Where was The Thing filmed?
1982 film, directed by John Carpenter.
- British Columbia
The story is set in Antarctica, about 9,984 miles (16,068 km) from where it was filmed.
Where it’s set vs. where it was filmed
- Set in
- Antarctica
- Filmed in
- British Columbia
- Distance
- About 9,984 miles (16,068 km) between Antarctica and the nearest filming location.
About The Thing
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- Released
- 1982
- Director
- John Carpenter
- Cast
- Kurt RussellWilford BrimleyKeith DavidDonald MoffatCharles HallahanT. K. CarterDavid ClennonRichard MasurRichard DysartJoel Polis
- Genre
- HorrorScience FictionMysteryBody HorrorScience Fiction Horror
- Based on
- Who Goes There?
The story
In Antarctica, a Norwegian helicopter pursues a sled dog to an American research station.
Their biologist, Blair, autopsies the remains and finds a normal set of human organs.
Blair grows paranoid after running a computer simulation which indicates that the creature could assimilate all life on Earth in a matter of years.
Famous lines from The Thing
Could you name the film from one of these? Famous lines turn up in the daily game.
Finish what?Norris
Hey, fuck you, Palmer!Windows
You buy any of this, Blair?Childs
Finish imitating these dogs.Blair
And how can it look like a dog?Bennings
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