John Carpenter's The thing  [videorecording] / 
 Thing 
a Universal picture ; a Turman-Foster Company production ; produced by David Foster, Lawrence Turman ; screenplay by Bill Lancaster ; directed by John Carpenter. 
 - Collector's ed. 
 - Universal City, CA :  Universal,  c2004. 
 - 1 videodisc (1 hr., 49 min.) :  sd., col. ;  4 3/4 in. 
<br/><br/> Originally produced as a motion picture in 1982.  Based on the story, Who goes there?, by John W. Campbell Jr.  Anamorphic widescreen 2.35:1.  Special features include optional feature commentary with John Carpenter and Kurt Russell; the documentary, John Carpenter's The Thing, terror takes shape; production background archive; cast production photographs, production art and storyboards; behind-the-scenes location footage; outtakes, original theatrical trailer. 
<br/><br/>Music, Ennio Morricone ; photography, Dean Cundey ; editor, Todd Ramsey.  Music, Ennio Morricone ; photography, Dean Cundey ; editor, Todd Ramsey. 
<br/><br/>Kurt Russell, Wilford Brimley, T.K. Carter, David Clennon, Keith David, Richard Dysart, Charles Hallahan, Peter Maloney, Richard Masur, Donald Moffat, Joel Polis, Thomas Waites. 
<br/><br/> A research team at a remote research station in Antarctica finds an alien being that has fallen from the sky and has remained buried in the snow for over 100,000 years. Unfrozen and unleashed, it creates havoc and terror as it changes forms and becomes one of them. 
<br/><br/><br/>DVD; Dolby digital 5.1. 
<br/><br/><br/>Closed captioned. In English and French with optional subtitles in French and Spanish. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>1417010908 9781417010905 
<br/><br/><label>Standard No.: </label>025192543722 
<br/><br/><label>Publisher. No.: </label>25437  Universal 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Extraterrestrial beings--Drama.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Horror films.<br/>Science fiction films.<br/>Feature films.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>CM DVD 00429