When the movie was released in one city in Australia, they found a local guy who had a ‘58 Plymouth Belvedere coupe in red and white (about as close to the film car Fury as possible), and while everyone was inside watching the premier, they got him to park it on the footpath outside, facing the front doors of the cinema so it was the first thing the viewers saw when they walked out.
I wouldn't say that necessarily but I'm not disagreeing with you It was completely badass. I'm sitting here watching it on RUclips on my phone and it is still an awesome movie. Nice to see somebody that appreciates the same type of stuff that I do
@Thomas F According to an interview with the lead special effects guy, they used hydraulic rams to suck the car in on itself and then ran the film in reverse. Also interesting is the scene where Christine crushes Moochie Welch into the loading dock, he revealed that the front fenders for that car were made out of rubber.
For better or worse, _Christine_ changed my life. I was 18 when I first saw the movie in 1988. I became obsessed with American cars, began collecting, and eventually moved to USA in 2007 so that I could pursue collecting.
Wow man! I’m here to salute you 👍 I watched it as a child in 1992. And yes it shaped my love for cars. To this day I’m always looking around for my next Christine. Glad to know it shaped others in a certain way
I LOVE Christine. Thank God they didn't have CGI effects back then. Carpenter did a terrific job making it all look very believable. The reverse footage effects look really smooth and it works to perfection. Also, the continuity of the car damage and self repair scenes are perfect. Carpenter & the editor didn't drop the ball anywhere. It's perfect.
@@Neilapolitan08 Yes I know. That's why I said, thank God they didnt have CGI back then. I'm 51 yrs old. I rem when CGI first got big with Jurassic Park. But most of my faves movies are still pre CGI. Some CGI is good but there's still a fakeness to it. You're eyes know it's not reality.
@@t-boog2173 they did an awesome job with the effects back then with this movie. I find cgi movie effects these days hard to watch. You're totally right on that point. Although if it's a cartoon style movie its more bearable and the characters can be highly expressive.
While I appreciate the effects, there are some continuity errors. The most noticeable one is the first time Arnie sees Christine repair herself. In the wide shot before the repair, although the car is smashed up, the grille is straight. In the close-up a few seconds later, the grille is completely smashed in before it repairs itself.
Christine’s killing isn’t random. She kills the people who hurt Arnie or who threaten their love. Its one of the things that makes the book and movie interesting. At our core we can understand her emotion and reasoning even if steps she takes to protect herself and Arnie are too extreme. I mean who isn’t a little happy when the bully punks get their comuppens? We can relate to the characters arnie and christine. We both like them and fear them.
You are right Vernon. Christine only wanted to hurt people whom did not want to respect her as an old car, or hurt her. The important thing to remember is it took a little while, to make friends with Arnie, because she did not love Arnie back, for a short while. Also, what we have to remember about the rock 'n' roll era is, most of the fights with the Teddy Boys, with anyone else whom wasn't, were started by other cult music people, whom started a fight with them.
I love this book and the movie as well. Remember going to see this at the drive in. I feel that this is a love story. Car loves boy and won’t let anyone get between them. I have always named my vehicles. My wife thinks I’m crazy but I feel they have a “ personality”. My youngest daughter has picked up the same thing, she has name her little Saturn.
If it's not random then why did she kill Arnie at the end? He was extremely devoted to her and only her. Arnie didn't love Lea he loved christine. And why did she kill Darnell what was her reasoning behind that?
"Don't get any on the seats, she hates that." This deleted line by Arnie references the opening scene where the factory man flicked cigar ash on Christine's seat (rejecting her). Possibly a reference to LeBay's daughter too; she died in the car, choking to death, spewing and spluttering painfully. Think Leah at the drive-in, too. At any rate, Christine likes her interior clean, damnit. LOL
Seatbelts didn't come from the factory in 1958, they were a dealership option. Most buyers back then didn't go for them; they preferred using the extra cash for more performance-orientated options.
Said the same myself as well. Wasnt a requirement, federally, until 63 in cars. Had to add them to register my 58 in NY, as they were required after Sept of 57, in cars in that state. (Grandfather joined the NYSP in 50, and still had his VTL nooks from.then to 77, when he retired. ) Wife's 47 Checker Cab was made in April 57, and didn't have, or need them. We still run it without.
I felt "Christine" was a love story. A sick and twisted love story between Arnie & Christine. Arnie fell in love with Christine, at first sight. Christine reciprocated his love and protected Arnie. "Let me tell you a little something about love, Dennis. It has a voracious appetite. It eats everything. Friendship. Family. It kills me how much it eats. But I'll tell you something else. You feed it right, and it can be a beautiful thing, and that's what we have."
yes it is ... that is what it is about ... sadly the younger generation that do reviews on movies from before they were born or before they made it to double digits in their life are useless as they have no idea what the times were like nor understood what the movies were about .... originally christine was billed as a love story and horror/ thriller ... not some killer maniac car as modern reviewers would have you believe ... this movie is from a time when muscle cars and motor heads truly loved their cars more than the girls they tried to pick up with them ... that was where the story premise came from.
I just got done watching Christine for the first time... And it's now one of my favorites. So good. And what a stunning car. OMG! And I for one, LOVE the music she played. ❤️❤️
I just love Christine. It holds up, like a fine wine... still makes me grimace, and puts goosebumps on my arms.. Last Halloween I was watching it and I was just at the end when a friend knocked on my door. I jumped. Christine is a fantastic film!
I disagree. Any good insurance company would charge a very high rate if they did any calculations regarding risk versus reward, what with the whole death and dismemberment of everyone ever insured to drive the car. Geico would have had to pay a shitload of money to Arnie’s parents in the end.
I like to imagine that Christine legitimately loved Arnie. Especially how we see her give a moment of silence when he dies in front of her, almost like she is taking a moment to cry, then tries to avenge him which ends in her own destruction.
@@outpost31737 everyone misses that...the car didn't grieve anyone, the car was Roland Lebay and he was setting up to posses Arnie. He/it was dumbstruck when its plans dissolved in an instant and then it went into a blind rage....not for Arnie but for itself.
Here's a couple more fun facts. Christine was a Belvedere with the Fury trim package. Plymouth made the Fury it's own model a few years later. The engine in Christine was the 350 Golden Commando, Chryslers first big block wedge which evolved into the 361, 383, 413, 426, and 440. 58 Belvedere, Fury's were only available in Buckskin Beige, not red. The opening seen of the movie shows this. The 318 wide block with dual quads was also available in the Belvedere. At the time this movie was released, the Plymouth Fury was still available as a four door sedan, often used as police cars with the 360 V8.
I loved some of the extra fun facts you shared !!!! please, I would love to know more, im a huge fan and many of the times, people has more info than the internet lol
It is unfathomable to me, to think that Stephen King and John Carpenter both were disappointed with the results of the movie...I saw it on the first weekend of it's release in 1983 , with a bunch of gear head friends of mine, and we all were blown away how great the movie was...the music score was spot-on during the revenge scenes , which by themselves, were worth the price of admission alone...I absolutely loved that movie, and can't see how it didn't fair better at the box office.
I could have sworn that the car did a have seatbelts. There is a scene in either the movie or the book where Leigh get coked by the seatbelt from a jealous Christine.
You probably wouldn't have seatbelts in a 58. My father's 57 Pontiac Star Chief has 2 lap belts in the front only but his 51 Kaiser and 58 Pontiac Bonneville don't have any. There's so much metal in those old cars, short of driving into building, you're probably pretty safe. The beginning scene where the guy gets his hand crushed in the hood always creeped me out because I know how heavy they are.
I read Christine when it was released in paperback in late fall of 1983 when I was in high school. A unique thing about this Stephen King book is that it is written in three parts. The first and third part are told in the first person by Arnie’s friend Dennis. The second part of the book is written in the third person, which begins just after Dennis is seriously hurt in a football game, and ends up in the hospital, separated away from Arnie, his girlfriend Leigh, and of course, Christine. Christine might have had something to do with Dennis’s football injury, and the book switches back to the first person when Dennis leaves the hospital, and with the help of Leigh, they try to find out what happened to Arnie, and why he’s changed so much. I really liked John Carpenter’s movie adaptation of the book.
Stephen is not as talented as his fame makes him appear. Watch Twilight Zone. Many of his stories come from that. I think Christine, The Dark Half, Rose Red, and a few others might actually be his own.
Not gonna lie, since reading the book back in the eighties, I always pat my car’s dash and tell her she did a good job when we get home. Just in case...
I disagree with your analogy. Christine made Arnie a tough guy to be reckoned with. She gave him confidence & self respect. But his nosy friends & others kept sticking their "UNWANTED" noses into Arnie & Christine's business, they earned their ghastly demises! Christine is the ONLY film that I left the cinema angry as Hell!!! I was pulling for Christine!!!
damn i have to brough up facts by myself first:she never had some kind of killing spree no it was just avenging her damage if you watched the film you will notice christine never killed anyone who didnt touched /damaged / or tried to drive her in fact if the christine killed you it was ALWAYS your fault at the end arnie got killed by mistake christine was atacking other two and why she kills him she litterally starts to apologize in the film christine never killed anyone if she hadnt a reason so saying like they had some kind of killing spree is a bit off if you say it sounds they didnt have any reason to kill anyone or they did it just for fun not i was basically an revenge/self protection
I think the deleted scene with Dennis and Leigh actually would have worked if Christine had rolled up behind them with the blacked out windows. Then when Dennis and Leigh notice Christine and turn around, Christine drives away slowly, leaving you wondering if Arnie was there or not.
@@Maples01 I have never read the book, but as far as the movie is concerned, with the exception of the first guy that has the hood close on his hand, I still don't know why Christine did that, all of the people Christine went after had wronged Arnie or her at some point. Anybody that has ever had a car vandalized can relate to wanting to kill those people.
