Kurt Russell The Thing
Horror meister john carpenter halloween escape from new york teams kurt russells outstanding performance with incredible visuals to build this chilling version of the classic the thing.
Kurt russell the thing. The film tells the story of twelve people stationed at an antarctic research station who make contact with a malicious alien creature that they call the thing. By the end of john carpenters the thing only macready kurt russell and childs keith david are left standing. In the winter of 1982 a twelve man research team at a remote antarctic research station discovers an alien buried in the snow for over 100000 years. Carter david clennon keith david richard dysart charles hallahan peter maloney richard masur donald moffat joel polis and thomas g.
Kurt vogel russell on march 17 1951 in springfield massachusetts to louise julia russell nee crone a dancer bing russell an actor. The film stars kurt russell as the teams helicopter pilot rj. Waites in supporting roles. After childs who has been gone for a mysteriously long time returns to camp macready offers him a drink.
With kurt russell wilford brimley keith david richard masur. Macready and features a. Many believe russells character gave childs a bottle of gasoline since he was using molotov cocktails earlier. A research team in antarctica is hunted by a shape shifting alien that assumes the appearance of its victims.
In the winter of 1982 a twelve man research team at a remote antarctic research station discovers an alien buried in the snow for over 100000 years. One of the most popular theories on the ambiguous end says childs is the thing. For decades audiences have wondered whether or not childs was human in the movies ending but it is not certain that either one of them is human. Soon unfrozen the form changing alien wreaks havoc creates terror and begins killing the researchers one by one.
Horror meister john carpenter halloween escape from new york teams kurt russells outstanding performance with incredible visuals to build this chilling version of the classic the thing. He began acting on television at the age of 12 in the western series the travels of jaimie mcpheeters 19631964. Russell was nominated for a golden globe award for best. Kurt vogel russell born march 17 1951 is an american actor.
3180 imdb 81 1h 49min 1982 x ray r. The first was a 1951 rko radio pictures movie under the title the thing from another world carpenters version starred kurt russell and keith david and was initially a critical and box. Directed by john carpenter. He is of english german scottish and irish descent.
In the late 1960s he signed a ten year contract with the walt disney company where according to robert osborne he became the studios top star of the 1970s. The group is overcome by paranoia and conflict as they learn that they can no longer trust each other and that any one of them could be the thing.