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Certificate: 18
Running Time: 103 mins
Retail Price: £15.99
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Content Type: Movie

Synopsis:
Horror-meister John Carpenter (Halloween, Escape From New York) teams Kurt Russell's outstanding performance with incredible visuals to build this chilling version of the classic The Thing.

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

Special Features:
- Making of documentary "John Carpenter's The Thing: Terror Takes Shape"
- Feature Commentary with director Carpenter and Kurt Russell
- Production Background Archive
- Cast Production Photos
- Production Art & Storyboards
- Location design
- Production Archives
- Outtakes
- Production & Post-Production Notes
- Theatrical Trailer

Video Tracks:
Letterboxed 2.35:1

Audio Tracks:
Dolby Digital English 5.1
Dolby Digital French 2.0 Surround
Dolby Digital Italian 2.0 Stereo
Dolby Digital Spanish 1.0 Mono
Dolby Digital Polish 1.0 Mono

Subtitle Tracks:
English
French
Dutch
Portuguese
Swedish
Norwegian
Finnish
Danish
Czech

Directed By:
John Carpenter

Written By:


Starring:
Kurt Russell
Wilford Brimley
T.K. Carter
David Clennon
Keith David
Richard Dysart
Charles Hallahan
Peter Maloney
Richard Masur
Donald Moffat
Joel Polis
Thomas G. Waites

Casting By:
Anita Dann

Soundtrack By:
Ennio Morricone

Director of Photography:
Dean Cundey

Editor:
Todd C. Ramsay

Production Designer:
John J. Lloyd

Producer:
David Foster
Lawrence Turman

Executive Producer:
Wilbur Stark

Distributor:
Universal Studios

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