Was at the local video store as a teenager looking for something to rent and, admittedly, only picked it up because my name is Christine lol. Knew nothing about it, wasn't a horror fan but thought, eh, why not. Watched it and absolutely loved it!
The deleted scene with Dennis and Arnie in the parking lot with Leigh was in the book. It adds a whole other level of tension, since Dennis, who narrates most of the book, does feel guilty for falling for his best friend’s girl.
The whole time I was listening to the critique of that scene I'm saying to myself "tell me you've never read the book without telling me you've never read the book".
@@misuseofpower just because the scene was in the book doesn't mean it doesn't deserve to be critique i agree that it would have made the characters unlikeable
@@homermontana2392 The critique came off like he couldn't even understand where the scene was coming from. Like it or hate it, the Leigh/Dennis/Arnie triangle and Dennis/Leigh falling in love were kind of a big part of the story. I don't think anyone really "liked" how it went down. Hell, Dennis even addresses it within the story multiple times (as stated in the above comment). That scene in particular was pretty pivotal as it was pointed out in the book that they hadn't become targets of LeBay/Christine yet because up to that point neither of them had done anything unforgivable to Arnie.
This is more of a criticism of the critic. Books are not movie scripts. When making adaptations changes have to be made for a variety of reasons. I think the change for the movie was for the best. It changed the dynamics, but I don’t think it was a bad change. It made the movie and book different. I don’t think the Dennis/Leigh subplot would have worked in a 90 minute movie.
If it’s Lebay haunting the car, why is the car already giving Deniss bad vibes? He even thinks he hears it talking to him, and dreams about it. All before Lebay has passed away?
meatybeatybignbouncy I know I did! Ah..a time when King was King and you could still see a new John Carpenter film in the theatre..those were the days..
Sadly those Times are over but now we have self driving Cars. Time to get an old Plymouth to discreetly equip it with that Stuff. There are some who will remember that kind of Car and maybe freak out if it really drives itself. Just pretend that the Book was based on a true Story and now You are the Owner.
I've always loved this movie. I'm currently the proud owner of a '58 Ford Edsel, about as close as I'll ever get to a '58 Fury for a long time, lol. And of course as a tribute to Christine, I've decided to name her Chrissy. Luckily the only thing I really need for the car currently (aside from a few engine parts) is a matching dashboard radio and a battery
Iker Casillas I know right! At the end when the car moved. I yelled out: "It Moved, It Moved there's gonna' be a Christine 2." The fact that they didn't make another one was so disappointing.
"Don't get any on her seat she hates that" might imply that Christine had a history and it was conveyed to her new owner... That's my take on this scene.
The previous owner's daughter and wife died in Christine. The daughter probably messed around in the car, like kids do. And I think Christine killed the wife out of jealousy. Like when Leigh chokes at the drive in.
Arnie loved Christine so maybe he was doing stuff when he was in the car (her). I haven't read the book yet but I've read a lot of books by King. i wouldn't be surprised if something like that was going on in the book.
Christine was another adaptation of a Stephen King novel like "The Shining" that differed in many ways from the book, but was a solid movie of its own. Many SK adaptations were terrible, but those two were a kind of alternate version of the books that were well-made with "The Shining" obviously being a classic.
Regarding your point @ 10:21 - actually we know Arnie wasn't driving during Christine's killing sprees, because when she returned to Darnell's garage, old Darnell himself opened the driver's door and it was empty - and Arnie was out in Darnell's Caddy. Thanks for making these videos.
Wow! Fancy meeting my friend and fav odd person here! I know I'm late. Oh well. Hi Oddie! I have SO many SK books. Collected them for more than 30yrs. This one has a special place in my heart. Idky King and Carpenter didn't like it other than the money part haha. Best interpretation of one of his books IMHO. See you on your channel soon!✌😈🚘
@@66cuda Carpenter's film is actually more plausible. In the book Christine is running into houses-which is blamed on Columbians Darnell was doing coke deals with.
I love the opening sequence of the movie...great song...great sequence. Sets the tone well. One of best Carpenter films made...and one of the best films of a King novel.
I was 4 when this movie came out, saw it when I was around 5 or 6. It left a big impression on me. There was a greaser/gear head that lived across the street that loved this movie. I ended up rewatching it for the first time a couple nights ago and was surprised at how well it held up. I shouldn't have doubted anything from 80's John Carpenter, despite some of the negativity from other reviewers. I really hope they go through with that Doctor Sleep style sequel that is being rumored.
I was 2 when I first saw it and I've seen it a total of over 1,000 times but I do have to admit that over 900 of those were before I turned 10. I'm 40 now.
@@28Pluto I've read plenty of books. While the movie Christine is my favorite movie, the book is far better. In fact, Christine is in the book It on page 911, at least on paperback. In high school, I had to read A Wizard of Earthsea and Ender's Game. I wound up reading both entire collections, which is over a dozen books together. Ender's Game has a 3 book prequel while it has 4-5 books by itself and it spun off into 4-5 more about the character Bean. I've read a lot of the Mitch Rapp books by Vince Flynn(I think). The Vampire books by Anne Rice. How much more should I have read? I feel like I've read plenty, though I could read more. I haven't read in 3-4 years.
I love the way the movie started with Christine's birth at the assembly plant! I'm an automotive assembly line worker and we joke about certain cars that have that Christine type of attitude lol
i have never seen this movie ( and have no plans do so because im not into horror films ect. no reasons to give myself a fright or gory nightmares ) but i like old morpars so of course it comes up in my friend circles of mechanics/engineers. that and the jimmy dean's little basterd / France ferdnan dukes 1911 ride / unsolved mysteries i guess its kinda like listening to ghost / paranormal stories ( not that im into believing most of it because science / reasonable logic has the answers to it most of the time ) well id kinda agree with your statement. i may have had one of those cars but it was a Cadillac ( i got good at working on the same make and model but not always the same vin tag so this one car stands out as being different and difficult to deal with ironic that i got suck with the car/bills o well i guess in someways it's better than a paying costumers ride ps. btw more than 3 👨🔧 before / after me gave up tying to tame that one so glad i knew when to quit ) and a horsepower branded tractor that trying killing and maming more than once so which car line James if you don't mind me asking did you notice that are "possessed" and btw as someone down the line i got to know which ones someone cared about assembly /making it right and or had fun finding "innocent easter eggs 🥚" like the inside of my personal work trucks oe doors i guess some line workers autographed it in st. louse mo usa
@@twistedyogert im not sure what you're asking me but my involvement with hood-laches is mostly with the back of my head mostly with b-body mopars or something similar that should come with a warning ⚠️ 😂 because im so tall and it's kinda my fault
@@twistedyogert its that awful designed safety hood hook o im sorry i meant laches that gets me when i stand back up all the way and forget it's there to get tools from my toolbox
@@kenyafleming9584 yeah and we just fucking look past that obvious fact and suspended our disbelief because Newton John and Travolta were so fucking hot...
The first deleted scene is actually in the book, as is the second scene. It just shows that Dennis and Arnie had a very complicated relationship, especially as Christine's hold over Arnie increases. Leigh and Dennis do have a relationship in the book which continues years after Arnie dies.
And of course at the end until the epilogue we expect them to marry and ride into the sunset. But as Dennis says she moved away and married a guy who drove a Honda Civic (not exactly flash in 83; good line)
@Aussie Furby/Mogwai Fan At the end of the book, it is about five or six years later. Dennis tells us that she marries a chap who drives a Honda Civic, a nice safe car, and he is alone but moved away. He had, from time to time, tried to contact the inspector unsuccessfully, and his final comment regards an unusual incident that killed someone. The inspector? I cant recall. However, he closes wondering if Christine has come back and is moving across the country, killing all who opposed her. King may have been considering a sequel.
On Arnies weird line "dont get any on the seat She hates that" possibly the previous owner who shot himself in her. Or the clip from the factory worker in to opening scene.
Christine is one of the few stories where the movie is better than the book. I definitely agree with you about the deleted scenes. Thanks for this video. Keep up the good work.
@Dave Iaucco Chachi as anyone but Chachi is horrible casting. Did you see him in Arrested Development as Bob Loblaw? He was cast as a kind of inside joke with the connection to Ron Howard and Henry Winkler, but even with the gibberish name, he wasn't even the slightest bit funny on a very funny show.
Truthfully, the 1958 Plymouth Fury wasn't available in red. Most of the cars they used in the movie were Belvederes or Savoys. I think Stephen King went with the Fury because it more menacing.
Christopher C: Well, They called Lucas the "Prince of Darkness" for a reason.. And whats more terrifying then that? MILLER electrics.. I'm sweating already just mentioning it. Your know what they say about Miller: "LIGHTS OUT *SS OUT.." haha
Oh trust me, I know! My father traded an MGB GT toward a Fiat 124 because he figured the Fiat would be more reliable... When he traded in the Fiat for a Toyota Hilux truck he swore he'd never go back to British or Italian again.
Just finished reading the book for the second time in twenty years. I think that deleted scene should have stayed in the movie. It’s such an important part of the book/story. Leads to the endgame just perfectly. Plus in a way both Leigh and Dennis do doublecross Arnie. Hey, it is a realistic teenage story. Anyway, great video as always, love all your work!
A great little movie!! So glad it's not forgotten...thanks in part to things like this. About the darkened windows..I really liked the idea that Christine drove around at night by herself, taking care of business. Now I fancy watching it. Thanks Minty
Even though you dislike the scene, the scene where Dennis and Leah make-out in Dennis's car only for Arnie to show up is actually in the book, but I feel King did an actual good job at showing an internal struggle of anger and care that Dennis has for Arnie, as well as guilt over his betrayal. I do think that it would be difficult to work those in the movie though, so maybe it was better that that scene was removed from the film adaptation.
