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The Fury
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The Fury is a 1978 thriller film based on the novel of the same name by John Farris, directed by Brian De Palma and starring Kirk Douglas, John Cassavetes, Carrie Snodgress, Charles Durning, Amy Irving, and Andrew Stevens.The film follows Peter Sandza (Douglas), whose friend Ben Childress (Cassavetes) – who works for a shady, unnamed government intelligence – arranges a fake terrorist attack to try and kill him and during the ensuing chaos kidnaps Peter's teenage son Robin (Stevens) with the intent of putting his tremendous psychic powers to good use in the Cold War.Peter begins a desperate search for his son and tracks him to Chicago, where Peter's girlfriend Hester (Snodgress) is a nurse at the Paragon Institute. They enlist the aid of Gillian Bellaver (Irving), a budding telepath who is being studied at the Institute by Hestor's mentor Dr. Jim McKeever (Durning) and other people connected to Ben. Determined to silence Peter, Ben and his cronies are constantly hindering the process. Meanwhile, the experiments they've forced Robin to undergo have made him dangerously violent... | |
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Chunky Salsa Rule | |
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Chunky Salsa Rule Gillian kills Childress by making his body explode. We get to see the explosion repeated several times from several angles. | |
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Age Lift | |
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Age Lift: Gillian and Robin are both 14 in the novel (which puts them more into the Psychic Children trope), but are aged to 17 in the film (and are played by Amy Irving, 24 at the time, and Andrew Stevens, 22). | |
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Badass Adorable | |
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Badass Adorable: Gillian, a attractive, sweet teenager finishes off Childress by blowing him up with her enhanced powers. | |
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Papa Wolf | |
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Papa Wolf: Peter will stop at nothing to get his son back. He even strangled Childress for kidnapping him. | |
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Take My Hand! | |
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Take My Hand!: In the climax, Peter tries to save Robin from a fall this way. | |
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With Great Power Comes Great Insanity | |
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With Great Power Comes Great Insanity: Robin undergoes a particularly nasty case of this. | |
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Red Right Hand | |
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Red Right Hand: Childress' permanently damaged arm. | |
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False Flag Operation | |
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False Flag Operation: Childress fakes a terrorist attack to kill Peter and to capture his son. | |
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Hospital Hottie | |
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Hospital Hottie: Dr. Susan Charles, Childress' attractive assistant, is Robin's main caretaker and initiates a sexual relationship with him, to help control him. | |
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Destination Defenestration | |
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Destination Defenestration: Happens to innocent bystanders, main characters and, of course, mooks. | |
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The Hero Dies | |
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The Hero Dies: Peter, the main protagonist commits suicide after failing to save his son Robin. | |
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Bittersweet Ending | |
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Bittersweet Ending: On the one hand, Gillian's the only good guy left standing. On the other, she spectacularly gets back at Childress, who was behind all the misery in the first place. | |
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Break the Cutie | |
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Break the Cutie: Happens to Gillian when her powers start harming others. She also breaks down when she witnesses the deaths of Dr. Susan Charles and Robin. | |
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All of the Other Reindeer | |
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All of the Other Reindeer: Both Gillian and Robin are this. Gillian is treated poorly by the others due to her psychic abilities and Robin feels he won't fit in the school in Chicago and both think they're freaks by the others. | |
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Pre-Mortem One-Liner | |
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Pre-Mortem One-Liner: | |
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Affably Evil | |
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Affably Evil: Dr. McKeever, Gillian's mentor at the Paragon Institute, is a genuinely nice guy, but he's still secretly working for Childress. | |
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Government Conspiracy | |
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Government Conspiracy: Childress heads up a CIA-backed organization that kidnaps psychics to use as weapons. | |
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Disney Villain Death | |
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Disney Villain Death: For Robin Sandza. The body is seen on the ground, and he lives just long enough to pass on his powers. | |
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Only Friend | |
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Only Friend: Gillian only has one friend named LaRue, while the rest make fun of her. | |
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Sinister Shades | |
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Sinister Shades: In case you didn't already figure out that Childress is a really bad dude, he wears these in a few scenes. | |
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Heroic Sacrifice | |
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Heroic Sacrifice: Hester is hit by a car while helping Gillian escape the institute. | |
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Grievous Bottley Harm | |
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Grievous Bottley Harm: Crazed Robin attacks his father with a bottle when he is finally found by him. | |
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Driven to Suicide | |
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Driven to Suicide: Poor Peter, when he fails to save Robin. | |
