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Firestarter

Name: Firestarter
Director: Mark L. Lester
Genre: Horror, Science Fiction, Thriller
Released: 1984
Rating: 6.3
Cast: Drew Barrymore, David Keith, Freddie Jones, Heather Locklear, Martin Sheen

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?

1984 · Directed by Mark L. Lester · 114 min · Horror · Science Fiction · Thriller · 10 frames

Tagline

She has the power to set objects on fire with just one glance!

Crew

Screenplay: Stanley Mann
Cinematography: Giuseppe Ruzzolini
Edited by: David Rawlins, Ronald Sanders
Music: Christopher Franke, Edgar Froese, Johannes Schmölling
Production design: Giorgio Postiglione
Produced by: Frank Capra, Jr., Dino De Laurentiis

Cast

Drew Barrymore as Charlie McGee
David Keith as Andrew McGee
Freddie Jones as Dr. Joseph Wanless
Heather Locklear as Vicky McGee
Martin Sheen as Captain Hollister
George C. Scott as John Rainbird
Art Carney as Irv Manders
Louise Fletcher as Norma Manders
Moses Gunn as Dr. Pynchot
Antonio Fargas as Taxi Driver

Production

Country: United States of America
Language: English
Studios: The De Laurentiis Company
Budget: $15,000,000
Box office: $17,080,167
Themes: fire, based on novel or book, telepathy, psychic power, girl power, psychic force

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