The ideal match of director and material he was born to adapt. John Carpenter > WHO GOES THERE ? Whit Stillman > UNCLE SCROOGE Whit has met with Disney...
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The ideal match of director and material he was born to adapt. John Carpenter > WHO GOES THERE ? Whit Stillman > UNCLE SCROOGE Whit has met with Disney...
Whit Stillman's UNCLE SCROOGE. Actually a real thing.
Sat next to Don Siegel during a pre - release screening of JAWS at the studio. When the lights went up I asked him what he thought. " I think I'm going out and buy Universal stock " he replied...
βAnd it is especially exciting to see that the top title nominated by the public for this year, βThe Thing,β has been added to the National Film Registry, along with βThe Truman Showβ and βThe Incrediblesβ which also had very strong public support.β
Two questions : Who currently has possession of Alex Pretti's cell phone and its video record ? And will we ever get to see it ?
Robert Stigwood sold the film to Universal by promising he could get all four Beatles to re-unite for the finale, performing alongside the biggest stars in Hollywood. He fell a little short. Leif Garrett and Connie Stevens would have to do...
Sounds great. What could go wrong ?
RED RIVER.
From the Juneau Empire. June 8, 1981.
It was never easy. When we set up shop at Universal in 1981 to make THE THING we were specifically admonished NOT to use the word horror when discussing the film. Too narrow a catchword, they said, despite a title that literally screams the unspoken. Sci Fi Thriller became the phrase of choice...
If youβre about to go to bed, watch this first
Did you know Brad Dourif was the runner up to Tom Waites for the role of Windows in THE THING ?
From the refrigerated climate of stage 20 at Universal Studios THE THING camera crew takes time to commemorate the occasion. That's Dean "I'm taking no prisoners" Cundey seated, center. 80 percent of the film was shot on sound stages here, much of it during a record Los Angeles heat wave...
John Carpenter on the Juneau Ice Field filming the opening husky vs helicopter chase for THE THING, aided by a crew of fifteen and a miraculous dog. Flying blind with no video playback, the film was sent down the coast to be processed. John didn't see a frame until he returned to L.A. weeks later...
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That having been said if John Carpenter says he now KNOWS who's who at the end believe him. Trust him. Just make sure next time he's asked the question he takes a blood test first...
A black man in a parka with an earring
A bearded man chuckling
Good morning.
Childs and MacReady are both human.
Childs has an earring in at the end. Try to imagine the Thing putting in an earring to sell the imitation. Ridiculous. (Iβm ignoring this being a tell from the 2011 prequel.)
MacReady chuckles at the end. None of the Thing imitations laugh.
The ending was deliberately designed to be ambiguous. THE THING was made for a world with no aftermarket, the big screen being the only standard then. Flattering as it is, we never anticipated the film who be run, re-run incessantly and parsed for minute clues to identity. It simply wasn't the plan.
John Carpenter passed on directing THE GOLDEN CHILD in favor of BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA, a move that infuriated his about to be ex agent. "I worked hard to get him out of the genre ghetto (his phrase), and now he's turned down the hottest property in Hollywood in order to do another genre film."
A bootleg shot of John Carpenter, myself, and Rob Bottin on the set of THE THING. Official studio photographs of the effects work do not exist. John - fearful something would leak to the press ahead of release - mandated there be no stills taken while working with the monster during production...
Surtees was extolled at the time for his versatility - the "ultimate professional" labeled by the American Cinematographer for his work on THE GRADUATE, THE LAST PICTURE SHOW and DR. DOLITTLE, all shot in 1967. Spent a ton of time playing hooky at Universal watching him shoot THE HINDENBURG...
" He's Gonna Piss It All Away!" Fondly remembering his turn in LET IT RIDE...
βPut the glasses on! Put 'em on!β
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Bong Joon Ho and John Carpenter in conversation before a screening of THE THING 4K at
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Museum. Museum member presale is now. Public ticket sales open on 2/21 at 9 AM PT. RUN!
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I urged the Academy last year to ask John Carpenter to present the special effects Academy Award to these guys. The worlds #1 Godzilla fan, the man half the filmmakers in attendance owed some debt of gratitude. The perfect choice. Still can't believe it didn't happen...
Don't tell us what we already know.
DO SOMETHING
