6,786
edits
Changes
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
The Thing from Another World (view source)
Revision as of 15:22, November 25, 2008
, 15:22, November 25, 2008New page: The Thing from Another World is a science fiction movie released by RKO Radio Pictures Inc. in 1951 and considered a classic of the genre.<ref name="rot">[http://uk.rottentomatoes....
[[The Thing from Another World]] is a [[science fiction]] movie released by RKO Radio Pictures Inc. in 1951 and considered a classic of the genre.<ref name="rot">[http://uk.rottentomatoes.com/m/1021242-thing/# ''Review''] at [http://uk.rottentomatoes.com rottentomatoes.com] Retrieved 25 November 2008.</ref> Produced by [[Howard Hawks]] and marking the directorial debut of Christian Nyby, the movie features [[Hollywood|Hollywood's]] first "space-age" monster and is credited with kickstarting the decade of similarly themed [[United States of America|U.S.]] movies which followed.<ref>Delapa, Thomas [http://archive.boulderweekly.com/030807/reeltoreel.html ''Reel to reel - Weekly Pick''] [http://www.boulderweekly.com/20081120/home1.html Boulder Weekly]. Retrieved 25 November 2008.</ref> Filmed in [[Montana|Montana's]] [[Glacier National Park]] and an ice storage plant in [[Los Angeles]],<ref name="justice">Justice, Chris. [http://classic-horror.com/reviews/thing_from_another_world_1951 ''Review''] at [http://classic-horror.com/ classic-horror.com] Retrieved 25 November 2008.</ref> the movie revolves around a group of US scientists and servicemen stationed in the [[Arctic]] who investigate a crashed [[UFO]] and unwittingly release an almost invincible [[extraterrestrial life|extra-terrestrial lifeform]]. Loosely based on the novel ''[http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Highrise/3756/jc/who/bonusid.htm Who Goes There?]'' (1938) by John W. Campbell, Jr., it was later remade by [[John Carpenter]] as ''"The Thing"'' in 1982.
==Cast==
*Margaret Sheridan - ''Nikki''
*Kenneth Tobey - ''Captain Patrick Hendry''
*Robert Cornthwaite - ''Dr. Carrington''
*Douglas Spencer - ''Scotty''
*James R. Young - ''Lt. Eddie Dykes''
*Dewey Martin - ''Crew Chief''
*Robert Nichols - ''Lt. Ken McPherson''
*William Self - ''Corporal Barnes''
*Eduard Franz - ''Dr. Stern''
*Sally Creighton - ''Mrs. Chapman''
*James Arness - ''The Thing''
==Plot summary==
The movie opens in a US military base in [[Anchorage]], [[Alaska]]. A request for assistance is received from a group of [[scientist]]s stationed in an isolated Arctic outpost who have detected, via [[seismic]] instruments and [[radioactivity|radiation-triggered]] remote telescopic cameras which has crashed 48 miles from their base. A military team, accompanied by a [[Journalism|journalist]], respond to the request, and at the crash site discover a frozen spacecraft embedded in the ice. Attempts to melt the ice using thermite explosive charges result in the destruction of the craft, but they subsequently discover the body of its pilot and bring him back to their station still frozen in a block of ice. Unintentionally, they thaw the body, an eight-foot tall humanoid composed of a plant-like material. Despite displaying [[Homicide|homicidal]] behaviour, the scientists want to preserve and study him, while the military personnel want to destroy him. These competing interest groups come into conflict to determine the creature's fate, until finally the military personnel win. By rigging up a section of the metallic flooring to a high voltage [[electricity|electrical]] supply, the creature is eventually defeated.<ref name="justice" />
The movies closes with the Scotty, the journalist, relaying his report to fellow newsmen via radio: "Every one of you listening to my voice, tell the world, tell this to everybody wherever they are - Watch the skies... everywhere! Keep looking... Keep watching the skies!"
==Analysis==
==External links==
*[http://video.google.co.uk/videoplay?docid=23391856913864011&ei=KfMrScfWI5-QiQLU7ci6BQ&q=The+Thing+from+Another+World&hl=en The Thing From Another World] - complete movie on streaming video from video.google. Retrieved 25 November 2008.
*[http://leonscripts.tripod.com/scripts/THING51.htm Early screenplay] by Charles Lederer. Retrieved 25 November 2008.
==References==
{{reflist|2}}
==Cast==
*Margaret Sheridan - ''Nikki''
*Kenneth Tobey - ''Captain Patrick Hendry''
*Robert Cornthwaite - ''Dr. Carrington''
*Douglas Spencer - ''Scotty''
*James R. Young - ''Lt. Eddie Dykes''
*Dewey Martin - ''Crew Chief''
*Robert Nichols - ''Lt. Ken McPherson''
*William Self - ''Corporal Barnes''
*Eduard Franz - ''Dr. Stern''
*Sally Creighton - ''Mrs. Chapman''
*James Arness - ''The Thing''
==Plot summary==
The movie opens in a US military base in [[Anchorage]], [[Alaska]]. A request for assistance is received from a group of [[scientist]]s stationed in an isolated Arctic outpost who have detected, via [[seismic]] instruments and [[radioactivity|radiation-triggered]] remote telescopic cameras which has crashed 48 miles from their base. A military team, accompanied by a [[Journalism|journalist]], respond to the request, and at the crash site discover a frozen spacecraft embedded in the ice. Attempts to melt the ice using thermite explosive charges result in the destruction of the craft, but they subsequently discover the body of its pilot and bring him back to their station still frozen in a block of ice. Unintentionally, they thaw the body, an eight-foot tall humanoid composed of a plant-like material. Despite displaying [[Homicide|homicidal]] behaviour, the scientists want to preserve and study him, while the military personnel want to destroy him. These competing interest groups come into conflict to determine the creature's fate, until finally the military personnel win. By rigging up a section of the metallic flooring to a high voltage [[electricity|electrical]] supply, the creature is eventually defeated.<ref name="justice" />
The movies closes with the Scotty, the journalist, relaying his report to fellow newsmen via radio: "Every one of you listening to my voice, tell the world, tell this to everybody wherever they are - Watch the skies... everywhere! Keep looking... Keep watching the skies!"
==Analysis==
==External links==
*[http://video.google.co.uk/videoplay?docid=23391856913864011&ei=KfMrScfWI5-QiQLU7ci6BQ&q=The+Thing+from+Another+World&hl=en The Thing From Another World] - complete movie on streaming video from video.google. Retrieved 25 November 2008.
*[http://leonscripts.tripod.com/scripts/THING51.htm Early screenplay] by Charles Lederer. Retrieved 25 November 2008.
==References==
{{reflist|2}}