Christine (1983 film)

Christine is a 1983 American horror film directed by John Carpenter and starring Keith Gordon, John Stockwell, Alexandra Paul and Harry Dean Stanton. The film also features supporting performances from Roberts Blossom and Kelly Preston. It was written by Bill Phillips and based on the novel of the same name by Stephen King, published in 1983. The story, set in 1978, follows a sentient and violent vintage Plymouth Fury named Christine, and its effects on the cars teenaged owner.

Twenty years later, Arnold Cunningham Keith Gordon is a nerdy teen with only one friend, Dennis Guilder John Stockwell. Arnies life begins to change when he buys the same used Fury coupe, now named Christine, that is in need of extensive repairs amounting to a full restoration over Dennis objections and against his advice. He gets into a fight at school with Buddy Repperton, an overaged for high school teenager, who draws down on Arnie with a switchblade and is expelled as a result. Arnie begins to restore Christine in defiance of his parents who force him to park Christine at Darnells DoItYourself Garage. As he spends more of his time repairing her, he begins to change, shedding his glasses, dressing better, and developing a cocky arrogance at odds with his previous nerdiness.Everyone is interested in the hot new girl at school, Leigh Cabot Alexandra Paul, even Dennis who asks her out only to find that she has a date. As his best friend changes, Dennis returns to Christines seller to ask some questions about the car. He discovers the Furys previous owner, Roland LeBay, was obsessed with Christine despite his wife and daughter having died in the car and that he had kept Christine until he killed himself in her. ........

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