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Written by Bill Phillips and based on Stephen King's 1983 novel of the same name, the movie follows the changes in the lives of Arnie Cunningham, his friends, his family, and his teenage enemies after he buys a classic red and white 1958 Plymouth Fury named Christine, a car that seems to have a mind of its own and a jealous, possessive ...
Dec 9, 1983 · 1983. R. 1h 50m. IMDb RATING. 6.8 /10. 93K. YOUR RATING. Rate. POPULARITY. 2,608. 42. Play trailer 1:32. 4 Videos. 99+ Photos. Horror Thriller. A nerdish boy buys a strange car with an evil mind of its own and his nature starts to change to reflect it. Director. John Carpenter. Writers. Stephen King. Bill Phillips. Stars. Keith Gordon.
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- Horror, Thriller
- John Carpenter
- 1983-12-09
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- Sean Hutchinson
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- STEPHEN KING PITCHED THE MOVIE TO GET MADE. Producer Richard Kobritz helped adapt Stephen King’s novel Salem’s Lot as a TV miniseries in 1979, and the author asked Kobritz whether he’d be up for adapting any more of his works.
- JOHN CARPENTER SIGNED ON SIMPLY BECAUSE HE WANTED A JOB. Kobritz approached John Carpenter after the critical and financial failure of his 1982 adaptation of The Thing, which is now widely regarded as one of the filmmaker’s best.
- CARPENTER AND THE SCREENWRITER WERE STEPHEN KING VETERANS. Christine wasn’t Carpenter’s first foray into adapting the twisted mind of Stephen King. He was originally supposed to direct the adaptation of Firestarter, but was fired from the project because of the poor performance of The Thing.
- HORROR HITS AT THE TIME FORCED CHANGES TO THE SCRIPT. In King’s book, Christine is seemingly haunted by her former owner, Roland D. LeBay, who appears to mild-mannered nerd Arnie in the backseat of the car as a rotting corpse taunting the car’s new owner.
Summaries. A nerdish boy buys a strange car with an evil mind of its own and his nature starts to change to reflect it. In 1957, in Detroit, a red Plymouth Fury is built and is the cause of two accidents, one of them fatal, still in the assembly line.
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Dec 9, 1983 · Christine. Released. December 09th, 1983. Available Format (s) DVD / VHS. Director (s) John Carpenter. Writer (s) Bill Phillips. Producer (s) Columbia Pictures Corporation. Distributor (s) Columbia Pictures Corporation. The story takes place in 1978 in Rockbridge, California.
