Ed here: Brian DePalma's adaptation of Stephen King's consummate teenage story was just about perfect. I hold out no hope for the remake. This is from Cinema Retro.
MGM GREENLIGHTS "CARRIE" REMAKE; KIMBERLY PEIRCE TO DIRECT
Struggling MGM is betting on the past in order to reverse its fortunes. The studio has a remake of the 1976 filmCarrie going into production. Brian De Palma directed the original adaptation of Stephen King's best-seller about a bullied high school girl who uses psychic powers to get revenge on her tormentors. Sissy Spacek and Piper Laurie earned Oscar nominations for their performances as Carrie and her crazed mother and young John Travolta had an early big screen role in the film. The new version has a female director, Kimberly Peirce. The story line was an early plea against bullying, something that will probably resonate even more today.
You are fonder of the first film than I am, but Spacek was about perfect. Odd that CINEMA RETRO might've forgotten that CARRIE the film has already been remade once, in 2002 (forgetting the stage musical is more unsurprising).
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