A withdrawn young girl joins an unpopular sorority in college. It turns out she has psychic and telekinetic powers, and she uses them against a rival sorority.
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Title: The Initiation of Sarah (TV Movie 1978)
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Kay Lenz | ... | Sarah Goodwin | |
| Shelley Winters | ... | Mrs. Erica Hunter | |
| Tony Bill | ... | Paul Yates | |
| Kathryn Grant | ... | Mrs. Goodwin | |
| Morgan Fairchild | ... | Jennifer Lawrence | |
| Morgan Brittany | ... | Patty Goodwin | |
| Robert Hays | ... | Scott Rafferty | |
| Tisa Farrow | ... | Alberta 'Mouse' | |
| Elizabeth Stack | ... | Laura O'Neil | |
| Deborah Ryan | ... | Bobbie Adams | |
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Nora Heflin | ... | Barbara |
| Talia Balsam | ... | Allison | |
| Michael Talbott | ... | Freddie | |
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Jennifer Gay | ... | Kathy Anderson |
| Susan Duvall | ... | Regina Wilson | |
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A withdrawn young girl joins an unpopular sorority in college. It turns out she has psychic and telekinetic powers, and she uses them against a rival sorority.
Plot Keywords:
sorority | college | psychic | female protagonist | supernatural power |Taglines:
She was born with devastating psychic powers. And she's forced to unleash them in a shocking finale! See more »Certificate:
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Sarah Goodwin: Psychology.
[Kathy hands her some punch]
Sarah Goodwin: Thank you.
Sarah Goodwin: What's yours?
Kathy Anderson: [Silkily, with a staged smile] Excuse me a minute. Some new girls. I'll be back.
Regina Wilson: She ditched me the same way.
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In the original draft of the script, the sorority sisters were transformed into barnyard animals. ABC executives balked at the notion and targeted this and other special FX sequences that were beyond the limitations of filmmaking at the time to be rewritten. See more »Goofs
When Sarah comes down the stairs to go to for the birthday party for Paul Yates, her hair seems suddenly much longer than it was moments before. See more »Quotes
Kathy Anderson: What's your major, Sarah?Sarah Goodwin: Psychology.
[Kathy hands her some punch]
Sarah Goodwin: Thank you.
Sarah Goodwin: What's yours?
Kathy Anderson: [Silkily, with a staged smile] Excuse me a minute. Some new girls. I'll be back.
Regina Wilson: She ditched me the same way.
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6 February 1978 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Here we have kind of a 'Carrie-look-alike' film, but I'd say a little bit moralist. Sarah (Kay Lenz), a weird girl (yes, she does have telekinetic powers) scorned by snobbish dull colleagues is admitted in a strange sorority where she is manipulated by the evil house mother Mrs. Hunter (Shelley Winters). On the other hand, her beautiful and ingenuous sister Patty (Morgan Brittany) joins a renowned sorority where she is forced to cast Sarah away by no less manipulative Jennifer Lawrence (Morgan Fairchild). The entire film has a 'gloomy aura', it's a somewhat sad story which could never have happened if it wasn't for the juicy 70's!... The TV production is poor, nevertheless it doesn't matter once this is a very enjoyable flick.