actually i wrote a screen play . in it Plymouth/Crysler are thinking lets do a 75th anniversary car. a exec who loves old cars says . lets get back to basics . we need to show some american muscle again. The exec is we had soemthing with this 1957 Fury. it looks bad ass and . he trails on . leading to soem, cuts . what if we found old furys' and melted them down and use the metal in the new cars. a few scenes where you have old rusted banged up Furys being put on trucks and carted off and a guy at a place talking so this was a Fury. Yep some crazy story it was a killer car but i just think it was a crazy teenager hopped up on drugs . but hey so since this is for one of them new cars give me a discount on one of them new Fury's. The exec hands him a card and says ok when ya buy it have the dealer call me i will take care of it and here is 5k for the block . A old dozer pushes it up a ramp We go to see Detroit the steel mills firing up. The exec is if this works American steel will becoming booming again enough of this crap fiber glass . he has that make america strong tude . we see the block that was Christine being cut and dropped to be melted . We then see assembly lines as a updated 1957 Fury's being constructed. A guy working on the assem,bly line has teh familiar track Bad to the bone on a smart device playing . a girl walks up so . what color should these be? teh guy is looking at a old catalogue . he says hey there was a color called autumn red used back in the 50's get with ... he is a master mixologist with colors lets make this lot autumn red and that lot midnight black . we see 12 cars in the lot . the girl walks away . You got it . the man has a yes yes we are gonna make ya teh special editions . ya gonna be the baddest mo fo's out there you 12 will take teh world by storm and rip it up out there . a Montage scene with Bad To The Bone as the cars are painted and A car show The cars sell great and are all picked up our main char is a young teen sadly yet a arnie who stylizes himself as a greaser from the 50s . he is kinda out of touch with reality and that makes him a easy target . There is a contest . the hands on a car thing and he last 4 days with no sleep. he is about to fall asleep and lose he mutters to himself . i am gonna beat those assholes with this car. yes darling we are gonna show them who is the real boss wont we . The radio turns on to a 50's song a small shock hits our main char which he sticks to teh car a lil as 3 othere folks get a shock which make them take their hands off the car and our main char wins He brings it home . he has ok parents but they lose it . thats a gas guzzler its not green . sell that car and get a eco car kinda thing . he says no mom . he says ya know i am sick of ya all trying to make me like you all he says i made enough in my job i can get a place of my own and ya know maybe its time i moved out . we see him gathere soem stuff and packs teh car and drives to a motel for teh night . he falls asleep before checking in in the car and he has a dream a older man says yes you will son . you will show them who is the real boss . Christine and I will help you The kid gets an apartment moves in and we see him at school . some bullying as he says its ok we are gonna get ya soon enough. a few of teh kids enemies start to mysteriously die. Soon the kid is kinda seen as a bad ass. rumors abound . one night he is awoken as his car starts up and drives off on its own . he smiles . as he says go get that shitter Christine. He waits outside for his car to come back its on fire he say wow good job my girl . the fire stops . the car was black before but it is now our beloved Christine in her red . he gets ion and says i think our job is done here. a voice says its time to meet the others. he says who , what others . a girls voice says that are 11 other me's out there and we are taking car of teh shitters . Time for you all to meet . he says ok lets go . he heard a old man . just lay back we wil do teh driving kid he smiles as teh set reclines teh windows darken as teh car drives off. ( Keith Gordon could be a ghost and voice of one of teh spirits of teh new Christine ) we cam out as teh car drives down a desert road as we see other cars driving all windows tinted black there drivers all asleep All Autumn Red . leading out to the song The Birthday Massacre Destroyer This is a fantasy, projecting the vanity A quiet delusion, controlling me It took the best of me Dissolving my sanity A silent intrusion, destroying me When night expires across this town, I'll light a fire to burn it down The end is here and now I'll burn it down, I'll light a fire The end is here and now Making wishes for me. Causing calamity The only solution, abandons me This is a tragedy. I meet with it gratefully It's my execution, and you're joining me When night expires across this town, I'll light a fire to burn it down The end is here and now I'll burn it down, I'll light a fire The end is here and now I'll burn it down The end is here and now I'll burn it down I'll light a fire The end is here and now
He's a terrific actor. Check him out in DePalma's "Dressed To Kill," superb. I also admire John Stockwell's work here, and the fact that the film doesn't look MTV 80s, floofy hair and all that stuff. The book was actually set in PA, near where I grew up
@@AAZEDLARC I grew up near there too, and that's why I like the movie more than the book. In the book, it's near Pittsburgh, and all throughout the read, they talk about going home and watching the Phillies, or listening to the Phillies on the radio. As a Pittsburgher, that always gave me a kneejerk reaction, and took me out of the story. NOBODY from that area wants to hear ANYTHING about the Phillies, lol. It's Pirate town! The movie doesn't do that, lol.
No, no. You've got it all wrong. Christine languished for years without an owner to love her. Arnie's love brought her back to life. They were extremely jealous. He fought for her. She fought for him. It destroyed them both.
I always had the impression that Christine is slowly taking over Arnie and causing his behavior to turn dark. They went out of their way to make him look pale with circles under his eyes as the movie progresses, almost ghostly. He's not outright possessed, but is being corrupted by the evil car.
I LOVED how, in the novel, Arnie had to push Christine backwards in order to reverse the damage. This led to Arnie developing back problems and hunching and limping like the previous demented owner.
@@isaacshaver6218 In the book it's very clearly laid out that it's LeBay who's taking over Arnie and who's spirit Is piloting Christine and not Arnie himself. This is rammed home most definitely in the scene where Buddy Repperton is killed over towards Squwauntic Hills
Love this movie. I will admit it's a classic for sure. I remember a couple years ago actually getting to see the Christine car. I got to get my picture taken with the car. They told me to lay under it to look like I was getting run over. The photographer asked me why I was smiling. I replied with it's Christine.
I agree with another comment I saw on here. Christine and Arnie were meant for each other. They were both used, abused, and basically thrown away in the movie version. They met and ultimately rebuilt each other. Both were consumed by jealousy and took out all the s***ers that tried to break them back down. And, yes, this is totally a revenge movie. Fun Fact: One of the original screen used Christine's is currently on display in Colorado at the Rods and Bods Car Museum in Jefferson County. You can't sit in it, but you can take a picture standing with it.
Definitely a revenge movie. If you were someone bullied in school, you'd understand how it feels to want to get payback (albeit not to this extreme lol)
Keith Gordon was amazing in this role. IMHO this is one of the few King novels that was translated into a top notch movie (both novel and movie were great). Great job again Minty! You did a great job digging up some interesting info for this one.
Christine was my first SK movie, which led me to my first SK novel - at 9 years old. The book, of course, scared me far worse, and tickled me infinitely, because it mentions my hometown. It’s been a nostalgic favorite ever since that first viewing
I was 11 when I read the novel, I LOVED IT & was hooked on SK from then on. Imagine my surprise & utter joy when I found out there was a movie too.! I still have that book & I've reread it a half dozen times since I found it in a second hand shop while on holiday in the Scottish Highlands in the late 80's .! That was a good holiday.! 😉 😉 👍 👍 👍
Me too man me too. I read this in high school, inspired one of my classmates and friends to read it, and it grabbed me and did not let go. Sure, the film is creepy yet entertaining and in some ways hilarious, a possessed vehicle, but the book goes much further than a possessed car, that is what is so great about it. It elaborated more on the characters as well as the car rather than just playing something out for show.
Rofl they always get grown adults playing teenagers in highschool. Not sure why. Unless Buddy just kept failing school... lol! But then the majority of them are clearly older than teenagers.
I can totally relate to the deleted scene where Arnie loses his mind and starts crying in Dennis's Charger, with all the bullying I have encountered in elementary school, all the way to high school, and with my extended family continuously beating me up both mentally and emotionally, I've had my unleashing moments as well, I just wish they left that scene in, it was really good!
Not just to be bullied by those at your school but by your own family as well? I am so sorry man, hope you are doing much better, and I hope you at least had some support growing up.
