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The Fury

Year:

1978

Duration:

118 min

Genres:

Thriller

IMDB rate:

6.4

Director:

Brian De Palma

Awards:

1 win

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 1978-03-10

Filming Locations: Water Tower Place Shopping Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA

Earnings

Budget: $5,500,000

Gross: $24,000,000 (USA) ( 1978)

Cast

Actor

Character

Melody Thomas Scott

The Fury

Kirk Douglas

Peter Sandza

John Cassavetes

Ben Childress

Carrie Snodgress

Hester

Charles Durning

Dr. Jim McKeever

Amy Irving

Gillian Bellaver

Fiona Lewis

Dr. Susan Charles

Andrew Stevens

Robin Sandza

Carol Eve Rossen

Dr. Ellen Lindstrom

Rutanya Alda

Kristen

Joyce Easton

Katharine Bellaver

William Finley

Raymond Dunwoodie

Jane Lambert

Vivian Nuckells

Sam Laws

Blackfish

J. Patrick McNamara

Robertson

Alice Nunn

Mrs. Callahan

Hilary Thompson

Cheryl

Pat Billingsley

Lander

J.P. Bumstead

Greene

Barry Cullison

Chase #1 Driver

Jack Callahan

DeMasi

Dennis Franz

Bob Eggleston

Anthony Hawkins

Chase #1 Shotgun

Michael O'Dwyer

Marty O'Brien

Felix Shuman

Dr. Ives

Albert Stevens

Arab Prince

Anne Peterson

Deborah (as Anne Brunk)

Eva Cadet

Woman - Van Buren

John Roche

Drunk - Van Buren

Gordon Jump

Mr. Nuckells

Eleanor Merriam

Mother Nuckells

Harold Johnson

Garbage Man

Wayne Dahmer

Nelson

Joe Finnegan

Man

Kathleen Francour

Betsy

Daryl Hannah

Pam

Laura Innes

Jody

Clair Nelson

Dr. Becker

Peter O'Connell

Dr. Conn

Al Wyatt Sr.

Security Agent Driver (as Al Wyatt)

Douglas J. Stevenson

Houseboy

Mickey Gilbert

Agent

Hanns Manship

Agent

Marland Proctor

Agent

Marshall Colt

Technician

Roberta Feldner

Technician

Stephen Johnson

Technician

Robin Marmor

Technician

Michael Copeland

Tough Youth

Alfred Tinsley

Tough Youth

Tom Blair

Top Guy #1

Gunnar Lewis

Top Guy #2

James Belushi

Beach Bum (uncredited)

Sam Irvin

Amusement park patron (uncredited)

Jordan Williams

Beach Bum (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

Publicity for this film stated that this was the comeback movie for actress Carrie Snodgress who had not appeared in a theatrical film for eight years (since 1970 when she appeared in both Rabbit, Run (1970) and Diary of a Mad Housewife (1970)), her last credit at the time having being seven years previous in the 1971 tele-movie The Impatient Heart (1971).

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Director Mark Romanek worked on the film as a production assistant - his first job in the film industry.

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For her role as a psychic with telepathic powers, Amy Irving attended a biofeedback clinic to learn about different levels of consciousness. After personally experiencing psychic changes, she had a better sense of how her character could transmit and receive messages.

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Goofs

When Peter Sandza's car is chased by the police on the Pier, you can clearly see the head of a crew member on the left of the screen. The camera is moving left to right, and the technician was probably running for the traveling beside the camera.

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Peter shoots out of the open car window to help Gillian, this causes the crash that Hester ends up involved in. After Gillian's shock it Pan's to Peter, his face shoved against the now closed window, it flattens part of his face then lifts and wrinkles the rest. When he gets out to run to Gillian to shot the guy grabbing her, the car door swings out and you see the window is once again open...

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Woman gets run down by a current model Ford. She crashes through the windshield, which is made of plain glass. Since 1966, all cars made in the United States have safety glass in the windshield.

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Quotes

Gillian Bellaver: You go to Hell!

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Mother Nuckells: I'd say I'm pretty sound, considering the ravages o' time. For instance, I don't have the use of any more than one of my limbs or vital organs. Good thing the Lord God Jehovah built in so many spare parts.

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Robin Sandza: [laughing]

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