Universal Studios Signature Collection

Catalog Number	42654
Format	Extended Play CLV

Table of Contents
Running Time	108 minutes

Side	Chapters	Frames	Running Time
1	21		55min 46sec
2	18		55min 56sec
	39		111min 02sec
Supplemental Material
3	6		60min 00sec
4	12	48,785	29min 39sec ^*
	18		89min 39sec
^* Contains untimed still elements. Due to variations in transferring film and video to LaserDisc, exact run time may vary.

Pressing Location	Pioneer Video Manufacturing
Letterbox Aspect Ratio
Retail Price	$39.98
Issued	September 8, 1998

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The set includes the following supplemental materials:

Presented in the 2.35:1 aspect ratio of the original 35 millimeter anamorphic theatrical prints

Features 5.1 channel Dolby Digital (AC-3) soundtrack

Running audio commentary by director John Carpenter and star Kurt Russell.

John Carpenter's The Thing: Terror Takes Shape, an 80 minute original documentary featuring interviews with John Carpenter, Kurt Russell, special effects make-up designer Rob Bottin, legendary matte artist Albert Whitlock, plus other members of the cast, crew and special effects team. Also includes:
Never-before-seen stop motion animation footage cut from the film.
Exclusive work-in-progress visual effects footage.
Behind - the - scenes location footage.
Behind-the-scenes footage.

Original theatrical trailer

Outtakes from the film

Behind-the-scenes photographs

Storyboards and conceptual art

Annotated production archive

* CX Encoding on supplemental material only.

Synopsis:
At a remote Antarctic outpost, a research team discovers an alien that has been buried in the snow for 100,000 years. As the creature thaws, the horror begins. The alien threat combines with isolation and paranoia to turn the researchers against each other in a fight for survival.

	Presented in the 2.35:1 aspect ratio of the original 35 millimeter anamorphic theatrical prints
	Features 5.1 channel Dolby Digital (AC-3) soundtrack
	Running audio commentary by director John Carpenter and star Kurt Russell.
	John Carpenter's The Thing: Terror Takes Shape, an 80 minute original documentary featuring interviews with John Carpenter, Kurt Russell, special effects make-up designer Rob Bottin, legendary matte artist Albert Whitlock, plus other members of the cast, crew and special effects team. Also includes: Never-before-seen stop motion animation footage cut from the film. Exclusive work-in-progress visual effects footage. Behind - the - scenes location footage. Behind-the-scenes footage.
	Original theatrical trailer
	Outtakes from the film
	Behind-the-scenes photographs
	Storyboards and conceptual art
	Annotated production archive
*	CX Encoding on supplemental material only.
	Synopsis: At a remote Antarctic outpost, a research team discovers an alien that has been buried in the snow for 100,000 years. As the creature thaws, the horror begins. The alien threat combines with isolation and paranoia to turn the researchers against each other in a fight for survival.