Christine and Arnie were both damaged. As Arnie fixed Christine, the car fixed and protected him...they were soulmates. Both Arnie and Christine weren't villains in this story...it's more of a tragedy as it reflect bullying, emotional isolation and abuse. Ultimately, Arnie 'felt' betrayed by everyone, and empathetically, Christine was the only one who understood his pain. In the final junkyard scene, we see Christine trying to repair itself. If there were ever a sequel, we would find Christine sitting somewhere as we seen it at the beginning of the movie...battered and awaiting it's next lost soul caregiver. If we were to look at Christine as more of a 'dog' that Arnie nurses back to health, then we would see the parallels.
I disagree. I believe they were the villains. The car tried to kill his girlfriend alienated his family and his best friend along with killing all the bullies.
Don't get me wrong, I do believe that many of them were 'bad' in some way. And even though Arnie 'pushed' his girlfriend and best friend together, in Arnie's eyes/heart, they betrayed him. A lot of this is a matter of perspective...Arnie's, his friends, the bullies and Christine's.@@bobsacamano7653
If I was a car me and Christine would be sharing the same garage, I would always be pulling up to her rear bumper and honking my hooter 😍 😍 There would definitely be a squeeky sound coming from her rear suspension 😁 😁
John Carpenter Christine is my all time favorite movie and it still holds up and I love it next to A Bronx Tale & Con Air as Christine is a masterpiece, and happy thanksgiving everyone
A line of Darnell's that I quite liked was referencing a man who owned a car like Christine, who was so mean that you could pour boiling water down his throat and he'd piss out ice cubes. This doubly indicates he'd met LeBay (and by extension, Christine) as well as Arnie's future behavior under Christine's influence.
Darnell also says the guy killed himself in the car, if that was LeBay it happened just six weeks before. Surprising Darnell didn’t recognise Christine as the same car, especially once Arnie had restored her. In the book Dennis explains it IS Lebay’s car.
The question becomes how did Christine get into the weathered condition She was in when Arnie found her. It was obvious the car had been sitting for a long time.@@CycolacFan
Darnell, as gruff and crude as he was, gave Arnie something that only a few had before, and that was trust. I think he truly liked the kid and recognized he was struggling, perhaps seeing something in him that he experienced in growing up that caused him to be the way we see him in the movie. Afterall, he gave him work and trusted Arnie with his own vehicle for running parts. For a lot of people, that's how they are able to show kindness and compassion. I was sad to see the characters demise by means of Christine, but obviously the car was not going to let anyone come between her and Arnie.
I dont know if Darnell did like Christine ...in the book Darnell used Arnie to Deliver his drugs and courier them all over the city ...Christine did not like this and killed Darnell
Note that when Darnell hears that Arnie is using the Caddilac, he grabs the shotgun and goes to defend Arnie's car from what he figures is some jerk who's stolen the car. Even Arnie asking Christine "Why?", indicates that he and Darnell were on better terms. He didn't want her to kill this guy.
Amazing how several or more of Carpenter films didn’t do great at the box office but are now classics enjoyed by many new viewers , I was lucky getting to see Escape from New York, Halloween, The Thing and The Fog at the theater or drive in! Fun times, thanks Minty!
I really enjoyed all on your list, too. Except, "The Thing" I generally don't put his movies at the top, nor him at the top of list of great directors. Mainly because I have a hard time analyzing why I like them so much. Are they just low-brow genre films? Or, are they really intellectual investigations of film language and emotions? Never seen/read an interview with him, and I think he is a real puzzle. Don't forget Precinct 13, Big Trouble in Little China, and even Vampires. I enjoy them, but those are considered junk by 90% of the public.
@@Redmenace96 yes even at the time I remember being alone in the theater watching The Thing while my wife shopped at the adjoining mall and I wondered why more people weren’t in the theater , same with Heavy Metal, but at that time there were alot of good movies coming out seemed like every week, so many to choose from depending on what genre you were interested in, as great as Blade Runner is I didn’t really enjoy it that much at the theater because I had a hard time following, now my mature mind loves it, anyway thanks!
@@thunderstruck5484 Forgot, "Starman"! Dude. That movie blew me away in the theater, and I'm not sure I was even aware that JC directed it. Must have known. Don't remember.
SALEM'S LOT WAS EPIC!!! I love that movie. Saw it was a was young and it was horrifying. Now, it's just a horror classic for me. Just like Christine. And I love this channel because I learn so much about all my favorite movies. YOU ROCK MINTY!!! Thanks for helping keep the 80's movies alive!👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
Saw the movie about 20 times before I picked up the book for the first time. They were so different that I couldn't finish the book the first time. Eventually, I got into the book and have read it, but felt like what the movie did worked better overall.
The book is riddled with inconsistencies where other cars like a 57 Bel air were used at some points, and Christine is seen as a frumpy car that's a sedan instead of a coupe. The movie actually made the car a looker with more personality.
I watched this movie as a kid, and remember feeling SO BAD for Christine every time she got hurt. 😅 Come to think of it, I also sympathized with Darth Vader, Freddy, and Carrie. Maybe I was just a weird kid. Lol
one of mintys best reviews!!! i love this movie, as a car guy. imo, christine was arnies freedom from oppression of his parents, bullies, and even dennis. his so called best friend kept him locked down, reminding arnie that he was a nerdy loser, and needed dennis for support. the saddest scene is at the end, as arnie is dying, he reaches out and touches the car one last time. he didnt care about anyone or anything except that beautiful plymouth fury. that car was the only thing in his life that didnt let him down. if a sequel ever happens, i worry that it will be a terrible modern take on this classic film.
With a 98 plymouth minivan😆 (25 year old vehicle in the movie and all). It's hilarious how us car guys kinda don't mind a demon-possessed car that fixes itself and focus on ither parts of the story😆
actually i wrote a screen play . in it Plymouth/Crysler are thinking lets do a 75th anniversary car. a exec who loves old cars says . lets get back to basics . we need to show some american muscle again. The exec is we had soemthing with this 1957 Fury. it looks bad ass and . he trails on . leading to soem, cuts . what if we found old furys' and melted them down and use the metal in the new cars. a few scenes where you have old rusted banged up Furys being put on trucks and carted off and a guy at a place talking so this was a Fury. Yep some crazy story it was a killer car but i just think it was a crazy teenager hopped up on drugs . but hey so since this is for one of them new cars give me a discount on one of them new Fury's. The exec hands him a card and says ok when ya buy it have the dealer call me i will take care of it and here is 5k for the block . A old dozer pushes it up a ramp We go to see Detroit the steel mills firing up. The exec is if this works American steel will becoming booming again enough of this crap fiber glass . he has that make america strong tude . we see the block that was Christine being cut and dropped to be melted . We then see assembly lines as a updated 1957 Fury's being constructed. A guy working on the assem,bly line has teh familiar track Bad to the bone on a smart device playing . a girl walks up so . what color should these be? teh guy is looking at a old catalogue . he says hey there was a color called autumn red used back in the 50's get with ... he is a master mixologist with colors lets make this lot autumn red and that lot midnight black . we see 12 cars in the lot . the girl walks away . You got it . the man has a yes yes we are gonna make ya teh special editions . ya gonna be the baddest mo fo's out there you 12 will take teh world by storm and rip it up out there . a Montage scene with Bad To The Bone as the cars are painted and A car show The cars sell great and are all picked up our main char is a young teen sadly yet a arnie who stylizes himself as a greaser from the 50s . he is kinda out of touch with reality and that makes him a easy target . There is a contest . the hands on a car thing and he last 4 days with no sleep. he is about to fall asleep and lose he mutters to himself . i am gonna beat those assholes with this car. yes darling we are gonna show them who is the real boss wont we . The radio turns on to a 50's song a small shock hits our main char which he sticks to teh car a lil as 3 othere folks get a shock which make them take their hands off the car and our main char wins He brings it home . he has ok parents but they lose it . thats a gas guzzler its not green . sell that car and get a eco car kinda thing . he says no mom . he says ya know i am sick of ya all trying to make me like you all he says i made enough in my job i can get a place of my own and ya know maybe its time i moved out . we see him gathere soem stuff and packs teh car and drives to a motel for teh night . he falls asleep before checking in in the car and he has a dream a older man says yes you will son . you will show them who is the real boss . Christine and I will help you The kid gets an apartment moves in and we see him at school . some bullying as he says its ok we are gonna get ya soon enough. a few of teh kids enemies start to mysteriously die. Soon the kid is kinda seen as a bad ass. rumors abound . one night he is awoken as his car starts up and drives off on its own . he smiles . as he says go get that shitter Christine. He waits outside for his car to come back its on fire he say wow good job my girl . the fire stops . the car was black before but it is now our beloved Christine in her red . he gets ion and says i think our job is done here. a voice says its time to meet the others. he says who , what others . a girls voice says that are 11 other me's out there and we are taking car of teh shitters . Time for you all to meet . he says ok lets go . he heard a old man . just lay back we wil do teh driving kid he smiles as teh set reclines teh windows darken as teh car drives off. we cam out as teh car drives down a desert road as we see other cars driving all windows tinted black there drivers all asleep All Autumn Red . leading out to the song The Birthday Massacre Destroyer This is a fantasy, projecting the vanity A quiet delusion, controlling me It took the best of me Dissolving my sanity A silent intrusion, destroying me When night expires across this town, I'll light a fire to burn it down The end is here and now I'll burn it down, I'll light a fire The end is here and now Making wishes for me. Causing calamity The only solution, abandons me This is a tragedy. I meet with it gratefully It's my execution, and you're joining me When night expires across this town, I'll light a fire to burn it down The end is here and now I'll burn it down, I'll light a fire The end is here and now I'll burn it down The end is here and now I'll burn it down I'll light a fire The end is here and now
I agree and disagree with your opinion on Dennis. Only because I do think Dennis cared more about him than anyone else did, even in his own way, however, like most friendships, relationships, whatever most are flawed no matter how much you care about someone- Dennis saw things in a certain order/status quo (jock/nerd) and probably felt that once Arnie grew a backbone and confidence he wouldn't need him anymore. Especially, when Arnie started going out with Leigh, he 'bout lost his damn mind! I don't think he kept him "locked down" no more than anyone else... That said, Christine didn't give a fuck about Arnie! She was evil, she only cared about herself, and she corrupted Arnie. She didn't just give him "love" it all came with a powerful price.
