This one car in particular was a manual transmission. One of the Christine cars actually became possessed and caused destruction all on it’s own. King sitting on the hood of a 1957 Plymouth, not a 1958, as the movie states.ġ3. If you have a copy of the first issue hard cover with the dust jacket, you will find a picture of Mr. A fourth car was saved from the wrecker and purchased by Martin Sanchez.ġ2. By the movie’s wrap, only three mint condition Christines remained they went on the road to promote the movie, and were later sold to collectors.

Footage of the inward crumpling body was then reversed, or rather, played backwards, giving the appearance of the car spontaneously retaking form, instead of imploding.ġ1. These pumps were attached to cables, which were in turn attached to the cars' bodywork and when they compressed, they would 'suck' the paneling inwards. To simulate the car regenerating itself, hydraulic pumps were installed on the inside of some of the film's numerous Plymouth Fury 'stunt doubles', a mock-up in plastic that looked more like metal on camera than actual metal as it bent and deformed. At times and in certain scenes she was also pushed by a bulldozer and drawn forward with cables.ġ0. When Christine became “evil,” her windows were painted black, except a small area covered with window tint the stunt driver had no side or rear vision. There was no remote control used in any of the 24 cars used in the movie Christine. This scene had to be filmed first so the other cars could be re-painted to later be used as Christine car doubles.Ĩ. During the opening shot, Christine is shown with the other cars in the lineup, and shown as the only red Fury, in comparison to the other cars. The opening scene of the movie where Christine is “born” in Detroit, is not in the book. Christine's license plate begins 'CQB' which is an acronym for 'Close Quarters Battle'.ħ. They bought Belvederes and Savoys along with real Furys, painting them and making changes as needed to make them all look like Christine.Ħ. In order to find enough Plymouth Furys for the movie, the film-makers placed ads across the country to Plymouths, only sixteen were used for filming seven were used for parts. 15% of the movie’s entire budget was spent just on the cars.ĥ. Christine made more money than any other actor.

But the film makers involved all felt the movie would be better served by casting “unknowns'. Scott Baio was considered to play Arnie Cunningham and Brooke Shields was considered for Leigh Cabot. Kevin Bacon was offered the lead role but ended up choosing Footloose (1984) instead. Stephen King ’s popularity was such at the time that the film went into production before the book was even published.Ģ.

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