History Trivia / Christine

* MakingUseOfTheTwin: Alexandra Paul has a twin sister called Caroline. She stood in for her in several scenes just as a joke.
* MethodActing: Keith Gordon pretended that the car was a woman, and whenever he touched the car he imagined what part of the woman it was.

** Initially, Creator/ColumbiaPictures had wanted to cast Creator/BrookeShields in the role of Leigh due to her publicity after the release of ''Film/TheBlueLagoon'', and Scott Baio as Arnie. The filmmakers declined the suggestion, opting to cast young actors who were still fairly unknown.

* NamesTheSame: There is a movie called ''Christine'' released in 1958, the year the eponymous car was made.

* DawsonCasting: Many viewers describe William Ostrander (Buddy Repperton) as looking 30 or older. In fact, [[YoungerThanTheyLook he was in his early/mid 20s]], as were all the actors playing teens in the film.

* AvoidTheDreadedGRating: Early on, prior to production, Carpenter noticed that the violence was only minimal to warrant a PG rating (PG-13 had not yet been introduced), and still wanted to retain a scene of edginess. More swearing was added including [[CountryMatters a joke the bullies make around Arnie’s last name, Cunningham,]] to get it up to an “R” rating.

** Creator/GeorgeARomero, a friend of Stephen King and collaborator on Film/Creepshow, was originally attached to direct the film before Carpenter took over.

** Creator/KevinBacon was offered the role of Arnie, but turned it down to do ''Film/{{Footloose}}''.

** Creator/KevinBacon was offered the role of Arnie, but turned it down to do ''{{Film/Footloose}}''.
** Richard Kobritz (who had produced the film version of ''Literature/SalemsLot'') was given two unpublished manuscripts by Stephen King for their next collaboration. One was ''Christine'' and the other was ''{{Literature/Cujo}}''. He chose ''Christine'', because he thought ''Cujo'' was too silly.

* WritingByTheSeatOfYourPants: As usual for King, and this caused one of his bigger problems with it when he finished the scene of Dennis having his legs broken, and realized then and there that the story's narrator being confined to a hospital bed would be quite a thorny logistical issue. So the book somewhat awkwardly switches to third person for a while.

* WritingByTheSeatOfYourPants: As usual for King, and this caused one of his bigger problems with it when he finished the scene of Dennis having his neck broken, and realized then and there that the story's narrator being confined to a hospital bed would be quite a thorny logistical issue. So the book somewhat awkwardly switches to third person for a while.

* ShrugOfGod: Early into production, Carpenter asked Stephen King whether Christine was possessed or had always had a mind of her own. King reportedly told him that he wasn't sure himself, and that the film could do whatever it wanted.

* AvoidTheDreadedGRating: Early on, prior to production, Carpenter noticed that the violence was only minimal to warrant a PG rating (PG-13 had not yet been introduced), and still wanted to retain a scene of edginess. More swearing was added including [CountryMatters a joke the bullies make around Arnie’s last nam: Cunningham]] to get it up to an “R” rating.

** Creator/NicolasCage auditioned for the role of Buddy.

** Creator/NicolasCage auditioned for the role of Buddy.

* The fanfic ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/3726/chapters/4744 Nor Hell a Fury]]'', where Dennis joins forces with [[Series/{{Supernatural}} Dean and Sam Winchester]] to stop Christine, presents an intriguing theory about Christine's true nature; she is actually a 'hell-beast', a demonic spirit that can be 'tamed' by her owners to go after those they resent, the trio finally stopping her when they use a ritual [[spoiler:that turns the Winchesters' Impala into an 'anti-hell-stead' that destroys Christine in battle]].

** Creator/NicolasCage auditioned for the role of Buddy.

** Creator/NicholasCage auditioned for the role of Buddy.

* ScienceMarchesOn: A crucial plot point is Leigh almost dying when she chokes on a hamburger in Christine because Arnie forgot about the Heimlich maneuver's existence and only gave her ineffective back blows, echoing an incident described earlier that involved Rita [=LeBay=] choking on a hamburger in Christine and dying when Roland [=LeBay=] gave her back blows because the Heimlich maneuver had not been invented yet. She is saved by the hitchhiker they picked up earlier, who gives her the Heimlich maneuver. Modern-day readers who are CPR certified will know that the care prescribed for a conscious choking victim involves a combination of back blows ''and'' abdominal thrusts.
** As an aside, the Heimlich maneuver is pushing someone towards you while doing an abdominal thrust, with your body providing the back blows.

* ScienceMarchesOn: A crucial plot point is Leigh almost dying when she chokes on a hamburger in Christine because Arnie forgot about the Heimlich maneuver's existence and only gave her ineffective back blows, echoing an incident described earlier that involved Rita [=LeBay=] choking on a hamburger in Christine and dying when Roland [=LeBay=] gave her back blows because the Heimlich maneuver had not been invented yet. She is saved by the hitchhiker they picked up earlier, who gives her the Heimlich maneuver. Modern-day readers who are CPR certified will know that the care prescribed for a conscious choking victim involves a combination of back blows ''and'' abdominal thrusts.

ScienceMarchesOn: A crucial plot point is Leigh almost dying when she chokes on a hamburger in Christine because Arnie forgot about the Heimlich maneuver's existence and only gave her ineffective back blows, echoing an incident described earlier that involved Rita [=LeBay=] choking on a hamburger in Christine and dying when Roland [=LeBay=] gave her back blows because the Heimlich maneuver had not been invented yet. She is saved by the hitchhiker they picked up earlier, who gives her the Heimlich maneuver. Modern-day readers who are CPR certified will know that the care prescribed for a conscious choking victim involves a combination of back blows ''and'' abdominal thrusts.