Carrie (2002) (TV)

Director:

David Carson

Writers (WGA):

Bryan Fuller (teleplay)
Stephen King (novel)

Release Date:

4 November 2002 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Horror | Thriller

Tagline:

If you've got a taste for terror...take Carrie to the prom...

Plot:

Carrie White is a lonely and painfully shy teenage girl with telekinetic powers who is slowly pushed to the edge of insanity by frequent bullying from both classmates at her school, and her own religious, but abusive, mother.

Plot Keywords:

Prom | Teacher | Teenage Girl | Shower | Tampon

Awards:

2 nominations

Cast

Angela Bettis	...	Carietta 'Carrie' White
Patricia Clarkson	...	Margaret White
Rena Sofer	...	Miss Desjarden
Kandyse McClure	...	Sue Snell
Emilie de Ravin	...	Chris Hargensen
Tobias Mehler	...	Tommy Ross
Jesse Cadotte	...	Billy Nolan
Meghan Black	...	Norma Watson
Chelan Simmons	...	Helen Shyres
Katharine Isabelle	...	Tina Blake
David Keith	...	Detective John Mulchaey
Miles Meadows	...	Kenny Garson
Sean Tyler Foley	...	Lou Garson (as Tyler Foley)
Laurie Murdoch	...	Principal Morton
Michael Kopsa	...	John Hargensen

Also Known As:

Stephen King's Carrie (UK) (complete title)

Runtime:

132 min

Country:

USA | Canada

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Canada:13+ (Quebec) (video rating) | Canada:14A (Manitoba) (video rating) | Canada:18 (Nova Scotia) (video rating) | Canada:AA (Ontario) (video rating) | USA:TV-14 | Australia:MA

Filming Locations:

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Company:

MGM Television

Trivia:

Meghan Black wears a dress on the prom that looks the same as the one Julia Roberts wore on the 73rd Annual Academy Awards ceremony in 2001, the year she got her first award as the best actress in a leading role for Erin Brockovich (2000).

Goofs:

Factual errors: Stephen King's name is spelled "Steven King" in the opening credits and in the trailer. Exactly the same happened in the original Carrie (1976) so the director may have done it on purpose as a tribute to the original.

Quotes:

Tina Blake: Dude! Carrie's "Aunt Flo" is in town and she's freaking out!
Chris Hargensen: Are you serious?
Tina Blake: Yes! Come on!
Chris Hargensen: Oh my god!
[girls follow Chris and Tina to showers]
Girl in Locker Room: Did you get your period?
Girls in Locker Room: [chanting] Period. Period. Period...

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Charmed: Hyde School Reunion (#6.17)" (2004)

Soundtrack:

The Ballad of Johnny Alright

If you read the book, you know the remake was better.

I do not care how many of you read this and think "What a moron." Because I am not, I am right. Anybody can call themself a Stephen King fan because they've seen all his movies. Well, if you've never read his books then you're not a Stephen King fan, you're a horror movie fan. I read Carrie for the first time when I was 10 years old. It was the scariest, most f'ed up book I had read. (Remember I was 10, before Carrie I read Goosebumps and Freckle Juice) And my dad told me there was a movie. I had heard of it before, of course. So, I rented it. Sissy Spacek, Piper Laurie, and John Travolta were good, but the thing is they were the hottest stars at the time. Travolta was a teen hunk from Kotter and Sissy was your "girl next door" type. The original is a classic, I will never deny that. It's one of the best horror movies of the 20th century. Even though the acting was superb, Spacek wasn't the perfect Carrie, because she is pretty. Carrie was awkward and weird looking. Bettis is attractive, but in a creepy sort of way. Clarkson was a much better Mrs. White, because Laurie portrayed this wild, gospel radio type woman yelling out Christian nonsense. Mrs. White was described in the book as a insane woman with a sane face. Okay, let's be honest, Travolta sucked in Carrie. He was playing the role he ALWAYS did in the late 70s, a stupid, pretty boy. The guy that played Nolan in the remake portrayed him as a insane, extremely psychopathic. And Chris and Billy's relationship in the original wasn't as convincing. In the book, they were kind of a match made in heaven, they were both sadistic and cruel people. The only things I have to say about the original is Amy Irving was a better Sue, and the original Miss Desjardins was better too (the gym teacher). All in all I thought the remake of Carrie wasn't as classic as the original, but was more according to the book and they picked the characters well. 9/10