{"id":110,"date":"2019-04-03T14:46:04","date_gmt":"2019-04-03T14:46:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.carandclassic.co.uk\/magazine\/?p=110"},"modified":"2024-09-12T10:25:16","modified_gmt":"2024-09-12T09:25:16","slug":"the-cars-the-star-christine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.carandclassic.com\/magazine\/the-cars-the-star-christine\/","title":{"rendered":"The Car\u2019s the Star \u2013 Christine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It\u2019s a film about a killer car. It doesn\u2019t sound like a premise that you could or should take even remotely seriously. That is until you learn that 1983\u2019s film, Christine, was based on the novel of the same name by Stephen King. And Stephen King, as it happens, knows a thing or two about making horror work. A master of the macabre, if there was anyone who could make such a ridiculous notion genuinely gripping and with it, a terrifying proposition, it was him.<\/span><\/p>\n<style>.embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; } .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container embed { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; }<\/style>\n<div class=\"embed-container\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/\/4koPfEQVo44\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Such was the power of King\u2019s work in the early \u201880s, this film was green-lit and put into production before the novel\u2019s release. And with John \u2018Halloween\u2019 Carpenter at the directorial helm, there was never any danger of it being a flop, even with the unusual premise.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We\u2019re not going to spoil the story here just in case you\u2019ve never seen it. But in short, a young guy (Arnie Cunningham) finds a long-neglected car, buys it and starts to restore it. Then the school bullies decide to wreck it, or should we say her, again. But she\u2019s having none of that \u2013 she has her revenge. Oh, and she has the power to \u2018heal\u2019 herself, too. Seriously, you need to give it a watch and then come back to this page. If you have seen it, sit tight as we give you ten facts about the movie car that you may not know\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #036300;\"><b>1)<\/b><b> <\/b><b>Unpopularity was key\u2026<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stephen King wanted the car to be the mechanical metaphor for the lead character, Arnie Cunningham (played by Keith Gordon). Average, not fundamentally flawed, but deeply overlooked. The \u201857\/\u201958 Plymouth Fury was the car for the job. We may see it as a mass of gorgeous fins and chrome now, but back in the \u201850s, it wasn\u2019t a popular car at all, losing sales hand over fist to cars like the \u201957 Chevrolet.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-116\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carandclassic.co.uk\/magazine\/app\/uploads\/2019\/04\/zvR7GPQSoJTZlwuU5jjZHRiMu2o-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Plymouth Fury\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carandclassic.com\/magazine\/app\/uploads\/2019\/04\/zvR7GPQSoJTZlwuU5jjZHRiMu2o-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.carandclassic.com\/magazine\/app\/uploads\/2019\/04\/zvR7GPQSoJTZlwuU5jjZHRiMu2o-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carandclassic.com\/magazine\/app\/uploads\/2019\/04\/zvR7GPQSoJTZlwuU5jjZHRiMu2o-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.carandclassic.com\/magazine\/app\/uploads\/2019\/04\/zvR7GPQSoJTZlwuU5jjZHRiMu2o-765x430.jpg 765w, https:\/\/www.carandclassic.com\/magazine\/app\/uploads\/2019\/04\/zvR7GPQSoJTZlwuU5jjZHRiMu2o-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https:\/\/www.carandclassic.com\/magazine\/app\/uploads\/2019\/04\/zvR7GPQSoJTZlwuU5jjZHRiMu2o.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #036300;\"><b>2)<\/b><b> <\/b><b>\u201957 on paper, \u201958 on film\u2026<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the book, Christine is a 1957 four-door Plymouth Fury. This isn\u2019t the case in the film though. It was decided a two-door car would look cooler, but alas, there was no \u201957 two-door Fury, so they had to use \u201858s instead.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #036300;\"><b>3)<\/b><b> <\/b><b>Mr Belvedere, I presume?<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At the time of filming, the Fury was still a largely unpopular car. As such, finding them was difficult. To make up the twenty or so cars needed for filming, the production crew bought the lesser Belvedere model as well as a bunch of Furys, and just dressed them up to look the part.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-112\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carandclassic.co.uk\/magazine\/app\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Christine1-1024x427.png\" alt=\"Christine, Plymouth Fury, Moochie Welch, Stephen King\" width=\"1024\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carandclassic.com\/magazine\/app\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Christine1-1024x427.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.carandclassic.com\/magazine\/app\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Christine1-300x125.png 300w, https:\/\/www.carandclassic.com\/magazine\/app\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Christine1-768x321.png 768w, https:\/\/www.carandclassic.com\/magazine\/app\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Christine1-765x319.png 765w, https:\/\/www.carandclassic.com\/magazine\/app\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Christine1-1020x426.png 1020w, https:\/\/www.carandclassic.com\/magazine\/app\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Christine1.png 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #036300;\"><b>4)<\/b><b> <\/b><b>You can have it any colour you like\u2026<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the opening scene you see \u201958 Furys moving down the production line. All but one is gold and beige. This was the main colour option. In fact, you couldn\u2019t even get a red Fury. In the book, it clears things up by saying it was special ordered in Ford Red.