It seems Dennis has a love/hate relationship with Arnie. Like the jock who only befriends the nerd because he feels sorry for him NOT because he actually likes him.
When I was seventeen, there was a used car dealership a couple of miles from my home that sold antique cars and one of them was a 1957 Plymouth Savoy. I had just gotten my drivers license and was saving up for a car. After seeing Christine on TV I wanted that Savoy SO much. I kept my eye on it for months and from what I remember it stayed there for well over a year before someone overseas brought it. Although I was disappointed, I did end up getting a red 1967 Chevy Nova.
I can relate a little while back about 15 years or so The actual 1958 Plymouth fury that was Christine came up for sale in some kind of car magazine If I would have had another couple of thousand dollars I would have bought it just to see the look on my dad's face when I drove up in that car. It took everything I could not to get a loan to do that it would have been a bad thing at the time and then hurricane Katrina hit so I would have lost it anyway so it was the right decision but I can totally relate to what you said
I am 47 yo and a HUGE old car buff/builder/restorer and owner (mostly Tri-5 Chevys, GM 60s Musclecars) and am a HUGE CHRISTINE movie and car fan as well, since it debuted on VHS tape and I was 10 yo and seen the movie literally dozens upon dozens of times! Lol. Outta ALL the car shows, people I know in old cars, but also coming from the Midwest? I have ONLY see ONE 1958 Plymouth Belvedere/Fury 2 dr hardtop IN MY LIFE in person. It was at the big Goodguys Car Show BACK when they USED to come to Kansas City Raceway over 10 years ago. I was REALLY surprised though to see how many that ARE still left out there in the world (considering) from belonging to CHRISTINE facebook groups/57-58 Plymouth Restoration FB groups. But yeah, THEY ARE SUPER RARE CARS TO FIND, NO DOUBT! And..? ONE of the MOST CLASSIEST GORGEOUS examples of the later 1950s AMERICAN MADE BIG 3 auto producers......
I didn't view it as such for many years, but as I get older and watch the film.. this is my opinion exactly! she's a jealous woman doing what any insanely jealous woman would do.
She’s a woman in love with her man! She was jealous but that was the least of her motives, she primarily protects Arnie. Many women will risk life and limb for their man (not sure why since many aren’t worth putting their life on the line) or to have one especially considering the era she came from (late 50’s). She killed more people who weren’t romantic conflicts for her. She killed that gang of kids, she killed that Darnell at the garage, she killed that little girl years earlier.
One of my top 5 King books (bought the paperback when it was released...the first book I bought new on my own...I was 12) and a competent Carpenter chiller. Always had a soft spot for this one. Cheers!
I loved this movie as a kid. My mom turned me onto king at a early age I have every book he has written on hardback. In 1983 I was 10 years of age and loved horror movies
Wow!! Same with me!!! They had a contest back then to win a Christine...and me and my mom filled out probably 100 5 x 7 index cards and mailed them in!
I was on the set of Christine and watched as they blew up the gas station. One of my photos of the explosion was set to be the movie one-sheet, when disaster struck. One of the cameras was destroyed in the explosion and the other footage was over-exposed. Therefore, they under-played what was to have been a more epic version of the explosion. Oh well. I still have the stills of the explosion as well as shots of the car, Carpenter and also, his director's chair (with Carpenter standing nearby talking to his AD.) Good times in Santa Clarita. Oh, here's another tidbit. The garage was built specifically for the movie. Back in 1982, it was an onion field. Now, it's a housing tract.
I kind of wished they gave him some makeup to make it look like he had acne tbh. in the book that was one of the main reasons he got bullied, and I could easily sympathise with him as I had horrible acne until I was 19
@@sasquatchbong955 He was 22 when the movie was made. I remember the acne mentioned in the book. I had it too when I read the book. Regardless, he was perfectly cast. I really doubt anyone could have done a better job. All the other actors, while good, could have been done as well by other good actors. Keith MADE this movie. He was great in Dressed to Kill and Jaws as well. I always wondered why he didn't do much more.
Ehhh, still shoulda said "CUNTINGHAM" on his lunch so big bad Buddy and crew wouldn't had to hassle him! LOL! I get such a kick outta Buddy ( being Buddy) and STILL having to have ALL his badazz buddy friends to pick on ONE poor little kinda nerdy guy like Arnie! Yeah, YOU go Buddy Repperton! REAL badazz...LOL!
Always had older kids that failed and had to held back in order to pass requirements to move to the next grade. Usually, it was the rebels, with little parental guidance. “Sweat-Hog” types.
Speaking of Halloween and Christine being in the same universe: I used to think all these movies happened in my city or close to it as a child. You see, Close Encounters of the 3rd kind started in Muncie, Indiana. A city just about 40 minutes away from me. In Christine, the teens wore red letter jackets with a huge "R" on it. Just like the teens here! I really thought they were going to Richmond High School! I grew up scared as shit I was going to see a crazy killer car, an alien ship, or a crazed masked killer. Which in some ways was freaking awesome!
SL, when I was young I did NOT read. My attitude was that if a story was worth telling, Hollywood would make a movie. Then my senior year in high school, I came home the night before Thanksgiving and was faced with a 4 day weekend. On the table was a paperback copy of CHRISTINE that my mother had just gotten and left because she had other books to finish first. I picked it up and read the review blurbs, then sat down with it at the table. I figured I'd read a page or two of the intro and never touch another filthy, dirty, germ-infested sheaf of papers ever again. I ended up finishing the introduction. I then stood up and went into the living room. I kicked off my shoes, turned on the end table lamp, and kicked back on the couch. I read a hundred pages that night. I read a hundred pages a day until I was done, finishing up Sunday evening about six thirty. Christine (and Stephen King) changed my life. I'd never known the power of the written word until that November night in 1983. Funny thing, I'd met King at a convention in Saint Louis the year before and gotten his autograph for my mother and sister who were both hardcore King fans. I hated the move when it was released the following month. It had little in common with the book. Today I look upon it as a fun popcorn movie. But I'd like to see a 6 hour 3 part mini-series made for HBO or even NETFLIX. And I'd like to see everyone die the way they died in the book.
@Minty... - Great production but you missed the most important point, so here it is. Number 11: In the book, Christine was a 4-door sedan. I excitedly read the book when it was released in 1983 then rushed to see the movie when it debuted and was shocked to see that Christine was instead a sleek 2-door. This alone gave the book quite a darker perspective since there was nothing sexy or alluring about Arnie's bright and shiny, but still old, 4-door sedan version of Christine. Cheers from Thailand!
Its probably based more on the golden eagle,which apparently if you mess with hom/her you die heck a kid just TOUCHED it and he does a manslaughter and burned his parents house,and now it kills around 32 people and wendy remantle it
Started listening to this channel for awhile now. Great video!!!! I love this movie dude! I even use the word shitter a lot because of it. I fell in love with so much from this movie. John Carpenter. The actors and actresses. The music. The scene for scene amazing piece of art. Truly magnificent. Anyway amazing video thank you!
At 15:00 when you are making fun of the fact that Arnie wasn't wearing a seatbelt, I can tell you are young or haven't been around classic cars much. Seat belts didn't make a widespread appearances in cars in the united states until the 1960's. Sure they where offered in the very late fifties ('58 & '59) as options and as standard in imports like Saab's and Volvos. The truth is, most cars didn't have them. Especially in 1957 when the plymouth fury was made.
Nash in 1949 and Ford in 1955 offered seat belts as options, while Swedish Saab first introduced seat belts as standard in 1958. After the Saab GT 750 was introduced at the New York Motor Show in 1958 with safety belts fitted as standard, the practice became commonplace. In 1968 by law all cars had to have seatbelts.
I miss my 59 Chevrolet pickup 56 Ford f100 1960 C10 no seatbelts in nether one... I've been pulled over and the cop asked why I wasn't wearing a seatbelt...I tell them because they didn't have seatbelts in them when I bought them..cop said here is a warning ticket next time I pull u over and you don't have seatbelts in them I'm writing you a ticket...i never put seatbelts in them....it makes cops mad when they tell you to do something and you don't do it and get away with it...
when i was just listening to the opening music here, i realized how he uses similar melodies or what have you throughout his works, like this music sounds similar to parts of the movie prince of darkness ! and vampires sounds similar to escape from la, michael myers sounds similar to...halloween hahahaha
Wow. You are totally correct about that deleted scene with Leigh and Dennis kissing. Completely, utterly wrong for the movie. This is one of the best examples I have seen of a deleted scene whose omission was completely necessary. You are totally on point about how the scene completely changes the characters of Leigh and Dennis and undermines their heroism and compassion. Whoever chose to ommit it made an excellent choice.
Have to agree, and disagree with the video maker. The mass changes, taking it from an obsession/haunted car to the 'just effing evil car' idea totally changed the dynamic of the book, and to me showed the limitations of Carpenter as a filmmaker. Christine's written as a book about teenage rebellion still, about the unloved and shunned suddenly having the 'key' to power. But he still carries the hate, the anger, inside him. That's classic teenage angst, and would make a great movie in and of itself. And the subplot between Dennis and Leigh just add to it, and make the characters both imperfect, heroic, and relatable.
In the book that scene is there... by that time Arnie is so far gone he wasnt coming back... he was completely taken over by lebay... I understand carpenter's reasoning for taking it out, but as a person who read the book I enjoyed that scene coming to life.... and in the book they tried like hell for a long time to get Arnie back to himself but he never came back.. so cant blame them for getting together, nobody would believe their story about the car.. they have went through hell and they were all each other had basically...
