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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Special Features Include:

-2K scan of the inter-positive supervised and approved by director of photography Dean Cundey
-4.1 created from the original 70MM Six Track Dolby Stereo soundtrack
-Audio Commentary with director of photography Dean Cundey
-Audio Commentary by director John Carpenter and actor Kurt Russell
-“The Men of Outpost 31:” Interviews with Keith David, Thomas Waites, Peter Maloney, and more
-“Assembling and Assimilation:” An interview with editor Todd Ramsay
-“Behind the Chameleon:” Interviews with visual effects artists Peter Kuran and Susan Turner, special make-up effects artist Rob Burman, and Brian Wade and more
-“Sounds from the Cold:” Interviews with supervising sound editor David Lewis Yewdall and special sound effects designer Alan Howarth
-“Between the Lines:” An interview with novelization author Alan Dean Foster
-“John Carpenter’s The Thing: Terror Takes Shape:” A documentary on the making of THE THING featuring interviews with John Carpenter, Kurt Russell, special effects make-up designer Rob Bottin, legendary matte artist Albert Whitlock, and members of the cast and crew (80 minutes – SD)
-Outtakes (5 minutes - SD)
-Vintage featurettes from the electronic press kit featuring interviews with John Carpenter, Kurt Russell, and Rob Bottin (12 minutes - SD)
-Vintage featurettes “The Making of a Chilling Tale” and “The Making of THE THING” (1982 – 14 minutes - SD)
-Vintage Product Reel – contains a promotional condensed version of the film with additional footage not in the film (19 minutes - SD)
-Vintage Behind-the-Scenes footage (2 minutes - SD)
-Annotated Production Archive – Production Art and Storyboards, Location Scouting, Special Make-up Effects, Post Production (48 minutes - SD)
-Network TV Broadcast version of THE THING (92 minutes - SD)
-Teaser Trailer
-Theatrical Trailers (U.S. and German Trailer)
-TV spots
-Radio Spots
-Still Gallery (behind-the-scenes photos, posters and lobby cards)

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