Hehe, look what followed me home this weekend:
runtime: 87 minutes
MPAA rating: n/a
Yessir, The Thing (From Another World). I've LOVED this movie from the first time I saw it on TV's Saturday-morning SciFi theater as a young 'un! I've owned home-recorded VHS tapes and purchased VHS copies, all the while waiting on it to be released in a better medium - and now we finally have it on DVD. It's listed as a 1.33:1 release, which maybe be a slight crop as the original theatrical releases' aspect ratio was 1.37:1 according to IMDB. It's also in its original black & white - thank goodness Ted Turner didn't get his "colorizer" hands on this movie.
Co-directed by Howard Hawks (Sergeant York, Red River, Rio Bravo, Rio Lobo) and Christian Nyby (Gunsmoke (TV), Bonanza (TV), Kojak (TV)) this film is based on the screenplay by John Lederer that is in turn based on the story Who Goes There? by famed SciFi author John W. Campbell. The film stars:
Visually, this DVD shows the 50+ year age of the print. Some dirt and grain are evident throughout, but it's not terribly distracting. The DVD format also reveals the limitations of detail in the originals with some scenes looking very soft with indistinct shadings of greys, while others show good detail and grey-scale fidelity. Aurally, this baby is flat mono. Again, while showing its age with some occasional muddled sounding dialog, overall the soundtrack is fairly clean and listenable.
This movie takes me back to a time when movies were more than CGI, special effects, and vehicles for gratuitous violence. They were scripted and staged to tell a story, and they did so with an eye to humor, wit and intelligent dialog. The interplay between the characters along with a good story are what makes this movie - and others of its generation - stand out above the technically superior films of today. Give it a look, I think you'll like it.
P.S. For you airplane buffs, there is some sweet footage of a polar-equipped C-47 (okay, DC-3 or R4D) in flight and also, making skid-equipped take offs and landings.
David - HTGuide flunky
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runtime: 87 minutes
MPAA rating: n/a
Yessir, The Thing (From Another World). I've LOVED this movie from the first time I saw it on TV's Saturday-morning SciFi theater as a young 'un! I've owned home-recorded VHS tapes and purchased VHS copies, all the while waiting on it to be released in a better medium - and now we finally have it on DVD. It's listed as a 1.33:1 release, which maybe be a slight crop as the original theatrical releases' aspect ratio was 1.37:1 according to IMDB. It's also in its original black & white - thank goodness Ted Turner didn't get his "colorizer" hands on this movie.
Co-directed by Howard Hawks (Sergeant York, Red River, Rio Bravo, Rio Lobo) and Christian Nyby (Gunsmoke (TV), Bonanza (TV), Kojak (TV)) this film is based on the screenplay by John Lederer that is in turn based on the story Who Goes There? by famed SciFi author John W. Campbell. The film stars:
- Margaret Sheridan (One Minute To Zero, I The Jury, Man's Favorite Sport?) as Nikki Nicholson the administrator
Kenneth Tobey (12 O'Clock High, The Wings Of Eagles, MacArthur) as Capt. Hendry the pilot
Douglass Spencer (Shane, This Island Earth, The Three Faces Of Eve) as Ned Scott the reporter
Robert Cornthwaite (War Of The Worlds, Ghost & Mr. Chicken, Colossus) as Dr. Carrington, head of the polar station
James Arness (Battleground, Them!, Gunsmoke (TV)) as The Thing
Visually, this DVD shows the 50+ year age of the print. Some dirt and grain are evident throughout, but it's not terribly distracting. The DVD format also reveals the limitations of detail in the originals with some scenes looking very soft with indistinct shadings of greys, while others show good detail and grey-scale fidelity. Aurally, this baby is flat mono. Again, while showing its age with some occasional muddled sounding dialog, overall the soundtrack is fairly clean and listenable.
This movie takes me back to a time when movies were more than CGI, special effects, and vehicles for gratuitous violence. They were scripted and staged to tell a story, and they did so with an eye to humor, wit and intelligent dialog. The interplay between the characters along with a good story are what makes this movie - and others of its generation - stand out above the technically superior films of today. Give it a look, I think you'll like it.
P.S. For you airplane buffs, there is some sweet footage of a polar-equipped C-47 (okay, DC-3 or R4D) in flight and also, making skid-equipped take offs and landings.
David - HTGuide flunky
Our "Theater"
Our DVDs on DVD Tracker
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I cme across this and thought it was a good sign for us DVDphiles
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