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The Thing from Another World (1951)

Kenneth Tobey (Actor), Margaret Sheridan (Actor), Christian Nyby (Director), Howard Hawks (Director) | Rated: Unrated | Format: VHS Tape

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Actors: Kenneth Tobey, Margaret Sheridan, James Arness, Robert Cornthwaite, Douglas Spencer
Directors: Christian Nyby, Howard Hawks
Writers: Howard Hawks, Ben Hecht, Charles Lederer, John W. Campbell Jr.
Producers: Howard Hawks, Edward Lasker
Format: NTSC, Import
Language: English
Number of tapes: 1
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Studio: Turner Home Ent
VHS Release Date: Jun 12 2001
Run Time: 87 minutes

Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (108 customer reviews)

ASIN: B00005JG70

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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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5.0 out of 5 stars The Best of the lot!!, Feb 25 2012

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I have all 3 versions of this movie and the original is by far the best. I found it scarey when I first saw it as a child and I still watch it at least once a year. Can't say that for the second and third version.

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5.0 out of 5 stars the thihg from another world, May 15 2002

michael c smith (elk grove, ca United States) - See all my reviews

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one of the best sifi out of 2 todate number 2 the day eath stood still . You can,t beat b/w for comfort fooded for the mind!

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5.0 out of 5 stars One of the Best, April 10 2008

Paul "Sandman" (Toronto) - See all my reviews

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One of the first movies I was truly facinated with as a child. This 1950's Sci-Fi horror classic is still one of the best. I believe I've seen it at least a hundred times and even though it is fifty years old it still holds up. The movie is about a team of scienetists at a remote arctic outpost that discover an alien space craft buried in the ice, within the craft dormant for a thousand years sleeps an alien more evil and destructive than anything mankind has ever encountered. This movie does't rely on a lot of special effects the way films do today, rather it used suspense and drama to deliver maximum effect. Superbly acted by Kenneth Tobey, Robert Cornthwaite, Margaret Sheridan, it also features a small appearance by a very young Charles Bronson, this movie is must see for any Sci-Fi fan. I definatly recomend it.

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3.0 out of 5 stars la chose d'un autre monde(the thing from another world)
un film de howard hawks et christian nyby 1951.une expédition scientifique américaine,installée au p�le nord,decouvre un ovni ecrasé sur la calotte... Lisez davantage

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5.0 out of 5 stars "Don't go to the north pole alone after this one!!!!"
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