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Overview

User Rating:
7.4/10   34,713 votes
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Director:
Brian De Palma
Writers:
Lawrence D. Cohen (writer)
Stephen King (novel)
Contact:
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Release Date:
3 marraskuu 1976 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama | Horror | Thriller more
Tagline:
You were warned never to push Carrie to the limits. Now you must face the evil consequences. more
Plot:
A mousy and abused girl with telekinetic powers gets pushed too far on one special night. full summary | add synopsis
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Awards:
Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 3 wins & 4 nominations more
User Comments:
"They're all going to laugh at you" more (385 total)

Cast

  (in credits order) (verified as complete)

Sissy Spacek ... Carrie White
Piper Laurie ... Margaret White

Amy Irving ... Sue Snell
William Katt ... Tommy Ross

Betty Buckley ... Miss Collins
Nancy Allen ... Chris Hargensen

John Travolta ... Billy Nolan

P.J. Soles ... Norma Watson
Priscilla Pointer ... Mrs. Eleanor Snell
Sydney Lassick ... Mr. Fromm
Stefan Gierasch ... Mr. Henry Morton
Michael Talbott ... Freddy DeLois
Doug Cox ... The Beak
Harry Gold ... George Dawson
Noelle North ... Freida Jason
Cindy Daly ... Cora Wilson
Deirdre Berthrong ... Rhonda Wilson
Anson Downes ... Ernest Peterson
Rory Stevens ... Kenny

Edie McClurg ... Helen Shyres
Cameron De Palma ... Bobby Erbeter - boy on the bicycle
rest of cast listed alphabetically:

Terry Bolo ... Bad Girl (uncredited)
Michael Towers ... Vance or Towers (prom band) (uncredited)
Glen Vance ... Vance or Towers (prom band) (uncredited)
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Directed by
Brian De Palma 
 
Writing credits
(in alphabetical order)
Lawrence D. Cohen  writer
Stephen King  novel

Produced by
Brian De Palma .... producer
Paul Monash .... producer
Louis A. Stroller .... associate producer
 
Original Music by
Pino Donaggio 
 
Cinematography by
Mario Tosi 
 
Film Editing by
Paul Hirsch 
 
Casting by
Harriet B. Helberg 
 
Art Direction by
Jack Fisk 
Bill Kenney  (as William Kenney)
 
Set Decoration by
Robert Gould 
 
Costume Design by
Rosanna Norton 
 
Makeup Department
Wes Dawn .... makeup artist (as Wesley Dawn)
Adele Taylor .... hair stylist
Ron Snyder .... makeup artist (uncredited)
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Donald Heitzer .... first assistant director
Bill Scott .... second assistant director (as William Scott)
Dick Ziker .... second unit director (as Richard Ziker)
 
Art Department
Gary Seybert .... property master
Michael Casey .... leadman (uncredited)
 
Sound Department
Lois Freeman .... assistant sound editor
Bert Hallberg .... sound mixer (as Bertil Hallberg)
David Rust .... boom operator
Dan Sable .... sound editor
Dick Vorisek .... sound re-recording supervisor
 
Special Effects by
Greg Auer .... special effects (as Gregory M. Auer)
Ken Pepiot .... special effects (as Kenneth Pepiot)
 
Stunts
Dick Ziker .... stunt coordinator (as Richard Ziker)
Janet Brady .... stunts (uncredited)
Glory Fioramonti .... stunts (uncredited)
Mags Kavanaugh .... stunt double (uncredited)
Mary Peters .... stunts (uncredited)
 
Camera and Electrical Department
Dustin Blauvelt .... first assistant camera (as Dusty Blauvelt)
Joseph Cosko Jr. .... second assistant camera (as Joseph Cosko)
Jim Dyer .... best boy grip (as James Dyer)
Gene Griffith .... key grip (as Eugene Griffith)
Joel King .... camera operator
Ken Miller .... dolly grip (as Kenneth Miller)
Joe Pender .... gaffer
Jerome L. Posner .... best boy (as Jerome Posner)
Dave Friedman .... still photographer (uncredited)
Wynn Hammer .... still photographer (uncredited)
 