Christine is acctually still her own evil entity to some extent in the book, she does kill out of jealousy while LeBay is alive and does odd things like when the Vetrans hall guys try to play a prank on LeBay by lifting the rear wheels off the ground she still rockets forward as if nothing happened, LeBay and Christine effectively merge on his passing. George is actually character wise for all intensive purposes Roland LeBay in the movie as in the book he does not appear until Roland's funeral and is a lot nicer, even willing to tell Dennis the full story. In the book the romance between Dennis and Leigh does happen, alot of the deleted scenes are actually close on to what happens, they come together initially out of fear and end up having a fling (the book ends years later so you find out it didn't last).
Was just going to say this (or something similar). Christine is evil by herself in the book and her evil feeds off of Roland Lebay’s evil. In the book Christine literally reaches out to Arnie and he’s compelled to buy her, Christine sensing another soul that she can corrupt. I love both the movie and the book although they are significantly different. It’s one of my favorite King books.
Not to mention the book as I recall it didn't say Roland was POSSESSING Arnie, but more that Christine warped both Roland and Arnie into what it wanted its owner to be. The greaser constantly out to get "the shitters" of this world. Hell, in the movie Arnie even uses the "shitters" phrase like Roland does in the book.
I've always loved this movie ever since I saw it as a teen. And I agree with Minty, Arnie is such a great character and what happens to him is a tragedy. This movie is so much deeper than it seems. Thank you for bringing out these unique point of views that I've never realized even after watching the movie a dozen times.
Saw this in the Theater on opening day! Absolutely loved it, and it's in my top 10 Favorite movies ( Smokey & The Bandit #1). This movie is perfect the way it is, although the cut out scene with his mother looking in on him sleeping would have been a good touch. Thank you for posting this! ❤.
Well, I think you did a pretty good job on your take of whether the cut out scenes helped or hurt. I mostly didn't care for them either. In the opening scene that you covered where all the 58' Furys coming down the assembly line are all identical units of the same colour and same model with the _exception_ of a single random unit amidst them. It's the same model, but a different colour. At first glance, the obvious reason which is to have her _stick out_ from the rest of the Furys on the line, but it was actually to make it even creepier (at least I thought so) In (Real World) 1958, the Plymouth Fury was only available in _one_ colour (buckskin beige)!! Yet, in the film, here comes a lone wolf amougst the pack that is a different colour...Autumn Red. Strangely, Mopar had no "Autumn Red" colour code in 1958! The colour never existed which makes Chrisine even more mysterious! I do believe Christine "loved" Arnie as much as Arnie loved the car. All you need to understand that is how she reacts when he passes on. Her head-lights fade to black and her last words are in the song "Pledging My Love" she plays thru her eerie greenlit radio (just listen to the lyrics) \m/ Did you know Scott Banjo and Brroke Shields were considered as well?
I was in high school when this movie came out. I watched it with a fellow guy friend and we loved it. I don’t think my girlfriend would have liked it though. When I watched it again with my son just a couple of years ago, we enjoyed it very much. The music was great too. Ritchie Valens “You’re Mine” when the girl was choking in the car was brilliant!!
One of my favorite lines in the movie! Is when Junkins told Arnie they had to scoop up Moochie with a shovel! And Arnie said! Isnt that what you do! With 💩 pick it up! With a little Shovel😁
The Merrell family (Ace, et al) is first mentioned in the book version of Christine. They will later appear in multiple King novels. Excellent episode!
In the deleted scene, Arnie is lashing out against "The Shitters," which, in the novel, is pretty much anyone who goes against the car, its owner, etc. Great book, great movie. You should read it, Minty!
I've always thought of Christine as a demon possessed car. The fact that (spoilers coming) that Christine slams into can't recall if it was another car or wall and launches Arnie through the windshield killing him makes me believe that this was a demon trying to corrupt a young soul, and during the final confrintation it succeeded and took Arnie. Then proceeded to pursue his friends to kill them too. Afterwards it would continue on to cause more mayham and find another unsuspecting victim to corrupt just as it did with Arnie.
REad the book and saw this in the theater in the '80s. Going to get the book and rent the movie and have lovely weekend walking down memory lane. Haven't read/watched it since! Thanks for the tip, Minty!
Keith Gordon was phenomenal in Christine. His ability to manifest arnies emotions is insane. A lot of movies has cheesy acting in these days. Keith Gordon was a very gifted actor and really cared about the role.
Something many might not know is that this was filmed at the same High School, the year after "Fast Times at Ridgemont High". That was Van Nuys High, in LA, California. A lot of the same students worked as extras in both productions. So if you think the movie is strange, imagine being on the set with Valley Girls everywhere.
@@mexicanspec Nope, it was the shop at Van Nuys. I took auto shop myself in that room. And we had to spend a week in the library as it was closed so they could shoot some of the movie there.
So the book is about a used car buying experience gone bad, with the possessed owner's evil soul in the car. The movie is about a car that should have been recalled as it was built with evil parts. I can easily relate to both. Lol Would love a prequel movie with George and Roland LeBay.
Another Minty fresh video, brilliant. Thanks for the effort you put in, loads of stuff I had no idea about, I did try reading the book, but King is hard going, but that might be me, see you in the next one, cheers!
I feel cutting the extra scenes out was a fantastic move for the story but also for Carpenter as it became his film rather than a Stephen King adaptation. With Carpenters signature ambiguity and Arnie now walking a delicate tightrope between anti hero and villain, rather than straight up Villain. Am i the only one who feels this is Carpenters best shot film its beautiful with so many contrasts and perfect lens flares
From my understanding both in the film and even more so in the novel, the reason why Arnie is (to an extent) nasty to Denis is because Denis is almost the opposite of Arnie. Denis unlike Arnie is sporty, is more attractive, has a higher status of popularity and has a decent relationship with Arnie’s own parents. In other words, Denis is closer to what Arnie desires to be. Denis is almost a 96% percent right turn of Arnie is and how he’s treated. And because of those differences there was a level of jealousy and anger in Arnie too. In the movie it’s more ambiguous as to whether or not Denis is aware of Arnie’s jealousy and anger, but it’s made more clear in the novel Denis knows about how Arnie feels. And as for the reason why Denis hangs-out with Arnie is partly because he feels bad for Arnie and knows that Arnie needs someone to cry to. In addition to that, Arnie is also highly smart and is better than Denis in most academics. However, there might also be a possible third motive for being with Arnie and that’s to make himself look better in comparison which would explain why Denis gets sidetracked when Arnie starts dating Leigh. This possible reason was made clear in the novel, but not as clear in the film. Although if it is true of both, then in neither one is Denis all that good of a friend and it would make him selfish.
