TY - ADVS AU - Foster,David AU - Russell,Kurt AU - Brimley,Wilford AU - Carter,T.K. AU - Clennon,David AU - David,Keith AU - Dysart,Richard AU - Hallahan,Charles AU - Maloney,Peter AU - Moffat,Donald AU - Carpenter,John AU - Lancaster,Bill AU - Turman,Lawrence AU - Campbell,John Wood ED - Universal Pictures (Firm) ED - Turman-Foster Company. TI - John Carpenter's The thing SN - 1417010908 AV - CM DVD 00429 PY - 2004/// CY - Universal City, CA PB - Universal KW - Extraterrestrial beings KW - Drama KW - Horror films KW - Science fiction films KW - Feature films N1 - 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; Music, Ennio Morricone ; photography, Dean Cundey ; editor, Todd Ramsey; 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 N2 - 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 ER -