The Thing is a movie directed by Matthijs van Heijningen Jr. in 2011 and based on the characters from the book Who Goes There? by John W. Campbell Jr., first published in 1938. The movie features Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Eric Christian Olsen, Joel Edgerton, Ulrich Thomsen, Jonathan Walker, Kim Bubbs, and others.
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Storyline
In the winter of 1982, a buried alien spacecraft is discovered in Antarctica by Lars, Peder and Olav, members of a Norwegian research station, Thule. After seeing the spacecraft, the scientists examine an alien body buried in the ice nearby, and make plans to excavate it.
Movie vs Book
Year
2011
Minutes
103
Movie Rate
6.20
Source: IMDb
Movie
The Thing
Director: Matthijs van Heijningen Jr.
Country: Canada
Year: 2011
Length: 1h43m
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Year
1938
Pages
161
Book Rate
7.72
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Book
Who Goes There?
Author: John W. Campbell Jr.
Country: USA
First published in: 1938
Length: 161 pages
Genre: Fiction
Other screen adaptations of the book
Movie by Christian Nyby, Howard Hawks
Movie by John Carpenter
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“When you're adapting a book into a movie, you have to take certain creative liberties to bridge the gap between the two forms of media.”
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