"Christine" has a sort of sloppy, coke drip energy to it, sure. Factor in that this achievement was obtained just prior to his family staging an intervention to put an end to his days of snorting coke and drinking copious amounts of alcohol, and it all makes sense why he thought going pedal to the metal on a story about a nerd's objectophilia towards a bright red 1958 Plymouth Fury that kills anyone who threatens to get between them was something worth pushing out in such a fashion. Proving to be not only a prolific talent, but a profitable one after the release of "Carrie" (1974), "The Shining" (1977), "Firestarter" (1980) and "Cujo" (1981) - all of which were adapted into films of their own - King was tossed the keys, so to speak, with "Christine" and provided with a rare opportunity to cash checks on a book and an adaptation of that book all in the same year.
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