02817cgm a2200685 i 4500 2604680557 TxAuBib 20251028120000.0 d 010524t19981982||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780783227504 0783227507 9781417010905 1417010908 025192543722 20329 Universal (OCoLC)47005157 TxAuBib rda eng fre eng spa eng The thing / Directed by John Carpenter. John Carpenter's The thing. Collector's edition. Universal City, CA : Universal, 1982. ©1998. 1 videodisc (109 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. tdi rdacontent v rdamedia vd rdacarrier Based on the story, Who goes there?, by John W. Campbell. Special features: optional commentary by John Carpenter and Kurt Russell; John Carpenter's The thing: terror takes shape (84 min.); production background archive; trailer (2 min.); interactive Web site. Special visual effects, Albert Whitlock ; special effects, Roy Arbogast ; music, Ennio Morricone ; photography, Dean Cundey ; special make-up effects, Rob Bottin ; executive producer, Wilbur Stark ; editor, Todd Ramsey ; production design, John L. Lloyd. Set in the winter of 1982 at a research station in Antarctica, a twelve man research team finds an alien being that has fallen from the sky and has remained buried in the snow for over 100,000 years. Unfrozen and unleashed, the THING creates havoc and terror as it changes forms and becomes one of them. MPAA rating: R. 20251028. English and French language; subtitles in English and Spanish. Life on other planets Drama. Horror films. Antarctica Drama. Science fiction films. Feature films. lcgft Drama. lcgft Russell, Kurt. Brimley, Wilford, 1934-2020. Carter, T. K., 1956- Clennon, David. David, Keith. Dysart, Richard. Hallahan, Charles. Maloney, Peter. Masur, Richard. Moffat, Donald, 1930-2018. Polis, Joel. Waites, Thomas. Carpenter, John, 1948- Lancaster, Bill, 1947-1997. Campbell, John W., 1910-1971, (John Wood.) Turman-Foster Company. Universal Studios. TXKPL