Carrie | |
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Credits | |
Title: | Carrie |
Director: | Brian De Palma |
Writers: | Lawrence D. Cohen |
Producers: | Paul Monash; Louis A. Stroller |
Composer: | Pino Donaggio |
Cinematography: | Mario Tosi |
Editors: | Paul Hirsch |
Production | |
Distributed by: | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
Released: | November 3rd, 1976 |
Rating: | R |
Running time: | 98 min. |
Country: | USA |
Language: | English |
Budget: | $1,800,000 [1] |
Gross: | $33,800,000 [1] |
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Carrie is an American feature film of the science fiction and horror genre. It is an adaptation of the 1974 novel Carrie by famed horror author Stephen King. The film was remade in 2002 as a television movie, and again in 2013 as a feature film starring Chloƫ Grace Moretz and Julianne Moore. Carrie was directed by Brian De Palma with a screenplay written by Lawrence D. Cohen. It was produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and released theatrically in the United States on November 3rd, 1976.
Cast[]
Actor | Role |
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Sissy Spacek | Carrie White |
Piper Laurie | Margaret White |
Amy Irving | Sue Snell |
William Katt | Tommy Ross |
John Travolta | Billy Nolan |
Nancy Allen | Chris Hargensen |
Betty Buckley | Miss Collins |
P.J. Soles | Norma Watson |
Priscilla Pointer | Mrs. Snell |
Sydney Lassick | Mister Fromm |
Stefan Gierasch | Mister Morton |
Michael Talbott | Freddy |
Doug Cox | The Beak |
Harry Gold | George |
Noelle North | Frieda |
Cindy Daly | Cora |
Deirdre Berthrong | Rhonda |
Anson Downes | Ernest |
Rory Stevens | Kenny |
Edie McClurg | Helen |
Cameron De Palma | Boy on bicycle |
Notes & Trivia[]
- The tagline to this film is "If only they knew she had the power". Another promotional tagline is, "If you've got a taste for terror... take CARRIE to the prom!"
- Production on Carrie began on May 17th, 1976. Principal filming concluded in July, 1976. [1]
- The town of Chamberlain was filmed in parts of Hermosa Beach, California. The white residence was filmed at 124 North 7th Street in Santa Paula. Ewen High School was filmed at Palisades High School in Pacific Palisades in Los Angeles. [2]
- The novel Carrie is Stephen King's first novel as a horror author. As such, the movie is also the first film adaptation of one of King's works.
- There are a total of twenty-one credited cast members in this film.
- There are a few coincidental connections between this story and the ABC Gothic soap opera Dark Shadows. Both stories take place in the 1970s (though Dark Shadows also took place in the late 1960s as well). Both stories take place in the state off Maine, and both involve characters with the surname of Collins. Actor Stefan Gierasch, who plays Mister Morton, will go on to play Michael Woodard in the 1991 Dark Shadows revival series. Actress Chloƫ Grace Moretz, who will play Carrie White in the 2013 remake of Carrie, also played Carolyn Stoddard in the feature film version of Dark Shadows by director Tim Burton.
- Priscilla Pointer is the mother of Carrie actress Amy Irving.
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References[]
- ā 1.0 1.1 1.2 IMDB; Carrie (1976); Box office & business.
- ā IMDB; Carrie (1976); Filming locations.
Keywords[]
1970s | Butcher knife | Chamberlain | Crucifix | Dead animals | Dreams | Electrocution | Head injuries | High school | Holy Bible | Impalement | Nightmares | Pigs | Resurrection | Smoking | Stabbings | Telekinesis