@11:22 yeah that final back end motion from Christine looks like Dennis is taking advantage and forcing himself on her😅🎉 the last little shake and Dennis was on top crushing them cheeks 😂😂
YES! Love this movie, thanks in advance for the video Minty :D PS hope you don't mind I keep trying this: Would you please do a video on Short Circuit 2? :)
Fun fact: the girl who played Leigh has an identical twin sister. To play a prank on the director (on his birthday, I believe) they switched her with her twin during a scene. Prank was on them because somehow he knew it wasn’t her 😂
I always got the vibe from both the book and the movie that Arnie was as much of victim of Christine as the punks she ran over---only in Arnie's case, it was a supernatural seduction rather than the absolute terror of being mowed down by a car with no apparent driver. Indeed, in the last moments of the movie, Arnie himself is killed by Christine in her insatiable rage...and after a few beats, the headlights come back on, the engine revs devilishly, the music starts up out of the radio, and Christine's off again, this time avenging her dead lover in the form of Arnie. I can't imagine this movie at all with Kevin Bacon. Can't even try. Keith Gordon nailed this part so completely. Just wish I'd seen more of him over the years---feels like he kinda drifted away after this one was done.
Keith Gordon's still around; he just works the other side of the camera. He directed "Mother Night," "The Milagro Beanfield War" and several episodes of "Dexter."
Video posted 1 day ago. Epic Thanksgiving gift to all your USA viewers, Minty. I love your videos, and this is one of my favorite movies. Always good to see you giving us a bit of insight into some of our favorites.
I saw Christine at the drive in with my buddy Tim. We were both John Carpenter fans. We had a great time, but there were a few issues. It was the second of the two movies showing, it was 1984, and we were two 16 year old boys at a drive in together, and the first movie was Prince's "Purple Rain", so every car around us had young couples making out. Being the target of jokes would have been worth it, but luckily we came out unscathed.
Nah, you guys should have made out a bit, it would have been worth it to see the reactions. For example, the scene in "Dude Where's My Car", when Ashton and Seann made out in front of Fabio and the hot model.
It also showed the guy from Heaven Help Us taking a dump while in the front seat, but I thought that was supposed to have happened on the windshield... Love the channel and content Minty!
I have been obsessed with this movie ever since it came out. One of my favorite car movies.I read they destroyed like 25 1957 Plymouths making this movie??? (Said it was easier to find 1957s than the actual 1958 Christine portrays...)
The other cars were factory "Buckskin Beige" which was the only color Fury's came in. All other models came in a variety of colors including Torriodor red.
so the glass to the stomach. The shop they crash into had glass windows and it makes perfect sense that arnie would land on a pieces of glass from that shop.
Nice video! I've read a lot of Stephen King books over the decades and I've noticed that in most of them characters are flawed, even the protagonists. No one is perfect, no one is wholly likeable. That said, I do like how Carpenter toned that down a bit.
Totally agree with you Minty, I love the theatrical release of this film. The special effects are so awesome in this film. Part of me wishes I didn't know about the sexual references of the transformation with Arnie & the destruction of Christine. Goes to show some things were always meant to be deleted. Because once you know it is hard to delete it from your memory!
I remember being teased as a kid because of this movie which I wasn't allowed to watch back then. When i got older and was able to see it, i was shocked. Now its one of my fave 80's horror movies of all time
I was working at a job where I had to be at work at 2:30 am. However, this was the airport and the crew for the weather bureau had a shift change at 2:00. I had to walk across the parking lot as all these cars were cooling down. Popping, clicking, creakin. If one headlight would have turned on on I would have run the quarter mile to my office exceeding world record times.
Any version of this movie I haven't seen before is a welcome surprise and disappointment. I absolutely love the movie christine. The idea of a car being hunted and killing people, is just an original idea for back in the day when it first came out. And I love Stephen King's inspiration for Christine, when he originally wrote the book.
The movie wouldn’t be half as good without Gordon as Arnie! He played that part so good!!!
actually i wrote a screen play . in it Plymouth/Crysler are thinking lets do a 75th anniversary car. a exec who loves old cars says . lets get back to basics . we need to show some american muscle again.
The exec is we had soemthing with this 1957 Fury. it looks bad ass and . he trails on . leading to soem, cuts . what if we found old furys' and melted them down and use the metal in the new cars. a few scenes where you have old rusted banged up Furys being put on trucks and carted off and a guy at a place talking so this was a Fury. Yep some crazy story it was a killer car but i just think it was a crazy teenager hopped up on drugs . but hey so since this is for one of them new cars give me a discount on one of them new Fury's. The exec hands him a card and says ok when ya buy it have the dealer call me i will take care of it and here is 5k for the block . A old dozer pushes it up a ramp
We go to see Detroit the steel mills firing up. The exec is if this works American steel will becoming booming again enough of this crap fiber glass . he has that make america strong tude . we see the block that was Christine being cut and dropped to be melted . We then see assembly lines as a updated 1957 Fury's being constructed. A guy working on the assem,bly line has teh familiar track Bad to the bone on a smart device playing . a girl walks up so . what color should these be? teh guy is looking at a old catalogue . he says hey there was a color called autumn red used back in the 50's get with ... he is a master mixologist with colors lets make this lot autumn red and that lot midnight black . we see 12 cars in the lot . the girl walks away . You got it . the man has a yes yes we are gonna make ya teh special editions . ya gonna be the baddest mo fo's out there you 12 will take teh world by storm and rip it up out there .
a Montage scene with Bad To The Bone as the cars are painted and A car show
The cars sell great and are all picked up
our main char is a young teen sadly yet a arnie who stylizes himself as a greaser from the 50s . he is kinda out of touch with reality and that makes him a easy target . There is a contest . the hands on a car thing and he last 4 days with no sleep. he is about to fall asleep and lose he mutters to himself . i am gonna beat those assholes with this car. yes darling we are gonna show them who is the real boss wont we . The radio turns on to a 50's song a small shock hits our main char which he sticks to teh car a lil as 3 othere folks get a shock which make them take their hands off the car and our main char wins
He brings it home . he has ok parents but they lose it . thats a gas guzzler its not green . sell that car and get a eco car kinda thing . he says no mom . he says ya know i am sick of ya all trying to make me like you all he says i made enough in my job i can get a place of my own and ya know maybe its time i moved out . we see him gathere soem stuff and packs teh car and drives to a motel for teh night . he falls asleep before checking in in the car and he has a dream a older man says yes you will son . you will show them who is the real boss . Christine and I will help you
The kid gets an apartment moves in and we see him at school . some bullying as he says its ok we are gonna get ya soon enough. a few of teh kids enemies start to mysteriously die.
Soon the kid is kinda seen as a bad ass. rumors abound . one night he is awoken as his car starts up and drives off on its own . he smiles . as he says go get that shitter Christine. He waits outside for his car to come back its on fire he say wow good job my girl . the fire stops . the car was black before but it is now our beloved Christine in her red . he gets ion and says i think our job is done here. a voice says its time to meet the others. he says who , what others . a girls voice says that are 11 other me's out there and we are taking car of teh shitters . Time for you all to meet . he says ok lets go . he heard a old man . just lay back we wil do teh driving kid he smiles as teh set reclines teh windows darken as teh car drives off. ( Keith Gordon could be a ghost and voice of one of teh spirits of teh new Christine )
we cam out as teh car drives down a desert road as we see other cars driving all windows tinted black there drivers all asleep All Autumn Red . leading out to the song The Birthday Massacre Destroyer
This is a fantasy, projecting the vanity
A quiet delusion, controlling me
It took the best of me
Dissolving my sanity
A silent intrusion, destroying me
When night expires across this town,
I'll light a fire to burn it down
The end is here and now
I'll burn it down, I'll light a fire
The end is here and now
Making wishes for me. Causing calamity
The only solution, abandons me
This is a tragedy. I meet with it gratefully
It's my execution, and you're joining me
When night expires across this town,
I'll light a fire to burn it down
The end is here and now
I'll burn it down, I'll light a fire
The end is here and now
I'll burn it down
The end is here and now
I'll burn it down
I'll light a fire
The end is here and now
He's a terrific actor. Check him out in DePalma's "Dressed To Kill," superb. I also admire John Stockwell's work here, and the fact that the film doesn't look MTV 80s, floofy hair and all that stuff. The book was actually set in PA, near where I grew up
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I recall watching 'Dexter' very keenly and being blown away by the fact KG directed some episodes!
