Firestarter
1984
She has the power to set objects on fire with just one glance!
Directed by Mark L. Lester
User Rating
Intensity
Charlene "Charlie" McGee has the amazing ability to start fires with just a glance. Can her psychic power and the love of her father save her from the threatening government agency which wants to destroy her?
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- Director
- Mark L. Lester
- Written by
- Stephen King, Stanley Mann
- Produced by
- Dino De Laurentiis, Frank Capra, Jr.
- Composers
- Christopher Franke, Edgar Froese, Johannes Schmölling
- Cinematographer
- Giuseppe Ruzzolini
- Editors
- David Rawlins, Ronald Sanders
- Origin country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 54m
- Language
- English
- Rating
- R
- Also known as
- Stephen King's Firestarter
- TMDB
- 6.3/10 (788 votes)
- Rotten Tomatoes
- 40% Rotten
- Metacritic
- 50/100
- IMDb
- 6.1/10 (38,341 votes)
Awards
- NominatedSaturn Award— Best Horror Film(1985)
Cast
David Keith
Andrew McGee
Drew Barrymore
Charlie McGee
Freddie Jones
Dr. Joseph Wanless
Heather Locklear
Vicky McGee
Martin Sheen
Captain Hollister
George C. Scott
John Rainbird
Art Carney
Irv Manders
Louise Fletcher
Norma Manders
Moses Gunn
Dr. Pynchot
Antonio Fargas
Taxi Driver
Drew Snyder
Orville Jamieson
Curtis Credel
Bates
Keith Colbert
Mayo
Dick Warlock
Knowles
Jeff Ramsey
Steinowitz
Jack Magner
Young Serviceman
Lisa Anne Barnes
Serviceman's Girlfriend
Larry Sprinkle
Security Guard
Crew
Mark L. Lester
Director
Stanley Mann
Screenplay
Stephen King
Novel
Dino De Laurentiis
Producer
Frank Capra, Jr.
Producer
Christopher Franke
Original Music Composer
Edgar Froese
Original Music Composer
Johannes Schmölling
Original Music Composer
Giuseppe Ruzzolini
Director of Photography
David Rawlins
Editor
Ronald Sanders
Editor
Giorgio Postiglione
Production Design
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Trailer
Score
Tangerine Dream
Firestarter (Music From The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
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