TFW 2010: Christine QnA

Legendary Director John Carpenter reunites with his young cast Alexandra Paul, John Stockwell,and Keith Gordon to discuss their careers and the film Christine at the 2010 Texas Frightmare Weekend.
Editors Note: This years convention was located at The Sharadon Hotel on West John Carpenter Freeway in Irving, Texas

[@K.Straughan]

If you know a great film when you see one, you know Christine is a masterpiece.

[@skullgarden2417]

Keith seems like such a sweetheart. He did a beautiful job as Arnie.

[@jeffdoty5755]

Yes he did I was told they are doing a remake of Christine I hope original cast members come back

[@khalilreid]

God

[@Hugo-py2ce]

He definitely did.

[@HLS6935]

Alexandra Paul still looks great!

[@lonestar6709]

A very underrated movie. Well acted, shot, and a great JC score.

[@jonhamm6068]

No one could fit perfectly as Arnie except Keith Gordon

[@JSolo-ko9eh]

Love this movie. Casting was perfect. RIP Harry Dean Stanton!

[@stewartmcminn7773]

Right

[@MM3ScubaSteveUSN]

Loved him better as Toot in Green Mile. Toot was HILARIOUS! 🤣

[@djdon60]

Having read (and, loving) the novel, I was elated, to find out it was being made, as a film. When I went to see it, I was NOT disappointed! Superbly cast and shot, it's one of my all-time favourites.

[@Wolfie66]

Christine is one of my favorite movies! What a great Q & A! Such a classy cast!

[@troykunz8275]

I would of loved to see Robert Prosky. aka Will Darnell. On the stage. Darnell with the mic speaking... Don't interrupt me punk! Don't interrupt me!😄😄😄

[@Putseller100]

Don’t get smart!

[@haydenhigdon4353]

Lol

[@markusantonio4866]

Great actor!

[@stewartmcminn7773]

"so what have you been doing after Christine?" "Well.. I put toilet paper on a few spools.. umm picked up around the place... Shit like that."

[@toddgrogg2810]

John carpenter, is the only filmmaker, who can take at 20 dollar movie budget and make it a big movie.

[@molasorrosalom4846]

If I won the lottery I would definitely purchase a Christine replica, and maybe a vehicle from the Mad Maxx movies.

[@mikebasil4832]

Christine was my favourite movie version of a Stephen King story from my childhood. 🚘

[@ProjectRescues]

I wish they'd make a 2nd movie where Christine was still around, rebuilt herself after being crushed, and sits somewhere until being rediscovered again. Maybe bring back a few of the original characters.

[@sall4090roughcuts]

sad they never did a second one -- with the surviving characters -- the car seeks revenge --

[@MandyBrown-p6r]

I first watched this movie In the may or June of 1985 on the Premier film channel in the UK... 40 years on almost since watching it I'm hooked even more ...for me this was carpenters best movie Long live Christine..she's a lump of metal still a devil 👿 waiting to be smelted into another car for the remake of Christine.. this could really work with a big budget and good script n storyline with each surviving actor smoothed into a fantastic plot...

[@toddgrogg2810]

The two mistakes they made was not having Christine, and Dennis's, 1968 dodge charger, there.

[@TC-dk6do]

If they couldn't afford mics for everyone I think the cars were a stretch.

[@TehChozen1]

Where Dennis's Charger even is today is a point of contention

[@IsraelBenitez-ev7mj]

That actress is one of those people that will still be attractive when she's 100

[@BarryHart-xo1oy]

Very true.

[@JAWZMUZIK1]

My favorite movie of all time

[@chrisbelcher5320]

Arney, you couldn’t of played any better, loved everything, and it all seemed to work. I was young when this came out, and felt so bad when it was first destroyed bu Buddy Reppertan.

[@realRainz]

Iconic movie!

[@d-_gaming]

I love Christine the movie the car everything I may not own a 58 plymouth fury but I do own a 1988 Cadillac hearse she is a living breathing hearse version of Christine down to the radio even changing by itself my ex gf even got locked in the hearse also

[@williamshaw9047]

You'll find 1950s Imperial hearses out there, but not Plymouths.

[@arnepianocanada]

Keith's superb point is underrated perhaps in 'Christine'. Yes a demon car, but the story grows out of surrounding culture: teen issues (e.g. hormones and nerd-versus-cool), school environs, peer pressure, etc. A core of - dare I say it? - *integrity* supports the horror aspects, not just "sterile shock value" as in many such movies.

[@davemattia]

All true.

[@molasorrosalom4846]

Damn, that actor who played Buddy is still jacked.

[@skylined5534]

Kills me just what a pleasant, chilled dude he is in real life!

[@finster1968]

He is still built. But honesty, I would’ve never recognized him. The others are still easy to spot.

[@haydenhigdon4353]

I didn't know who he was until he started talking about his part. Lol

[@christopherbell4543]

What a great panel.

