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Carrie

  • 1976
  • R
  • 1h 38m
IMDb RATING
7.4/10
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Sissy Spacek in Carrie (1976)
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Carrie White, a shy, friendless teenage girl who is sheltered by her domineering, religious mother, unleashes her telekinetic powers after being humiliated by her classmates at her senior pr... Read allCarrie White, a shy, friendless teenage girl who is sheltered by her domineering, religious mother, unleashes her telekinetic powers after being humiliated by her classmates at her senior prom.Carrie White, a shy, friendless teenage girl who is sheltered by her domineering, religious mother, unleashes her telekinetic powers after being humiliated by her classmates at her senior prom.

  • Director
    • Brian De Palma
  • Writers
    • Stephen King
    • Lawrence D. Cohen
  • Stars
    • Sissy Spacek
    • Piper Laurie
    • Amy Irving
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.4/10
    195K
    YOUR RATING
    POPULARITY
    1,112
    155
    • Director
      • Brian De Palma
    • Writers
      • Stephen King
      • Lawrence D. Cohen
    • Stars
      • Sissy Spacek
      • Piper Laurie
      • Amy Irving
    • 642User reviews
    • 201Critic reviews
    • 86Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Nominated for 2 Oscars
      • 5 wins & 9 nominations total

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    • Carrie
    Piper Laurie
    Piper Laurie
    • Margaret White
    Amy Irving
    Amy Irving
    • Sue Snell
    John Travolta
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    • Billy Nolan
    William Katt
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    • Tommy Ross
    Nancy Allen
    Nancy Allen
    • Chris Hargenson
    Betty Buckley
    Betty Buckley
    • Miss Collins
    P.J. Soles
    P.J. Soles
    • Norma
    Priscilla Pointer
    Priscilla Pointer
    • Mrs. Snell
    Sydney Lassick
    Sydney Lassick
    • Mr. Fromm
    Stefan Gierasch
    Stefan Gierasch
    • Mr. Morton
    Michael Talbott
    Michael Talbott
    • Freddy
    Doug Cox
    Doug Cox
    • The Beak
    Harry Gold
    Harry Gold
    • George
    Noelle North
    • Frieda
    Cindy Daly
    • Cora
    Deirdre Berthrong
    Deirdre Berthrong
    • Rhonda
    Anson Downes
    • Ernest
    • Director
      • Brian De Palma
    • Writers
      • Stephen King
      • Lawrence D. Cohen
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    • Trivia
      When Sissy Spacek was preparing for her character, she isolated herself from the rest of the ensemble, decorated her dressing room with heavy religious iconography and studied Gustave Doré's illustrated Bible. She studied "the body language of people being stoned for their sins," starting or ending every scene in one of those positions.
    • Goofs
      Stephen King's name is spelled "Steven King" in the trailer.
    • Quotes

      Margaret White: [referring to Carrie's prom gown] Red. I might have known it would be red.

      Carrie: It's pink, Mama.

      [presenting her corsage]

      Carrie: Look what Tommy gave me, Mama. Aren't they beautiful?

      Margaret White: I can see your dirty pillows. Everyone will.

      Carrie: Breasts, Mama. They're called breasts, and every woman has them.

    • Alternate versions
      The original network TV version opens with an alternate pan across the girl's locker room with most girls wearing at least bras and panties - Nancy Allen is naked but covers herself with a towel. There is a mid-scene dissolve and some brief additional slow motion in a sloppy effort to re-sync the soundtrack, because this shot was shorter than the original one. This alternate take of the shower scene was shot specifically for the network television version of 'Carrie'. Also notable during this sequence, the on-screen credits are white (instead of red) and centered on the screen. Most profanity, especially during the scene with John Travolta and Nancy Allen arguing while he is driving, is re-looped to remove bad language. However, alternate, non-profane takes are used when Travolta and Allen are stopped in a parking lot just before the oral sex scene (which of course is deleted). In recent years, this print of the movie has vanished from circulation.
    • Connections
      Edited into Squirm (1976)
    • Soundtracks
      Education Blues
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      Written by Glen Vance and Mike Towers

      Performed by Vance or Towers

      Courtesy of A&M Records

    User reviews642

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    8/10
    "Carrie" marked Brian De Palma's breakthrough
    It is a classic offbeat horror-melodrama merging harmoniously the family Gothic extravaganza, supernatural power, and a woman's movie of a peculiar kind… It remains the cinema's best adaptation of a Stephen King novel…

    The film initiated De Palma's inclination for surprise diverts between playful imagination and reality, as in the opening, which swifts from a soft-core porn fantasia of girls taking a shower in the locker room to the fact of Carrie's menstruation for the first time—the first sign of "otherness" that will reserve her as an horrifying monster from her small-minded colleagues…

    All the oppression that Carrie undergoes both at home (with a bible beating maniacal mother played by scary Piper Laurie who develops twisted bizarre ideas) and at school to suppress tension which takes the shape of super telekinetic power, the ability to move objects with the strength of her mind… We observe with ambivalence as Carrie's insatiable revenge jumps the line into uncontrolled mass murders ever filmed…

    Sissy Spacek is amazing as the mocked, helpless girl pushed over the edge… Her face and body twist like a living special effect to unleash her pent up rage, as well as her character's alarming progress from painfully shy high-school teenager to Angel of Vengeance
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    Details

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    • Release date
      • November 16, 1976 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official site
      • Facebook
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Керрі
    • Filming locations
      • 124 N 7th St, Santa Paula, California, USA(Carrie White's house, demolished)
    • Production company
      • Red Bank Films
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $1,800,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $33,800,000
    • Gross worldwide
      • $33,800,000
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 38 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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