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #036300;\"><b>5)<\/b><b> <\/b><b>A building of two halves\u2026<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In that same opening scene, the impression given is of a huge factory. In reality, the production rented a building and divided it into two. One half was used as Darnell\u2019s Garage, while the other was first used for the opening \u2018factory\u2019 scene, before becoming a workshop in which the crew kept all the Christine vehicles running.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-115\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carandclassic.co.uk\/magazine\/app\/uploads\/2019\/04\/christine-1983-movie-wallpaper-1024x657.jpg\" alt=\"Christine, V8, Stephen King, Christine movie, Plymouth Fury, John Carpenter\" width=\"1024\" height=\"657\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carandclassic.com\/magazine\/app\/uploads\/2019\/04\/christine-1983-movie-wallpaper-1024x657.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.carandclassic.com\/magazine\/app\/uploads\/2019\/04\/christine-1983-movie-wallpaper-300x193.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carandclassic.com\/magazine\/app\/uploads\/2019\/04\/christine-1983-movie-wallpaper-768x493.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.carandclassic.com\/magazine\/app\/uploads\/2019\/04\/christine-1983-movie-wallpaper-765x491.jpg 765w, https:\/\/www.carandclassic.com\/magazine\/app\/uploads\/2019\/04\/christine-1983-movie-wallpaper-1020x655.jpg 1020w, https:\/\/www.carandclassic.com\/magazine\/app\/uploads\/2019\/04\/christine-1983-movie-wallpaper.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #036300;\"><b>6)<\/b><b> <\/b><b>Film it backwards\u2026<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the famous \u2018show me\u2019 scene, Christine appears to rebuild herself after being horrifically vandalised. In reality, replica parts of the car were made of plastic and rubber and fitted with hydraulic rams. The rams then pulled the panels in slowly. In post-production, the film was reversed to give the impression of the car fixing herself.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #036300;\"><b>7)<\/b><b> <\/b><b>It ain\u2019t half hot\u2026<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The scene where Christine is driving down the road, fully ablaze? Yep, they did that in real life with an actual stunt man. Oxygen tanks were fitted into the stunt vehicle so he could breathe, and obviously he could only drive for small stints.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-114\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carandclassic.co.uk\/magazine\/app\/uploads\/2019\/04\/christine34-1200x520-1024x444.jpg\" alt=\"Christine, V8, Stephen King, Christine movie, Plymouth Fury, Christine fire\" width=\"1024\" height=\"444\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carandclassic.com\/magazine\/app\/uploads\/2019\/04\/christine34-1200x520-1024x444.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.carandclassic.com\/magazine\/app\/uploads\/2019\/04\/christine34-1200x520-300x130.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carandclassic.com\/magazine\/app\/uploads\/2019\/04\/christine34-1200x520-768x333.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.carandclassic.com\/magazine\/app\/uploads\/2019\/04\/christine34-1200x520-765x332.jpg 765w, https:\/\/www.carandclassic.com\/magazine\/app\/uploads\/2019\/04\/christine34-1200x520-1020x442.jpg 1020w, https:\/\/www.carandclassic.com\/magazine\/app\/uploads\/2019\/04\/christine34-1200x520.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #036300;\"><b>8)<\/b><b> <\/b><b>You\u2019re getting close\u2026<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Keen-eyed film buffs might notice the licence plate of Christine, which reads \u2018CQB241\u2019. This isn\u2019t a random combination of letters. The CQB stands for \u2018close quarters battle\u2019 to echo Christine\u2019s style of attack. The 241 is allegedly in relation to Christine acting on Arnie\u2019s behalf \u2013 \u00a0the victims were getting a \u2018two for one\u2019.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #036300;\"><b>9)<\/b><b> <\/b><b>Sounds like a Ford\u2026<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sadly, the engine noises you hear in the film aren\u2019t of a Plymouth Fury. Due to the stunt and hero cars all having different engines and transmissions, the sound wasn\u2019t consistent. As such, every scene was dubbed with engine noise from a 1970 Mustang 428 Super Cobra Jet.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-111\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carandclassic.co.uk\/magazine\/app\/uploads\/2019\/04\/chris37.jpg\" alt=\"Christine, V8, Stephen King, Christine movie, Plymouth Fury, Christine crushed\" width=\"900\" height=\"611\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carandclassic.com\/magazine\/app\/uploads\/2019\/04\/chris37.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.carandclassic.com\/magazine\/app\/uploads\/2019\/04\/chris37-300x204.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carandclassic.com\/magazine\/app\/uploads\/2019\/04\/chris37-768x521.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.carandclassic.com\/magazine\/app\/uploads\/2019\/04\/chris37-765x519.jpg 765w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #036300;\"><b>10)<\/b><b> <\/b><b>There\u2019s a \u2018real\u2019 Christine\u2026<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Once production wrapped, three or four cars out of the twenty or so used managed to survive. However, one is not like the others. Martin Sanchez has a \u201958 built from a mass of parts salvaged from the cars wrecked in the making of the film.<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now fully restored, he has a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=mYDfCYt-oLA\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Christine<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> literally built from over twenty other Christines!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;Looking for your own Christine? Here's where to find a classic Plymouth Fury for sale.&quot;}\" data-sheets-userformat=\"{&quot;2&quot;:513,&quot;3&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:0},&quot;12&quot;:0}\">Looking for your own Christine? Here&#8217;s where to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carandclassic.com\/list\/57\/fury\/\">find a classic Plymouth Fury for sale<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s a film about a killer car. 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