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A revealing and insightful look into the making of this underrated horror film. | add synopsisUser Comments:
A Wonderful Documentary On A Wonderful Film moreCast
(Credited cast) | John Carpenter | ... | Himself |
 | Kurt Russell | ... | Himself |
 | Rob Bottin | ... | Himself |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Dean Cundey | ... | Himself |
| David Foster | ... | Himself |
| Charles Hallahan | ... | Himself |
 | Peter Kuran | ... | Himself |
| Bill Lancaster | ... | Himself |
| John J. Lloyd | ... | Himself |
| Richard Masur | ... | Himself |
 | Joel Polis | ... | Himself |
| Todd C. Ramsay | ... | Himself |
| Susan Turner | ... | Herself |
| Albert Whitlock | ... | Himself |
 | Stan Winston | ... | Himself |
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As a huge fan, since its release, of John Carpenter's now-classic "The Thing," I was ecstatic to find out that this was included in the DVD version of the movie, but I have to admit that I was also disappointed as well. There'd been a rumor for nearly two decades (perpetrated by Fangoria magazine) that the brilliant Rob Bottin had actually made much more of a dynamic final scene than the one we now see, but that Carpenter had "chickened out" and cut alot of it at the last minute. So, I figured this documentary would show the "real" ending, especially since the DVD box advertized that there were "deleted scenes." Alas, all you see, when it comes to that final scene, is some home-movie footage of a tiny model being animated by the stop-motion process. I guess we'll never know if that rumor was true or not. Oh well, as stated above, the doc as a whole is still wonderful, with Director Carpenter, star Russell, and several others of the cast and crew, reminiscing and recanting. Rob Bottin rules!!!