I found hurstwoods decline from debonair maitre dhotel to a homeless tramp through his obsessive love for carrie jennifer jones excellent truly moving. Stephen kings bloody teen masterpiece has been updated but with few 21stcentury additions and fewer still original touches, writes peter bradshaw. Im not too keen on jennifer jones, i suspect selznick moved her career along much faster and further than it would have gone without his enormous clout. Costume design edith head, and best art direction hal pereira. Nov 28, 20 stephen kings bloody teen masterpiece has been updated but with few 21stcentury additions and fewer still original touches, writes peter bradshaw. This classic horror movie based on stephen kings first novel stars sissy spacek as carrie white, a shy, diffident teenager who is the butt of practical jokes at her smalltown high school. Nov 03, 2016 during the films denouement, carrie kills men and women, adults and kids, guilty and innocent alike with equal and indiscriminate ruthlessness. Dreisers clumsy, unwieldy prose is streamlined into a neat and precise screenplay by ruth and augustus goetz. Their renown as interior designers was wellestablished by 1952, when singin in the rain was released, so the appearance of a lovey mary 1926 poster in the film is both a genuine artifact of the silentfilm era and a contemporary injoke for the hollywood intelligentsia who saw the movie on its first release. Carrie is based on sister carrie, a novel by theodore dreiser. In a scene from the classic 1952 musical, reynolds, who died wednesday at age 84, dances in the kitchen, jumps on an ottoman, leaps onto a bench, skips down the stairs and. Oddly, the film was a commercial failure when it came out in 1951.
Find video, photos, forums, blogs and shop for some of. For my money, carrie is one of william wylers greatest films and one of laurence oliviers finest performances. Cohen, adapted from stephen kings 1974 epistolary novel of the same name. Carrie wasnt the only monster, her mother was a monster, her bullies. Yarrow cheney is an american production designer, visual effects artist, director, and animator.
Carrie 1976 is the first and bestknown adaptation of the stephen king novel carrie. With laurence olivier, jennifer jones, miriam hopkins, eddie albert. Recall that breasts are a trigger point in carrie early on. The film and the novel deal with a socially outcast teenage girl, carrie white, who discovers she possesses psionic power. Carrie 2, was released from 20th century fox home entertainment on october 7, 20, while on the same day, a reissue dvd containing newly commissioned artwork, as well as the firstever bluray release in the uk was made available from 20th century fox. She wasnt at first, but she gave in and became a monster herself. Carrie white spacek has spent her entire life as the town pariah, rejected by her peers and regularly abused by her. Irvings good girl, sue snell, visits a grave and a hand shoots from the ground. Mar 04, 2017 analysis of carrie mawr gorshin bullying, emotional abuse, horror movie, horror novel, literature analysis, psychoanalysis march 4, 2017 march 26, 2018 minutes carrie is a horror novel written by stephen king, his first published novel, which came out in 1974. Oct 16, 2016 one reason carrie is considered such an effective horror movie is its final two minutes, in which ms. Stephen kings carrie white sissy spacek is a lonely, withdrawn highschool student who is the object of ridicule because of her drabness and because of the influence of her mother piper lauriea religious zealot who has kept her in the dark about all things feminine. Yarrow cheney biography affair, married, wife, nationality, net worth married biography who is yarrow cheney. Turner classic movies presents the greatest motion pictures of all time from one of the largest film libraries in the world. She also has telekinetic powers tk, strong enough to kill anyone who hurts her, as the people of her town, fictional chamberlain, in maine, learn.
Maybe it would have more recognition as a classic adaptation if the title of theodore dreisers original novel, sister carrie, had been kept, which would also have avoided confusion with the horror film of the same name. Carrie contains a brilliant performance from sissy spacek. The rising tide of mccarthyism had hit hollywood so hard the studio was afraid to distribute a film showing american characters as immoral and, eventually, unsuccessful. 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. Get 50% off hundreds of family movies when you preorder on fandangonow today.
Jun 28, 2012 kendra, carrie may well be the best olivier film ive never seen ill have to find out for myself. Carrie horror film shot in mississauga neighbourhood the. Directed by william wyler, the film stars jennifer jones in the title role and laurence olivier as hurstwood. Oct 17, 20 chloe grace moretz and julianne moore star in kimberly peirces remake of the 1976 horror classic, based on the novel by stephen king. Carrie is a 1952 feature film based on the novel sister carrie by theodore dreiser. Girl with supernatural powers gets picked on, so she retaliates by using said powers. 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. Her blind panic at her first menstruation, a result of ignorance and religious guilt drummed into her by her fanatical mother, margaret piper laurie, only causes her classmates vicious cruelty to. Carrie is a 1952 drama starring jennifer jones and laurence olivier. Apparently the public did not want to watch such realistic tragedy so soon after ww2. The title character is a troubled teen, bullied by her high school classmates and abused by her christian fundamentalist mother. A dvd set, the carrie collection, consisting of both the original film, and the rage. When carrie experiences her first period in the gym shower, she is teased and humiliated.
