The Fury (1978 film)
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| Directed by | Brian De Palma |
| Produced by | Frank Yablans |
| Screenplay by | John Farris |
| Based on |
The Fury by John Farris |
| Starring |
Kirk Douglas John Cassavetes Carrie Snodgress Charles Durning Amy Irving Andrew Stevens Rutanya Alda |
| Music by | John Williams |
| Cinematography | Richard H. Kline |
| Edited by | Paul Hirsch |
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Frank Yablans Presentations
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| Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
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118 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $7.5 million |
| Box office | $24,000,000 |
The Fury is a 1978 supernatural horror film directed by Brian De Palma. The film was written by John Farris, based on his novel of the same name. It stars Kirk Douglas, John Cassavetes, Carrie Snodgress, Amy Irving, Charles Durning and Andrew Stevens. The music, composed by Academy Award-winner John Williams and performed by the London Symphony Orchestra, was highly praised by critic Pauline Kael, who called it "as elegant and delicately varied a score as any horror film has ever had".
Peter Sandza (Kirk Douglas), a former CIA agent, is searching for his son Robin (Andrew Stevens), who was kidnapped by a secret intelligence organization inside the CIA led by Ben Childress (John Cassavetes). This organization kidnaps psychics to turn them into weapons in the service of the United States government. To better control the psychics, they also kill their families. Peter survived the attempt on his life, but his son believes he was killed by Muslim terrorists. Childress' organization systematically experiments with Robin to increase his powers and develop the ability to control them, making him progressively more mentally unstable.
In the meantime, a teenage girl, Gillian Bellaver (Amy Irving), discovers that she possesses psychic powers, including telekinesis and extra-sensory perception, and that their uncontrolled manifestations are harming people who touch or provoke her. She volunteers to attend the Paragon Institute, which had been attended by Robin, and whose director, Dr. James McKeever (Charles Durning) also works for Ben Childress. During her training it is discovered that she has a psychic link with Robin, and that her psychic prowess is comparable to his. Upon learning this, Childress begins to plan the assassination of her family.
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