The Thing (1982)
A research team in Antarctica is hunted by a shape-shifting alien that assumes the appearance of its victims.
Director:
John Carpenter
Writer:
Bill Lancaster
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Kurt Russell as MacReady |
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Wilford Brimley as Blair |
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T.K. Carter as Nauls |
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David Clennon as Palmer |
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Keith David as Childs |
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Richard Dysart as Dr. Copper |
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Charles Hallahan as Norris |
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Peter Maloney as Bennings |
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Richard Masur as Clark |
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Donald Moffat as Garry |
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Joel Polis as Fuchs |
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Thomas G. Waites as Windows |
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Norbert Weisser as Norwegian |
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Larry Franco as Norwegian Passenger with Rifle |
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Nate Irwin as Helicopter Pilot |
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William Zeman as Pilot |
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John Carpenter as Norwegian (video footage) (uncredited) |
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Adrienne Barbeau as Computer (voice) (uncredited) |
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Jed as Dog Thing (uncredited) |
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Bill Lancaster as Norwegian (uncredited) |
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Dick Warlock as Norwegian (uncredited) |
| Art | John J. Lloyd | Production Design |
| Art | Henry Larrecq | Art Direction |
| Directing | John Carpenter | Director |
| Production | David Foster | Producer |
| Production | Wilbur Stark | Executive Producer |
| Art | John M. Dwyer | Set Decoration |
| Editing | Todd C. Ramsay | Editor |
| Production | Anita Dann | Casting |
| Camera | Dean Cundey | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Ennio Morricone | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | Bill Lancaster | Screenplay |
| Visual Effects | Albert Whitlock | Visual Effects |
| Visual Effects | Henry Schoessler | Visual Effects |
| Costume & Make-Up | Rob Bottin | Makeup Effects Designer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Gilbert Loe | Costume Supervisor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Ronald I. Caplan | Costume Supervisor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Trish Keating | Costume Supervisor |
| Lighting | David R. Anderson | Gaffer |
| Directing | Candy Artmont | Script Supervisor |
| Art | Barton M. Susman | Leadman |
| Sound | Warren Hamilton Jr. | Sound Effects Editor |
| Camera | Raymond Stella | Camera Operator |
| Sound | David Lewis Yewdall | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Sound | Cliff Kohlweck | Music Editor |
| Sound | Steve Maslow | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Colin C. Mouat | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Lighting | Charles E. Nippell | Best Boy Electric |
| Production | Lawrence Turman | Producer |
| Production | Stuart Cohen | Co-Producer |
| Production | Larry Franco | Associate Producer |
| Crew | Ken Diaz | Makeup Effects |
| Art | John Zemansky | Property Master |
| Directing | Christine Wilson | Script Supervisor |
| Crew | Lawrence Perry | Pilot |
| Camera | Dillard Brinson | Key Grip |
| Crew | Ken Strain | Pilot |
| Camera | Ronald Woodward | Key Grip |
| Camera | Dave Gordon | Dolly Grip |
| Camera | Cyrus Block | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Kris Krosskove | Dolly Grip |
| Costume & Make-Up | Phyllis Newman | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Ken Chase | Makeup Artist |
| Writing | John W. Campbell Jr. | Novel |
| Directing | Larry Franco | First Assistant Director |
| Crew | Dan Anglin | Transportation Captain |
| Crew | Rock A. Walker | Stunts |
| Lighting | Mark Walthour | Gaffer |
| Crew | Robin Mounsey | Technical Advisor |
| Production | Robert Latham Brown | Production Manager |
| Crew | Larry Holt | Stunts |
| Sound | John K. Adams | Foley Supervisor |
| Crew | Anthony Cecere | Stunts |
| Crew | Eric Mansker | Stunts |
| Art | Richard A. Gonzales | Swing |
| Crew | Melvin Jones | Stunts |
| Camera | Steve Tate | Second Assistant Camera |
| Art | Milton Wilson | Swing |
