster Screenwriter,Screenwriter
John Adams Sound Effects
John W. Campbell Jr. Screenwriter
Stuart Cohen Producer
Mick Garris Screenwriter
Thomas D. Causey Sound/Sound Designer
Larry J. Franco Producer
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