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Epicurus.com - Christine (Special Edition)
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List Price: $14.94
Our Price: $9.99
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Manufacturer: Sony Pictures
Starring: Keith Gordon, John Stockwell, Alexandra Paul, Robert Prosky, Harry Dean Stanton
Directed By: John Carpenter
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Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Sony
EAN: 9781404948150
Format: Closed-captioned
ISBN: 1404948155
Label: Sony Pictures
Manufacturer: Sony Pictures
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Sony Pictures
Region Code: 99
Release Date: 2004-09-28
Running Time: 110
Studio: Sony Pictures
Theatrical Release Date: 1983-12-09
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An eerie, twisted love story of a teenager and his obsessively jealous 1958 Plymouth Fury —- as only Stephen King can tell it! Christine is a red and white 1958 Plymouth Fury who seduces 17-year-old Arnie Cunningham (Keith Gordon). She demands his complete and unquestioned devotion and when outsiders seek to interfere, they become the victims of Christine's horrifying wrath. This special edition is packed with added features. Starring Keith Gordon, John Stockwell, Harry Dean Stanton, Christine Belford. A Stephen King classic.
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Summary: Well I be darn another Stephen King adaptation done right
Comment: She can't (and won't) drive 55.... Stephen King's novel about the twisted love affair between a boy and his car gets transferred to the screen, courtesy of suspense master John Carpenter. Although lacking some of the more outré supernatural elements of the source material, this high-octane cinematic tune-up more than delivers the goods, horror-wise (Christine's midnight rampages will never be forgotten)--as well as being a sly exposé of the random cruelties within the high-school pecking order. Keith Gordon (who has gone on to become a stellar director in his own right, with films such as A Midnight Clear and Mother Night to his credit) gives a wonderfully controlled central performance.
Keith Gordon makes the most of the lead role as the nerdy Arnie who quickly becomes the disturbed owner of "Christine". Support cast, including John Stockwell, Alexandra Paul and Harry Dean Stanton have precious little to do, though Robert Prosky does a good job of being gross.
Carpenter's atmospheric original score is backed up by a well-chosen collection of rock classics, including George Thorogood's "Bad to the Bone" (the titular character's all-too-apt theme song). I don't know if anyone has mentioned this before, but the 50s music was interesting in that most of it came from artists who suffered untimely, tragic deaths....Buddy Holly and Richie Valens of course were killed in a plane crash at the height of their careers...Johnny Ace ("Pledging My Love") died playing Russian Roulette with a pistol....Larry Williams ("Bony Maronie") was killed in 1980 by a gunshot wound to the head; he had been involved with drug dealing for years and it was thought to be a gang execution....I think Dion was still alive at the time this movie was made("I Wonder Why"); I'm not sure about the rest of the Belmonts....
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Summary: Great Movie
Comment: I just watched this classic film last night for the first time ever. I have to say I LOVED it. I am def. going to buy this dvd in the near future, I HIGHLY recommend this movie to anyone who is a fan of classic horror and or Stephen King movies.
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Summary: EXTRAS & SPECIAL FEATURES AMAZON INSIST ON IGNORING
Comment: Commentary: A fine commentary track with director John Carpenter, and star-turned-director Keith Gordon.
Deleted and Alternate Scenes: 20 scenes of varying length. Runs to around 26 minutes and presented in the aspect ratio of the main feature.
Featurettes: There are three of these featurettes.
Interviews; with most of the principals: John Carpenter, screenwriter Bill Phillips, stars Keith Gordon, John Stockwell, Alexandra Paul, the producer, stunt co-ordinator.
Christine: Ignition 11 mins 52 secs.
Christine: Fast and Furious 28 mins 53 secs.
Christine: Finishline 7 mins 17 secs.
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Summary: excellent transaction
Comment: very happy with this movie. I saw it when it came out and now our Son loves it too. I wanted to get a better copy then the old VHS so that why i purchased a DVD versio. It is excellent..
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Summary: the return of Christine
Comment: I was re-reading the paperback, (with its excessive use of scotch tape) and decided to come and seek out the movie. The book was of course, phenomenal, and what made me laugh was the part where Darnell asks, "Where the hell do you buy HALF a grill?" because when they mentioned it, I wondered the same thing.
I kinda missed that in the movie. i would have loved to feel the anxiety of the car nuts KNOWING you can't buy half a grill.
I liked Darnell's and LeBay's characters in the movie, but in the book, they mentioned repeatedly that Darnell was smart enough to have been "in business" for a long time...so why would he go sit in the car after watching it pull into stall 20 driverless? Smart guys tend to operate on feel and instinct, not logic.
Also, most brilliant use of George Thorogood's "Bad to the Bone," possible. I vote it best title song since either "Casino," "Psycho," or (my personal favorite) "Cheech and Chong's Up In Smoke;" using War's "Low Rider."
If you like "flubs" in props, note Janet Lee's eye twiching twice at the shower scene conclusion, and in Up in Smoke, note the Ludwig Vistalite drums (ie, John Bonham, Karen Carpenter (blue set, no bottom heads on the doc "Remembering the Carpenters"--amazing jazz player!!!), and Keith Moon (clear set, no bottom heads in Carmine Appice's "Classic rock Drum Solos"--GREAT video--the BEST!) in the back seat with the drumhead on and off several times in the same shot.
For some reason, note the band arguing onstage in the latter, also.
In "the Blues Brothers," I noted the other night that Dan Ackroyd is singing on the track, but NOT at the show. Not to mention the drums on the track in several spots don't match the movie drummer.
The mall they drove through was the Dixie Square in Harvey Il, was closed two-three years before the movie, and is online was it is now at [...] which is a great well-documented site.
There's a worse case of drums not matching audio in the movie, "Auto Focus." Really, the worst case of mismatched audio music/drum to track drums/music I've ever seen...Also features a gorgeous maroonie-red '74 Lambo Espada. Which'd be worth watching the whole film for even if you hated it. But, no, it's still a good movie, and fun, like "Christine."
There's a bit of this phenom in "The Gene Krupa Story," which is THE movie to buy if you ever loved a drum part. It's forgivable, as Sal Mineo ("Rebel Without a Cause") was very good (as he'd have to be to fake Krupa), but the audio's Gene Krupa himself!!
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