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Carrie

Year:
Duration:
132 min
Genres:
Drama | Horror | Sci-Fi | Thriller
IMDB rate:
5.5
Director:
David Carson
Awards:
2 nominations
Details
Country: USA
Release Date: 2002-11-04
Filming Locations: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Cast
Actor
Character
Angela Bettis
Carietta 'Carrie' White
Patricia Clarkson
Margaret White
Rena Sofer
Miss Desjarden
Kandyse McClure
Sue Snell
Emilie de Ravin
Chris Hargensen
Tobias Mehler
Tommy Ross
Jesse Cadotte
Billy Nolan
Meghan Black
Norma Watson
Chelan Simmons
Helen Shyres
David Keith
Detective John Mulchaey
Miles Meadows
Kenny Garson
Sean Tyler Foley
Lou Garson (as Tyler Foley)
Laurie Murdoch
Principal Morton
Michael Kopsa
John Hargensen
Michaela Mann
Estelle Horan
Jodelle Ferland
Little Carrie
Deborah DeMille
Estelle's Mother
Malcolm Scott
Jackie Talbot
Steve Byers
Roy Evarts
Erin Karpluk
Madeline
Bill Dow
Mr. Scharnhorst
Andrew Robb
Danny Erbter
David Neale
Officer Plessy
Cascy Beddow
Obnoxious Student
Irene Miscisco
Librarian
Ed Anders
Stern Neighbour
Laura Boddington
Girl Student in Locker Room (uncredited)
Paul Dzenkiw
Boy Student in Library (uncredited)
Michael J. Tomaso
Promgoer (uncredited)
Nicole Watson
Prom student (uncredited)
Did you know?
Trivia
Meghan Black wears a dress on the prom that looks the same as the one Julia Roberts wore on the 73rd Annual Academy Awards ceremony in 2001, the year she got her first award as the best actress in a leading role for Erin Brockovich (2000).
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Has various Stephen King casting connections: David Keith (Det. John Mulchaey) played Andy McGee in another of King's screenplays, Firestarter (1984); Patricia Clarkson (Mrs. White) portrays Melinda Moores in The Green Mile (1999); Kandyse McClure (Sue Snell) plays Vicki in Children of the Corn (2009); and Chelan Simmons appeared as Laurie Anne in It (1990).
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Jodelle Ferland (little Carrie) would later portray Alessa in Silent Hill (2006). The character Alessa, originally from the Silent Hill (1999) video game is inspired by Carrie White.
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Goofs
When Tommy and Carrie get to prom and are being escorted inside, Tommy is talking to Carrie not to worry. It gives a close-up on Carrie up to her shoulder. Her dress strap is down but in the next scene she pulls it back up.
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When Carrie is looking at her bloody arms and hands, her hands alternate between palms down to palms up and palms down between shots.
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The class photos pages of the Ewen High School yearbook, which Det. Mulcahey looks through while at Carrie's home, are identical (i.e., they use the same six student photographs).
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Quotes
Tina Blake: Dude! Carrie's "Aunt Flo" is in town and she's freaking out!
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Sue Snell: [watching Chris walk in] Has Chris said anything?
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Carrie White: They're called breasts, Momma. All the girls have them. They're very fashionable these days.
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Faq
Q
Was a soundtrack ever released?
A
The songs from the film (predominantly by indie band Hypnogaja) were pressed on a CD that was given away as promotion. Although the CD was never available for sale in stores, copies turn up on eBay from time to time and mp3s aren't difficult to find online. The film's musical score by Laura Karpman has never had a CD release, but selected tracks have been made available on the composer's official website.
Q
How much sex, violence, and profanity are in this movie?
A
For detailed information about the amounts and types of (a) sex and nudity, (b) violence and gore, (c) profanity, (d) alcohol, drugs, and smoking, and (e) frightening and intense scenes in this movie, consult the IMDb Parents Guide for this movie. The Parents Guide for Carrie can be found here.
Q
Which is more accurate, this or the DePalma film?
A
More time was allowed and therefore more elements of the book could be shown in this version. Also the addition of CGI helped with certain scenes that would have been difficult to achieve in the 1970s. This version keeps the original plotline of the novel, with the prom incident having already happened and the story unfolding through a series of police interviews. Also included is the scene from Carrie's childhood where she makes stones rain down on the house, a scene where Chris's father attempts to have his daughter's suspension lifted as well as more overall character time. This version does include the destruction of the town and Carrie's mother being killed in the same way as the book. However this version changes the ending drastically from the book, as Carrie survives the aftermath of the prom and confronting her mother, being brought back to life by Sue with CPR and leaving Chamberlain for Florida. This was done in the hopes of a Carrie TV series which never got off the ground. Also, the characterizations are closer in the original version; Carrie is not treated as though she went into a trance and didn't remember attacking the prom kids, as she is in this version, but as both sympathetic and dangerous. Differences in this film from the book also include the survival of the coach who sympathized with Carrie. The original overall spent more time on music and getting a strong feel for the story similar to the book. Also this version updates the text and the setting to suit a modern audience whereas the book and the DePalma film are set in the 1970s.
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Photos from cast
Katharine Isabelle
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