One the one hand, owning Christine makes Arnie cooler: he's inspired to overhaul his outward appearance, to quit being such a pusharound. After being purchased by one Arnold "Arnie" Cunningham, the Plymouth begins to impact this nerdy teenager's life in a number of ways, some of them positive, some of them negative. In Christine, the car in question's a 1958 Plymouth Fury. Once you start looking for a sinister vehicular presence in King's life and work, the goddamn things are everywhere.but I think three stand out as more memorable than the rest. Hell, one of them even came very close to ending King's life back in 1999 ( Reckless Minivan). Mercedes, Cujo, From A Buick 8), and have even made the jump to film on a few occasions ( Christine, Maximum Overdrive). Todd's Shortcut, Trucks), integral his novels ( Mr. They're central to his short stories ( Mrs. Like vampirism, evil kids, addiction and boners, cars pop up on the regular in the work of Stephen King.
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