True Gordon did a great job but if someone else had originally played the part of Arnie we wouldn't know the difference.
@@AAZEDLARC I grew up near there too, and that's why I like the movie more than the book. In the book, it's near Pittsburgh, and all throughout the read, they talk about going home and watching the Phillies, or listening to the Phillies on the radio. As a Pittsburgher, that always gave me a kneejerk reaction, and took me out of the story. NOBODY from that area wants to hear ANYTHING about the Phillies, lol. It's Pirate town! The movie doesn't do that, lol.
No, no. You've got it all wrong. Christine languished for years without an owner to love her. Arnie's love brought her back to life. They were extremely jealous. He fought for her. She fought for him. It destroyed them both.
Indeed 🎉
But it moved around at the end of the movie in the junkyard.. Arnie was in hell 😂🎉
Depends on the novel vs the movie. In the novel, Roland LeBay sells Arnie his run down car Christine.
Arnie did work on her in Darnell's junkyard / garage, until his love brought her back to life and she started repairing herself.
Wow. Spot on
I always had the impression that Christine is slowly taking over Arnie and causing his behavior to turn dark. They went out of their way to make him look pale with circles under his eyes as the movie progresses, almost ghostly. He's not outright possessed, but is being corrupted by the evil car.
Yes agreed. I got that feeling from the book also
I LOVED how, in the novel, Arnie had to push Christine backwards in order to reverse the damage. This led to Arnie developing back problems and hunching and limping like the previous demented owner.
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In the book it's very clearly laid out that it's LeBay who's taking over Arnie and who's spirit Is piloting Christine and not Arnie himself.
This is rammed home most definitely in the scene where Buddy Repperton is killed over towards Squwauntic Hills
Me too.
I agree
Those sideburns on Buddy Repperton deserved the Oscar for Cool as Shit.
and that mane too
Love this movie. I will admit it's a classic for sure. I remember a couple years ago actually getting to see the Christine car. I got to get my picture taken with the car. They told me to lay under it to look like I was getting run over. The photographer asked me why I was smiling. I replied with it's Christine.
I agree with another comment I saw on here. Christine and Arnie were meant for each other. They were both used, abused, and basically thrown away in the movie version. They met and ultimately rebuilt each other. Both were consumed by jealousy and took out all the s***ers that tried to break them back down. And, yes, this is totally a revenge movie.
Fun Fact: One of the original screen used Christine's is currently on display in Colorado at the Rods and Bods Car Museum in Jefferson County. You can't sit in it, but you can take a picture standing with it.
Definitely a revenge movie. If you were someone bullied in school, you'd understand how it feels to want to get payback (albeit not to this extreme lol)
Keith Gordon was amazing in this role. IMHO this is one of the few King novels that was translated into a top notch movie (both novel and movie were great). Great job again Minty! You did a great job digging up some interesting info for this one.
The self repair scenes (especially for 1983) were really impressive. Still a great film even today.
They used some kind of machine to destroy it, then they reversed the film so that it looked like she was fixing herself.
Funniest part was when she picked up a car an threw to the side
would love to see a prequel, featuring Roland and his experience with the car
Yes, for this is the age of prequels.
Christine was my first SK movie, which led me to my first SK novel - at 9 years old. The book, of course, scared me far worse, and tickled me infinitely, because it mentions my hometown. It’s been a nostalgic favorite ever since that first viewing
I was 11 when I read the novel, I LOVED IT & was hooked on SK from then on.
Imagine my surprise & utter joy when I found out there was a movie too.!
I still have that book & I've reread it a half dozen times since I found it in a second hand shop while on holiday in the Scottish Highlands in the late 80's .!
That was a good holiday.! 😉 😉 👍 👍 👍
his books are always better
@@user-ex9zm7bg3x always.!! 👍 👍
Me too man me too. I read this in high school, inspired one of my classmates and friends to read it, and it grabbed me and did not let go. Sure, the film is creepy yet entertaining and in some ways hilarious, a possessed vehicle, but the book goes much further than a possessed car, that is what is so great about it. It elaborated more on the characters as well as the car rather than just playing something out for show.
Christine was the first King book I ever read, and it is still one of my favorite movies. Truly a timeless classic.
..... Keith Gordon was FANTASTIC in his role as Arnie Cunningham.
In later life, he's gone the same way as Adrian Edmonson- bald.
@@rossbrumby1957 i think Adrian Edmonson does shave his head though. ive seen him with SOME hair at least, on a few occasions.
Great movie. The metamorphosis of Arnie was spectacular. And Leigh? Lovely.
These actors and directors somehow did the impossible and made a movie about a killer car believable and entertaining as hell
Buddy Repperton the 40 year old school kid..😂😂
Yes, but great at playing the typical school a-hole.
Hey its the same universe as starship troopers and Spiderman where kids graduate at 35
Kaplan America on UA-cam 😂
Rofl they always get grown adults playing teenagers in highschool. Not sure why.
Unless Buddy just kept failing school... lol! But then the majority of them are clearly older than teenagers.
I can totally relate to the deleted scene where Arnie loses his mind and starts crying in Dennis's Charger, with all the bullying I have encountered in elementary school, all the way to high school, and with my extended family continuously beating me up both mentally and emotionally, I've had my unleashing moments as well, I just wish they left that scene in, it was really good!
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I'm sorry to hear that. I think a lot of us have felt that way at certain points in our lives. Stay strong, I hope things get better for you... 😎
Kind of makes you wish you had a haunted car to fix up.
Hope all is well and your not going through that anymore
Not just to be bullied by those at your school but by your own family as well? I am so sorry man, hope you are doing much better, and I hope you at least had some support growing up.
Christine and Arnie were both damaged.
As Arnie fixed Christine, the car fixed and protected him...they were soulmates.
Both Arnie and Christine weren't villains in this story...it's more of a tragedy as it reflect bullying, emotional isolation and abuse.
Ultimately, Arnie 'felt' betrayed by everyone, and empathetically, Christine was the only one who understood his pain.
In the final junkyard scene, we see Christine trying to repair itself. If there were ever a sequel, we would find Christine sitting somewhere as we seen it at the beginning of the movie...battered and awaiting it's next lost soul caregiver.
If we were to look at Christine as more of a 'dog' that Arnie nurses back to health, then we would see the parallels.
I disagree. I believe they were the villains. The car tried to kill his girlfriend alienated his family and his best friend along with killing all the bullies.
Don't get me wrong, I do believe that many of them were 'bad' in some way. And even though Arnie 'pushed' his girlfriend and best friend together, in Arnie's eyes/heart, they betrayed him.
A lot of this is a matter of perspective...Arnie's, his friends, the bullies and Christine's.@@bobsacamano7653
@@bobsacamano7653 maybe everyone was the villain
The Red 1958 Plymouth Fury is one of my favorite cars because of Christine. I fucking love this car.
Oh well you’ll get on well with her?🤣
Who cares?…
If I was a car me and Christine would be sharing the same garage, I would always be pulling up to her rear bumper and honking my hooter 😍 😍
There would definitely be a squeeky sound coming from her rear suspension 😁 😁
apparently they never actually MADE a red Fury from the factory.
@@petelattimer6808 correct. the Fury was only available in buckskin beige.
John Carpenter Christine is my all time favorite movie and it still holds up and I love it next to A Bronx Tale & Con Air as Christine is a masterpiece, and happy thanksgiving everyone
A line of Darnell's that I quite liked was referencing a man who owned a car like Christine, who was so mean that you could pour boiling water down his throat and he'd piss out ice cubes.
This doubly indicates he'd met LeBay (and by extension, Christine) as well as Arnie's future behavior under Christine's influence.
I never made that connection but you might be right.
Darnell also says the guy killed himself in the car, if that was LeBay it happened just six weeks before. Surprising Darnell didn’t recognise Christine as the same car, especially once Arnie had restored her. In the book Dennis explains it IS Lebay’s car.
The question becomes how did Christine get into the weathered condition She was in when Arnie found her. It was obvious the car had been sitting for a long time.@@CycolacFan
In the book, Darnell and LeBay did have a past connection.
