Trivia / The Fury

• Creator Backlash: Brian De Palma said that this is not one of his favorite films that he directed.
• Dawson Casting:
  • Kirk Douglas was 60, playing a character who seems meant to be in his 40s.
  • Most of the high school-aged characters were played by performers in their 20s, with Hilarie Thompson (as Cheryl, Gillian's bespectacled tormentor) nearing 30.
• Hypothetical Casting: Sissy Spacek was considered for Gillian Bellaver.
• Production Posse: Brian De Palma worked with his favorite character actor (William Finley) and favorite editor (Paul Hirsch) again, as well as bringing back Amy Irving after her film debut in Carrie.
• What Could Have Been:
  • In the trailer for the film, those who use psychic powers are shown to have Supernatural Gold Eyes instead of bright blue eyes.
  • The pulsating forehead vein and bleeding effects were originally intended for Carrie (1976), but were cut due to budgetary constraints.
  • The film was originally the first half of a two-picture deal between director De Palma and producer Frank Yablans, the second being an adaptation of The Demolished Man by Alfred Bester.

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