Firestarter (1984 film)

Firestarter
Theatrical release poster
Directed byMark L. Lester
Screenplay byStanley Mann
Based onFirestarter
by Stephen King
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyGiuseppe Ruzzolini
Edited by
  • David Rawlins
  • Ronald Sanders
Music byTangerine Dream
Production
company
Distributed byUniversal Pictures
Release date
  • May 11, 1984 (1984-05-11)
Running time
114 minutes[1]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$12 million[2]
Box office$17.1 million (US/Canada) [3]
$18.9 million (worldwide rentals)[2]

Firestarter is a 1984 American science fiction thriller horror film based on Stephen King's 1980 novel of the same name.[4] 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 Rock, and Lake Lure, North Carolina.

A miniseries follow-up to the film, Firestarter: Rekindled, was released in 2002 on the Sci-Fi Channel and a remake feature film produced by Blumhouse Productions was released on May 13, 2022.

  1. ^ "FIRESTARTER (15)". British Board of Film Classification. May 15, 1984. Retrieved January 24, 2015.
  2. ^ a b De Laurentiis PRODUCER'S PICTURE DARKENS: KNOEDELSEDER, WILLIAM K, Jr. Los Angeles Times 30 Aug 1987: 1.
  3. ^ "Firestarter (1984)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved August 11, 2011.
  4. ^ Canby, Vincent (1984). "Firestarter". The New York Times.