Darnell, as gruff and crude as he was, gave Arnie something that only a few had before, and that was trust. I think he truly liked the kid and recognized he was struggling, perhaps seeing something in him that he experienced in growing up that caused him to be the way we see him in the movie. Afterall, he gave him work and trusted Arnie with his own vehicle for running parts. For a lot of people, that's how they are able to show kindness and compassion. I was sad to see the characters demise by means of Christine, but obviously the car was not going to let anyone come between her and Arnie.
"Parts". Yeah, sure... Arnie was running "parts" for Darnell. In the book it was unstamped cigarettes. Yep, Darnell was a SMUGGLER!!!!
I dont know if Darnell did like Christine ...in the book Darnell used Arnie to Deliver his drugs and courier them all over the city ...Christine did not like this and killed Darnell
Note that when Darnell hears that Arnie is using the Caddilac, he grabs the shotgun and goes to defend Arnie's car from what he figures is some jerk who's stolen the car. Even Arnie asking Christine "Why?", indicates that he and Darnell were on better terms. He didn't want her to kill this guy.
Yes indeed. But that is the impressions you gain between written word and a motion picture adaptation. Both solid stories!@@charlesballard5251
@@vladyvhv9579Darnell's death is a complete circus in thr novel. Nothing like the quick ordeal in the movie.
Minty honestly brings me some peace, as he reminds me of a better time of UA-cam and life, in addition to his comfortable personality
I really loved this episode. Great insights.
This was the one horror movie my Dad liked because he loves old cars.
"Christine"(1983) is a good enough supernatural horror movie,which has an evocative and atmospheric Soundtrack!
Amazing how several or more of Carpenter films didn’t do great at the box office but are now classics enjoyed by many new viewers , I was lucky getting to see Escape from New York, Halloween, The Thing and The Fog at the theater or drive in! Fun times, thanks Minty!
I really enjoyed all on your list, too. Except, "The Thing" I generally don't put his movies at the top, nor him at the top of list of great directors. Mainly because I have a hard time analyzing why I like them so much. Are they just low-brow genre films? Or, are they really intellectual investigations of film language and emotions? Never seen/read an interview with him, and I think he is a real puzzle. Don't forget Precinct 13, Big Trouble in Little China, and even Vampires. I enjoy them, but those are considered junk by 90% of the public.
@@Redmenace96 yes even at the time I remember being alone in the theater watching
The Thing while my wife shopped at the adjoining mall and I wondered why more people weren’t in the theater , same with Heavy Metal, but at that time there were alot of good movies coming out seemed like every week, so many to choose from depending on what genre you were interested in, as great as Blade Runner is I didn’t really enjoy it that much at the theater because I had a hard time following, now my mature mind loves it, anyway thanks!
@@thunderstruck5484 Forgot, "Starman"! Dude. That movie blew me away in the theater, and I'm not sure I was even aware that JC directed it. Must have known. Don't remember.
@@thunderstruck5484In 1982 E.T. and Poltergeist ran away with the box office receipts. The only other movie that did well in '82 was Star Trek II.❤
@@landonbenford8369 saw them at the theater, Poltergeist is an all time favorite
SALEM'S LOT WAS EPIC!!! I love that movie. Saw it was a was young and it was horrifying. Now, it's just a horror classic for me. Just like Christine. And I love this channel because I learn so much about all my favorite movies. YOU ROCK MINTY!!! Thanks for helping keep the 80's movies alive!👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
Man in the remake please have Keith Gordon play Roland lebay. How badass would that be guys!!
Would be better when there will be no remake at all
Disagree.Many great remakes.Thing,Fly,Dawn of The Dead,Suspiria,Let The Right One IN, Etc
Every attempt to remake a Carpenter film has been an unmitigated disaster
@@RobertParks-h7rLate 70's and 80's remakes were lacking cgi which was a good thing. They're also from when Hollywood cared about their products!!❤
NO REMAKE!
Literally still one of my favorite movies from when I was a kid. Didn't see it until the mid 90s but fell in love.
Saw the movie about 20 times before I picked up the book for the first time. They were so different that I couldn't finish the book the first time. Eventually, I got into the book and have read it, but felt like what the movie did worked better overall.
i prefer the movie way over the book story
The car just being evil is far more effective than it being haunted.
The book is riddled with inconsistencies where other cars like a 57 Bel air were used at some points, and Christine is seen as a frumpy car that's a sedan instead of a coupe. The movie actually made the car a looker with more personality.
I totally agree. Book whiffed it but had a lot of potential. Probably one of about 10 movies in all of history where the movie is superior to the book
I watched this movie as a kid, and remember feeling SO BAD for Christine every time she got hurt. 😅
Come to think of it, I also sympathized with Darth Vader, Freddy, and Carrie. Maybe I was just a weird kid. Lol
Not really. Freddy no... he's just evil. Darth Vader and Carrie, I understand.
I totally didn't shed a tear when Darth Vader reveals his face to Luke.
Darth Vader and Carrie, I get, even Christine. Freddy though, maybe up to a point.
one of mintys best reviews!!! i love this movie, as a car guy. imo, christine was arnies freedom from oppression of his parents, bullies, and even dennis. his so called best friend kept him locked down, reminding arnie that he was a nerdy loser, and needed dennis for support. the saddest scene is at the end, as arnie is dying, he reaches out and touches the car one last time. he didnt care about anyone or anything except that beautiful plymouth fury. that car was the only thing in his life that didnt let him down. if a sequel ever happens, i worry that it will be a terrible modern take on this classic film.
With a 98 plymouth minivan😆 (25 year old vehicle in the movie and all). It's hilarious how us car guys kinda don't mind a demon-possessed car that fixes itself and focus on ither parts of the story😆
actually i wrote a screen play . in it Plymouth/Crysler are thinking lets do a 75th anniversary car. a exec who loves old cars says . lets get back to basics . we need to show some american muscle again.
The exec is we had soemthing with this 1957 Fury. it looks bad ass and . he trails on . leading to soem, cuts . what if we found old furys' and melted them down and use the metal in the new cars. a few scenes where you have old rusted banged up Furys being put on trucks and carted off and a guy at a place talking so this was a Fury. Yep some crazy story it was a killer car but i just think it was a crazy teenager hopped up on drugs . but hey so since this is for one of them new cars give me a discount on one of them new Fury's. The exec hands him a card and says ok when ya buy it have the dealer call me i will take care of it and here is 5k for the block . A old dozer pushes it up a ramp
We go to see Detroit the steel mills firing up. The exec is if this works American steel will becoming booming again enough of this crap fiber glass . he has that make america strong tude . we see the block that was Christine being cut and dropped to be melted . We then see assembly lines as a updated 1957 Fury's being constructed. A guy working on the assem,bly line has teh familiar track Bad to the bone on a smart device playing . a girl walks up so . what color should these be? teh guy is looking at a old catalogue . he says hey there was a color called autumn red used back in the 50's get with ... he is a master mixologist with colors lets make this lot autumn red and that lot midnight black . we see 12 cars in the lot . the girl walks away . You got it . the man has a yes yes we are gonna make ya teh special editions . ya gonna be the baddest mo fo's out there you 12 will take teh world by storm and rip it up out there .
a Montage scene with Bad To The Bone as the cars are painted and A car show
The cars sell great and are all picked up
our main char is a young teen sadly yet a arnie who stylizes himself as a greaser from the 50s . he is kinda out of touch with reality and that makes him a easy target . There is a contest . the hands on a car thing and he last 4 days with no sleep. he is about to fall asleep and lose he mutters to himself . i am gonna beat those assholes with this car. yes darling we are gonna show them who is the real boss wont we . The radio turns on to a 50's song a small shock hits our main char which he sticks to teh car a lil as 3 othere folks get a shock which make them take their hands off the car and our main char wins
He brings it home . he has ok parents but they lose it . thats a gas guzzler its not green . sell that car and get a eco car kinda thing . he says no mom . he says ya know i am sick of ya all trying to make me like you all he says i made enough in my job i can get a place of my own and ya know maybe its time i moved out . we see him gathere soem stuff and packs teh car and drives to a motel for teh night . he falls asleep before checking in in the car and he has a dream a older man says yes you will son . you will show them who is the real boss . Christine and I will help you
The kid gets an apartment moves in and we see him at school . some bullying as he says its ok we are gonna get ya soon enough. a few of teh kids enemies start to mysteriously die.
