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Overview
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Writers:
Lawrence D. Cohen (writer)
Stephen King (novel)
Release Date:
3 November 1976 (USA) more
Tagline:
You were warned never to push Carrie to the limits. Now you must face the evil consequences. more
Plot:
A mousy and abused girl with telekinetic powers gets pushed too far on one special night. full summary | full synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 3 wins & 4 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(9 articles)
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"They're all going to laugh at you" more (384 total)
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(Cast overview, first billed only)
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98 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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Canada:R (Nova Scotia/Ontario) | West Germany:16 (re-rating) | West Germany:18 (original rating) | Portugal:M/16 | Finland:(Banned) (cut) (1978) | Finland:(Banned) (uncut) (1977) | Finland:K-16 (uncut) (1993) | Finland:K-18 (uncut) (1991) | Brazil:16 | South Korea:18 | Argentina:16 (re-rating) (2000) | Argentina:X (original rating) | Argentina:18 (re-rating) (1983) | Spain:18 | New Zealand:R16 | Australia:R | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:18A (Alberta) (2000) | Canada:PA (Manitoba) | Chile:18 | France:-16 | Iceland:16 | Netherlands:16 | Norway:15 (2000) | Norway:18 | Peru:18 | Singapore:M18 | Sweden:15 | UK:18 | USA:R (certificate #24688) | Ireland:18 | UK:X (original rating)
Filming Locations:
Culver City Studios - 9336 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA more
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For her screen test, Sissy Spacek rubbed Vaseline into her hair and didn't bother to wash her face. She also wore a sailor dress (which her mother had made for her when she was in the seventh grade) with the hem cut off. more
Goofs:
Boom mic visible: You can see the boom mic's shadow on Carrie's chest a few times while she is walking through her house after her prom killing spree. more
Quotes:
Margaret White: Go to your closet and pray! more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in "HBO First Look: The Haunting (#6.6)" (1999) more
Soundtrack:
(Love is Like a) Heatwave more
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Why did Sue ask her boyfriend (Tommy) to take Carrie to the prom?Where can I watch the deleted scenes?
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Heartbreaking story, based on Stephen King's first full-length published novel, also the breakthrough film for director Brian DePalma. Sissy Spacek makes a lasting impact as Carrie White, an awkward and ostracized teenager whose classmates can't stand her merely because she's shy and "different". She is finally pushed over the edge at the climactic school prom, unleashing her telekinetic abilities in revenge.
One of the best Stephen King adaptations ever, certainly one of the saddest, most poignant, and bitter movies I've ever seen. I feel sympathy for Carrie White that I don't feel for a lot of movie characters. Overall, this story is enough to shock, appall, and move me, despite occasional goofy comic touches like the tuxedo shopping scene and the gym detention music. Spacek is both beautiful and wonderful, but it's not just her that shines - there's John Travolta, in his first major movie role, Amy Irving, P.J. Soles who would be in "Halloween" two years later, Betty Buckley, and a sexy Nancy Allen who would go on to become director Brian De Palma's wife (for a bit) as well as work for him a few more times.
Overall, it COULD have been more on the routine side but Spacek and composer Pino Donaggio's music really do help to make it stick in the memory. Of course, those 1970's styles and fashions just seem highly amusing to me now.
This marked the first time that Irving would work with her mother, actress Priscilla Pointer, and they've worked together numerous times since, with Pointer often playing the mother of Irving's character.
"Carrie" was followed by a 23-years belated sequel (or follow-up) in 1999 and the more recent (and seemingly pointless) television remake in 2002.
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