Movie Cars: Christine

Welcome to another segment of Movie Cars! Today we are going to be talking about the film, Christine and its 1957 Plymouth Fury! Christine was a 1983 horror film that was based on one of Stephen King’s novels. The movie focused on a car, Christine, who had its own mind. Arnie Cunningham, played by Keith Gordon, buys Christine and is completely obsessed with it, a little too obsessed people might say. So Arnie’s friend decided to wreck the car and this was a bad mistake on their part. Christine restores herself and then goes on a killing rampage taking out Arnie’s friends who “beat her up.” Once Arnie and his girlfriend find out about this horrible murder and who was responsible, they decide to take action and destroy Christine.

I remember watching this film at a very young age and being absolutely terrified. Well I mean it is a pretty scary concept. Besides that, the Plymouth Fury was a very nice vehicle. During the movie, the Fury was not always a Fury; they used other Chrysler models. In fact, more than 20 Plymouths were used in the filming of the movie, including Belvederes, Savoys, and of course the Fury. All of these vehicles were painted the same red and had all the same interior color to match well between shots. 

Another interesting fact about this movie is that Christine was never remote controlled. Being a vehicle that drove by itself most of the movie, you would think there was remote control technology being used. Actually, they used stunt drivers who had a small window to see where they were going. Today only 3 cars used in this film are still out there. 

We here at Jerry Noonan’s Auto Center hope you enjoyed another segment from Movie Cars! Thanks for reading and have a Happy Thanksgiving!!

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