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BBFC reference AFF031288
Category
THE THING
Feature Film
Classified 28 June, 1982 .
Run Time 108m 31s

Consumer Advice:No consumer advice is available for this work

This work was passed with no cuts made.

The main spoken language in this work is English.

Directed by John Carpenter
The cast for this work includes: Kurt Russell, A. Wilford Brimley, T. K. Carter, David Clennon, Keith David, Richard Dysart, Charles Hallahan, Peter Maloney, Richard Masur, Donald Moffat, Joel Polis, Thomas Waites, Norbert Weisser, Larry Franco, Nate Irwin, William Zeman, John Carpenter.

When submitted to the BBFC the work had a running time of 108m 31s.
The running time of this film was calculated from the measured length of 9766+11 ( feet + frames ).

This work was submitted to the BBFC by U.I.P. (UK) .

A film or video, together with associated trailers may exist in several versions and all versions known to the BBFC are listed below.

CategoryTypeDateCompanyRun TimeCutTitle
FilmFilm28/06/1982U.I.P. (UK)108m 31sTHE THING
VideoVideo19/03/1987CIC Video103m 19sTHE THING
VideoTrailerVideoTrailer30/09/1999Columbia/Tri-Star Home Video1m 49sTHE THING
VideoVideo05/04/2000Columbia/Tri-Star Home Video104m 3sTHE THING
VideoVideo14/03/2007Universal Pictures (UK) Ltd104m 4sTHE THING
VideoVideo06/08/2008Universal Pictures (UK) Ltd108m 42sTHE THING
FilmFilm26/05/2009Universal Pictures Int (UK)108m 35sTHE THING
Details are likely to be more complete and accurate for the version submitted most recently.
When a film is transferred to video the running time will be shorter by approximately 4% due to the differing number of frames per second. This does not mean that the video version has been cut or re-edited.
This entry was last updated 19/08/2009
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