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Man is the warmest place to hide.
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.
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Kurt Russell
MacReady
Keith David
Childs
Wilford Brimley
Blair
T.K. Carter
Nauls
David Clennon
Palmer
Richard Dysart
Dr. Copper
Charles Hallahan
Norris
Peter Maloney
Bennings
Richard Masur
Clark
Donald Moffat
Garry
Joel Polis
Fuchs
Thomas G. Waites
Windows
Norbert Weisser
Norwegian
Larry Franco
Norwegian Passenger with Rifle
Nate Irwin
Helicopter Pilot
William Zeman
Pilot
Adrienne Barbeau
Computer (voice) (uncredited)
John Carpenter
Norwegian (video footage) (uncredited)
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- Release Date 06/25/1982
- Language English
- Director John Carpenter
- Editor Todd C. Ramsay
- Cinematographer Dean Cundey
- Producers David Foster, Lawrence Turman
- Companies Universal Pictures, The Turman-Foster Company
- Budget $15,000,000
- Homepage www.theofficialjohncarpenter.com
| Country | Date | Format | Certification |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | Jun 25, 1982 | Theatrical | 16 |
| Canada | Jun 25, 1982 | Theatrical | — |
| DK | Jun 25, 1982 | Theatrical | 15 |
| NO | Jun 25, 1982 | Theatrical | 18 |
| United States | Jun 25, 1982 | Theatrical | R |
| SU | Jun 28, 1982 | Theatrical | — |
| Australia | Aug 20, 1982 | Theatrical | MA 15+ |
| AR | Aug 26, 1982 | Theatrical | 18 |
| United Kingdom | Aug 26, 1982 | Theatrical | 18 |
| Spain | Oct 8, 1982 | Theatrical | 12 |
| Germany | Oct 22, 1982 | Theatrical | 18 |
| SE | Oct 29, 1982 | Theatrical | 15 |
| France | Nov 3, 1982 | Theatrical | 12 |
| Netherlands | Nov 11, 1982 | Theatrical | 16 |
| PT | Nov 11, 1982 | Theatrical | M/12 |
| Japan | Nov 13, 1982 | Theatrical | R18+ |
| Italy | Nov 26, 1982 | Theatrical | VM18 |
| IE | Nov 28, 1982 | Theatrical | 18 |
| FI | Dec 17, 1982 | Theatrical | K-18 |
| Mexico | Jun 3, 1983 | Theatrical | C |
| South Korea | Dec 25, 1983 | Theatrical | 19 |
| SE | Jul 1, 1996 | Physical (VHS) | 15 |
| CZ | Sep 9, 1998 | Physical | 15+ |
| SE | Dec 2, 1999 | Physical (DVD) | 15 |
| Netherlands | Dec 29, 2001 | TV (Net 5) | 16 |
| Mexico | Jun 25, 2004 | Physical | B |
| SE | Oct 15, 2008 | Physical (Blu-ray) | 15 |
| Netherlands | Oct 30, 2008 | Physical (Blu-ray) | 16 |
| Netherlands | Jul 13, 2010 | Physical (DVD) | 16 |
| Poland | Jan 3, 2018 | Digital | 18 |
| Germany | Mar 28, 2019 | Physical | 16 |
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