Summary
A team of scientists find a space creature in the Antarctic that has the ability to take the shape of anything it touches. Based on the short story Who Goes There by John W. Campbell, Jr.
Antarctic outpost men fight a slimy alien able to assume the form of life it engulfs.
Additional Information
Subjects |
Extraterrestrial beings
-- Drama.
Shapeshifting -- Drama. Antarctica -- Drama. Horror films. Science fiction films. Film adaptations. Feature films. Fiction films. Video recordings for the hearing impaired. |
Publisher | Universal City, CA :Universal Studios Home Entertainment,2005 |
Edition | Collector's ed., Widescreen. |
Other Titles | Who goes there? John Carpenter's the thing |
Contributors |
Lancaster, Bill,
1947-1997, screenwriter. Foster, David, 1929-2019 film producer. Turman, Lawrence, film producer. Carpenter, John, 1948- film director. Russell, Kurt, actor. Brimley, Wilford, 1934-2020 actor. Carter, T. K., 1956- actor. Clennon, David, actor. David, Keith, actor. Dysart, Richard, actor. Cundey, Dean, 1945, director of photography. Morricone, Ennio, composer. Campbell, John W., Jr. (John Wood), 1910-1971. Who goes there? Universal Pictures (Firm), production company. Turman-Foster Company, production company. Universal Studios Home Entertainment (Firm), publisher. |
Participants/Performers |
Kurt Russell, Wilford Brimley, T.K. Carter, David Clennon, Keith David, Richard Dysart. |
Other Contributors |
Director of photography, Dean Cundey ; editor, Tom Ramsay ; music, Ennio Morricone. |
Audience |
MPAA rating: R. |
Language |
English French Spanish English and French language tracks; optional French and Spanish subtitles; optional English subtitles for the deaf and hearing impaired (SDH). |
Notes |
Title from container. At head of title: John Carpenter's. Originally released as a motion picture in 1982. Based on the story, Who goes there?, by John W. Campbell Jr. Includes various special features. |
System Details |
DVD; NTSC; region 1; anamorphic widescreen (2.35:1) presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1 (English) and 2.0 (French). |
Description |
1 videodisc (109 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
ISBN | 9781417010905 1417010908 |
Other | Classic View |