Soon the kid is kinda seen as a bad ass. rumors abound . one night he is awoken as his car starts up and drives off on its own . he smiles . as he says go get that shitter Christine. He waits outside for his car to come back its on fire he say wow good job my girl . the fire stops . the car was black before but it is now our beloved Christine in her red . he gets ion and says i think our job is done here. a voice says its time to meet the others. he says who , what others . a girls voice says that are 11 other me's out there and we are taking car of teh shitters . Time for you all to meet . he says ok lets go . he heard a old man . just lay back we wil do teh driving kid he smiles as teh set reclines teh windows darken as teh car drives off.
we cam out as teh car drives down a desert road as we see other cars driving all windows tinted black there drivers all asleep All Autumn Red . leading out to the song The Birthday Massacre Destroyer
This is a fantasy, projecting the vanity
A quiet delusion, controlling me
It took the best of me
Dissolving my sanity
A silent intrusion, destroying me
When night expires across this town,
I'll light a fire to burn it down
The end is here and now
I'll burn it down, I'll light a fire
The end is here and now
Making wishes for me. Causing calamity
The only solution, abandons me
This is a tragedy. I meet with it gratefully
It's my execution, and you're joining me
When night expires across this town,
I'll light a fire to burn it down
The end is here and now
I'll burn it down, I'll light a fire
The end is here and now
I'll burn it down
The end is here and now
I'll burn it down
I'll light a fire
The end is here and now
I agree and disagree with your opinion on Dennis. Only because I do think Dennis cared more about him than anyone else did, even in his own way, however, like most friendships, relationships, whatever most are flawed no matter how much you care about someone- Dennis saw things in a certain order/status quo (jock/nerd) and probably felt that once Arnie grew a backbone and confidence he wouldn't need him anymore.
Especially, when Arnie started going out with Leigh, he 'bout lost his damn mind! I don't think he kept him "locked down" no more than anyone else... That said, Christine didn't give a fuck about Arnie! She was evil, she only cared about herself, and she corrupted Arnie. She didn't just give him "love" it all came with a powerful price.
@@VenusAxe like all love, that sht is expensive
Christine is acctually still her own evil entity to some extent in the book, she does kill out of jealousy while LeBay is alive and does odd things like when the Vetrans hall guys try to play a prank on LeBay by lifting the rear wheels off the ground she still rockets forward as if nothing happened, LeBay and Christine effectively merge on his passing.
George is actually character wise for all intensive purposes Roland LeBay in the movie as in the book he does not appear until Roland's funeral and is a lot nicer, even willing to tell Dennis the full story.
In the book the romance between Dennis and Leigh does happen, alot of the deleted scenes are actually close on to what happens, they come together initially out of fear and end up having a fling (the book ends years later so you find out it didn't last).
Was just going to say this (or something similar). Christine is evil by herself in the book and her evil feeds off of Roland Lebay’s evil. In the book Christine literally reaches out to Arnie and he’s compelled to buy her, Christine sensing another soul that she can corrupt. I love both the movie and the book although they are significantly different. It’s one of my favorite King books.
Not to mention the book as I recall it didn't say Roland was POSSESSING Arnie, but more that Christine warped both Roland and Arnie into what it wanted its owner to be. The greaser constantly out to get "the shitters" of this world. Hell, in the movie Arnie even uses the "shitters" phrase like Roland does in the book.
"Vetrans"?
Learn to spell.
And speak.
"Intents and purposes" since we're being pedantic.
Excellent deep dive into this story. This is one of the best "Lost Versions" you've ever done
I've always loved this movie ever since I saw it as a teen. And I agree with Minty, Arnie is such a great character and what happens to him is a tragedy. This movie is so much deeper than it seems. Thank you for bringing out these unique point of views that I've never realized even after watching the movie a dozen times.
Saw this in the Theater on opening day! Absolutely loved it, and it's in my top 10 Favorite movies ( Smokey & The Bandit #1). This movie is perfect the way it is, although the cut out scene with his mother looking in on him sleeping would have been a good touch. Thank you for posting this! ❤.
The timing of this video is funny cause I am currently going through the Audible of Christine. :)
Well, I think you did a pretty good job on your take of whether the cut out scenes helped or hurt. I mostly didn't care for them either. In the opening scene that you covered where all the 58' Furys coming down the assembly line are all identical units of the same colour and same model with the _exception_ of a single random unit amidst them. It's the same model, but a different colour. At first glance, the obvious reason which is to have her _stick out_ from the rest of the Furys on the line, but it was actually to make it even creepier (at least I thought so) In (Real World) 1958, the Plymouth Fury was only available in _one_ colour (buckskin beige)!! Yet, in the film, here comes a lone wolf amougst the pack that is a different colour...Autumn Red. Strangely, Mopar had no "Autumn Red" colour code in 1958! The colour never existed which makes Chrisine even more mysterious!
I do believe Christine "loved" Arnie as much as Arnie loved the car. All you need to understand that is how she reacts when he passes on. Her head-lights fade to black and her last words are in the song "Pledging My Love" she plays thru her eerie greenlit radio (just listen to the lyrics) \m/ Did you know Scott Banjo and Brroke Shields were considered as well?
The original “fire starter” was wayyy better than the reboot
That’s not saying much.
I've always thought a great tagline for a Christine sequel would be "The Fury Returns!" Lol!
Christine Belford once lived in the Amittyville house as a teenager. Bit of useless trivia for you there 😁
Tesla cars can never replace her
Yes, you are right
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Very apt! I literally just finished reading the book. I recommend any fan of the film to do so.
Didn't know this was the first movie with Bad to the Bone. 🤘
Love Christine went to the movie theater few weeks ago to see it again for a limited release in theaters 2 days 4 shows only
I was in high school when this movie came out. I watched it with a fellow guy friend and we loved it. I don’t think my girlfriend would have liked it though. When I watched it again with my son just a couple of years ago, we enjoyed it very much. The music was great too. Ritchie Valens “You’re Mine” when the girl was choking in the car was brilliant!!
Great film classic tbh Rock ‘n’ roll car Christine
One of my favorites of all time movies.
One of my favorite lines in the movie! Is when Junkins told Arnie they had to scoop up Moochie with a shovel! And Arnie said! Isnt that what you do! With 💩 pick it up! With a little Shovel😁
Yes, n Arnie has that sassy smerk haha
The Merrell family (Ace, et al) is first mentioned in the book version of Christine. They will later appear in multiple King novels. Excellent episode!
One of the Best Carpenters Films from his Golden Years before he lost magic touch ...
How did he lose his touch?
I think Britain lost it's touch since it can't steal resources anymore around the world.
When George Thorogood sings, it always looks like he's doin' a "Booger Burp". 😳😵💫
In the deleted scene, Arnie is lashing out against "The Shitters," which, in the novel, is pretty much anyone who goes against the car, its owner, etc. Great book, great movie. You should read it, Minty!
Thanks for video Minty, this is an absolute classic 80's film, awesome (King) book and fantastic (vinyl) soundtrack 👍
It’s a love story really,fantastic film every young man who fixes up and old car can relate to it on some levels 👍😎
I've always thought of Christine as a demon possessed car. The fact that (spoilers coming) that Christine slams into can't recall if it was another car or wall and launches Arnie through the windshield killing him makes me believe that this was a demon trying to corrupt a young soul, and during the final confrintation it succeeded and took Arnie. Then proceeded to pursue his friends to kill them too. Afterwards it would continue on to cause more mayham and find another unsuspecting victim to corrupt just as it did with Arnie.
Not forgetting how the mileometer was running backwards and as it gets nearer 00000, she then devours Arnie.
I love the book I read it 20 years ago and it still enjoy listening to the lack of knowledge of people who only seen the movie!
REad the book and saw this in the theater in the '80s. Going to get the book and rent the movie and have lovely weekend walking down memory lane. Haven't read/watched it since! Thanks for the tip, Minty!
i have several version so the movie in vhs and dvd and blu ray
Really appreciate the Thanksgiving upload today. Hope you have a great weekend Minty!!
One of my favorite movies ever! There was an old Plymouth fury that used follow me around. Every time I looked 😂❤
This is one of my favorite go to movies.
Keith Gordon was phenomenal in Christine. His ability to manifest arnies emotions is insane. A lot of movies has cheesy acting in these days. Keith Gordon was a very gifted actor and really cared about the role.
