Firestarter

Firestarter is an American feature film of the science fiction genre with elements of horror. It is an adaptation of the 1980 novel Firestarter by author Stephen King. The movie was directed by Mark L. Lester with a screenplay written by Stanley Mann. It was produced by the De Laurentiis Entertainment Group and distributed through Universal Pictures. The movie premiered theatrically in the United States on May 11th, 1984. A sequel film, Firestarter: Rekindled, was made as a television mini-series and aired on the Sci-Fi Channel on March 10th-11th, 2002.

Firestarter stars Drew Barrymore as Charlene "Charlie" McGee with David Keith as her father, Andy McGee. The film co-stars Freddie Jones as Doctor Joseph Wanless, Heather Locklear as Vicky McGee, Martin Sheen as Captain Hollister, Art Carney as Irv Manders, and George C. Scott as John Rainbird.

Notes & Trivia

 * Firestarter (1984) redirects to this page.


 * Martha De Laurentiis is an associate producer on this film. She is credited as Martha Schumacher. She is the wife of Dino De Laurentiis and is co-founder of the De Laurentiis Entertainment Group, which was formed in 1980.