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Description: brian de palmas commercial breakout, based on a novel by stephen king, helped launch a whole slew of teen-based horror films, and carrie the blood-spattered prom queen has taken her throne in the pantheon of modern american myth. High school girls played by amy irving (in her film debut), p.J. soles, and nancy allen plot to avenge themselves on ostracized fellow student and budding telekinetic carrie white (sissy spacek) after they get in trouble for pelting her with tampons. When they get popular boy tommy ross (william katz) to be her date for the prom, the stage is set for some heart-rending cruelty and fiery retribution. De palma expertly uses split screens, slow motion, color filters, and tracking shots to imbue the proceedings with a haunting, allegorical elegance. Piper laurie plays carrievç‚äôs mentally ill, devoutly christian mom; shevç‚äôs brilliant, as is spacek. John travolta has a memorable pre-saturday night fever role as one of the girls beer-guzzling boyfriends. There was finally a sequel in 1999, as well as a short-lived broadway musical. Reviews premiere 04/01/2004 [a] masterful mix of horror and adolescent angst...Total film 01/01/2004 brian de palmas best movie, his virtuoso technique meeting its match in sissy spaceks touching performance.Sight and sound 02/01/2001 ...The opening sequence is an uncanny tour de force...Usa today 12/02/1991 ...[The film] may be brian de palmas best....Its a definitive revenge piece... Synopsis carrie, a shy teenager with a fiercely religious and oppressive mother, struggles to come to terms with her emerging sexuality and extraordinary telekinetic powers. Just as shes beginning to enjoy a sudden change in her life, a cruel practical joke drives her to a monstrous act of revenge and destruction. Title: carrie category: horror/suspense actors: sissy spacek/ amy irving/ john travolta directors: brian de palma upc: 02761670572 released: 09 29 1998 original release: 1976 studio: mgm home entertainment catalog #: 907057 language: englishsubtitled rating: r (mpaa) format: dvd [widescreen] color runtime: 5880 region: 1