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Self-Made Orphan | |
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Self-Made Orphan: Almost — Robin attempts to kill his father during his rampage. | |
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Super-Empowering | |
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Super-Empowering: In the aftermath of the climax, the dying Robin passes his powers to Gillian. | |
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Obviously Evil | |
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Obviously Evil: Childress is an amoral Smug Snake who's orchestrating a huge conspiracy and has no qualms about people dying in order to have his goals achieved, all hidden behind a slimy, smarmy Faux Affably Evil personality. | |
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Big Bad Friend | |
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Big Bad Friend: Childress is Peter's close friend, but he's ultimately the villain who conspires to bring Robin under his control. | |
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Nice Job Breaking It, Hero! | |
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Nice Job Breaking It, Hero: As Gillian and Hester are escaping from the institute, Peter shoots the driver pursuing Gillian, causing the car to go out of control and kill Hester. Also Gillian screams at Robin from outside, giving away her and Peter's location. | |
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Psychic Powers | |
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Psychic Powers: Just like De Palma's previous film Carrie, the story is focused on a teen girl with paranormal powers. Rather than Horror, though, this film is in more of an Action Thriller vein. | |
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Asshole Victim | |
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Asshole Victim: For all his crimes and trying to manipulate Gillian, Childress gets blown up from inside-out by her in the end. | |
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Final Girl | |
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Final Girl: Gillian is the only major character to not be murdered in the movie and she survives long enough to kill Childress by blowing him up. | |
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Deadpan Snarker | |
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Deadpan Snarker: Peter is shown to have a bit of witty banter. Cheryl towards Gillian. Gillian is shown to be snarky at times too. Hester is capable of sarcasm too, especially around Peter. | |
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Ms. Fanservice | |
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Ms. Fanservice: Gillian plays her first scene in a bikini. Also her best friend LaRue. | |
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Flashed-Badge Hijack | |
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Flashed-Badge Hijack: Inverted. Peter hijacks the car of two off-duty cops while he's on the run. | |
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The Film of the Book | |
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The Film of the Book: John Farris did the screenplay adaptation of his own novel. | |
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Big "NO!" | |
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Big "NO!": Gillian says this when she witnesses Robin attacking the guards, and again when Robin falls to his death. | |
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Shout-Out | |
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Shout-Out: It's a Brian De Palma film, so naturally there's an obvious Alfred Hitchcock reference—the scene at the indoor amusement park is a nod to the climax of Strangers on a Train. | |
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Adaptation Name Change | |
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Adaptation Name Change: The novel's Childermass became the film's Childress. | |
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Kiss of Death | |
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Kiss of Death: Gillian gives one to Childress before blowing him up in the end. | |
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Reasonable Authority Figure | |
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Reasonable Authority Figure: Dr. Ellen Lindstorm, the chief assistant of Dr. Jim McKeever tries to help Gillian when she finds out she has contact with Robin. Hester, an assistant at the Paragon Institute eavesdrops on Childress' plan to kidnap Gillian and she helps Gillian find Robin and plans her escape from the Institute. | |
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Walking Swimsuit Scene | |
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Walking Swimsuit Scene: Gillian first appears walking on the coast in a bikini, along with her best friend LaRue. | |
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Psychic Nosebleed | |
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Psychic Nosebleed: A variation that predates the formal Trope Maker, David Cronenberg's Scanners. Gillian's unfamiliarity with her powers causes bleeding on people who touch her, especially if they're already injured in some way. | |
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Male Gaze | |
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Male Gaze: Gillian is introduced to us at a beach, her backside first. | |
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Your Head A-Splode | |
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Your Head A-Splode: Subverted when Gillian gives Childress what he's due — everything but the head explodes. | |
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The Mole | |
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The Mole: Hester, who works at the Paragon Institute, secretly helps Peter try to locate Robin, and frees Gillian from the institute as part of the plan. | |
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Tears of Blood | |
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Tears of Blood: Childress starts weeping these before he explodes. | |
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Would Hit a Girl | |
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Would Hit a Girl: Peter slaps Gillian to get her to get on the bus when she wants to take him to Robin. Robin later goes into a rage and uses his powers against Dr. Susan Charles and kills her by spinning her around repeatedly. | |
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Beware the Nice Ones | |
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Beware the Nice Ones: Gillian is a very pleasant girl, but she literally blows up Childress after finding out what he did to Robin and intended to do to her. | |
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