The Thing
by John Carpenter1h491981United States
Recommended byBong Joon-Ho, Céline Sciamma, Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Justine Triet
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A research team in Antarctica is hunted by a shape-shifting alien that assumes the appearance of its victims.
Credits
- Production Compagny : Universal Pictures, Turman-Foster Company
- Distributor : Universal Pictures
- Original Music : Ennio Morricone
- Producer : David Foster, Lawrence Turman
- Director : John Carpenter
- Scenario : Bill Lancaster
- Original Work Author : John W. Campbell
- Photo Director : Dean Cunday
- Editing : Todd C. Ramsay
Technical details
- Printed format : 35 mm
- Sound mix : Stéréo 2.0
- Year of production : 1981
- French release date : 3 novembre 1982
- Category : Feature film
- Color : Colors
- Language : English
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