Christine (1983 film) they repeatedly drive back and forth over the car, damaging Christine so much that it is unable to immediately regenerate. A few days later, Dennis, Leigh, and Junkins watch as Christine's remains - compacted into a cube by a car crusher - are dropped into a junkyard. The camera zooms in to a close-up of the front grille, which slowly starts to unbend. Producer Richard Kobritz had previously produced the miniseries "Salem's Lot", also based on a Stephen King novel. Through producing the miniseries, Kobritz became acquainted with King, who sent him manuscripts of two of his novels, "Cujo", and
Christine (1958 film) Christine (1958 film) Christine is a 1958 film, based on the play "" by Arthur Schnitzler. The film was directed by Pierre Gaspard-Huit and the title character was played by Romy Schneider. The cast included Alain Delon as a young lieutenant. Schnitzler's play had been filmed in 1933 by Max Ophüls as "Liebelei", starring Romy Schneider's mother, Magda Schneider. In 1906 Vienna, a young lieutenant Franz (Alain Delon) has an affair with a married baroness, Lena, but decides to put an end to it when he meets Christine (Romy Schneider), a musician's daughter. Christine is almost engaged to a composer,