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Overview

User Rating:
5.7/10   7,429 votes
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Writers:
Stephen King (novel)
Stanley Mann (writer)
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Release Date:
11 May 1984 (USA) more
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Tagline:
She has the power . . . an evil destructive force. more
Plot:
A couple who participated in a potent medical experiment gain telekinetic ability and then have a child who is pyrokinetic. full summary | add synopsis
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Awards:
2 nominations more
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(8 articles)
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Above-average. more (67 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

David Keith ... Andrew 'Andy' McGee

Drew Barrymore ... Charlene 'Charlie' McGee
Freddie Jones ... Doctor Joseph Wanless

Heather Locklear ... Victoria 'Vicky' Tomlinson McGee

Martin Sheen ... Captain Hollister

George C. Scott ... John Rainbird

Art Carney ... Irv Manders
Louise Fletcher ... Norma Manders
Moses Gunn ... Doctor Pynchot
Antonio Fargas ... Taxi Driver
Drew Snyder ... Orville Jamieson

Curtis Credel ... Bates
Keith Colbert ... Mayo
Dick Warlock ... Knowles (as Richard Warlock)

Jeff Ramsey ... Steinowitz
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Runtime:
114 min | Germany:101 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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2.35 : 1 more
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According to director Mark L. Lester, Tangerine Dream never actually saw the film. They sent him some music and told him to choose whatever he liked. more
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Continuity: When Cap Hollister is first in the room with Charlie, the door behind him is open over his left shoulder after he had closed it. Then when the camera shot changes again the door is closed. more
Quotes:
Irv Manders: You men are tresspassin. Show me a warrant or get off my land.
Agent: We don't need a warrant.
Irv Manders: You do unless I woke up in Russia this morning!
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12 out of 18 people found the following review useful.
Above-average., 14 February 2002
7/10
Author: gridoon

Good special effects and a great cast make this film above-average, as Stephen King adaptations go (well, it's certainly better than "Maximum Overdrive"). The story may be a bit predictable, partly because King had visited similar territory before ("Carrie", anyone?), but you have to admire the way the film puts you into the action right from the start, omitting any slow introductions, and George C.Scott is such a strong, perverse and eccentric villain that you can't help watching him. (**1/2)

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