Carrie

:In 1952, a film of Theodore Dreiser's novel Sister Carrie was made under the title Carrie; for that film, see: Sister Carrie. For the digital library see Carrie (digital library).

Movie and musical adaptations

Brian de Palma directed a film version of Carrie in 1976 with Sissy Spacek as Carrie. Amy Irving, William Katt, Betty Buckley, Piper Laurie, Nancy Allen and John Travolta are also featured. A much-belated and poorly-received sequel appeared in 1999; it featured another girl with telekinetic powers (who is eventually revealed to have shared a father with Carrie), but the overall plot was painfully similar to the first story. A TV movie remake was released in 2002, but the 1976 version is widely regarded as superior in both technique and fidelity to the source material.

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Brian de Palma - 1976 - Sissy Spacek - Amy Irving - William Katt - Betty Buckley - Piper Laurie - Nancy Allen - John Travolta - 1999 - TV movie - Remake - 2002

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Although always marketed as a horror story, the main appeal of "Carrie" has been as a sad and emotionally intense story of being excluded and victimised. The film and book retain a cult following that includes many who experienced bullying at school or overzealous parenting. It was the first horror film to be nominated for Academy Awards, for the performances of Sissy Spacek and Piper Laurie; it also won the grand prize at Avoriaz film festival and Sissy Spacek was rewarded with "Best Actress" by the American National Society of Film Critics Awards.

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A 1988 Broadway musical, starring Betty Buckley, Linzi Hateley, and Darlene Love closed after only five performances and 16 previews. An English pop opera filtered through Greek tragedy, the show was such a notorious turkey it provided the title to Ken Mandelbaum's survey of theatrical disasters, Not Since Carrie: Forty Years of Broadway Musical Flops. The 1976 film did include an unusual soundtrack of heavy classical music, which was widely praised and added to the Gothic atmosphere of the film.

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1988 - Broadway - Betty Buckley - Linzi Hateley - Darlene Love - Greek tragedy - Ken Mandelbaum

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