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The Thing

19828.1 / 10109 min

Horror, Mystery, Science Fiction

Overview

Man is the warmest place to hide.

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.

Cast

Kurt Russell

MacReady

Keith David

Childs

Wilford Brimley

Blair

T.K. Carter

Nauls

David Clennon

Palmer

Richard Dysart

Dr. Copper

Charles Hallahan

Norris

Peter Maloney

Bennings

Richard Masur

Clark

Donald Moffat

Garry

Joel Polis

Fuchs

Thomas G. Waites

Windows

Norbert Weisser

Norwegian

Larry Franco

Norwegian Passenger with Rifle

Nate Irwin

Helicopter Pilot

William Zeman

Pilot

Adrienne Barbeau

Computer (voice) (uncredited)

John Carpenter

Norwegian (video footage) (uncredited)

Crew

John Carpenter

Director

Bill Lancaster

Screenplay

David Foster

Producer

Wilbur Stark

Executive Producer

Ennio Morricone

Original Music Composer

Dean Cundey

Director of Photography

Todd C. Ramsay

Editor

Anita Dann

Casting

John J. Lloyd

Production Design

Henry Larrecq

Art Direction

John M. Dwyer

Set Decoration

Albert Whitlock

Visual Effects

Henry Schoessler

Visual Effects

Rob Bottin

Makeup Effects Designer

Ronald I. Caplan

Costume Supervisor

Gilbert Loe

Costume Supervisor

Trish Keating

Costume Supervisor

David R. Anderson

Gaffer

Barton M. Susman

Leadman

David Lewis Yewdall

Supervising Sound Editor

Colin C. Mouat

Supervising Sound Editor

Warren Hamilton Jr.

Sound Effects Editor

Steve Maslow

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Charles E. Nippell

Best Boy Electric

Raymond Stella

Camera Operator

Cliff Kohlweck

Music Editor

Candy Artmont

Script Supervisor

Stuart Cohen

Co-Producer

Lawrence Turman

Producer

Larry Franco

Associate Producer

Ken Diaz

Makeup Effects

John Zemansky

Property Master

Christine Wilson

Script Supervisor

Lawrence Perry

Pilot

Ken Strain

Pilot

Cyrus Block

Camera Operator

Dave Gordon

Dolly Grip

Kris Krosskove

Dolly Grip

Dillard Brinson

Key Grip

Ronald Woodward

Key Grip

John Carpenter

Original Music Composer

Alan Howarth

Original Music Composer

Phyllis Newman

Makeup Artist

Ken Chase

Makeup Artist

John W. Campbell Jr.

Novel

Anthony Cecere

Stunts

Kent Hays

Stunts

Larry Holt

Stunts

Melvin Jones

Stunts

Eric Mansker

Stunts

Denver Mattson

Stunts

Clint Rowe

Stunts

Ken Strain

Stunts

Rock A. Walker

Stunts

Jerry Wills

Stunts

Robert Latham Brown

Production Manager

Larry Franco

First Assistant Director

Jeffrey Chernov

Second Assistant Director

Roy Arbogast

Special Effects

Clyde E. Bryan

First Assistant Camera

Steve Tate

Second Assistant Camera

Kendrick Sweet

Sound Editor

Ernesto Mas

Assistant Sound Editor

John K. Adams

Foley Supervisor

Dick Warlock

Stunt Coordinator

Dan Anglin

Transportation Captain

Bob Cornell

Transportation Captain

Mark Walthour

Gaffer

Richard A. Gonzales

Swing

Joseph R. Savko

Swing

Milton Wilson

Swing

Hans Metz

Special Effects Assistant

John K. Stirber

Special Effects Assistant

Ray Kinzer

Grip

Michael R. Gannon

Assistant Property Master

Rocky Corsini

Craft Service

James Callan

Painter

Michael Ploog

Production Illustrator

Mentor Huebner

Production Illustrator

Gary Meyer

Production Illustrator

Ron MacInnes

Production Assistant

Debbie Collier

Production Secretary

Yervant Babasin

Craft Service

George Lawson

Driver

Graeme Murray

Set Decoration

Fitch Cady

Unit Production Manager

Michael Steele

Second Assistant Director

Karen Kalton

Production Secretary

Robin Mounsey

Technical Advisor

Paul R. Prince

First Assistant Camera

David Geddes

Second Assistant Camera

Douglas Pruss

Second Assistant Camera

Lee Routly

Special Effects

Michael A. Clifford

Special Effects

Alois Stranan

Transportation Captain

Chris Helcermanas-Benge

Still Photographer

James L. Hurford

Best Boy Grip

Len Wolfe

Best Boy Electric

Spencer Hyde

Craft Service

Nate Irwin

Pilot

Rob Bottin

Makeup Effects

Barrett J. Reid

Generator Operator

Thomas Marshall

Gaffer

Drew Struzan

Art Designer