LaserDisc Review

Thing, The: John Carpenter’s

Genre: Science Fiction

Reviewed in Issue 30 of Widescreen Review

Picture
3
Sound
4

Stars: Kurt Russell

Disc Information
Studio/Distributor Universal Studios Home Video
Catalog Number 42654
MPAA Rating R
Retail Price $39.98
Running Time 109
Color Type Color
Chaptered/Scene Access Yes
Closed Captioned Yes
Theatrical Release 1982
THX Digitally Mastered Yes
Credits
Director John Carpenter
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Stars Kurt Russell
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Sound Information
Soundtrack Dolby Digital Surround
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Special Features

The Signature Collection LaserDisc includes commentary with director John Carpenter and actor Kurt Russell and an 80 minute original documentary featuring never-before-seen footage and interviews. Other supplements include the theatrical trailer, outtakes, behind-the-scenes photographs, storyboards, conceptual art and an annotated production archive.

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.

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