Cannibal Nectar Fury’s Belvederes Savoys Only 16 fury’s were used in the movie 7 were parts cars only. The other 2 models were painted to match and used in chase scenes and distant shots.
Post note: I watched this in the cinema in Pennsylvania in 1983. EVERY single one of the cars in the parking lot revved their engines before peeling out. Well done, Mr. Carpenter :))
I saw _Christine_ at a theater in Casper, WY with my younger brother while at home from Uni of Wyo for the Xmas hols in '83. While watching it during the climatic scene (no spoilers)- about 15 minutes from the end - the *film sound went out in our theater* (and you're correct, the auditorium was relatively empty, but I was a die-hard King fan so had to see it!! Everyone waited a few moments, sort of looking around but still... no sound. Then, clever me got the bright idea to start making 'sound effects' for the vehicles and other things that were happening to liven up the theater a bit. Man did we have a ball! Everyone got into it after a few minutes! Everyone in the theater also got a free movie pass when we exited. That't one of my favorite memories of movie watching ever in my now 54 years. BTW - I just found your channel this evening and am really enjoying your content. Thanks so much!! xx Dr Cheryl SUBBED!
I went to see the Samuel L. Jackson "Shaft" with my girlfriend on opening night. We were two of maybe six white people in the entire theater, give or take two or three, and this is how I wanted it. This may be a stereotype, but it's a fun one, because you fill a movie theater with black folks and the whole movie is accompanied by great audience participation! That movie, for that show, was waaay more fun than it had any reason to be. And we can dig it!
John Carpenter is on the short list of people I respect and admire he's a surrogate father to me in a lot of ways since my own father was rather distant and Christine is a film that showcases why I have such respect for him. Carpenter's best films display his small town, outlaw, working man, cowboy cool and Christine is no exception bursting with Americana and attitude to spare the film is a Carpenter fan's dream. With excellent performance by all involved and featuring breathtaking in camera special effects Christine is effortlessly entertaining in a way most films just aren't. Christine is a classic and ranks among my favorite films of all time and is a definite must watch for any movie fan. Thanks Minty for the video.
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When the movie was released in one city in Australia, they found a local guy who had a ‘58 Plymouth Belvedere coupe in red and white (about as close to the film car Fury as possible), and while everyone was inside watching the premier, they got him to park it on the footpath outside, facing the front doors of the cinema so it was the first thing the viewers saw when they walked out.
now thats cool, imagine if ppl had that much care about art works these days
That is so cool I bet everyone was blown away in their amazment!! I know I would be!! Nice!!!
Pretty corny 😂 but then again it was the 80s so it’s filled with cornholio
That's funny
I woulda had a heart attack lmao
That "show me" scene is one of the most climatic bad ass scene in movie history...lights camera action literally
Mista Festa that’s when s**t got real......
I wouldn't say that necessarily but I'm not disagreeing with you It was completely badass. I'm sitting here watching it on RUclips on my phone and it is still an awesome movie. Nice to see somebody that appreciates the same type of stuff that I do
Agreed.
@Thomas F According to an interview with the lead special effects guy, they used hydraulic rams to suck the car in on itself and then ran the film in reverse. Also interesting is the scene where Christine crushes Moochie Welch into the loading dock, he revealed that the front fenders for that car were made out of rubber.
Interesting video.
"Buddy Repperton, the love child of John Travolta and Jim Morrison.." Gotta love that!
It's just too true 😂
@@arielbeanehlers974 Ha! Too true to be good! :D
Always thought he looked like John travolta
@@Spursman99030507 Ha! Good one!
But maaaan, he looks like hybrid between John and Jim 😅
For better or worse, _Christine_ changed my life. I was 18 when I first saw the movie in 1988. I became obsessed with American cars, began collecting, and eventually moved to USA in 2007 so that I could pursue collecting.
Wow man! I’m here to salute you 👍 I watched it as a child in 1992. And yes it shaped my love for cars. To this day I’m always looking around for my next Christine. Glad to know it shaped others in a certain way
Read the book too, fuckin awesome
I LOVE Christine. Thank God they didn't have CGI effects back then. Carpenter did a terrific job making it all look very believable. The reverse footage effects look really smooth and it works to perfection. Also, the continuity of the car damage and self repair scenes are perfect. Carpenter & the editor didn't drop the ball anywhere. It's perfect.
They couldn't it was 1983
@@Neilapolitan08 Yes I know. That's why I said, thank God they didnt have CGI back then. I'm 51 yrs old. I rem when CGI first got big with Jurassic Park. But most of my faves movies are still pre CGI. Some CGI is good but there's still a fakeness to it. You're eyes know it's not reality.
@@t-boog2173 they did an awesome job with the effects back then with this movie. I find cgi movie effects these days hard to watch. You're totally right on that point. Although if it's a cartoon style movie its more bearable and the characters can be highly expressive.
@@Neilapolitan08 yes... yes it was 1983.. I'm going to call you, captain obvious ;).
While I appreciate the effects, there are some continuity errors. The most noticeable one is the first time Arnie sees Christine repair herself. In the wide shot before the repair, although the car is smashed up, the grille is straight. In the close-up a few seconds later, the grille is completely smashed in before it repairs itself.
Christine’s killing isn’t random. She kills the people who hurt Arnie or who threaten their love. Its one of the things that makes the book and movie interesting. At our core we can understand her emotion and reasoning even if steps she takes to protect herself and Arnie are too extreme. I mean who isn’t a little happy when the bully punks get their comuppens? We can relate to the characters arnie and christine. We both like them and fear them.
You have your point
You are right Vernon. Christine only wanted to hurt people whom did not want to respect her as an old car, or hurt her. The important thing to remember is it took a little while, to make friends with Arnie, because she did not love Arnie back, for a short while.
Also, what we have to remember about the rock 'n' roll era is, most of the fights with the Teddy Boys, with anyone else whom wasn't, were started by other cult music people, whom started a fight with them.
I love this book and the movie as well. Remember going to see this at the drive in. I feel that this is a love story. Car loves boy and won’t let anyone get between them. I have always named my vehicles. My wife thinks I’m crazy but I feel they have a “ personality”. My youngest daughter has picked up the same thing, she has name her little Saturn.
If it's not random then why did she kill Arnie at the end? He was extremely devoted to her and only her. Arnie didn't love Lea he loved christine. And why did she kill Darnell what was her reasoning behind that?
@@nicolenewsome4863 how about you watch the movie she didn’t kill him but she did kill Darnell because (I believe) he was a d^^^
"Don't get any on the seats, she hates that." This deleted line by Arnie references the opening scene where the factory man flicked cigar ash on Christine's seat (rejecting her). Possibly a reference to LeBay's daughter too; she died in the car, choking to death, spewing and spluttering painfully. Think Leah at the drive-in, too. At any rate, Christine likes her interior clean, damnit. LOL
Seatbelts didn't come from the factory in 1958, they were a dealership option. Most buyers back then didn't go for them; they preferred using the extra cash for more performance-orientated options.
That crossed my mind when watching it again.
Kids driving fast cars without a safety belt,
based generation.
Said the same myself as well. Wasnt a requirement, federally, until 63 in cars. Had to add them to register my 58 in NY, as they were required after Sept of 57, in cars in that state. (Grandfather joined the NYSP in 50, and still had his VTL nooks from.then to 77, when he retired. )
Wife's 47 Checker Cab was made in April 57, and didn't have, or need them. We still run it without.
People are idiots
@@Dagrizzb And no killer airbags
Exactly...this dude doesn't know cars ..cmon
I felt "Christine" was a love story. A sick and twisted love story between Arnie & Christine. Arnie fell in love with Christine, at first sight. Christine reciprocated his love and protected Arnie. "Let me tell you a little something about love, Dennis. It has a voracious appetite. It eats everything. Friendship. Family. It kills me how much it eats. But I'll tell you something else. You feed it right, and it can be a beautiful thing, and that's what we have."
In the movie, Arnie's family didn't give a rat's ass about him. Arnie derived love -- and yes some sick pleasure -- from that beautiful Plymouth Fury.
@LiveOakOkie It's a soul that just happens to inhabit a car.
Ice Hockey is Pretty Pretty Good uh rape is strong don’t you think i say they beat her up but rape is completely different
Vert Rex its supposed to be a gang rape reference
yes it is ... that is what it is about ... sadly the younger generation that do reviews on movies from before they were born or before they made it to double digits in their life are useless as they have no idea what the times were like nor understood what the movies were about .... originally christine was billed as a love story and horror/ thriller ... not some killer maniac car as modern reviewers would have you believe ... this movie is from a time when muscle cars and motor heads truly loved their cars more than the girls they tried to pick up with them ... that was where the story premise came from.
'Christine' a great argument against self-driving cars.
Unless you watched "Car Trouble" from Kim Possible.
Before Christine, there was KITT (Knight Rider started in '82, Christine came out in '83)
So 50% chance it will be your buddy as u solve crimes as a pi 50% chance serial killer car hmm like those odds let's go for it lol
@@tylerhorton6747 there's definitely more killer self driving cars lol for example the movie Maximum Overdrive
lmao
I just got done watching Christine for the first time... And it's now one of my favorites. So good. And what a stunning car. OMG! And I for one, LOVE the music she played. ❤️❤️
Me too. And what a beautiful car! I can see the attraction Arnie has for her.
@adog3336 really? I didn't know that. Than you for sharing that with me. 😁 I really didn't know that. That's crazy.
Read the book it's a masterpiece
@@robertmccallum7417 I will
@adog3336 well that mistake paid off.
I just love Christine. It holds up, like a fine wine... still makes me grimace, and puts goosebumps on my arms..
Last Halloween I was watching it and I was just at the end when a friend knocked on my door. I jumped. Christine is a fantastic film!
