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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 , Canada
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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Art | Production Design |
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John J. Lloyd
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Art Direction |
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Henry Larrecq
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Set Decoration |
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John M. Dwyer
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Graeme Murray
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Leadman |
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Barton M. Susman
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Property Master |
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John Zemansky
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Swing |
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Richard A. Gonzales
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Milton Wilson
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Joseph R. Savko
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Assistant Property Master |
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Michael R. Gannon
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Production Illustrator |
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Michael Ploog
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Gary Meyer
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Mentor Huebner
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Painter |
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James Callan
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Art Designer |
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Drew Struzan
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Directing | Director |
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John Carpenter
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Script Supervisor |
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Candy Artmont
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Christine Wilson
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First Assistant Director |
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Larry Franco
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Second Assistant Director |
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Michael Steele
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Jeffrey Chernov
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Production | Producer |
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David Foster
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Lawrence Turman
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Executive Producer |
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Wilbur Stark
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Casting |
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Anita Dann
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Co-Producer |
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Stuart Cohen
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Associate Producer |
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Larry Franco
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Production Manager |
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Robert Latham Brown
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Production Secretary |
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Karen Kalton
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Debbie Collier
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Unit Production Manager |
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Fitch Cady
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Production Assistant |
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Ron MacInnes
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Editing | Editor |
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Todd C. Ramsay
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Camera | Director of Photography |
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Dean Cundey
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Camera Operator |
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Raymond Stella
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Cyrus Block
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Key Grip |
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Dillard Brinson
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Ronald Woodward
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Dolly Grip |
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Dave Gordon
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Kris Krosskove
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Second Assistant Camera |
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Steve Tate
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Douglas Pruss
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David Geddes
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Best Boy Grip |
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James L. Hurford
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First Assistant Camera |
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Clyde E. Bryan
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Paul R. Prince
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Grip |
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Ray Kinzer
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Still Photographer |
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Chris Helcermanas-Benge
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Sound | Original Music Composer |
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Ennio Morricone
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John Carpenter
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Alan Howarth
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Sound Effects Editor |
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Warren Hamilton Jr.
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Supervising Sound Editor |
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David Lewis Yewdall
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Colin C. Mouat
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Music Editor |
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Cliff Kohlweck
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Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
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Steve Maslow
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Foley Supervisor |
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John K. Adams
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Sound Editor |
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Kendrick Sweet
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Assistant Sound Editor |
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Ernesto Mas
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Writing | Screenplay |
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Bill Lancaster
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Novel |
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John W. Campbell Jr.
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Visual Effects | Visual Effects |
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Albert Whitlock
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Henry Schoessler
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Costume & Make-Up | Makeup Effects Designer |
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Rob Bottin
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Costume Supervisor |
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Gilbert Loe
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Ronald I. Caplan
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Trish Keating
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Makeup Artist |
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Phyllis Newman
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Ken Chase
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Lighting | Gaffer |
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David R. Anderson
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Mark Walthour
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Thomas Marshall
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Best Boy Electric |
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Charles E. Nippell
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Len Wolfe
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Crew | Makeup Effects |
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Ken Diaz
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Rob Bottin
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Pilot |
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Lawrence Perry
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Ken Strain
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Nate Irwin
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Transportation Captain |
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Dan Anglin
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Alois Stranan
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Bob Cornell
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Stunts |
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Rock A. Walker
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Larry Holt
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Anthony Cecere
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Eric Mansker
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Melvin Jones
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Denver Mattson
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Kent Hays
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Ken Strain
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Clint Rowe
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Jerry Wills
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Technical Advisor |
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Robin Mounsey
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Special Effects Assistant |
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Hans Metz
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John K. Stirber
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Special Effects |
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Roy Arbogast
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Lee Routly
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Michael A. Clifford
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Stunt Coordinator |
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Dick Warlock
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Craft Service |
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Rocky Corsini
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Spencer Hyde
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Yervant Babasin
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Driver |
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George Lawson
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Generator Operator |
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Barrett J. Reid
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