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Agnes Lyon .... costumer
 
Editorial Department
Maria Iano .... apprentice editor
Michael Kirchberger .... assistant editor
 
Music Department
Michael Arciaga .... music supervisor
Natale Massara .... conductor
 
Transportation Department
Gary Littlefield .... transportation
 
Other crew
Wendy Bartel .... secretary to Mr. DePalma
James L. Carter .... production assistant
Angelo Corallis .... craft service
Dow Griffith .... location manager
Patricia Heade .... production secretary
Hannah Scheel .... script supervisor
Robert Sinclair .... auditor
 
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Additional Details

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Runtime:
98 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
Canada:R (Nova Scotia/Ontario) | West Germany:16 (re-rating) | West Germany:18 (original rating) | Portugal:M/16 | Finland:(Banned) (cut) (1978) | Finland:(Banned) (uncut) (1977) | Finland:K-16 (uncut) (1993) | Finland:K-18 (uncut) (1991) | Brazil:16 | South Korea:18 | Argentina:16 (re-rating) (2000) | Argentina:X (original rating) | Argentina:18 (re-rating) (1983) | Spain:18 | New Zealand:R16 | Australia:R | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:18A (Alberta) (2000) | Canada:PA (Manitoba) | Chile:18 | France:-16 | Iceland:16 | Netherlands:16 | Norway:15 (2000) | Norway:18 | Peru:18 | Singapore:M18 | Sweden:15 | UK:18 | USA:R (certificate #24688) | Ireland:18 | UK:X (original rating)
Filming Locations:
Culver City Studios - 9336 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA more
Company:
Redbank Films more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
The film that Tommy and Sue are watching on TV when Tommy agrees to take Carrie to the prom is Duel at Diablo (1966). more
Goofs:
Continuity: After Carrie is covered in blood, her crown disappears between shots. more
Quotes:
Carrie White: Tommy?
Tommy Ross: Yeah?
Carrie White: Why?
Tommy Ross: Why what?
Carrie White: Why am I here?
Tommy Ross: Because it's the prom.
Carrie White: Why am I here with you?
Tommy Ross: Because I asked you.
Carrie White: Why'd you ask me?
Tommy Ross: Because I wanted to.
[...]
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in "Medium: Mother's Little Helper (#3.7)" (2007) more
Soundtrack:
I'm Still On My Way more

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89 out of 124 people found the following comment useful.
"They're all going to laugh at you", 31 maaliskuu 2004
10/10
Author: Scott LeBrun from Winnipeg, Canada

Heartbreaking story, based on Stephen King's first full-length published novel, also the breakthrough film for director Brian DePalma. Sissy Spacek makes a lasting impact as Carrie White, an awkward and ostracized teenager whose classmates can't stand her merely because she's shy and "different". She is finally pushed over the edge at the climactic school prom, unleashing her telekinetic abilities in revenge.

One of the best Stephen King adaptations ever, certainly one of the saddest, most poignant, and bitter movies I've ever seen. I feel sympathy for Carrie White that I don't feel for a lot of movie characters. Overall, this story is enough to shock, appall, and move me, despite occasional goofy comic touches like the tuxedo shopping scene and the gym detention music. Spacek is both beautiful and wonderful, but it's not just her that shines - there's John Travolta, in his first major movie role, Amy Irving, P.J. Soles who would be in "Halloween" two years later, Betty Buckley, and a sexy Nancy Allen who would go on to become director Brian De Palma's wife (for a bit) as well as work for him a few more times.

Overall, it COULD have been more on the routine side but Spacek and composer Pino Donaggio's music really do help to make it stick in the memory. Of course, those 1970's styles and fashions just seem highly amusing to me now.

This marked the first time that Irving would work with her mother, actress Priscilla Pointer, and they've worked together numerous times since, with Pointer often playing the mother of Irving's character.

"Carrie" was followed by a 23-years belated sequel (or follow-up) in 1999 and the more recent (and seemingly pointless) television remake in 2002.

10/10

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