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John Carpenter's Christine, adaptated from a novel written by Stephen King, is a horror film about a supernaturally malevolent automobile and its effects on the teenager who owns it. The film was directed by John Carpenter.

Plot

The movie stars Keith Gordon as Arnie Cunningham, the typical high school nerd who only has a few friends. But his life changes when he finds "Christine". "Christine" is a red 1958 Plymouth Fury that has experienced better days. Arnie starts to spend all of his time restoring "Christine" to her original beauty. As he spends more and more of his time repairing her, his friends find that Arnie is changing as well. Once a shy person, Arnie has developed a cocky arrogance. Arnie's girlfriend Leigh Cabot, played by Alexandra Paul, and his best friend Dennis Guilder, played by John Stockwell, discover that the car has a deadly past. The previous owner become consumed with "Christine" and he paid for it with his life. Leigh and Dennis try to save Arnie from a similar fate. They realize that the only way to save Arnie is by destroying "Christine". But "Christine" isn't ready to give up Arnie without a fight.

Plot differences between film and novel

There are quite a lot of changes made from the original Stephen King novel, including the following:

The book is set in Libertyville, Pennsylvania; the film Rockbridge, California.
The book has Arnie purchasing Christine from Roland D. LeBay, who dies a few weeks later; the film has Arnie purchasing it from his brother, George LeBay. George tells Arnie and Dennis that his "asshole brother" has recently died, and he is selling the car for him. (Although the character in the film is named George, he is wearing a back brace, just like Roland in the book.)
The book details that the corpse of Roland LeBay appears in front of Arnie several times, and that LeBay's spirit has possessed Arnie, causing his personality to change. It is revealed later on in the book that it is the spirit of LeBay that takes control of the car to commit the gruesome murders; the film dispenses with LeBay completely and concentrates on the car itself being evil. (John Carpenter
points out in the DVD commentary that this change streamlined the plot, and he felt that the corpse appearing was too similar to scenes in An American Werewolf In London, a film that had only been released recently.)

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