The Thing (Original title)
Date: 2011 (Copyright)Countries: USA, JapanDirector: Matthijs van Heijningen
Synopsis: Science fiction, horror. A prequel to John Carpenter's 1982 film The Thing showing how the shape-changing alien came to be dug out of the ice by a Norwegian research team.
Genres: Science Fiction, Horror
Subject: Antarctica
Releases
Date: 14 October 2011Country: USARelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Sound - Dolby Digital / DataSat / SDDSAspect ratio: 2.35:1Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: Universal Pictures
Date: 02 December 2011Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: Digital Cinema Package (DCP) - Colour - Sound - Dolby Digital / DataSat / SDDSAspect ratio: 2.35:1Runtime: 102 mins 36 secs - Length: 9234 FeetDialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: Universal Pictures International UK & Eire
Title: DVD reviewsAuthor: James, Emma AnneArticle type: DVD ReviewLanguage: English
Description: DVD review of 'The Thing' (John Carpenter, 1982) and 'The Thing' box set (Matthijs van Heijningen, 2011).
Date: 2011 (Copyright)Countries: USA, JapanDirector: Matthijs van Heijningen
Synopsis: Science fiction, horror. A prequel to John Carpenter's 1982 film The Thing showing how the shape-changing alien came to be dug out of the ice by a Norwegian research team.
Genres: Science Fiction, Horror
Subject: Antarctica
Releases
Date: 14 October 2011Country: USARelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Sound - Dolby Digital / DataSat / SDDSAspect ratio: 2.35:1Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: Universal Pictures
Date: 02 December 2011Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: Digital Cinema Package (DCP) - Colour - Sound - Dolby Digital / DataSat / SDDSAspect ratio: 2.35:1Runtime: 102 mins 36 secs - Length: 9234 FeetDialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: Universal Pictures International UK & Eire
Credits
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©: Universal Studios, Production Company: Strike Entertainment, In association with: Dentsu Inc., Presents: Universal Pictures, [Presented] In association with: Morgan Creek Productions, Executive Producer: J. Miles Dale, Executive Producer: David Foster, Executive Producer: Lawrence Turman, Executive Producer: Gabrielle Niemand, Produced by: Marc Abraham, Produced by: Eric Newman, Unit Production Manager: Claire Welland, Unit Production Manager: J. Miles Dale, Unit Production Manager: Dennis Chapman, Production Co-ordinator: Marie-Claude Harnois, Production Accountant: Wendy Gaboury, Location Manager: Richard Hughes, Location Manager: David McIlroy, Post-production Supervisor: Ruth Hasty, 2nd Unit Director: Clay Staub, 1st Assistant Director: Jeff Authors, 1st Assistant Director: David MacLeod, 2nd Assistant Director: Penny Charter, 2nd Assistant Director: Jonathan Katz, Script Supervisor: Douglas Rotstein, Casting by: Denise Chamian, Angela Demo, Canadian Casting: Diane Kerbel, Written by: Eric Heisserer, Based on the story 'Who Goes There?' by: John W. Campbell Jr, Director of Photography: Michel Abramowicz, 2nd Unit Director of Photography: David Franco, Camera Operator: Gilles Corbeil, Camera Operator: Mark Willis, Camera Operator: Dino Laurenza, Camera Operator: Michael Carella, Gaffer: Bob Mcrae, Key Grip: Rico Emerson, Still Photographer: Kerry Hayes, Visual Effects Supervisor: Jesper Kjölsrud, Visual Effects Producer: Petra Holtorf-Stratton, Visual Effects and Animation: Image Engine, Digital Visual Effects: Mr X Inc., Special Effects Supervisor: Tim Barrabal, Special Effects Co-ordinator: Warren Appleby, Editor: Julian Clarke, Editor: Peter Boyle, Additional Editor: Jono Griffith, Additional Editor: Frank J. Urioste, Visual Effects Editor: Jeff Beattie, Production Designer: Sean Howarth, Art Director: Patrick Banister, Set Decorator: Odetta Stoddard, Property Master: Vic Rigler, Property Master: Ron Hewitt, Construction Co-ordinator: Mark Kuitenbrouwer, Costume Designer: Luis Sequeira, Assistant Costume Designer: Jay Du Boisson, Assistant Costume Designer: Lindsay Jacobs, Costume Supervisor: Suzanne Aplin, Key Make-up Artist: Linda Dowds, Special Make-up and Thing Effects by: Alec Gillis, Tom Woodruff Jr, Key Hair Stylist: Paul Elliot, Music: Marco Beltrami, Production Sound Mixer: Glen Gauthier, Production Sound Mixer: Doug Johnson, Boom Operator: Steve Switzer, Re-recording Mixer: Jon Taylor, Re-recording Mixer: Bob Beemer, Supervising Sound Editor: Scott Hecker, Supervising Sound Editor: Elliott L. Koretz, Stunt Co-ordinator: Rick Forsayeth
Cast
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Mary Elizabeth Winstead (Kate Lloyd), Joel Edgerton (Braxton Carter), Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje (Jameson), Ulrich Thomsen (Dr Sander Halvorson), Eric Christian Olsen (Adam Goldman), Trond Espen Seim (Edvard Wolner), Paul Braunstein (Griggs), Kim Bubbs (Juliette), Jørgen Langhelle (Lars), Jan Gunnar Røise (Olav), Stig Henrik Hoff (Peder), Kristofer Hivju (Jonas), Jo Adrian Haavind (Henrik), Carsten Bjørnlund (Karl), Jonathan Lloyd Walker (Colin), Ole Martin Aune Nilsen (Matias, heli pilot), Michael Brown (security guard)
Articles held in BFI Reuben Library
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In: Science Fiction Film and Television v6 n2 Summer 2013 Pages: 303-306Title: DVD reviewsAuthor: James, Emma AnneArticle type: DVD ReviewLanguage: English
Description: DVD review of 'The Thing' (John Carpenter, 1982) and 'The Thing' box set (Matthijs van Heijningen, 2011).