The thing [videorecording DVD] / Universal Pictures ; screenplay by Bill Lancaster ; produced by David Foster, Lawrence Turman ; directed by John Carpenter.
Based on: Who goes there? / John W. Campbell, Jr. Videodisc release of 1982 motion picture. Special features: running commentary with Kurt Russell and director John Carpenter; John Carpenter's The thing: terror takes shape, an 80 minute original documentary film (featuring interviews with John Carpenter, Kurt Russell, special effects make-up designer Rob Bottin, matte artist Albert Whitlock, plus various members of the cast, crew and special effects team); stop motion animation footage cut from the film; work-in-progress visual effects footage; behind-the-scenes location footage; original theatrical trailer; outtakes; behind-the-scenes photographs; storyboards and conceptual art; annotated production archive. Kurt Russell, A. Wilford Brimley, T.K. Carter, David Clennon.
Summary:
New version of the 1951 horror film set at an Antarctic research station in winter of 1982, where a scientific team of twelve men discover an alien being which has been buried in the ice for 100,000 years. As it defrosts, the "Thing" replicates dogs and men and becomes one of the research team. Includes John Carpenter's " The Thing, terror takes shape."
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