The Thing

Cast View all

	Kurt Russell	MacReady
	Wilford Brimley	Blair
	T.K. Carter	Nauls
	David Clennon	Palmer
	Keith David	Childs
	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
	John Carpenter	Norwegian
	Jed	Dog Thing
	Bill Lancaster	Norwegian
	Dick Warlock	Norwegian

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Director	John Carpenter
Writer	Bill Lancaster, John W. Campbell Jr.
Producer	Stuart Cohen, David Foster, Larry Franco, Wilbur Stark, Lawrence Turman
Musician	Ennio Morricone
Photography	Dean Cundey

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Story Synopsis:
A remake of the 1951 film Thing From Another World, John Carpenter’s The Thing features Kurt Russell as a member of a research team who has discovered an alien buried in the snow of Antarctica. When the creature thaws, the horror begins.

DVD Picture:
The dual-layered DVD, framed at 2.32:1, is not anamorphic and exhibits slightly sharper images when compared to the LaserDisc. The DVD’s overall picture exhibits better clarity, but both versions exhibit good color fidelity, though sometimes inconsistent, with natural fleshtones, rich colors, white whites and deep blacks. Interior scenes often appear slightly plugged up and most of the picture is wanting in true depth and definition. Shadow delineation is generally good, though sometimes lacking definition. The LaserDisc is 2.35:1.

Soundtrack:
The original 4.0 printmaster has been remastered and coded in Dolby® Digital 5.1 discrete. The matrix PCM version on the LaserDisc delivers consistently engaging surround envelopment where the discrete version is often absent of any signal. With dialogue levels matched, sound element levels between the two versions are inconsistent. There are a few explosive instances when the powerful Dolby Digital .1 LFE channel is activated. Dialogue is largely ADR-processed but generally sounds natural. The synthesized music score with deep bass presence nicely complements the suspense.

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