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1984
Firestarter is a 1984 American science fiction thriller horror film based on Stephen King's 1980 novel of the same name. The plot concerns a girl who develops pyrokinesis and the secret government agency known as The Shop which seeks to control her. The film was directed by Mark L. Lester, and stars David Keith, Drew Barrymore, Martin Sheen, and George C. Scott. Firestarter was shot in and around Wilmington, Chimney…
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Stephen King was very fortunate to not only write bestselling and highly praised novels in first decade of his career but also to have them adapted into successful and highly praised films. Such good run had to end eventually, and it did, rather spectacularly, with 1984 adaptation of King’s novel *Firestarter*. The film begins with Andy McGee (played by David Keith) and his nine-year old daughter Charlene “Charlie”…More