Dec 28, 2016 in a scene from the classic 1952 musical, reynolds, who died wednesday at age 84, dances in the kitchen, jumps on an ottoman, leaps onto a bench, skips down the stairs and most impressively. His daughter, carrie ann schubert, took over management of the bakery although he retained ownership. Chloe grace moretz and julianne moore star in kimberly peirces remake of the 1976 horror classic, based on the novel by stephen king. Maybe it would have more recognition as a classic adaptation if the title of theodore dreisers original novel, sister carrie, had been kept, which would also have avoided confusion with the horror film of the. Film critics criticized the movie for sanitizing dreisers original story. Charles schubert, who began work there in 1952, acquired it in 1965. For the most part it is a well done film, generally interesting story, good art direction and costumes.
Jul 06, 2014 for my money, carrie is one of william wylers greatest films and one of laurence oliviers finest performances. Media in category carrie 1952 film the following 3 files are in this category, out of 3 total. One reason carrie is considered such an effective horror movie is its final two minutes, in which ms. Oct 18, 20 the latest carrie film isnt going to win the same accolades as the first one which led to oscar nominations for both spacek and piper laurie but its an entertaining and oftentimes competent update for anyone who isnt already, on principle, off put by remakes particularly ones that hew so close to the celebrated original. However, even though the films hit all the same beats, share character names, and even some dialogue, the 20 version isnt a total copy and paste job. Carrie is a horror novel written by stephen king, his first published novel, which came out in 1974. Like stephen mist, it wasnt the monsters in the fog that was the true monsters but the humans who tried to sacrifice children. He is best known for his works as a production designer in despicable me 2 20 and despicable me 2010 for which he received primetime emmy awards nominations. It has cheesy dialogue and all the effects that come with a tv movie, but bettis was phenomenal as carrie. While 1970s horror is a long way from 1950s romantic comedy. Early in the film, in the famous shower scene when carrie gets her period without knowing what it is, a classmate immediately whips out her cellphone, and then posts. Carries powers become apparent after her humiliation by her peers, teachers, and abusive mother. Carrie 1952 when beautiful young carrie meeber jennifer jones travels from her small hometown to chicago in the 1890s, she meets welloff traveling salesman charles drouet eddie albert on.
In 1950, vivien leigh and laurence olivier returned to hollywood after a 10year hiatus. Pino donaggio has well earned his place amongst the best composers for film, and was an inspired choice for this particular effort. This post is part of the william wyler blogathon currently hosted by the movie projector. Multimedia, videos, galleries, interviews, a must for any carrie fan. Her peers are unaware that she possesses telekinetic powers. A young girl from a provincial town learns the bitter reality of a big city and great love. Jorge j ocampo unpopular opinion, there is a 2002 made for tv movie adaptation of carrie starring angela bettis. Carrie and tommy win prom king and queen chloe grace moretz, ansel elgort by legolukey. Carrie is just a classic film with impeccable craftsmanship. The farm coyly hides behind images of porkers scampering in green meadows. The latest carrie film isnt going to win the same accolades as the first one which led to oscar nominations for both spacek and piper laurie but its an entertaining and oftentimes competent update for anyone who isnt already, on principle, off put by remakes particularly ones that hew so close to the celebrated original.
Search, discover and share your favorite carrie 1976 gifs. This girl carrie isnt another stereotyped product of the horror production line. Its also and this is what makes it so good an observant human portrait. Filming on carrie was completed in november 1951, at which point paramount left the film sitting on the shelf. Carrie is a horrifying look at supernatural powers, high school cruelty, and teen angst and it brings us one of the most memorable and disturbing prom scenes in history. During the films denouement, carrie kills men and women, adults and kids, guilty and innocent alike with equal and indiscriminate ruthlessness. Carrie original motion picture soundtrack pino donaggio. A nicely evocative score album that doesnt resort to the cliches of horror film scoring far fewer loud stings and far more thematic development than might be expected. William wyler directed the movie and he was worried that the original story may be too depressing in the movie. The scares are more like a helpless inability to help carrie through your screen. The film stars sissy spacek as carrie white, a 16yearold diffident teenager who is consistently mocked and bullied at school. Carrie sees estelle horan sunbathing topless, with her buxom breasts free in the open, and all hell breaks loose.
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