[3], There is still debate as to whether the film was directed by Howard Hawks, with Christian Nyby receiving the credit so that Nyby could obtain his Director's Guild membership [6][7][8] or whether Nyby directed it with considerable input in both screenplay and directing advice from producer Hawks[9] for Hawks' Winchester Pictures, which released the film through RKO Radio Pictures Inc. Hawks gave Nyby only $5,460 of RKO's $50,000 director's fee and kept the rest, but Hawks always denied that he directed the film. Kenneth Tobey Celebrity Profile - Check out the latest Kenneth Tobey photo gallery, biography, pics, pictures, interviews, news, forums and blogs at Rotten Tomatoes! [22][23] Additionally, Time magazine named The Thing from Another World "the greatest 1950s sci-fi movie". Anyway, if you're taking painting lessons from Rembrandt, you don't take the brush out of the master's hands. "The Screen: Two films have local premieres; 'The Thing', an eerie scientific number by Howard Hawks, opens at the Criterion". The overall message of The Thing emerges as distinctly hawkish. What they find is a wrecked spaceship and a humanoid creature (James Arness) frozen in the ice. Robert Nichols - Lt. MacPherson 8. ", "Review: Christian Nyby's The Thing from Another World", "Building the Perfect Star Beast: The Antecedents of 'Alien'. When the alien is accidentally thawed out, it turns on the people of the camp. Get the freshest reviews, news, and more delivered right to your inbox! Kenneth Tobey. Don't have an account? Douglas Spencer. and to receive email from Rotten Tomatoes and Fandango. |, June 6, 2007 | Rating: 2/4 Carrington stays behind with Vorhees, Stern, and Laurence, having noticed evidence of alien activity. Opening credits for the 1951 movie The Thing from Another World. The team attempts to melt the ice covering the saucer with thermite, but a violent reaction with the craft's metal alloy completely destroys it. Unusual practice for the era, no actors are named during the film's dramatic "slow burning letters through background" opening title sequence; the cast credits appear at the end of the film. At an Antarctica research site, the discovery of an alien craft leads to a confrontation between graduate student Kate Lloyd and scientist Dr. Sander Halvorson. Watch the skies everywhere. They douse it with buckets of kerosene and set it afire, forcing it to retreat into the storm. | Fresh (33) The Thing from Another World. That experience led to a year and a half of study at New York's Neighborhood Playhouse, where his classmates included Gregory Peck, Eli Wallach and Tony Randall. He hasn't slept. This 10-digit number is your confirmation number. The film reflected a post-Hiroshima skepticism about science and prevailing negative views of scientists who meddle with things better left alone. |. After regrouping, they realize that their building's temperature is falling rapidly; the furnaces have stopped working, sabotaged by the alien. | Rating: A+ Really, it's all a metaphor for the "red scare" brewing at the dawn of the cold war. When scientist Dr. Carrington (Robert Cornthwaite) reports a UFO near his North Pole research base, the Air Force sends in a team under Capt. "The Three Careers of John W. Campbell", introduction to, This page was last edited on 12 January 2021, at 13:02. More. William Self - Corporal Barnes 9. [5], One of the film's stars, William Self, later became President of 20th Century Fox Television. Meet the cast and learn more about the stars of The Thing From Another World with exclusive news, pictures, videos and more at TVGuide.com Coming Soon. [3], The film's storyline concerns a U.S. Air Force crew and scientists who find a crashed flying saucer and a humanoid body frozen in the Arctic ice, near the craft. [24][25], Some critics have interpreted The Thing from Another World to contain commentary on the threat of Communism in America during the Cold War. Or maybe it's the claustrophobic atmosphere that keeps you on your toes, where on a tiny base surrounded by miles of frozen wasteland where no human could survive for very long, the victims are given no chance of escape. Tex sends an update to Fogarty, and the airmen settle in as the storm arrives. Just below that it reads "Ticket Confirmation#:" followed by a 10-digit number. [15] More than 20 years after its theatrical release, science fiction editor and publisher Lester del Rey compared the film unfavorably to the source material, calling it "just another monster epic, totally lacking in the force and tension of the original story". Directed by Christian Nyby, Howard Hawks. Hendry assumes command of the outpost and, pending instruction from General Fogarty, denies Scott permission to send out his story; he also denies the scientists' demands to examine the body. [3] Appearing in a small role was George Fenneman, who at the time was gaining fame as Groucho Marx's announcer on the popular quiz show You Bet Your Life. Now, who wants some coffee? All the female cast, both of them, want to know if anyone wants coffee. | Rotten (5). Even though I was there every day, I don't think any of us can answer the question. [27] Program notes from a Cinema Texas screening of the film stated that "The film is seen as being symbolic of McCarthyism and the fight against communism on the home front. Only Chris and Howard can answer the question". Also present are scientists Vorhees, Stern, Redding, Stone, Laurence, Wilson, Ambrose, Auerbach, Olson, Mrs. Chapman's husband Dr. Chapman, and Carrington. 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