Carrie
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Brian De Palma
Sissy Spacek
John Travolta
Piper Laurie
Amy Irving
William Katt
Photos & Videos
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
A young teenage girl wreaks telekinetic vengeance on her high school tormentors and religious-nut mother.
Director
Brian De Palma
Cast
Sissy Spacek
John Travolta
Piper Laurie
Amy Irving
William Katt
Nancy Allen
Betty Buckley
P.j. Soles
Sydney Lassick
Stefan Gierasch
Priscilla Pointer
Michael Talbott
Doug Cox
Harry Gold
Noelle North
Cindy Daly
Deirdre Berthrong
Anson Downes
Rory Stevens
Edie Mcclurg
Cameron Depalma
Crew
Michael Arciaga
Greg Auer
Gregory M Auer
Wendy Bartel
Dustin Blauvelt
James L Carter
Lawrence D Cohen
Angelo Corallis
Joseph Cosko
Wes Dawn
Rick Dior
Pino Donaggio
Pino Donaggio
James Dyer
Jack Fisk
Lois Freeman-fox
Robert Gould
Dow Griffith
Eugene Griffith
Bert Hallberg
Donald E Heitzer
Harriet Helberg
Harriet B Helberg
Paul Hirsch
Maria Iano
Kate Irving
Bill Kenney
Joel King
Stephen King
Michael Kirchberger
Gary Littlefield
Agnes Lyon
Merrit Malloy
Natale Massara
Kenneth Miller
Paul Monash
Rosanna Norton
Joe Pender
Kenneth Pepiot
Jerome L Posner
David Rust
Dan Sable
Hannah Scheel
William P Scott
Gary Seybert
Robert Sinclair
Louis A. Stroller
Adele Taylor
Mario Tosi
Richard Vorisek
Richard Vorisek
Richard Weiker
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Film Details
Technical Specs
Award Nominations
Best Actress
Best Supporting Actress
Quotes
Take that dress off. I can see your dirty pillows.- Margaret White
They're called breasts, mama, and every woman has them.- Carrie
There're all gonna laugh at you.- Margaret White
The children are wandering through the wilderness of sin these days, Mrs. Snell.- Margaret White
My Sue is a good girl.- Mrs. Snell
These are godless times, Mrs. Snell.- Margaret White
I'll drink to that.- Mrs. Snell
I should have killed myself when he took me. After the first time, before we were married, Ralph promised never again. He promised me and I believed him. But sin never dies. Sin never dies. At first it was alright. We lived sinlessly. We slept in the same bed but we never did it. And then, that night, I saw him lookin' down at me that way. We got down on our knees to pray for strength. I smelled the whiskey on his breath. Then he took me. He took me, with the stink of filthy roadhouse whiskey on his breath, and I liked it. I liked it. With all that dirty touchin' of his hands up on me, all over me. I should have given you to God when you were born, but I was weak and backslidin'. But now the devil has come home. We will pray. We'll pray. We'll pray. For the last time, we'll pray.- Margaret White
Carrie, was it one of the girls? Did one of the girls do something to you?- Miss Collins
No.- Carrie White
Well, what is it then? You can trust me, you know that?- Miss Collins
I got invited to the prom.- Carrie White
That's wonderful. So, what are you moping around for?- Miss Collins
Trivia
Sissy Spacek wasn't considered for the role of Carrie until her husband, Jack Fisk, convinced director Brian de Palma to allow her to audition. Her audition so pleased De Palma that she got the lead role.
Betty Buckley, who plays the gym teacher in the film, went on to star as Carrie's mother in the ill-fated Pitchford/Gore musical version of Carrie. The song "When There's No One" from the show is included on Buckley's Sterling records release "Children Will Listen." No official cast album exists, although several unofficial recordings have been made.
The name of the high school is Bates High, a reference to Norman Bates of Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho (1960).
The dream sequence in the movie's finale was filmed backwards. Sue (Amy Irving) walked backwards down the sidewalk. When projected forward, it has a very eerie dreamlike appearance.
The dizzying camera shot during the prom scene was achieved by placing William Katt and Sissy Spacek on a platform that was spinning in one direction, while the camera was being dollied in the opposite direction.
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States April 1981
Released in United States Fall November 16, 1976
Released in United States November 1976
Released in USA on video.
Released in United States April 1981 (Shown at FILMEX: Los Angeles International Film Exposition ("Scared to Death": Horror Movie Marathon) April 2-23, 1981.)
Released in United States November 1976
Released in United States Fall November 16, 1976
