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Old 17th February 2013, 06:44 PM
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Haven't read the book myself. Any good?
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Old 17th February 2013, 07:40 PM
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Yeah,poor old John Stockwell,traumatised by a demonic car in his teens,he graduated to the Top Gun school and bottled out at the first sight of a red russian fighter plane....

Keith Gordon IMO deserved a far better spot in the limelight than he got.He was also very good in De Palma's Dressed To Kill and had a bit part in Jaws 2.He packed in the acting for directing,If I'm not mistaken.

The film also features a young Alexandra Paul,some years before she'd fuel teenagers fantasies in a red swimsuit in Baywatch.

The film also features Harry Dean Stanton as a detective,and from DERANGED,Ed Gein himself,Roberts Blossoms as the mysterious hermit who sells the car to Arnie.

One of the better translations from the paper of King to the screen.

Anyone else read the book?
I bottled-out of reading the book, it's too thick for my liking!

Keith Gordon is critically as a filmmaker - his directorial efforts include A MIDNIGHT CLEAR, MOTHER NIGHT and WAKING THE DEAD. I'm embarrassed to say I've not seen any of them but have owned the latter film for a while now.
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The first time i saw Christine?

That would be about six months ago. It was one of those films i'd just never seen, despite being a fan of John Carpenter's work. I just didn't find a killer car that interesting.

How wrong was i? I loved the film, everything i thought would be poor about the film was outstanding, especially the characterization and it turned out to be a tremendous couple of hours entertainment.

Oddly i've never seen Cujo either. It must be a Stephen King thing i guess.
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Old 17th February 2013, 07:57 PM
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When I was a kid, my cousin rented this out and I thought how lame is this gonna be, a killer car!? - I picked "Madman". But now, over the years I've come to love it, while I think Madman is kind of meh.
Not many directors could pull off such an absurd idea without it being a complete cheese fest, but Carpenter, helped by a great cast, manages to do so.
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Isn't Keith Gordon a director now?
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Old 17th February 2013, 08:23 PM
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Isn't Keith Gordon a director now?
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Old 17th February 2013, 08:32 PM
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Isn't Keith Gordon a director now?
Yeah, he's directed, amongst other things, A Midnight Clear, The Singing Detective, and episodes of Dexter.
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Yeah, he's directed, amongst other things, A Midnight Clear, The Singing Detective, and episodes of Dexter.
I'd forgotten about SINGING DETECTIVE, I've seen that.
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I'd forgotten about SINGING DETECTIVE, I've seen that.
I bought it on dvd when it first came out. Sold it without even watching it. Any good?
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Old 17th February 2013, 09:09 PM
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Read the book a couple of times, in my teens. Loved the book, thought the film was ok. I didn't like how Carpenter presented it as a 'killer car' - in the book it's more like a haunted house on wheels, with the first owners ghost having a lot more to do with the story.
The car is shown as evil from when it's on the production line, in the film. In the book it's haunted by an evil owner.
Still, not a bad film in its own right.
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