Funny....I saw this 7 times IN THE MOVIES!!!! This was and still is my absolutely favorite movie.
Yeeeeeeeeep
I agree i loved it too i remeber seeing in two times the first week it hit the theaters
i have this movie+ i may watch it later. cool!!
Insurance for Christine should be cheap. She fixes herself and won't allow itself to be stolen.
I disagree. Any good insurance company would charge a very high rate if they did any calculations regarding risk versus reward, what with the whole death and dismemberment of everyone ever insured to drive the car. Geico would have had to pay a shitload of money to Arnie’s parents in the end.
I think she doesn't need one
HanDoYT what if you get pulled over
She will kill them
HanDoYT yes, most likely
Why are almost all 80's movies perfect.
Cause the ones that are crap have been forgotten
Cause everybody was on that cocaine making the most creative stuff ever
@@MaceoDior
All of the production staff was pulling double shifts, no doubt.
Because back To The Future just made it by a year and some change
They weren't, believe me. It's just that the good ones are the only ones still being shown.
"You don't know half as much as you think you do,. Shitter." My all-time favorite line in movie history.
Hell yeah! Definitely mine too!
As good as you can't polish a turd
“You can’t polish a turd” is the best!!
"You can't polish a turd." This line works for cars and exes!
LMFAO you've got that right my friend I've used that line at least a hundred times talking about people. I think I used it yesterday!!!
But u can roll it in glitter 🤣😂
@@duncanweaver1740 but it's still a turd.. in glitter...Not good.
And lots of other things
That line is classic, only comes second to "You don't know half as much as you think you do,. Shitter"
I like to imagine that Christine legitimately loved Arnie. Especially how we see her give a moment of silence when he dies in front of her, almost like she is taking a moment to cry, then tries to avenge him which ends in her own destruction.
5dmc1 yep
I agree 👍
The car is haunted by the ghost of the previous owner.
@@outpost31737 everyone misses that...the car didn't grieve anyone, the car was Roland Lebay and he was setting up to posses Arnie. He/it was dumbstruck when its plans dissolved in an instant and then it went into a blind rage....not for Arnie but for itself.
@@evil1by1 Negative. The car was already filled with evil when being built on the assembly line, long before Roland bought her.
Here's a couple more fun facts. Christine was a Belvedere with the Fury trim package. Plymouth made the Fury it's own model a few years later. The engine in Christine was the 350 Golden Commando, Chryslers first big block wedge which evolved into the 361, 383, 413, 426, and 440. 58 Belvedere, Fury's were only available in Buckskin Beige, not red. The opening seen of the movie shows this. The 318 wide block with dual quads was also available in the Belvedere. At the time this movie was released, the Plymouth Fury was still available as a four door sedan, often used as police cars with the 360 V8.
I loved some of the extra fun facts you shared !!!! please, I would love to know more, im a huge fan and many of the times, people has more info than the internet lol
So, she’s not a fury?
I think it's also one of the first cars to have power steering.
@@rogersstinson4019 Technically, no. Also, Canada made some apparently and those have an even different name but I could be wrong about the name part.
in fact the Fury patrols can be seen in the movie
It is unfathomable to me, to think that Stephen King and John Carpenter both were disappointed with the results of the movie...I saw it on the first weekend of it's release in 1983 , with a bunch of gear head friends of mine, and we all were blown away how great the movie was...the music score was spot-on during the revenge scenes , which by themselves, were worth the price of admission alone...I absolutely loved that movie, and can't see how it didn't fair better at the box office.
15:15 fun fact, he couldnt. back when she was built, seatbelts were optional. Christine has no seatbelts.
Exactly I had a 65.. she had front lap sashes but legally I didn’t have to instal them in the back as she didn’t come with them....
I could have sworn that the car did a have seatbelts. There is a scene in either the movie or the book where Leigh get coked by the seatbelt from a jealous Christine.
yup, seatbelts weren’t mandatory until 68...
Yup my 52 Plymouth doesn’t have them. It was 65 or 66 they implemented them
You probably wouldn't have seatbelts in a 58. My father's 57 Pontiac Star Chief has 2 lap belts in the front only but his 51 Kaiser and 58 Pontiac Bonneville don't have any. There's so much metal in those old cars, short of driving into building, you're probably pretty safe. The beginning scene where the guy gets his hand crushed in the hood always creeped me out because I know how heavy they are.
She hates messes on her seats.
That's why she kills the assembly line worker. He flicked a cigar on the seats
Exactly, and on the dashboard too when the thugs vandalized her. Basically he's saying, if you mess on Christine, you die.
LeBay probably left a mess behind when he committed suicide and so did Darnell when he was crushed.
Good thing Arnie never had a dog.
It's the lack of respect.
Yeah it’s not a hard concept to grasp, ace overall review Minty, but don’t know why you made such a thing about that line 😄
I read Christine when it was released in paperback in late fall of 1983 when I was in high school. A unique thing about this Stephen King book is that it is written in three parts. The first and third part are told in the first person by Arnie’s friend Dennis. The second part of the book is written in the third person, which begins just after Dennis is seriously hurt in a football game, and ends up in the hospital, separated away from Arnie, his girlfriend Leigh, and of course, Christine. Christine might have had something to do with Dennis’s football injury, and the book switches back to the first person when Dennis leaves the hospital, and with the help of Leigh, they try to find out what happened to Arnie, and why he’s changed so much. I really liked John Carpenter’s movie adaptation of the book.
Merry Christmas to you collegeman1988 😘😘😘
Cocaine, all of his books were written on mountains of cocaine...
I read Christine back in 83. Wow what a great book.
I could see Brook and Kevin playing the main characters. The casting was and always be awesome
I don't know what's wrong with Carpenter and King; *I STILL LOVE THIS MOVIE!* It's totally relatable to a high school boy with his first car!
Maybe. But my Spitfire and I didn't go round slaughtering the mob. Dealing with the bad guys was a one man effort
With my high school graduation money I bought a 58 Fury with a bad cam and myself and some very good friends rebuilt it. A REAL one.
@@johnccargill4665 Cool!
Stephen is not as talented as his fame makes him appear. Watch Twilight Zone. Many of his stories come from that. I think Christine, The Dark Half, Rose Red, and a few others might actually be his own.
@@johnccargill4665 do you still have it? If so, would like to see a video!
Not gonna lie, since reading the book back in the eighties, I always pat my car’s dash and tell her she did a good job when we get home. Just in case...
Or when you win a race.
I do that every time mine turns another 1000 mi.
I got to admit I've done the same thing once or twice my friend I'm glad I'm not the only one
Haha. I do that to my cars too..
I think a lot of people do this but won’t admit it.
I disagree with your analogy. Christine made Arnie a tough guy to be reckoned with. She gave him confidence & self respect. But his nosy friends & others kept sticking their "UNWANTED" noses into Arnie & Christine's business, they earned their ghastly demises! Christine is the ONLY film that I left the cinema angry as Hell!!! I was pulling for Christine!!!
punkrockpub Thank you! I love that someone actually interprets this film the same way I do.
Me TOO
damn i have to brough up facts by myself
first:she never had some kind of killing spree no it was just avenging her damage if you watched the film you will notice christine never killed anyone who didnt touched /damaged / or tried to drive her in fact if the christine killed you it was ALWAYS your fault at the end
arnie got killed by mistake christine was atacking other two and why she kills him she litterally starts to apologize in the film christine never killed anyone if she hadnt a reason so saying like they had some kind of killing spree is a bit off if you say it sounds they didnt have any reason to kill anyone or they did it just for fun not i was basically an revenge/self protection
in fact almost noone understanded the film....
punkrockpub I did as well.
Can't get enough of this movie.
So 80's ❤
I think the deleted scene with Dennis and Leigh actually would have worked if Christine had rolled up behind them with the blacked out windows. Then when Dennis and Leigh notice Christine and turn around, Christine drives away slowly, leaving you wondering if Arnie was there or not.
Oooh, that would’ve been nice.🤔
Christine is not evil.
Loyal to the owners...
I expect that of all my cars...
Read the book, she killed her owners, no loyalty, possessed them before finally killing them and those around them.
U have not read the book clearly...
well now i will just take my like back
@@Maples01 I have never read the book, but as far as the movie is concerned, with the exception of the first guy that has the hood close on his hand, I still don't know why Christine did that, all of the people Christine went after had wronged Arnie or her at some point.
Anybody that has ever had a car vandalized can relate to wanting to kill those people.
@@mexicanspec The car was evil, but required sacrifice of the owner to resurrect itself, it didn't just come back.
John Carpenter’s music was perfection in Christine❤️
goddessvenom the music was so Creepy it just set the mood for the entire movie
John Carpenter scored nearly all his movies...not sure why.
All Carpenters movies have epic music.
@@howardkerr8174 He has a passion for making music too. So he actually likes that doing side of the production as well.
There’s a soundtrack of all the background music for this movie available. It’s trippy to listen to when in the car.
Was at the local video store as a teenager looking for something to rent and, admittedly, only picked it up because my name is Christine lol. Knew nothing about it, wasn't a horror fan but thought, eh, why not. Watched it and absolutely loved it!
The deleted scene with Dennis and Arnie in the parking lot with Leigh was in the book. It adds a whole other level of tension, since Dennis, who narrates most of the book, does feel guilty for falling for his best friend’s girl.
The whole time I was listening to the critique of that scene I'm saying to myself "tell me you've never read the book without telling me you've never read the book".
@@misuseofpower just because the scene was in the book doesn't mean it doesn't deserve to be critique i agree that it would have made the characters unlikeable
@@homermontana2392 The critique came off like he couldn't even understand where the scene was coming from. Like it or hate it, the Leigh/Dennis/Arnie triangle and Dennis/Leigh falling in love were kind of a big part of the story. I don't think anyone really "liked" how it went down. Hell, Dennis even addresses it within the story multiple times (as stated in the above comment).
