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Revenue: $19,629,760
Budget: $15,000,000
Profit: + $4,629,760
Movie Details
Tag Line: Man is the warmest place to hide.
Status: Released
Average Rating: 8
Release Date: Jun 25, 1982
Rating: 1982-06-25
Run Time: 1h 49m
Original Language: English
Website: Link
Production Countries: United States of America
Production Companies: Universal Pictures , The Turman-Foster Company
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Synopsis
In the winter of 1982, a twelve-man research team at a remote Antarctic research station discovers an alien buried in the snow for over 100,000 years. Soon unfrozen, the form-changing creature wreaks havoc, creates terror... and becomes one of them.
Crew
Department | Role | Name |
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Production | Associate Producer |
Larry J. Franco
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Producer |
David Foster
Lawrence Turman
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Production Manager |
Robert Latham Brown
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Co-Producer |
Stuart Cohen
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Executive Producer |
Wilbur Stark
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Casting |
Anita Dann
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Unit Production Manager |
Fitch Cady
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Production Assistant |
Ron MacInnes
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Production Secretary |
Debbie Collier
Karen Kalton
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Directing | First Assistant Director |
Larry J. Franco
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Director |
John Carpenter
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Second Assistant Director |
Jeffrey Chernov
Michael Steele
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Script Supervisor |
Candy Artmont
Christine Wilson
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Art | Set Decoration |
John M. Dwyer
Graeme Murray
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Production Design |
John J. Lloyd
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Art Direction |
Henry Larrecq
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Property Master |
John Zemansky
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Leadman |
Barton M. Susman
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Production Illustrator |
Mentor Huebner
Gary Meyer
Michael Ploog
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Swing |
Richard A. Gonzales
Joseph R. Savko
Milton Wilson
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Assistant Property Master |
Michael R. Gannon
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Painter |
James Callan
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Camera | Director of Photography |
Dean Cundey
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Second Assistant Camera |
David Geddes
Steve Tate
Douglas Pruss
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Camera Operator |
Raymond Stella
Cyrus Block
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First Assistant Camera |
Clyde E. Bryan
Paul R. Prince
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Dolly Grip |
Dave Gordon
Kris Krosskove
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Key Grip |
Dillard Brinson
Ronald Woodward
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Still Photographer |
Chris Helcermanas-Benge
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Best Boy Grip |
James L. Hurford
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Grip |
Ray Kinzer
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Sound | Original Music Composer |
Ennio Morricone
John Carpenter
Alan Howarth
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Supervising Sound Editor |
Colin C. Mouat
David Lewis Yewdall
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Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
Steve Maslow
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Foley Supervisor |
John K. Adams
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Sound Effects Editor |
Warren Hamilton Jr.
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Music Editor |
Cliff Kohlweck
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Sound Editor |
Kendrick Sweet
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Assistant Sound Editor |
Ernesto Mas
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Editing | Editor |
Todd C. Ramsay
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Crew | Special Effects |
Roy Arbogast
Lee Routly
Michael A. Clifford
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Makeup Effects |
Ken Diaz
Rob Bottin
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Stunt Coordinator |
Dick Warlock
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Stunts |
Denver Mattson
Eric Mansker
Larry Holt
Melvin Jones
Rock A. Walker
Ken Strain
Jerry Wills
Kent Hays
Anthony Cecere
Clint Rowe
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Pilot |
Ken Strain
Nate Irwin
Lawrence Perry
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Special Effects Assistant |
John K. Stirber
Hans Metz
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Driver |
George Lawson
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Transportation Captain |
Bob Cornell
Dan Anglin
Alois Stranan
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Craft Service |
Rocky Corsini
Yervant Babasin
Spencer Hyde
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Technical Advisor |
Robin Mounsey
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Generator Operator |
Barrett J. Reid
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Costume & Make-Up | Makeup Artist |
Ken Chase
Phyllis Newman
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Costume Supervisor |
Trish Keating
Ronald I. Caplan
Gilbert Loe
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Makeup Effects Designer |
Rob Bottin
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Writing | Screenplay |
Bill Lancaster
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Novel |
John W. Campbell Jr.
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Visual Effects | Visual Effects |
Albert Whitlock
Henry Schoessler
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Lighting | Gaffer |
Thomas Marshall
Mark Walthour
David R. Anderson
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Best Boy Electric |
Charles E. Nippell
Len Wolfe
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