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The Thing (1982) [R]

Release Date:
June 25, 1982

Original Title:
The Thing

Alternate Titles:
A Coisa
A valami
Coś
Creatura
El enigma de otro mundo
John Carpenter's The Thing
L'effroyable Chose
La chose
La cosa
La cosa (El enigma de otro mundo)
Object from Planet X
The Thing – "se" jostakin
Tvor
چیز
怪形
괴물
더 씽

Genres:
Horror | Mystery | Science Fiction

Production Companies:
The Turman-Foster Company
Universal Pictures

Production Countries:
United States of America

Ratings / Certifications:
AR: 18  AU: MA 15+  BR: 16  CZ: 15+  DE: 18|16  ES: 12  FI: K-18  FR: 12  GB: 18  IE: 18  IT: VM18  JP: R18+  KR: 19  MX: C|B  NL: 16  PL: 18  PT: M/12  SE: 15  US: R 

Runtime: 109

Man is the warmest place to hide.

Overview from TheMovieDB

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 creature wreaks havoc, creates terror... and becomes one of them.

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Production

Art Direction:
Henry Larrecq

Assistant Property Master:
Michael R. Gannon

Assistant Sound Editor:
Ernesto Mas

Associate Producer:
Larry Franco

Best Boy Electric:
Charles E. Nippell
Len Wolfe

Best Boy Grip:
James L. Hurford

Camera Operator:
Raymond Stella
Cyrus Block

Casting:
Anita Dann

Co-Producer:
Stuart Cohen

Costume Supervisor:
Ronald I. Caplan
Gilbert Loe
Trish Keating

Craft Service:
Rocky Corsini
Yervant Babasin
Spencer Hyde

Director:
John Carpenter

Director of Photography:
Dean Cundey

Dolly Grip:
Dave Gordon
Kris Krosskove

Driver:
George Lawson

Editor:
Todd C. Ramsay

Executive Producer:
Wilbur Stark

First Assistant Camera:
Clyde E. Bryan
Paul R. Prince

First Assistant Director:
Larry Franco

Foley Supervisor:
John K. Adams

Gaffer:
David R. Anderson
Mark Walthour
Thomas Marshall

Generator Operator:
Barrett J. Reid

Grip:
Ray Kinzer

Key Grip:
Dillard Brinson
Ronald Woodward

Leadman:
Barton M. Susman

Makeup Artist:
Phyllis Newman
Ken Chase

Makeup Effects:
Ken Diaz
Rob Bottin

Makeup Effects Designer:
Rob Bottin

Music Editor:
Cliff Kohlweck

Novel:
John W. Campbell Jr.

Original Music Composer:
Ennio Morricone
John Carpenter
Alan Howarth

Painter:
James Callan

Pilot:
Lawrence Perry
Ken Strain
Nate Irwin

Producer:
David Foster
Lawrence Turman

Production Assistant:
Ron MacInnes

Production Design:
John J. Lloyd

Production Illustrator:
Michael Ploog
Mentor Huebner
Gary Meyer

Production Manager:
Robert Latham Brown

Production Secretary:
Debbie Collier
Karen Kalton

Property Master:
John Zemansky

Screenplay:
Bill Lancaster

Script Supervisor:
Candy Artmont
Christine Wilson

Second Assistant Camera:
Steve Tate
David Geddes
Douglas Pruss

Second Assistant Director:
Jeffrey Chernov
Michael Steele

Set Decoration:
John M. Dwyer
Graeme Murray

Sound Editor:
Kendrick Sweet

Sound Effects Editor:
Warren Hamilton Jr.

Sound Re-Recording Mixer:
Steve Maslow

Special Effects:
Roy Arbogast
Lee Routly
Michael A. Clifford

Special Effects Assistant:
Hans Metz
John K. Stirber

Still Photographer:
Chris Helcermanas-Benge

Stunt Coordinator:
Dick Warlock

Stunts:
Anthony Cecere
Kent Hays
Larry Holt
Melvin Jones
Eric Mansker
Denver Mattson
Clint Rowe
Ken Strain
Rock A. Walker
Jerry Wills

Supervising Sound Editor:
David Lewis Yewdall
Colin C. Mouat

Swing:
Richard A. Gonzales
Joseph R. Savko
Milton Wilson

Technical Advisor:
Robin Mounsey

Transportation Captain:
Dan Anglin
Bob Cornell
Alois Stranan

Unit Production Manager:
Fitch Cady

Visual Effects:
Albert Whitlock
Henry Schoessler

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