About the Film
John Carpenter's
THE THING
Directed by John Carpenter
Produced by David Foster, Lawrence Turman
Co-producer: Stuart
Cohen
Associate Producer:
Larry Franco
Executive Producer:
Wilbur Stark
Director of
photography: Dean Cundy
Written by John W. Campbell, Jr. (story), Bill
Lancaster
Starring:
Kurt Russell as R.J.
MacReady
Keith David as Childs
Wilford Brimley as Dr. Blair
David Clennon as Palmer
Donald Moffat as Garry
Thomas G.Waites as Windows
Joel Polis as Fuchs
Peter Maloney as Bennings
Charles Hallahan as Norris
T.K. Carter as Nauls
Richard Dysart as Dr. Copper
Richard Masur as Clark
Music by Ennio Morricone
Special Effects: Rob Bottin
Editing by Todd Ramsay, Jan Wesley, Kim Ray
Distributed by MCA/Universal Pictures
Released/Premiered June 25, 1982
Running time 109 min.
Language English
Cinematographic Process = Panavision (Anamorphic)
Printed Film Format = 35 mm and 70 mm (blow up)
Aspect Ratio = 2.35 : 1
Print Details = 35mm, 6 reels, Panavision, scope
presentation, aspect ratio 2.35:1,
Technicolor, Dolby Stereo, Eastman, 109 mins, 9766
feet
MPAA Rating = Restricted (US)
Costs = $15 million plus ads and prints
Box Office Grosses (USA) = Opening Weekend
$3.107million
Total Gross = $13.782 million
Worldwide Titles &
Subtitles:
- THE THING (English)
- La Chose (France DVD
or THE THING)
- La Cosa Non Fidarti
Di Nessuno (Italy)
- La Cosa El Enigma De
Otro Mundo (Spain)
- La Cosa De Otro Mundo
(Argentina)
- La Cosa Del Otro
Mundo (Mexico)
- Das Ding aus einer
anderen Welt (Germany/Austria)
- Stvor (Yugoslavia)
- L'Effroyable Chose
(French-Canadian)
- L'Enigma De Otro
Mundo (South America)
- L'Enigma De Otro
Mundo (El Hombre Es El Sitio Mas Calido Para
Esconderse) (Argentina)
- A Dolog (Hungary)
-
Coś
(Poland)
- THE THING "Se" jostakin
(Finland)
- THE THING (Din Kropp
Ar Varmaste Gomstallet!) (Sweden)
- THE THING (Tingen Fra
En Annen Verden) (Norway)
-
THE THING (Det Grusomme Udefra)
(Denmark)
- O Enigma de Outro
Mundo (Brazil)
- Нечто (Russia)
- Padaras (Lithuania)
- Şey (Turkey)
Taglines:
- Man is The Warmest
Place to Hide. (US)
- The Ultimate In Alien
Terror. (US, UK & Australian video and poster)
- Now It Is Free To
Become One Of Us (US print ads)
- Look Closely At Your Neighbours. Don't Trust
Anybody. (UK & Australia)
- The New Classic Of
Alien Terror (US paperback)
- Lo ultumo en terror
aliengeno (Argentina)
- La terreure extra-terrestre
a son paroxysme (France DVD)
- 12 hommes en proie
a... "LA CHOSE" (France and Belgium video)
- L'ultime terreur
venue de l'espace (French-Canadian)
- Jusqu'au bout de la
terreur (France poster)
- Den Yttersta Skracken
(Sweden)
- No Importa De Donde
Viene. Esta Entre Nosotros (South America poster)
- Lo Ultimo En Terror
Desconocido (Argentina poster)
- Kauhua Sietokyvyn
Aarirajoille (Finland poster)
- Obce istoty nie byly
jeszcze tak grozne (Poland)
- O maximo em terror
aliengena (Brazil)
Certification/Ratings:
USA: R
Canada: R
UK: X (original rating)
UK: 18 (video rating) (1987)
Germany: 18 (SPIO/JK)
Finland: K-18 (1982) (cut)
Finland: K-16 (1989) (cut)
Finland: K-16 (1999) (uncut)
Australia: MA (re-rating)
Australia: R (original rating)
France: -12
Hong Kong: III
Ireland: 18
Italy: VM18
Norway: 18
Singapore: M18
South Korea: Banned (original rating)
South Korea: 18 (re-rating)
Spain: 13
Sweden: 15
Plot Summary:
Members of an American
scientific research outpost in Antarctica find
themselves battling a parasitic alien organism
capable of perfectly imitating its victims. They
soon discover that this task will be harder than
they thought, as they don't know which members of
the team have already been assimilated and their
paranoia threatens to tear them apart.
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