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List Price: $14.98Amazon.com's Price: $4.99 You Save: $9.99 (67%)Prices subject to change.
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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9780780643451
Format: Closed-captioned, Black & White, Full Screen, NTSC, Subtitled
ISBN: 0780643453
Label: Turner Home Ent
Manufacturer: Turner Home Ent
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Turner Home Ent
Region Code: 1
Release Date: August 05, 2003
Running Time: 87 minutes
Sales Rank: 821
Studio: Turner Home Ent
Theatrical Release Date: April 29, 1951
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Editorial Review:
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Members of an Antarctic research team are killed off by a frozen alien they uncover.
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With its modest special effects, lean plot, and small cast of lesser stars, this 1951 thriller remains a sturdy blueprint for fusing horror and science fiction. The formula has been employed countless times since, fleshed out with more extensive and elaborate production values, and manned by higher profiled marquee names, but the results have yet to improve on The Thing from Another World, Howard Hawks's lone foray into sci-fi.
The story begins as military airmen are dispatched to a remote Arctic research station where scientists have detected the crash of a spacecraft. An effort to retrieve the saucer-shaped vehicle fails, but the team returns to the station with the frozen body of its sole occupant. When the extraterrestrial pilot is accidentally thawed, the crew, headed by a tough-talking pilot (Kenneth Tobey), grapples with a massive, chlorophyll-based humanoid (James Arness) thirsty for blood and in no mood for galactic diplomacy.
Hawks takes only a production credit for this low-budget exercise, but his filmmaking style transcends Christian Nyby's nominal direction: rapid-fire, overlapping dialogue, an ensemble of comrades whose professionalism is tempered by wisecracks, and unsentimental female characters (embodied by feisty romantic interest Margaret Sheridan) recall Hawks's signature works, while propelling the plot over any potential gaps in credibility. It's hardly surprising, then, that The Thing from Another World remains among the most influential science fiction movies ever shot, or that it remains exciting entertainment a half century later. --Sam Sutherland
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Directed by Christian Nyby and produced by legendary Howard Hawks, The Thing From Another World is a masterly science-fiction film based on the short story "Who Goes There?" written by Don A. Stuart. Later remade by John Carpenter as a horror film, this 1951 classic remains a thrilling example of creative filmmaking and spine-tingling science fiction.
In the North Pole, a group of military personnel and a reporter (Douglas Spencer) leave the base to investigate mysterious activity near ... Read More
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This black and white was made in 1951, the year before I was born. I saw it on the big screen when I was very young and it scared the snot out of me. I still love it, especially Ken Tobey. He was in a bunch of these. The remake was great with better sound and special effects. I have a world-class McIntosh theater system so I can appreciate modern technology. I still love films like this one and even the color Hammer films because they are SO successful at that whole suspension-of-disbelief thing. Very ... Read More
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Old Time Horror. Yes The Original real Deal. "Keep Looking To The Skies" First make of this classic horror tale that debut's (Matt Dillon) as the "Monster". Arctic research station uncovers alien frozen in ice after space ship crashes and is destroyed by thermite bombs. Real serious good vocabulary speaking military types fight off alien invasion around 1950's. Now a part of my collection before the price goes up!
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Decent DVD of what I consider the best of the 1950's horror films. It doesn't have all the bells and whistles of other DVD's, but it does have a crisp copy of the film and nothing seems to be missing. So sit back and enjoy the movie. And keep watching the skies!
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This movie is a true classic. It's well written, directed, and the acting is superb. I love the light-hearted banter among the characters.
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