Firestarter, Universal Pictures and Blumhouse present ; produced by Jason Blum, Akiva Goldsman ; screenplay by Scott Teems ; directed by Keith Thomas
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Label
Firestarter, Universal Pictures and Blumhouse present ; produced by Jason Blum, Akiva Goldsman ; screenplay by Scott Teems ; directed by Keith Thomas
Language
eng
Characteristic
videorecording
Intended audience
MPAA rating: R, for violent content
Main title
Firestarter
Medium
videorecording DVD
Responsibility statement
Universal Pictures and Blumhouse present ; produced by Jason Blum, Akiva Goldsman ; screenplay by Scott Teems ; directed by Keith Thomas
Runtime
94
Summary
A little girl with the power to start fires with her mind and her telekinetic father try to save themselves from a government agency intent on destroying themFor more than a decade, parents Andy and Vicky have been on the run, desperate to hide their daughter Charlie from a shadowy federal agency that wants to harness her unprecedented gift for creating fire into a weapon of mass destruction. Andy has taught Charlie how to defuse her power, which is triggered by anger or pain. But as Charlie turns eleven, the fire becomes harder and harder to control. After an incident reveals the family's location, a mysterious operative is deployed to hunt down the family and seize Charlie once and for all. Charlie has other plans
Target audience
adult
Technique
live action
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Fire starterFire-starter
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- Studio Distribution Services (Firm)
- Goldsman, Akiva
- Thomas, Keith, (Director)
- Teems, Scott
- Armstrong, Ryan Kiera
- Reuben, Gloria, 1964-
- King, Stephen, 1947-
- Lemmon, Sydney, 1990-
- Efron, Zac
- Blumhouse Productions
- Beasley, John, 1943-
- Greyeyes, Michael
- Universal Pictures (Firm)
- Weed Road Pictures
- Blum, Jason
- Smith, Kurtwood, 1943-
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- Has instance2
Outgoing Resources
- Classification1
- Contributor16
- Studio Distribution Services (Firm)
- Goldsman, Akiva
- Thomas, Keith, (Director)
- Teems, Scott
- Armstrong, Ryan Kiera
- Reuben, Gloria, 1964-
- King, Stephen, 1947-
- Lemmon, Sydney, 1990-
- Efron, Zac
- Blumhouse Productions
- Beasley, John, 1943-
- Greyeyes, Michael
- Universal Pictures (Firm)
- Weed Road Pictures
- Blum, Jason
- Smith, Kurtwood, 1943-
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