| Crew | Hans Metz | Special Effects Assistant |
| Art | Graeme Murray | Set Decoration |
| Crew | Alois Stranan | Transportation Captain |
| Crew | Denver Mattson | Stunts |
| Crew | Roy Arbogast | Special Effects |
| Camera | Douglas Pruss | Second Assistant Camera |
| Camera | James L. Hurford | Best Boy Grip |
| Lighting | Len Wolfe | Best Boy Electric |
| Crew | Kent Hays | Stunts |
| Crew | Ken Strain | Stunts |
| Crew | Dick Warlock | Stunt Coordinator |
| Crew | Clint Rowe | Stunts |
| Crew | Jerry Wills | Stunts |
| Camera | Clyde E. Bryan | First Assistant Camera |
| Crew | John K. Stirber | Special Effects Assistant |
| Directing | Jeffrey Chernov | Second Assistant Director |
| Sound | Kendrick Sweet | Sound Editor |
| Art | Michael R. Gannon | Assistant Property Master |
| Crew | Rocky Corsini | Craft Service |
| Crew | Spencer Hyde | Craft Service |
| Art | Mike Ploog | Production Illustrator |
| Crew | Lee Routly | Special Effects |
| Crew | Yervant Babasin | Craft Service |
| Production | Karen Kalton | Production Secretary |
| Crew | Nate Irwin | Pilot |
| Crew | Bob Cornell | Transportation Captain |
| Art | Joseph R. Savko | Swing |
| Sound | Ernesto Mas | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Camera | Ray Kinzer | Grip |
| Art | Jim Callan | Painter |
| Production | Debbie Collier | Production Secretary |
| Production | Fitch Cady | Unit Production Manager |
| Camera | David Geddes | Second Assistant Camera |
| Art | Gary Meyer | Production Illustrator |
| Crew | George Lawson | Driver |
| Art | Mentor Huebner | Production Illustrator |
| Camera | Paul Prince | First Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Chris Helcermanas-Benge | Still Photographer |
| Production | Ron MacInnes | Production Assistant |
| Crew | Rob Bottin | Makeup Effects |
| Crew | Barrett J. Reid | Generator Operator |
| Lighting | Thomas Marshall | Gaffer |
| Art | Drew Struzan | Art Designer |
| Production | Debbie Kennard | Production Assistant |
| Costume & Make-Up | Rob Bottin | Special Effects Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Lynn F. Reynolds | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Josephine Turner | Wigmaker |
| Costume & Make-Up | Vivienne Walker | Wigmaker |
| Directing | Bruce Humphrey | Assistant Director Trainee |
| Directing | Michael E. Steele | Second Assistant Director |
| Crew | Bill Holmquist | Carpenter |
| Crew | Bob Nohles | Propmaker |
| Art | Henry Alvarez | Sculptor |
| Art | Robert Misetich | Painter |
| Sound | Joseph F. Brennan | Boom Operator |
| Sound | David Katz | Sound Recordist |
| Sound | Gregg Landaker | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Bill Varney | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Crew | Alan Howarth | Special Sound Effects |
| Crew | Michael Clifford | Special Effects |
| Visual Effects | David P. Kelsey | Animation Coordinator |
| Crew | William Lee | Special Effects Assistant |
| Crew | Johnny Borgese | Special Effects |
| Crew | Andrew Miller | Special Effects |
| Crew | Bruno Van Zeebroeck | Special Effects |
| Art | James Hagedorn | Opening Title Sequence |
| Visual Effects | Katherine Kean | Opening/Ending Animation |
| Visual Effects | Peter Kuran | Visual Effects Designer |
| Art | George Lockwood | Opening Title Sequence |
| Visual Effects | Bill Taylor | Matte Painter |
| Art | Keith Tucker | Opening Title Sequence |
| Art | Susan Turner | Opening Title Sequence |
| Visual Effects | Jim Danforth | Matte Painter |
| Crew | Dick Warlock | Stunt Double |
| Camera | László Horváth | Best Boy Grip |
| Lighting | Frank Detone Jr. | Rigging Grip |
| Camera | Michael Hofstein | Additional Camera |
| Camera | Douglas Olivares | Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Cory Shiozaki | First Assistant Camera |
| Editing | Kimberly Ray | Assistant Editor |
| Editing | Jan Wesley | Assistant Editor |
| Crew | John Carpenter | Additional Music |
| Sound | Ralph Grierson | Musician |
| Crew | Alan Howarth | Additional Music |
| Sound | Earl Madison | Musician |
| Sound | Malcolm McNab | Musician |
| Sound | Ennio Morricone | Conductor |
| Sound | Ennio Morricone | Orchestrator |
| Sound | Haim Shtrum | Musician |
| Sound | Louise Di Tullio | Musician |
| Sound | James Walker | Musician |
| Crew | Joyce Heftel | Additional Script Supervisor |
| Editing | Jim Passon | Color Timer |
| Production | Karen Miller | Production Accountant |
| Art | Frank Parker | Property Master |
| Directing | Ellen Benjamin | Other |
| Crew | Maynard M. Miller | Technical Advisor |
| Crew | Clint Rowe | Animal Wrangler |
| Production | Linda Von | Producer's Assistant |
| Crew | Robert Weatherwax | Animal Wrangler |
| Crew | Stan Winston | Thanks |