Firestarter

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Universal & Dino De Laurentis Pictures/Rated R</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Director............Mark L. Lester (</B><I><B>Class of 1984, Extreme Justice</B></I><B>)</B></div> <div> <B>Screenplay......Stanley Mann</B></div> <div> <B>Music...............Tangerine Dream (</B><I><B>Jeff Carson, Segue Music</B></I><B>)</B></div> <div> <B>Producer..........Frank Capra Junior</B></div> <div> <B>Executive Producer.....Dino DeLaurentis</B></div> <bR> <div> <B><U>Dramatis Personae</U></B></div> <div> <B>Andy McGee.............David Keith (</B><I><B>Gulag, An Officer and a Gentleman</B></I><B>)</B></div> <div> <B>Charlie McGee..........Drew Barrymore (</B><I><B>Altered States, Cat's Eye, E.T.</B></I><B>)</B></div> <div> <B>Irv Manders...............Art Carney (</B><I><B>The Honeymooners-TV, Last Action Hero</B></I><B>)</B></div> <div> <B>Captain Hollister.......Martin Sheen (</B><I><B>The Believers, Ghandi, Apocalypse Now</B></I><B>)</B></div> <div> <B>John Rainbird...........George C. Scott (</B><I><B>The Changeling, Patton, Taps</B></I><B>)</B></div> <div> <B>Dr. Joseph Wanless...Freddie Jones (</B><I><B>The Elephant Man, Firefox, Krull</B></I><B>)</B></div> <div> <B>Vicky McGee............Heather Locklear (</B><I><B>Melrose Place, The Fall Guy</B></I><B>-TV)</B></div> <div> <B>Norma Manders........Louise Fletcher (</B><I><B>One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest</B></I><B>)</B></div> <bR> <div> <B><U>Critique</U></B><B>: Big cast with two Oscar winners (George C. Scott and Louise Fletcher) and more. George C. Scott does a good job as the bad guy insinuating himself into the good graces of Charlie. His fascination with death is also nicely played. The fire starting scenes are generally well done and the threat that Charlie might lose control of the power generates some suspense. The inevitable inferno at the end is a pyromaniac's dream thanks to Hollywood firebugs Mike Wood and Jeff Jarvis. George C. Scott's immolation is technical achievement. Although the acting is obviously first rate in this film, the pace is uneven. Firestarter is a psychic-science fiction film, which generally strikes us as an unhappy mix. It manages to transcend some of these difficulties on the strength of an intriguing job by Scott and the basically compelling job by Drew Barrymore, however, to raise our least favorite critical cliche, it doesn't do King's novel justice. As </B><I><B>Bewitched</B></I><B> proved, the compelling portrayal of telekinetic events is an impossibility, whether a twitch of the nose, a bloody nose, or Drew Barrymore's hair flying up is the vehicle for portrayal. Filmed in and around Wilmington, N.C.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B><U>Plot Summary</U></B><B>: Washington D.C. Andy McGee and his seven year old daughter Charlie are pursued by agents in a car through city streets. The pursuers are warned "He can make you do what he wants if he looks in your eyes." Andy does indeed make a Cabby believe a one dollar bill is a five hundred, a hypnotic feat that exhausts him and causes him a nosebleed. In a flashback, a hypnotic hallucinogenic is injected into a group of college volunteers. A younger Andy's thoughts are read by the experimental subject next to him. Others have horrible killing effects. Charlie and her mother were kidnapped by the "Shop". The mother was tortured and murdered before Andy rescued Charlie and they fled. Back in Washington in the present, the agents think Andy has only limited use of the power. At the airport, Andy does look like he's had it as he causes a payphone to empty its coins. Charlie sulks and lights a passing cop's boots on fire. She apparently injured her mother pyrokinetically. They escape from the airport and Andy is still sick. Andy recalls rescuing Charlie and blinding the agents. The shop in Longmont, Virginia was where the experiments took place. The doctor claims all psi powers are linked to pituitary extract. Wanless hypothesizes that when the child reaches adolescence she may have dormant powers to crack the planet in two. Irv (Carney), an elderly farmer, picks them up and they once again elude the shop but the shop is onto them. They get invited to lunch. The shop agents who arrive get the real hot foot as Charlie fries all seven of them along with their vehicles. She vows never again to use her power. Andy and Charlie take the jeep Irv offers them and head for Tennessee. Captain Hollister (Sheen) instructs Native American agent John Rainbird to bring in Andy and Charlie, which he does. bumps off Dr. Wanless with a nose blow. He likes to look into the man's eyes to gain his power. The shop has someone posted at the post office and the McGees are located. John snipes using knock out and the asbestos-suited agents approach. Andy is drugged and he and Charlie are shut away in separate rooms. Convinced by Rainbird to cooperate, Charlie allows herself to be recorded while she burns wood chips. The Agents realize that Carlie could level their entire operation should that thought occur to her. Charlie needs a back off reservoir to dissipate the heat. Charlie begins threatening that she'll make something happen if they don't bring her father. Andy, meanwhile, has been faking the loss of his power. He influences Captain Hollister and helps Charlie to escape before Rainbird fatally injures him. As he expires, he instructs Charlie to destroy the shop. Unfortunately John is the first one Charlie tells. Nice slow stately walk as she fries the place, melting bullets, launching fire balls, and gutting the entire plantation. Having fried everything and everyone at the shop, she looks heavenward and declares, "For you, Daddy". Charlie returns to Irv and Norma, and Irv takes her to the New York Times where she relates the story of the governments unethical project.</B></div> </td> </tr></table></body>