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BEHIND THE SCENES
Here are a few
rare, hard-to-find behind-the-scenes shots of The Thing in
production. A few are exclusive to Outpost31.com and cannot
be found anywhere else. We're always looking for more. If you have
any please send them in!
tc_outpost31@yahoo.ca
Pictures of the original Spider-Head being sculpted by the FX masters.
Mike Ploog drawing of how the Spider-Head
worked
Hilarious Mike Ploog drawing of the
Norris-Thing in action
A rare angle shot of the Blair Monster.
(Thanks to Ernest
D. Farino, Blair Monster FX Crew, for giving us this picture.)
Palmer Explosion Audio Outtake
The following dialogue is the
text from an audio outtake clip recorded by a production sound crew who
worked on The Thing. It is about a minute long and records the
comments between Kurt Russell and the effects crew that set up the Palmer-Thing
explosion. It occurs after a particularly large blast goes off (when Mac
tosses the TNT at the Palmer-Thing). It turned out to be much stronger and
closer to Kurt and the crew than anyone had anticipated. If you watch that
scene closely, you'll see Kurt almost gets knocked off his feet. This clip
is quite hilarious, but it has a lot of coarse language. Unfortunately, we
cannot post the audio clip on the site due to a strict copyright contract with
Universal.
Here is the text of the audio clip:
[An extremely loud BOOM!]
[The sound of many fire extinguishers and background people screaming and
laughing.]
Kurt Russell: "Are you kidding me!? Are you fucking with me!?
You're kidding me!"
Crewperson: "Are you alright!?"
Kurt: "Holy shit! Yeah!"
Crewperson: "Are you alright!?"
Kurt: "You fucking asshole! You gotta be kidding
me!" (laughs)
Crewperson #2: "Are you alright!?"
Kurt: "Whoa!" (laughs)
Crewperson #2: "I didn’t expect anything like that!"
Kurt: "Holy fuck! That shit blew by me sooooo
fast man! Boom!" (laughs)
Crewperson #3: "Holy shit! A piece landed on my
head!"
Crewperson: "Hey! How was it over there for
you?"
Kurt: "Cowafuckingbunga!" (laughs)
Crewperson #3: "Ha Ha! Did you see that fucking piece burning
on my head!?"
On-Location Photos
John and crewmember clowning around in the
burned-out hulk of the Norwegian chopper. In August 2003 Todd and Steve found
these remains at the filming site just north of Stewart, B.C.
Shooting a scene at the burned wreckage
of the Norwegian camp.
John behind the camera on location up in Stewart, B.C. A candid silhouette shot of the director at work on The Thing. Another shot
of John in a publicity photo.
Shooting "Dogtown"
Interior shots of Outpost #31
Cinematographer Dean Cundey during a shoot.
What appears to be a rehearsal shot with the Norwegian victim.
Note that Norris
is in short sleeves and Childs is wearing glasses.
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