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Christine (1983)
Christine was directed by John Carpenter and is the big-screen representation of Stephen King's book of the same name. I like this film, I have always liked this film, and when I realized that it was available on DVD I bought it. I had the choice between the bog-standard DVD and the Collector's edition and it was the collector's edition that that I bought. To be honest, apart from the words 'Collector's Edition' on the box there isn't really that much difference between it and the standard DVD. There is a commentary by John Carpenter and Keith Gordon, 20 deleted scenes and 3 featurettes: Christine: Ignition Cast and crew talk about the film. Runs for 11 minutes. Christine: Fast and Furious is about the making of the film and runs for about 28 minutes. Christine: Finish Line runs for 7 minutes and explains how the music was chosen for the film. There is also a little more about the making of the film and some interviews with cast and crew. The film is very similar to the book: a boy buys a car that soon becomes an obsession and then a whole lot more. There are a few differences between the book and the film, though. For instance, in the book Arnie Cunningham buys the car from its owner, but in the film he buys it from the dead owner's brother. But none of the differences are worth mentioning here and they really don't matter. It's a great film. All of the cast are excellent in their roles and really make them their own. The car steals the show, of course, but my favourite character would have to Arnie (Keith Gordon). Arnie is a real nerdy looking kid at the beginning of the film, with arms flailing everywhere and an added gift for clumsy. He is brow-beaten by his parents and home and beaten by the bullies at school. What a dork! Then he buys Christine and as he rebuilds the car he seems to be rebuilding himself too. Gone are the glasses. Gone the flailing arms and ungainly walk. He dresses more smartly and is a new improved and more confident Arnie. But while things are improving for Arnie and his car, his family is falling apart and his relationship with his best friend, Dennis Guilder, seams to have taken a back seat. The
special effects in Christine are
very good, especially so for a film that was made back in the
eighties. The
Soundtrack
cast Keith
Gordon
... Arnie Cunningham Harry
Dean Stanton ... Rudolph Junkins David
Spielberg
... Mr. Casey Kelly
Preston
... Roseanne Bruce
French
... Mr. Smith
Christine (1983) Run time (feature): 1 hour 45 mins Aspect Ratio:2.35:1 Anamorphic widescreen Subtitles: English (hard of hearing), Arabic, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hindi, Italian, Norwegian, Swedish, Turkish Watch The Trailer
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is
excellent, as are the cast and the story. Everyone should see this film
at least once. I have seen it a lot more than that and must be into
double figures already.