Christine (1983 film) "Christine". Kobritz purchased the rights to "Christine" after finding himself attracted to the novel's "celebration of America's obsession with the motorcar." According to John Carpenter, "Christine" was not a film he had planned on directing, saying that he directed the film as "a job" as opposed to a "personal project." He had previously directed "The Thing" (1982), which had done poorly at the box office and led to critical backlash. In retrospect, Carpenter stated that upon reading "Christine", he felt that "It just wasn't very frightening. But it was something I needed to do at that time for my career."
Christine Cavanaugh Christine Cavanaugh Christine Josephine Cavanaugh (née Sandberg; August 16, 1963 – December 22, 2014) was an American actress who had a distinctive speaking style and provided the voice for a large range of cartoon characters. She starred as the voice of Bunnie Rabbot from the "Sonic the Hedgehog" Saturday-morning cartoon on ABC, Babe from the 1995 film of the same name, Gosalyn Mallard in "Darkwing Duck", and served as the original voices of Chuckie Finster in Nickelodeon's "Rugrats" and the title character in Cartoon Network's "Dexter's Laboratory". In 2001, she retired from acting. Christine Josephine Sandberg was born on August