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1977 | Sissy
Best Actress | 1977 | Sissy
National Film Preservation Board | 2022
Motion Picture | 2023
1977 | Brian De
Best Actress in a Leading Role | 1977 | Sissy
Best Actress in a Supporting Role | 1977 | Piper
Best Actress in a Supporting Role Motion Picture | 1977 | Piper
Best Foreign Film | 1981
Best Dramatic Presentation | 1977 | Lawrence D.
Favorite Movie | 1977 | Sissy
Best Actress | 1977 | Sissy
Best Motion Picture | 1977 | Lawrence D.
Best Horror Film | 1977
Budget 1,800,000 USD
Box Office Collection 33,800,000 USD
When Sissy Spacek was preparing for her character, she isolated herself from the rest of the ensemble, decorated her dressing room with heavy religious iconography and studied Gustave Doré's illustrated Bible. She studied "the body language of people being stoned for their sins," starting or ending every scene in one of those positions.
In the last scene of the film, Amy Irving's outburst so terrified her real-life mother Priscilla Pointer, that she screamed out "Amy" instead of "Sue." She had never seen her daughter that hysterical and called out her real name in concern. However, the loud ending music covered the mistake.
Nancy Allen claims she never realized her character was going to be so evil until she saw the finished film. She thought she and John Travolta were playing such self-centered, bickering morons that they were there for comic relief. Piper Laurie also thought the character of Margaret White was so over the top that the film had to be a comedy.
While speaking at a book event in Fort Myers, Florida in 2010, Stephen King recalled that he was paid just $2,500 for the movie rights to Carrie (1976), which may seem like a pittance, but he has no regrets. "I was fortunate to have that happen to my first book," King said.
According to Piper Laurie, she honestly thought her character was too over the top fanatical to be taken seriously. Brian De Palma had to take her to the side and personally tell her it was a horror film and not a "black comedy" as she thought it was. Even so, she would constantly burst out into laughter between takes because not only was her characterization and wardrobe laughable in her eyes, but the dialogue itself was humorous for her. To this day, she still refers to and maintains the movie as a black comedy.
"Margaret White: [referring to Carrie's prom gown] Red. I might have known it would be red. Carrie: It's pink, Mama. [presenting her corsage] Carrie: Look what Tommy gave me, Mama. Aren't they beautiful? Margaret White: I can see your dirty pillows. Everyone will. Carrie: Breasts, Mama. They're called breasts, and every woman has them."
"Tommy Ross: [points to a humiliated Carrie after the pig's blood is spilled on her; his voice is blocked out but viewers can clearly read his lips and tell that he is upset and shouting] WHAT THE HELL?"