Something many might not know is that this was filmed at the same High School, the year after "Fast Times at Ridgemont High". That was Van Nuys High, in LA, California. A lot of the same students worked as extras in both productions. So if you think the movie is strange, imagine being on the set with Valley Girls everywhere.
"Ow! Like this car is killing me."
@@TheNativeEngine Man, like that Arnie is so grody! But he got a bitching car!
@@michaelmartin4552 😆
That looked just like our Auto Shop at Taft. At first I thought it was ours.
@@mexicanspec Nope, it was the shop at Van Nuys. I took auto shop myself in that room. And we had to spend a week in the library as it was closed so they could shoot some of the movie there.
So the book is about a used car buying experience gone bad, with the possessed owner's evil soul in the car. The movie is about a car that should have been recalled as it was built with evil parts. I can easily relate to both. Lol Would love a prequel movie with George and Roland LeBay.
Even better, I would like to see a movie about who was the girl Christine.
@lancethefilmguy9392 Christine is a girl, just not a human one, lol
Points out guy peeing on car, ignores guy shitting in car.
Another Minty fresh video, brilliant. Thanks for the effort you put in, loads of stuff I had no idea about, I did try reading the book, but King is hard going, but that might be me, see you in the next one, cheers!
I feel cutting the extra scenes out was a fantastic move for the story but also for Carpenter as it became his film rather than a Stephen King adaptation. With Carpenters signature ambiguity and Arnie now walking a delicate tightrope between anti hero and villain, rather than straight up Villain.
Am i the only one who feels this is Carpenters best shot film its beautiful with so many contrasts and perfect lens flares
From my understanding both in the film and even more so in the novel, the reason why Arnie is (to an extent) nasty to Denis is because Denis is almost the opposite of Arnie. Denis unlike Arnie is sporty, is more attractive, has a higher status of popularity and has a decent relationship with Arnie’s own parents. In other words, Denis is closer to what Arnie desires to be. Denis is almost a 96% percent right turn of Arnie is and how he’s treated. And because of those differences there was a level of jealousy and anger in Arnie too. In the movie it’s more ambiguous as to whether or not Denis is aware of Arnie’s jealousy and anger, but it’s made more clear in the novel Denis knows about how Arnie feels. And as for the reason why Denis hangs-out with Arnie is partly because he feels bad for Arnie and knows that Arnie needs someone to cry to. In addition to that, Arnie is also highly smart and is better than Denis in most academics. However, there might also be a possible third motive for being with Arnie and that’s to make himself look better in comparison which would explain why Denis gets sidetracked when Arnie starts dating Leigh. This possible reason was made clear in the novel, but not as clear in the film. Although if it is true of both, then in neither one is Denis all that good of a friend and it would make him selfish.
Thanks minty!!!! Love your videos!!!! THANKFUL for you!!!! 🦃
Man that should have been all up in the movie about the car falling apart and parts being picked up while sparks flying 😂😂 A+
that and the arnie breakdown in dennis car. Dennis honestly is the only person who cared about him i felt.
@@jeffreyrigged indeed
Great video Minty!! This film is one of my most loved movies. It is in my top 20.
@11:22 yeah that final back end motion from Christine looks like Dennis is taking advantage and forcing himself on her😅🎉 the last little shake and Dennis was on top crushing them cheeks 😂😂
Here's another Film I Need to Revisit and also Read the Book too!! Good job Mr. Minty
YES! Love this movie, thanks in advance for the video Minty :D
PS hope you don't mind I keep trying this: Would you please do a video on Short Circuit 2? :)
Fun fact: the girl who played Leigh has an identical twin sister. To play a prank on the director (on his birthday, I believe) they switched her with her twin during a scene. Prank was on them because somehow he knew it wasn’t her 😂
That's Alexandra Paul. She was later on Baywatch
@@JIF882 such a pretty girl
I always got the vibe from both the book and the movie that Arnie was as much of victim of Christine as the punks she ran over---only in Arnie's case, it was a supernatural seduction rather than the absolute terror of being mowed down by a car with no apparent driver. Indeed, in the last moments of the movie, Arnie himself is killed by Christine in her insatiable rage...and after a few beats, the headlights come back on, the engine revs devilishly, the music starts up out of the radio, and Christine's off again, this time avenging her dead lover in the form of Arnie.
I can't imagine this movie at all with Kevin Bacon. Can't even try. Keith Gordon nailed this part so completely. Just wish I'd seen more of him over the years---feels like he kinda drifted away after this one was done.
Keith Gordon's still around; he just works the other side of the camera. He directed "Mother Night," "The Milagro Beanfield War" and several episodes of "Dexter."
Buddy Repperton: "Is that Cuntingham's car??" 😳🤣
🦃HAPPY THANKSGIVING EVERYONE!!🦃
No, its mine! 😂
Moochie: " I know where he keeps it".
Video posted 1 day ago. Epic Thanksgiving gift to all your USA viewers, Minty. I love your videos, and this is one of my favorite movies. Always good to see you giving us a bit of insight into some of our favorites.
very good...thanks so much for your insights...
"What a mean car!" I'm crying
I saw Christine at the drive in with my buddy Tim. We were both John Carpenter fans. We had a great time, but there were a few issues. It was the second of the two movies showing, it was 1984, and we were two 16 year old boys at a drive in together, and the first movie was Prince's "Purple Rain", so every car around us had young couples making out. Being the target of jokes would have been worth it, but luckily we came out unscathed.
Nah, you guys should have made out a bit, it would have been worth it to see the reactions. For example, the scene in "Dude Where's My Car", when Ashton and Seann made out in front of Fabio and the hot model.
Christine is a masterpiece of a movie - thanks to john carpenter. The self-repair scene was perfect, and scared the crap out of me as a kid.
Darn good review. Wasn’t expecting this on Thanksgiving, but regardless, well done!
It also showed the guy from Heaven Help Us taking a dump while in the front seat, but I thought that was supposed to have happened on the windshield... Love the channel and content Minty!
Two horror legends working together. One with books and One with movies. Similar to another King movie with living vehicles.
The two horror legends in the other movie? King and cocaine.
Arnie Cuntingham always made me laugh.lol
Happy Thanksgiving everyone, we should all be thankful for minty
I have been obsessed with this movie ever since it came out. One of my favorite car movies.I read they destroyed like 25 1957 Plymouths making this movie??? (Said it was easier to find 1957s than the actual 1958 Christine portrays...)
The other cars were factory "Buckskin Beige" which was the only color Fury's came in. All other models came in a variety of colors including Torriodor red.
I definitely love the book!! The movie was pretty good too 5:50
Poor Arnie, couldn’t make the dive team, and then his car is a serial killer lol. Can’t catch a break! Luckily his dad can do a triple Lindy.
Arnie, should have gone Back to School.🙂
@@amberlopez7477 LOL, nicely done.
Great video! One of my all time favorites
so the glass to the stomach. The shop they crash into had glass windows and it makes perfect sense that arnie would land on a pieces of glass from that shop.
Nice video!
I've read a lot of Stephen King books over the decades and I've noticed that in most of them characters are flawed, even the protagonists. No one is perfect, no one is wholly likeable.
That said, I do like how Carpenter toned that down a bit.
Totally agree with you Minty, I love the theatrical release of this film. The special effects are so awesome in this film. Part of me wishes I didn't know about the sexual references of the transformation with Arnie & the destruction of Christine. Goes to show some things were always meant to be deleted. Because once you know it is hard to delete it from your memory!
Just shows that GENX knows a good movie and our parents didn't .
I remember being teased as a kid because of this movie which I wasn't allowed to watch back then. When i got older and was able to see it, i was shocked. Now its one of my fave 80's horror movies of all time
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I was working at a job where I had to be at work at 2:30 am. However, this was the airport and the crew for the weather bureau had a shift change at 2:00. I had to walk across the parking lot as all these cars were cooling down. Popping, clicking, creakin. If one headlight would have turned on on I would have run the quarter mile to my office exceeding world record times.
Awesome 👍👍
Just what did those greasers do to Stephen, back in the 50s? 😂
Any version of this movie I haven't seen before is a welcome surprise and disappointment. I absolutely love the movie christine. The idea of a car being hunted and killing people, is just an original idea for back in the day when it first came out. And I love Stephen King's inspiration for Christine, when he originally wrote the book.