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The Dead Zone premiered on October 21st, 1983.
Directed by David Cronenberg.
Based on the novel by Stephen King.
Produced by Debra Hill.
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| The Dead Zone |
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| Christopher Walken |
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| Martin Sheen |
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| Brooke Adams and Christopher Walken |
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| Tom Skerritt |
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Carrie Fisher was born in 1956
The Rage: Carrie 2 premiered in US theaters on March 12th,1999.
A sequel to Brian De Palma’s adaptation of the Stephen King novel Carrie (1976).
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| The Rage: Carrie 2 (1999) |
Directed by Katt Shea and starring Emily Bergl and Jason London. Amy Irving is the only returning cast member from the original, although they did use some scenes of Sissy Spacek in the form of flashbacks.
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| Reggie Nalder as Kurt Barlow |
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| Iconic |
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On November 4th, 2002 a made for TV remake of Stephen King’s Carrie aired on NBC.
Directed by David Carson and written by Bryan Fuller.
Starring Angela Bettis and Patricia Clarkson as Carrie and Margaret White.
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| Angela Bettis as Carrietta White |
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| Patricia Clarkson as Margaret White |
Preceded by Brian De Palma’s film Carrie (1976) starring Sissy Spacek and Katt Shea’s sequel The Rage: Carrie 2 (1999) with Emily Bergl.
This 2002 version is the most faithful to King’s novel.
The biggest difference is that Carrie survives in the end with the hopes that a TV series would develop from the film’s success. Although the airing had strong viewership and the actors performances were praised (especially Bettis’) critics panned as critics will do and the series never came to fruition.
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| Kandyse McClure as Sue Snell |
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| Emilie de Ravin as Chris Hargensen and Katharine Isabelle as Tina Blake |
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| Rena Sofer as Miss Desjarden |
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John Carpenter’s They Live premiered in 1988
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On November 3rd, 1976, Carrie saw a limited release in
Baltimore / Washington, D.C.
It took over the rest of the country over the next couple weeks.
Directed by Brian De Palma and starring Sissy Spacek, Piper Laurie, Amy Irving, Nancy Allen, William Katt, P.J. Soles and John Travolta. Based on Stephen King’s first published novel.
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| Piper Laurie and Sissy Spacek |
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| Allen and Travolta would work with De Palma again in Blow Out (1981) |
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| William Katt and Sissy Spacek |
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| P.J. soles and Nancy Allen |
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| Amy Irving as Sue Snell and real life mother Priscilla Pointer as Mrs. Snell 
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Carrie would spawn two remakes (one theatrical and one made for TV), one sequel and a disastrous flop of a Broadway musical.
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| Angela Bettis in Carrie (2002) |
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| Chloe Grace Moretz (2013) |
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| Emily Bergl in The Rage: Carrie 2 (1999) Directed by Katt Shea |