That scene in particular was pretty pivotal as it was pointed out in the book that they hadn't become targets of LeBay/Christine yet because up to that point neither of them had done anything unforgivable to Arnie.
This is more of a criticism of the critic. Books are not movie scripts. When making adaptations changes have to be made for a variety of reasons. I think the change for the movie was for the best. It changed the dynamics, but I don’t think it was a bad change. It made the movie and book different. I don’t think the Dennis/Leigh subplot would have worked in a 90 minute movie.
I too am glad that the movie went with "Christine is a demon" narrative over the "Christine has been haunted by the ghost of the previous owner" one 💗
It makes more sense in the book... soooo much is left out from the book..
@@21chch so true. I read the book ages ago but i am going to read it again.
True. But same with all King books... never quite transpire to film..
If it’s Lebay haunting the car, why is the car already giving Deniss bad vibes? He even thinks he hears it talking to him, and dreams about it. All before Lebay has passed away?
@@EvilDick1995 In the movie, Christine does bad stuff even before leaving the assembly line. That's probably different in the book.
I've always had a strange obsession with this movie. Always wanted that car too..
Ya gotta love a movie where a kid falls in love with his car! I know I did!
meatybeatybignbouncy I know I did! Ah..a time when King was King and you could still see a new John Carpenter film in the theatre..those were the days..
Sadly those Times are over but now we have self driving Cars. Time to get an old Plymouth to discreetly equip it with that Stuff. There are some who will remember that kind of Car and maybe freak out if it really drives itself. Just pretend that the Book was based on a true Story and now You are the Owner.
R.D Bergman same
Saw one in williams ca about 4 yrs ago. Same paint job
One of my favorite movies. I will always love "Christine".
I've always loved this movie. I'm currently the proud owner of a '58 Ford Edsel, about as close as I'll ever get to a '58 Fury for a long time, lol. And of course as a tribute to Christine, I've decided to name her Chrissy. Luckily the only thing I really need for the car currently (aside from a few engine parts) is a matching dashboard radio and a battery
I honestly felt bad for Christine in the end and i was rooting for the car the whole time
Iker Casillas me too!
@Laboratory Diesel Agreed, I was hoping for a Christine 2! Hell even "The Car" got a sequel...
Iker Casillas
I know right! At the end when the car moved. I yelled out: "It Moved, It Moved there's gonna' be a Christine 2."
The fact that they didn't make another one was so disappointing.
I refuse to watch the end. Seeing her get crushed breaks my heart
I used to cry when they crushed her.
"Don't get any on her seat she hates that" might imply that Christine had a history and it was conveyed to her new owner... That's my take on this scene.
The previous owner's daughter and wife died in Christine.
The daughter probably messed around in the car, like kids do.
And I think Christine killed the wife out of jealousy.
Like when Leigh chokes at the drive in.
Arnie loved Christine so maybe he was doing stuff when he was in the car (her). I haven't read the book yet but I've read a lot of books by King. i wouldn't be surprised if something like that was going on in the book.
In the beginning of the movie you can see a worker die in there when he drops ashes on the seat
This movie scared the hell out of me when I was younger, and still the thought of this/Maximum Overdrive scares me more than a zombie apocalypse.
Christine was another adaptation of a Stephen King novel like "The Shining" that differed in many ways from the book, but was a solid movie of its own. Many SK adaptations were terrible, but those two were a kind of alternate version of the books that were well-made with "The Shining" obviously being a classic.
Stephen king must be the only person who doesn't like The Shining 😂
I like it more than the book
Regarding your point @ 10:21 - actually we know Arnie wasn't driving during Christine's killing sprees, because when she returned to Darnell's garage, old Darnell himself opened the driver's door and it was empty - and Arnie was out in Darnell's Caddy. Thanks for making these videos.
Wow! Fancy meeting my friend and fav odd person here! I know I'm late. Oh well. Hi Oddie! I have SO many SK books. Collected them for more than 30yrs. This one has a special place in my heart. Idky King and Carpenter didn't like it other than the money part haha. Best interpretation of one of his books IMHO. See you on your channel soon!✌😈🚘
How about a return movie of both Cristien and Micheal Myers together and explaining everthing!
Hey Oddie you have great taste... Any new ideas for your patreon channel? Christine perhaps?
In the book Darnell had a teicked out imperial and ran drugs
@@66cuda Carpenter's film is actually more plausible. In the book Christine is running into houses-which is blamed on Columbians Darnell was doing coke deals with.
I really enjoyed this movie.
I have never seen it
FRAZIX BUILDS u should tbh & if u like reading I suggest reading it also
Me to
alright?
THE ENDING MADE ME CRY
I love the opening sequence of the movie...great song...great sequence. Sets the tone well. One of best Carpenter films made...and one of the best films of a King novel.
I was 4 when this movie came out, saw it when I was around 5 or 6. It left a big impression on me. There was a greaser/gear head that lived across the street that loved this movie.
I ended up rewatching it for the first time a couple nights ago and was surprised at how well it held up. I shouldn't have doubted anything from 80's John Carpenter, despite some of the negativity from other reviewers.
I really hope they go through with that Doctor Sleep style sequel that is being rumored.
I was 2 when I first saw it and I've seen it a total of over 1,000 times but I do have to admit that over 900 of those were before I turned 10. I'm 40 now.
@@28Pluto I've read plenty of books. While the movie Christine is my favorite movie, the book is far better. In fact, Christine is in the book It on page 911, at least on paperback. In high school, I had to read A Wizard of Earthsea and Ender's Game. I wound up reading both entire collections, which is over a dozen books together. Ender's Game has a 3 book prequel while it has 4-5 books by itself and it spun off into 4-5 more about the character Bean. I've read a lot of the Mitch Rapp books by Vince Flynn(I think). The Vampire books by Anne Rice. How much more should I have read? I feel like I've read plenty, though I could read more. I haven't read in 3-4 years.
I love the way the movie started with Christine's birth at the assembly plant! I'm an automotive assembly line worker and we joke about certain cars that have that Christine type of attitude lol
i have never seen this movie ( and have no plans do so because im not into horror films ect. no reasons to give myself a fright or gory nightmares ) but i like old morpars so of course it comes up in my friend circles of mechanics/engineers. that and the jimmy dean's little basterd / France ferdnan dukes 1911 ride / unsolved mysteries i guess its kinda like listening to ghost / paranormal stories ( not that im into believing most of it because science / reasonable logic has the answers to it most of the time ) well id kinda agree with your statement. i may have had one of those cars but it was a Cadillac ( i got good at working on the same make and model but not always the same vin tag so this one car stands out as being different and difficult to deal with ironic that i got suck with the car/bills o well i guess in someways it's better than a paying costumers ride ps. btw more than 3 👨🔧 before / after me gave up tying to tame that one so glad i knew when to quit ) and a horsepower branded tractor that trying killing and maming more than once
so which car line James if you don't mind me asking did you notice that are "possessed" and btw as someone down the line i got to know which ones someone cared about assembly /making it right and or had fun finding "innocent easter eggs 🥚" like the inside of my personal work trucks oe doors i guess some line workers autographed it in st. louse mo usa
So, how many hoods have crushed your hands?
@@twistedyogert im not sure what you're asking me but my involvement with hood-laches is mostly with the back of my head mostly with b-body mopars or something similar that should come with a warning ⚠️ 😂 because im so tall and it's kinda my fault
@@richardprice5978 There should be a warning. But the good news is that hoods don't weigh a ton like they used to.
@@twistedyogert its that awful designed safety hood hook o im sorry i meant laches that gets me when i stand back up all the way and forget it's there to get tools from my toolbox
love child of Jim Morrison and John Travolta... what is he, 35? LOL!
I always thought him as the greaser version of Don Ramón from El Chavo.
John Travolta and GANG, looked like they were all over age for school, especially for that time.
Like totally 🤨🤨
@@kenyafleming9584 yeah and we just fucking look past that obvious fact and suspended our disbelief because Newton John and Travolta were so fucking hot...
Hilarious
He was 24 the year the film came out
The first deleted scene is actually in the book, as is the second scene. It just shows that Dennis and Arnie had a very complicated relationship, especially as Christine's hold over Arnie increases. Leigh and Dennis do have a relationship in the book which continues years after Arnie dies.
And of course at the end until the epilogue we expect them to marry and ride into the sunset. But as Dennis says she moved away and married a guy who drove a Honda Civic (not exactly flash in 83; good line)
@@andrewstackpool4911 so what year are they in at the end?
@Aussie Furby/Mogwai Fan At the end of the book, it is about five or six years later. Dennis tells us that she marries a chap who drives a Honda Civic, a nice safe car, and he is alone but moved away. He had, from time to time, tried to contact the inspector unsuccessfully, and his final comment regards an unusual incident that killed someone. The inspector? I cant recall. However, he closes wondering if Christine has come back and is moving across the country, killing all who opposed her. King may have been considering a sequel.
On Arnies weird line "dont get any on the seat She hates that" possibly the previous owner who shot himself in her. Or the clip from the factory worker in to opening scene.
One of the best 80's classics, love that gorgeous car
I still love this movie. I always wanted a sequel!
Timothy Burchell Me too. Always wanted to help Stephen write it!
💀There is a independent sequel, now. CheCk it oUt, I am. 💀🖕🏾a remake, made by a ShittEr. Don't ☑ it out. 🖕🏾
@@Dodger7 there is? Where?
@@CBRHurricane6 💀I was mislead. It is someone playing video games. (christen revenge )💀
Working on it
Christine is one of the few stories where the movie is better than the book.
I definitely agree with you about the deleted scenes.
