Carrie (television movie)
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| Genre | Television Film/Horror/Thriller |
| Based on |
Carrie by Stephen King |
| Screenplay by | Bryan Fuller |
| Directed by | David Carson |
| Starring | |
| Music by | Laura Karpman |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
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| Cinematography | Victor Goss |
| Editor(s) | Jeremy Presner |
| Running time | 132 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Trilogy Entertainment Group |
| Distributor | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
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| Original network | NBC |
| Original release | November 4, 2002 |
Carrie is a 2002 American supernatural horror television film based on the novel Carrie by Stephen King. It is the second film adaptation of the novel, following the 1976 version and overall the third entry in the Carrie film franchise. The film premiered on NBC on November 4, 2002. The film was intended as a backdoor pilot for a potential television series and the ending of the novel was changed accordingly, but no follow-up series was ever produced.
Several people are being interviewed in a police station, including a high school student, Sue Snell (Kandyse McClure) and gym teacher Miss Desjarden (Rena Sofer). Detective John Mulcahey (David Keith) is investigating the disappearance of high school student Carrie White (Angela Bettis). These interviews are interspersed with flashbacks to previous events.
The film then features a flashback of two weeks before the prom at Ewen High School. Carrie is a shy and withdrawn girl tormented by the popular girls; Christine "Chris" Hargensen (Emilie De Ravin) and Tina Blake (Katharine Isabelle) are especially vicious. After gym class, Carrie has her first period in the shower, and she panics. The other girls swarm the shower and taunt her. Hearing the commotion, Ms. Desjarden comes into the shower, and comforts Carrie as a light bulb shatters above them. Later, Principal Morton (Laurie Murdoch) decides to send Carrie home, but calls Carrie the wrong name (he calls her "Cassie", instead of "Carrie.") Carrie corrects him repeatedly, finally yelling as his desk suddenly moves several inches. As Carrie gathers her belongings to leave, she is the victim of a practical joke at her hallway locker, where the words "plug it up" are written on her locker door and when she opens the door, tampons fall out and onto the floor. On her way home, Carrie is accosted by a boy on a bicycle, whose joke goes wrong when he seemingly flies off his bike and crashes into a tree. When she reaches home, Carrie has a flashback to her own childhood before entering the house. Carrie's fanatically religious mother, Margaret White (Patricia Clarkson), who considers menstruation a sign of sexual sin, locks Carrie in her "prayer closet" as punishment.
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