Where was The Thing (1982) filmed?
1982 film directed by John Carpenter
The Thing (1982) was filmed in Los Angeles, Juneau, Universal City, Stewart and Universal Studios Lot, 5 places named in its Wikipedia article, in the United States, Canada. Wikidata itself records the shoot only as British Columbia. Each place says where its claim comes from.
Part of the Apocalypse Trilogy · the Thing franchise
Places per Wikipedia's article
The Wikipedia article names 5 places. Each links to the sentence that says so.
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Towns & cities
Los Angeles
United States
Seat of Los Angeles County, and largest city in California, United States
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Studios & sets
Universal Studios Lot
United States
Television and film studio complex in Universal City, California
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Towns & cities
Universal City
United States
Community in the San Fernando Valley region of Los Angeles County, California, United States
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Towns & cities Stewart
Canada
District municipality in British Columbia, Canada
“The exterior shots from John Carpenter's science fiction classic The Thing were filmed within Salmon Glacier.” Wikipedia
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Towns & cities
Juneau
United States
Consolidated city-borough and capital of the U.S. state of Alaska
Recorded only at country level
Also filmed in British Columbia, but the exact places are not known, so they are not on the map.
Filming locations that are mapped there: Canada
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