Thanks for this video. Keep up the good work.
Nah, the book is far better despite the movie being my favorite of all time.
"Don't get any on the seats, she hates that." Is referring to the previous ownership.
Kevin Bacon would have been a great Dennis, but Scott Baio would have been terrible as Arnie. Keith Gordon was a perfect choice.
I thought the same thing.
@@rich9987 Scott Baio is a terrible anything.
@Dave Iaucco Chachi as anyone but Chachi is horrible casting. Did you see him in Arrested Development as Bob Loblaw? He was cast as a kind of inside joke with the connection to Ron Howard and Henry Winkler, but even with the gibberish name, he wasn't even the slightest bit funny on a very funny show.
@@moonlily1
Baio is great!
@@benlujan288 Sure, it's a mystery why he never got an Oscar for 'Zapped!'
A two-tone red and white 1958 Plymouth Fury... I've been dreaming about owning one since 1984 when I first saw the movie.
kabukiwookie Sounds like me and my 1966 Lincoln Continental!!!
Truthfully, the 1958 Plymouth Fury wasn't available in red. Most of the cars they used in the movie were Belvederes or Savoys. I think Stephen King went with the Fury because it more menacing.
Because nothing says automotive terror quite like Belvedere... though Lucas Electronics comes close...
Christopher C: Well, They called Lucas the "Prince of Darkness" for a reason.. And whats more terrifying then that? MILLER electrics.. I'm sweating already just mentioning it. Your know what they say about Miller: "LIGHTS OUT *SS OUT.." haha
Oh trust me, I know! My father traded an MGB GT toward a Fiat 124 because he figured the Fiat would be more reliable... When he traded in the Fiat for a Toyota Hilux truck he swore he'd never go back to British or Italian again.
Just finished reading the book for the second time in twenty years. I think that deleted scene should have stayed in the movie. It’s such an important part of the book/story. Leads to the endgame just perfectly. Plus in a way both Leigh and Dennis do doublecross Arnie. Hey, it is a realistic teenage story. Anyway, great video as always, love all your work!
A great little movie!! So glad it's not forgotten...thanks in part to things like this. About the darkened windows..I really liked the idea that Christine drove around at night by herself, taking care of business. Now I fancy watching it. Thanks Minty
Even though you dislike the scene, the scene where Dennis and Leah make-out in Dennis's car only for Arnie to show up is actually in the book, but I feel King did an actual good job at showing an internal struggle of anger and care that Dennis has for Arnie, as well as guilt over his betrayal. I do think that it would be difficult to work those in the movie though, so maybe it was better that that scene was removed from the film adaptation.
It seems Dennis has a love/hate relationship with Arnie. Like the jock who only befriends the nerd because he feels sorry for him NOT because he actually likes him.
Actually in the book he genuinely loves and cares for him like a brother.
In the book they moved away from each other except for writing letters
@@jackfronz2515 "rip arnie. i love you, man." - last line of the Novel
It just never would've worked in the movie. It was the right decision to cut it.
When I was seventeen, there was a used car dealership a couple of miles from my home that sold antique cars and one of them was a 1957 Plymouth Savoy. I had just gotten my drivers license and was saving up for a car. After seeing Christine on TV I wanted that Savoy SO much. I kept my eye on it for months and from what I remember it stayed there for well over a year before someone overseas brought it. Although I was disappointed, I did end up getting a red 1967 Chevy Nova.
I have a Plymouth Savoy don't know what year I could send you a picture if you like it belonged to my grandfather I live in Charlotte Tn?
A red 1967 Chevy Nova is way up on the Cool-o-Meter too1
I can relate a little while back about 15 years or so The actual 1958 Plymouth fury that was Christine came up for sale in some kind of car magazine If I would have had another couple of thousand dollars I would have bought it just to see the look on my dad's face when I drove up in that car. It took everything I could not to get a loan to do that it would have been a bad thing at the time and then hurricane Katrina hit so I would have lost it anyway so it was the right decision but I can totally relate to what you said
@@Clunk49 But pretty common in comparison...I've never seen anything like Christine irl.
I am 47 yo and a HUGE old car buff/builder/restorer and owner (mostly Tri-5 Chevys, GM 60s Musclecars) and am a HUGE CHRISTINE movie and car fan as well, since it debuted on VHS tape and I was 10 yo and seen the movie literally dozens upon dozens of times! Lol. Outta ALL the car shows, people I know in old cars, but also coming from the Midwest? I have ONLY see ONE 1958 Plymouth Belvedere/Fury 2 dr hardtop IN MY LIFE in person. It was at the big Goodguys Car Show BACK when they USED to come to Kansas City Raceway over 10 years ago. I was REALLY surprised though to see how many that ARE still left out there in the world (considering) from belonging to CHRISTINE facebook groups/57-58 Plymouth Restoration FB groups. But yeah, THEY ARE SUPER RARE CARS TO FIND, NO DOUBT! And..? ONE of the MOST CLASSIEST GORGEOUS examples of the later 1950s AMERICAN MADE BIG 3 auto producers......
You do a great job with these videos. Keep em comin!
OMG BRO !! Great video!! Now my favorite vintage car. Great job and great shades!
The original book, and the film are very different
But there's enough difference that they both stand up on their own merits.
Both are Fantastic
I think Christine is more of a jealous women then just a killer car
I didn't view it as such for many years, but as I get older and watch the film.. this is my opinion exactly! she's a jealous woman doing what any insanely jealous woman would do.
That’s the biggest downfall of the movie too
David Barton Kinda like my one crazy ex 🤣
She’s a woman in love with her man! She was jealous but that was the least of her motives, she primarily protects Arnie. Many women will risk life and limb for their man (not sure why since many aren’t worth putting their life on the line) or to have one especially considering the era she came from (late 50’s). She killed more people who weren’t romantic conflicts for her. She killed that gang of kids, she killed that Darnell at the garage, she killed that little girl years earlier.
well for the movie, but not the story, pretty neat interpretation though
One of my top 5 King books (bought the paperback when it was released...the first book I bought new on my own...I was 12) and a competent Carpenter chiller. Always had a soft spot for this one. Cheers!
I love the John Carpenter/Stephen King world of the 70's/80's. Its just iconic , unique . The music etc.
To me the best line is when Roberts Blossom said his brother got rid of the car but it didn't help because the car came back.
"Came back?"
Yup they come back😉 great movie too
Sometimes they come back, Rose Red, The Shining, movie title coincidences? I think not!
I loved this movie as a kid. My mom turned me onto king at a early age I have every book he has written on hardback. In 1983 I was 10 years of age and loved horror movies
Wow!! Same with me!!! They had a contest back then to win a Christine...and me and my mom filled out probably 100 5 x 7 index cards and mailed them in!
I was 18 when this came out and it’s been one of my favorite movies ever since.
Great show, it's so wonderful
I was on the set of Christine and watched as they blew up the gas station. One of my photos of the explosion was set to be the movie one-sheet, when disaster struck. One of the cameras was destroyed in the explosion and the other footage was over-exposed. Therefore, they under-played what was to have been a more epic version of the explosion. Oh well. I still have the stills of the explosion as well as shots of the car, Carpenter and also, his director's chair (with Carpenter standing nearby talking to his AD.) Good times in Santa Clarita. Oh, here's another tidbit. The garage was built specifically for the movie. Back in 1982, it was an onion field. Now, it's a housing tract.
Wow! Awesome! Ty! Ty!!
Nyasia Maire
Bad ass
Awesome story, thank you for sharing !
No seatbelts were standard equipment in 58 .not till 67.
Kieth Gordon stole this movie with his performance of Arnie.
maybe
I kind of wished they gave him some makeup to make it look like he had acne tbh. in the book that was one of the main reasons he got bullied, and I could easily sympathise with him as I had horrible acne until I was 19
Agreed. Keith Gordon made this his movie. Great casting all around.
@@sasquatchbong955 He was 22 when the movie was made. I remember the acne mentioned in the book. I had it too when I read the book. Regardless, he was perfectly cast. I really doubt anyone could have done a better job. All the other actors, while good, could have been done as well by other good actors. Keith MADE this movie. He was great in Dressed to Kill and Jaws as well. I always wondered why he didn't do much more.
Ehhh, still shoulda said "CUNTINGHAM" on his lunch so big bad Buddy and crew wouldn't had to hassle him! LOL! I get such a kick outta Buddy ( being Buddy) and STILL having to have ALL his badazz buddy friends to pick on ONE poor little kinda nerdy guy like Arnie! Yeah, YOU go Buddy Repperton! REAL badazz...LOL!
Christine is one of my all-time favorite movies, even to this day.
One of my favorite movies all time! Love it!!
Christine also made in appearance in a Halloween themed episode of Quantum Leap which introduces a young Stephen King
My wife just bought me the complete quantum leap series box set.
Oh I remember that. I think he had a dog named Cujo too.
Oh, wow!!!!! Top show, Quantum Leap!
every high school used to have one of those leather boot wearing guy's who's about 5 years older than all the other kids
Buddy Repperton
Always had older kids that failed and had to held back in order to pass requirements to move to the next grade. Usually, it was the rebels, with little parental guidance. “Sweat-Hog” types.
Illinois grade schools used to hold back african youngsters during the sixties until they were 17 and in the fifth grade still.
Absolutely true.
Trev Mac....and if you can't remember havin a douchebag like that at your high school, it was probably you....
My favorite movie ever! I watched this every weekend throughout high school. I still watch this every month. Love John Stockwell.
One of the BEST Minty videos!
Speaking of Halloween and Christine being in the same universe: I used to think all these movies happened in my city or close to it as a child. You see, Close Encounters of the 3rd kind started in Muncie, Indiana. A city just about 40 minutes away from me. In Christine, the teens wore red letter jackets with a huge "R" on it. Just like the teens here! I really thought they were going to Richmond High School! I grew up scared as shit I was going to see a crazy killer car, an alien ship, or a crazed masked killer. Which in some ways was freaking awesome!
