Poltergeist (1982)

Director: Tobe Hooper  Starring: JoBeth Williams  Heather O'Rourke  Craig T. Nelson  
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Product Summary
Publisher: New Line Cinema Corporation
Format: N/A
UPC: 00012569506428
Buy.com Sku: 204875133
Item#: R96LEY
Category Keywords: Essential Cinema  Family Interaction  Ghosts  Psychic Forces  Recommended  Theatrical Release 
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Editor's Note

Ghosts invade suburbia in this 1982 horror film from director Tobe Hooper (TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE) and producer Steven Spielberg. Life in the Freeling family's tract home is comfortably bland, but frisky poltergeists soon put a little excitement into their daily routine--moving furniture and communicating with their youngest daughter, Carol Anne, through the television set. Unfortunately, harmless pranks quickly turn nasty and the previously friendly ghosts kidnap Carol Anne, trapping her in the spirit world. To win the child back, the family calls in a team of parapsychologists and a psychic who conducts an elaborate exorcism. The apocalyptic finale is deliciously macabre, and pushed the limits of the PG rating. A number of sequels followed, and speculation still remains on whether Spielberg--who wrote the story and storyboarded the action--essentially ghost directed the film.

 
Features
Region 1
Full Frame - 1.33 - English
Widescreen - 2.35 - English
Audio:
Dolby Digital 5.1 - English
Dolby Digital Surround - Spanish
Dolby Digital Surround - French

Additional Release Materail:
Trailer - 1. Original Theatrical
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Technical Info

Release Information
Studio: New Line Cinema Corporation
Release Date: 6/26/2007
Running Time: 115 minutes
Original Release Date: 1982
Catalog ID: 65064
UPC: 00012569506428
Number of Discs: 1

Audio & Video
Original Language: English
Available Audio Tracks: English [CC], English, French Dubbed, Spanish Dubbed
Available Subtitles: English, French, Spanish
Video: Color

 
Cast & Crew
Zelda Rubinstein
JoBeth Williams
Dominique Dunne
Heather O'Rourke
Craig T. Nelson
Oliver Robbins
Steven Spielberg - Screenwriter
Matthew F. Leonetti - Director of Photography
Jerry Goldsmith - Composer
Frank Marshall - Producer
Steven Spielberg - Director Uncredited
Kathleen Kennedy - Associate Producer
Michael Grais - Screenwriter
Steven Spielberg - Producer
Mark Victor - Screenwriter
Tobe Hooper - Director

 
Memorable Quotes
"They're here!" ---- Carol Anne Freeling (Heather O'Rourke) about the poltergeists


 
Professional Reviews
Variety
"...[The film is] strong on technique....Well-acted....Williams is terrific..." 05/26/1982

New York Times
"...POLTERGEIST is like a thoroughly enjoyable nightmare, one that you know that you can always wake up from....Witty in a fashion that Alfred Hitchcock might have appreciated..." 06/04/1982 p.C16

New York Times
Included in The New York Times "10 BEST FILMS OF 1982" 12/26/1982 p.II:17

Empire
4 stars out of 5 -- "POLTERGEIST balances genuine scares with light relief and a top performance from Heather O'Rourke....Classic stuff." 11/01/2007 p.202

Total Film
3 stars out of 5 -- "The performances are solid, the themes intriguing and the whispery build-up effective..." 12/01/2007 p.150

  
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