[@ryang790]

Really, Only john carpenter n stephen king can make a film about a car being genuinely scary. saying that brian de palma prob wud have done it justice too. Absolute classic movie. By the way when that interviewer asked a real good question about wether john wud release his music as an album, well john Carpenter is actually doing concerts with music from his movies. THAT wud be a good night out.

[@Boski391]

Thanks to JC and all involved.

[@earthboundmisfit79]

Man, I'd love to have my VHS cover signed by them.

[@bethhewitt6400]

I hope the cast and director of Christine can come to a convention in the UK. It would be great if they could come to the For The Love Of Horror convention in Manchester next year because it will have been 40 years since Christine was released.

[@JamesGadbury]

Let's ask them! Or send them plane tickets

[@iancano]

Thanks for the upload. Great companion video to the other one of this panel shot from the right side of the room.

[@mrpaulvoline1978]

Arnie dude you were funny. Imma big fan. The owner of christine

[@itsmebran3805]

"We're all virgins, here in the horror convention" -- The Virgin Connie Swayle

[@markwarling6135]

Very cool great video.

[@Skelly5962]

Great video!

[@ronaldoswald1942]

John Stockwell, My Science Project. 1980's The FOG, GREAT movie.

[@dadtype2339]

Did anyone else, cheer for the car? I'm a retired mechanic, and I was for the car, therefore not once was I scared, and I felt Buddy and his gang got what the deserved, it came across to me like Christine was the underdog and when (SPOILER) WHEN Denise and Leigh were destroying Christine I was like confused lol, No what are you doing, and the way John Carpenter did it, When Arnie Died I felt the was an accident and Christine even mourned, because she needed her host to pull energy from, it's what I felt from the Movie. Lol yeah I was for the Car lol❤

[@Rmzkm007]

She even turned off and stayed silent for a few moments to mourn Arnie’s body, then she regained strength to take her revenge ❤️‍🔥

[@yeoldesaltydog7415]

I've heard several Numbers of Savoy's, Seneca's Belvedere's and Fury's were used. Sad really because today they'd use Prop cars made custom made by some restoration group and CGI. But these were the times before that. I am currently looking for a Christine Clone. I just want one to make perfect all the way around and go to events here in Northern Nevada like Rockabilly Riot and Hot August Nights. So they say 19 running and 2 for parts. Makes sense but so sad. And the One that was built out of all the remaining parts After the Movie fetched $198,000 at Christie's Auction.

[@williamshaw9047]

Part of why Stephen King chose the Plymouth Fury was that while it was a good car in its day, it never managed to become a classic car like the Corvette or Thunderbird. Today they would have to use replicas since it's so hard to find disposable Savoys and Belvederes (let alone Furys) nowadays. It's easier to build replicas with modern engines and transmissions that are reliable.

[@princessk4969]

If I could be present at this conference 😔 the burning questions I have ! 🙂 1) let’s talk dialogue ..who came up with this script and the classic lines from Keith Gordon’s role and Buddy “ as it ever occurred to you that part of being a parent is trying to kill you kids “ And so much more ! Not only was carpenter a master director in his own right , how bout the Christine sound track !! Wow ..

[@m1lst3r89]

That line is kinda degenerate. Better is when Archie talked about "p***y" in the car.

[@stewartmcminn7773]

Most of the dialogue is taken straight from the book.

[@jackprescott9652]

John Carpenter´s Christine is better than the novel. Is well acted, directed, the score is haunting, and is really entertaining.

[@haydenhigdon4353]

No way. I love the movie have probably watched it 50 times or more. The book has so much more detail. They really compliment one another.

[@stewartmcminn7773]

The book would make a fantastic HBO 10 part series

[@jaylloyd7246]

Brilliant this !

[@scUmdOG_501]

Best book and awesome movie!

[@surfshack2]

Great cast

[@dadtype2339]

