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The Thing is a 1982 American science fiction horror film directed by John Carpenter from a screenplay by Bill Lancaster. Based on the 1938 John W. Campbell Jr. novella Who Goes There?, it tells the story of a group of American researchers in Antarctica who encounter the eponymous "Thing", an extraterrestrial life-form that assimilates, then imitates, other organisms. The group is overcome by paranoia and conflict as they learn that they can no longer trust each other and that any of them could be the Thing. The film stars Kurt Russell as the team's helicopter pilot R. J. MacReady, with A. Wilford Brimley, T. K. Carter, David Clennon, Keith David, Richard Dysart, Charles Hallahan, Peter Maloney, Richard Masur, Donald Moffat, Joel Polis, and Thomas G. Waites in supporting roles.
- Director
- John Carpenter
- Writer
- Bill Lancaster · John W. Campbell
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- Release date
- 1982 · Released
- Runtime
- 109 min
- Country of origin
- United States, Canada
- Languages
- Norwegian, English
- Genres
- Action · Drama · Mystery · Thriller · Horror · Science Fiction · Splatter · Monster · Survival
- Also known as
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- Deutsch
- Das Ding aus einer anderen Welt
- Italiano
- La cosa
- 日本語
- 遊星からの物体X
- 한국어
- 괴물
- Polski
- Coś
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