Carrie (1976): 23 SECRETS Hidden for Decades

Brian De Palma's adaptation of Stephen King's first published novel was assembled out of near misses. A lead actress who had already been passed over talked her way into the role. A screenwriter delivered a first draft in roughly six weeks because the option on the book was almost up. The ending taken from the novel, a storm of falling rock, was shot, refused to photograph convincingly, and had to be replaced with a burning miniature. This video covers 23 behind-the-scenes stories from the 1976 production: the joint casting session that fed both this picture and Star Wars, the cinematographer replaced mid-shoot, the syrup mixture that turned one simple image into a continuity problem, the live fire hose that injured a cast member, the 150 setups that nearly broke the edit, and the alternate opening filmed specifically for network television.