I'll tell you something else, our main 3 living human actors did a great job for their real first big role, usually 1 will have that experience but all 3, wow, That's a lot of young shoulders, but what I'd like to address is William Ostrander who played Buddy Rippington, he was in 7 scenes really: 1 The School Shop 2 The Game 3 Darnell's Garage 4 Outside Liquor store 5 In his car 6 At the station 7 His last Run I don't think I'm forgetting anything, open to any if I am. Maybe 8 if you want to say running into Darnell's Garage, but that's a sub scene to Darnell's Garage so that's meh...so 7 scenes, and yet he is such a good bully/thug he really brings you to not like him, his acting is on par to where you feel the dread of his presence he leaves a bad taste and feeling seeing and hearing him, just like a Bully. That's really good acting with just 7 scenes and really it's 2 scenes that catapult his hatred when he Stabbed that yogurt, (taught that cream a lesson) and when he lead the destruction (rape) of Christine, (there used to be a psychological break down and metaphor look at of Christine on YT I highly recommend, if it's still here to be found, it really brings more to the story and absolutely will make you cheer for the car.) But those 2 scenes are the big boosts the others as things that are like filler. And then something interesting happens at the end of Buddy's life you sort of and can almost feel bad for the character as he is being stalked and terrorized by a car possessed by a Demon. Re watch the scene but look at it from Buddy's point of view he thinks it's Cunningham just messing around he had NO IDEA it was going to Escalate into murder and certainly didn't think it was a fight for his life or he probably wouldn't have stopped drinking and certainly wouldn't have gotten out. But knowing what happened to Moochie, he should have been out of town. A cool metaphor and psychological breakdown of Christine, is in the very beginning Bad to the Bone, she walks by and is being looked over and gawked by men who look at her with lusting eyes, then in her mirror she looks back in concern watching a man following her from behind. Not unlike a woman walking down the dark street at night all alone, and she's stopped, in her tracks, as this man pops her hood and holds on to her while looking under and up her, she slams the hood shut on his grasp in defense. And then another man she thinks is there to help, but isn't as he flicks his ash at her she's had enough tired of feeling threatened she ends his abuse and assault. But things like that, or when Arnie and Dennis find her she is mourning the death of her previous owner and because George is so old, there isn't enough energy for her to draw on and heal herself. There's even that part where George yells, "AND THEY'LL BE NO BRINGING HER BACK AS I'M GETTING ME A CONDO AND SELLING THIS SH**HOLE!!!" Watch his eyes as he looks to the right in thought to how can he talk to her without blowing the cover or how dangerous it is to talk to Christine, he says this so she will know this is it, there will be no coming back to this place because George won't be there. Because if you recall later George tells Dennis he made his brother get rid of Christine after the death of both his daughter and Wife, for decency, course the car came back a week later...who knows what happened to the people that took her....and I'm sure he tried to get rid of her after his brother died and before Arnie came along but she came back home, the only home she's known mourning the only man who ever really loved her, she didn't know that care and love from anyone again until Arnie came along. I also think until that night in Darnell's Garage at the end, Christine has been going out alone, this was Arnie's first joint ride killing or attempt he wasn't ready for her to suddenly stop and I do not believe she meant to kill him in the Movie and even mourns when he dies, she worked so hard to bring him in and closer to her heart and built that trust, she wouldn't have simply killed him so quickly especially when she mourns him, not something she's ever done for any of her victims. I'm a Master Mechanic and I like fixing cars and helping people and I won't lie over 40 years I've come to view cars as my Patients and help them too I've always been a inanimate object has life kind of guy think it stems from learning about cars from my Dad who was also a Master mechanic and he called them He or She and I had no friends growing up and saw personality in cars and named them lol I might be crazy but I can fix your car. Anyway all be safe and well and thanks for this post thumbs up ❤

[@KevinJones-ye3vw]

Christine . One of the best Horror films ever made . End of .....

[@christianbrother4724]

Nice,

[@Dablkwid0w2008]

I liked the bully's sideburns

[@markusantonio4866]

Jim Morrison

[@mrspatmore6482]

Why didn't Buddy keep his awesome hairdo from the movie?!

[@Blacktooth-yr7ck]

Age? Lmao

[@mfuji02]

wanna see a 3d remaster version

[@scbp71]

Why wasn't a part 2 ever made???

[@jacpfc01]

There’s one in development. I think it’s a remake though but not sure.

[@itsonlymyopinionok8115]

cant wait to see how Blumhouse Redoes this ... hope they use another Mopar vehicle as well ..

[@stewartmcminn7773]

Buddys got a mic...

[@oldschoolboxing6048]

You fu**ing liar.

[@nicolasarbogast2739]

Where's LeBay ? 🙊

[@shailarivera1160]

He’s dead

[@davemattia]

I get heat for this all the time, but maybe someone out there sees what I see. I'm a writer and kind of a filmmaker and, uh, I don't know, maybe I'm crazy, but I can take criticism. Have at it. Anyway, I always view CHRISTINE as a below-the-radar love story between Arnie and Dennis. I cannot set that aside in my mind. Maybe it was intentional and intrinsic to the book or maybe it was nuanced by the director. Christine, disguised as a menacing car, is simply a murderous yet passive-aggressive chick who comes between the two guys. Also, another tangential sexual aspect to this film, and perhaps all films in which Keith Gordon worked as a young actor, is the fact that Keith's teen idol good looks always seem to have gone unmentioned or perhaps he disguised himself as a dork. I always expect Keith's characters will take off his glasses and reveal that he isn't a nerdy librarian. I've always admired Keith at all the stages of his career -- even today.

[@kathyevans3783]

In real life are they all friends?

[@markusantonio4866]

Where’s Kelly Preston?

[@lisaheisey6168]

She's dead.

[@jdxsr85]

​@lisaheisey6168 This was 2010 though.

[@pasqualedavino8911]

kellyh preston e harry dean stantonnot here sorry

[@ZaydDepaor]

sorry but The Thing by carpenter is excellent but the remake was shite

[@brutallyhonest123]

It wasn’t a remake, it was a prequel. Carpenter’s was a remake