The Fury is a 1978 supernatural thriller film directed by Brian De Palma. The film was written by John Farris based on his novel of the same name. It starred Kirk Douglas, John Cassavetes, Carrie Snodgress, Amy Irving, Charles Durning and Andrew Stevens. The music was composed by Academy Award-winner John Williams, performed by the London Symphony Orchestra and was highly praised by critic Pauline Kael, who called it "as elegant and delicately varied a score as any horror film has ever had". The plot combines elements of horror and the spy thriller. A teenage girl, Gillian Bellaver discovers... that she possesses psychic powers, including telekinesis and extra-sensory perception, but that other people suffer bleeding if they touch her. She volunteers to attend the Paragon Clinic, whose director, Dr. James McKeever , works for a shady intelligence operative named Ben Childress . Childress has betrayed his friend Peter Sandza and is using Sandza's psychic son Robin in research into the weapons potential of psychics.
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| Release date: | 1978 |
| Directed by: | Brian De Palma |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 118 Minutes |
| Producer: | Frank Yablans |
| Editor: | Paul Hirsch |
| Music by: | John Williams |
| Cinematography: | Richard H. Kline |
| Screenplay by: | John Farris |
| Estimated budget: | $5,500,000 |
| Adapted from: | The Fury |
| Genre: | Thriller |