I can definitely relate to that
They were both shot in South Pasadena
Christine was my first Stephen King novel.. I still fucking love it!
I loved it
One of my favorite books written by SK is definitely Christine.
I KNOW RIGHT !!! LOL !!! WEEEE HAAAAA !!!!!!
SL, when I was young I did NOT read. My attitude was that if a story was worth telling, Hollywood would make a movie. Then my senior year in high school, I came home the night before Thanksgiving and was faced with a 4 day weekend. On the table was a paperback copy of CHRISTINE that my mother had just gotten and left because she had other books to finish first. I picked it up and read the review blurbs, then sat down with it at the table. I figured I'd read a page or two of the intro and never touch another filthy, dirty, germ-infested sheaf of papers ever again. I ended up finishing the introduction. I then stood up and went into the living room. I kicked off my shoes, turned on the end table lamp, and kicked back on the couch. I read a hundred pages that night. I read a hundred pages a day until I was done, finishing up Sunday evening about six thirty. Christine (and Stephen King) changed my life. I'd never known the power of the written word until that November night in 1983. Funny thing, I'd met King at a convention in Saint Louis the year before and gotten his autograph for my mother and sister who were both hardcore King fans. I hated the move when it was released the following month. It had little in common with the book. Today I look upon it as a fun popcorn movie. But I'd like to see a 6 hour 3 part mini-series made for HBO or even NETFLIX. And I'd like to see everyone die the way they died in the book.
I read it during lesson at school
15:10 - Who buckled up back in the 80's???? Thanks for putting all of this together.
Absolutely one of my all time favorite movies including the sound track!
Chrisine is for me the horror version of herbie the love bug
That's exactly what I was thinking! 😂
I remember seeing this in the theater way way back in the eighties .
@Minty... - Great production but you missed the most important point, so here it is. Number 11: In the book, Christine was a 4-door sedan. I excitedly read the book when it was released in 1983 then rushed to see the movie when it debuted and was shocked to see that Christine was instead a sleek 2-door. This alone gave the book quite a darker perspective since there was nothing sexy or alluring about Arnie's bright and shiny, but still old, 4-door sedan version of Christine.
Cheers from Thailand!
Love your work!
I heard that Stephen King was inspired to write "Christine", after reading an article about James Dean's supposed "death car".
That and a lot of alcohol, cocaine, and LSD.
The PARTS from.the car were very often found in OTHER accidents. I had an article on it. Men's Health, I think it was.
@@K3vinK I think that's unfair (maybe). The intersection was a needlessly dangerous X shape. Lots of people would mess that up because it's stupid.
Im referring to King, not Dean.
Its probably based more on the golden eagle,which apparently if you mess with hom/her you die heck a kid just TOUCHED it and he does a manslaughter and burned his parents house,and now it kills around 32 people and wendy remantle it
The love child of John Travolta and Jim Morrison. Man you nailed that one.
Absolutely love this film, thanks for the facts Minty!
Started listening to this channel for awhile now. Great video!!!! I love this movie dude! I even use the word shitter a lot because of it. I fell in love with so much from this movie. John Carpenter. The actors and actresses. The music. The scene for scene amazing piece of art. Truly magnificent. Anyway amazing video thank you!
At 15:00 when you are making fun of the fact that Arnie wasn't wearing a seatbelt, I can tell you are young or haven't been around classic cars much. Seat belts didn't make a widespread appearances in cars in the united states until the 1960's. Sure they where offered in the very late fifties ('58 & '59) as options and as standard in imports like Saab's and Volvos. The truth is, most cars didn't have them. Especially in 1957 when the plymouth fury was made.
Nash in 1949 and Ford in 1955 offered seat belts as options, while Swedish Saab first introduced seat belts as standard in 1958. After the Saab GT 750 was introduced at the New York Motor Show in 1958 with safety belts fitted as standard, the practice became commonplace. In 1968 by law all cars had to have seatbelts.
But Christine would have had safety glass, Arnie would not have had a big piece of glass stuck in him for this reason.
I miss my 59 Chevrolet pickup 56 Ford f100 1960 C10 no seatbelts in nether one... I've been pulled over and the cop asked why I wasn't wearing a seatbelt...I tell them because they didn't have seatbelts in them when I bought them..cop said here is a warning ticket next time I pull u over and you don't have seatbelts in them I'm writing you a ticket...i never put seatbelts in them....it makes cops mad when they tell you to do something and you don't do it and get away with it...
Justin Burnside 1967 is when Seatbelts started to appear in autos
Hi, Justin-
My thoughts also. Those cars were not fitted with seat belts. Like you say, maybe optional equipment.
From the people that gave us Freddie vs. Jason and King Kong vs. Godzilla, I'd like to see Christine vs. Herbie The Love Bug.
How about Christine vs. Kitt from The Knight Rider.
NotData MAN !!!! YOU READ MY MIND HERBIE VS CHRISTINE YEA !!!
How about Christine Vs. THE CAR
GuitarFever73 how about lighting mcqueen vs christine
How about Christine vs the truck from duel
when i was just listening to the opening music here, i realized how he uses similar melodies or what have you throughout his works, like this music sounds similar to parts of the movie prince of darkness ! and vampires sounds similar to escape from la, michael myers sounds similar to...halloween hahahaha
The one thing I can say is when the music started you know it’s Christine
Yeah and that sound effect when her headlights pop on
Wow. You are totally correct about that deleted scene with Leigh and Dennis kissing. Completely, utterly wrong for the movie. This is one of the best examples I have seen of a deleted scene whose omission was completely necessary. You are totally on point about how the scene completely changes the characters of Leigh and Dennis and undermines their heroism and compassion. Whoever chose to ommit it made an excellent choice.
Have to agree, and disagree with the video maker. The mass changes, taking it from an obsession/haunted car to the 'just effing evil car' idea totally changed the dynamic of the book, and to me showed the limitations of Carpenter as a filmmaker.
Christine's written as a book about teenage rebellion still, about the unloved and shunned suddenly having the 'key' to power. But he still carries the hate, the anger, inside him. That's classic teenage angst, and would make a great movie in and of itself. And the subplot between Dennis and Leigh just add to it, and make the characters both imperfect, heroic, and relatable.
Get a hold of "Turistas," a movie directed by the fellow who plays Dennis here. Very creepy story.
In the book that scene is there... by that time Arnie is so far gone he wasnt coming back... he was completely taken over by lebay... I understand carpenter's reasoning for taking it out, but as a person who read the book I enjoyed that scene coming to life.... and in the book they tried like hell for a long time to get Arnie back to himself but he never came back.. so cant blame them for getting together, nobody would believe their story about the car.. they have went through hell and they were all each other had basically...
I actually think that the scene would have made Arnie’s flip out more sane. And relatable.
The blacked out windows was only when the car was “angry”.
Also they used 3 different car models.
Christie Maxwell what other cars did they use? I thought they were all Plymouth fury’s
When the windows were blacked out the stuntman couldn't see where he was going.
Cannibal Nectar
Fury’s
Belvederes
Savoys
Only 16 fury’s were used in the movie 7 were parts cars only. The other 2 models were painted to match and used in chase scenes and distant shots.
I did not know that that's kind of cool thank you
@@dannymiller7187 where does it say Maxwell? which is interesting because Chyrsler bought Maxwell and then turned it into Plymouth.
Minty! Fellow 83’ kid as well! What vintage year! Love the videos brother, keep it up!
Post note: I watched this in the cinema in Pennsylvania in 1983. EVERY single one of the cars in the parking lot revved their engines before peeling out. Well done, Mr. Carpenter :))
I love Christine! I watched it so much I just had to buy it for my DVD collection.
I can see why~!!
Same here...I watch it about once a year....
I saw _Christine_ at a theater in Casper, WY with my younger brother while at home from Uni of Wyo for the Xmas hols in '83. While watching it during the climatic scene (no spoilers)- about 15 minutes from the end - the *film sound went out in our theater* (and you're correct, the auditorium was relatively empty, but I was a die-hard King fan so had to see it!! Everyone waited a few moments, sort of looking around but still... no sound. Then, clever me got the bright idea to start making 'sound effects' for the vehicles and other things that were happening to liven up the theater a bit. Man did we have a ball! Everyone got into it after a few minutes!
Everyone in the theater also got a free movie pass when we exited. That't one of my favorite memories of movie watching ever in my now 54 years.
BTW - I just found your channel this evening and am really enjoying your content. Thanks so much!! xx Dr Cheryl SUBBED!
I went to see the Samuel L. Jackson "Shaft" with my girlfriend on opening night. We were two of maybe six white people in the entire theater, give or take two or three, and this is how I wanted it. This may be a stereotype, but it's a fun one, because you fill a movie theater with black folks and the whole movie is accompanied by great audience participation! That movie, for that show, was waaay more fun than it had any reason to be. And we can dig it!
Wow now that must have been awesome
John Carpenter is on the short list of people I respect and admire he's a surrogate father to me in a lot of ways since my own father was rather distant and Christine is a film that showcases why I have such respect for him. Carpenter's best films display his small town, outlaw, working man, cowboy cool and Christine is no exception bursting with Americana and attitude to spare the film is a Carpenter fan's dream. With excellent performance by all involved and featuring breathtaking in camera special effects Christine is effortlessly entertaining in a way most films just aren't. Christine is a classic and ranks among my favorite films of all time and is a definite must watch for any movie fan. Thanks Minty for the video.
Actually very informative. I need to see this movie again. Saw at cinema when I was 18. Wow it had an impact on audiences.