Thing, The [Collector's Edition]

DVD/APPROX. 109 MINS./1982/US R

Main feature:

Release Oct 26, 2004
Video Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Anamorphic - Enhanced for Widescreen TVs.
Audio English: Dolby Digital 5.1
Subtitles French
Studio Universal
Year 1982
Genre Horror

Special features:

  • Feature commentary with Kurt Russell and director John Carpenter
  • John Carpenter's The Thing: Terror Takes Shape, an 80-minute original documentary featuring interviews with John Carpenter, Kurt Russell, special effects make-up designer Rob Bottin, legendary matte artist Albert Whitlock, plus other members of the cast, crew and special effects team.
  • Stop motion animation cut from the film
  • Exclusive work-in-progress visual effects footage
  • Behind-the-scenes location footage
  • Original theatrical trailer
  • Outtakes from the film
  • Behind-the-scenes photographs
  • Storyboards and conceptual art
  • Annotated production archived

Synopsis:



The ultimate in alien terror.

The remake of the 1951 classic about an Antarctic outpost terrorized by an alien organism.

In the winter of 1982, a twelve-man research team at a remote Antarctic research station discovers an alien buried in the snow for over 100,000 years. Soon unfrozen, the form-changing alien wreaks havoc, creates terror and becomes one of them.

Cast and Crew:

Universal presents
Wilford BrimleyRichard DysartRichard MasurKurt Russell"Thing, The"
directed by John Carpenter
Production Year: 1982

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