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| Movie |
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| Title: |
Misery |
| Director: |
Rob Reiner |
| Screenplay: |
William Goldman |
| Year: |
1990, Columbia Pictures |
| Length: |
107 min. |
| DVD available: |
Yes (View Trailer) |
| In database: |
Yes (Region 2) |
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| Cast |
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| Paul Sheldon |
James Caan |
| Annie Wilkes |
Kathy Bates |
| Virginia |
Frances Sternhagen |
| Sheriff |
Richard Farnsworth |
| Marcia Sindell |
Lauren Bacall |
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| Book |
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| Title: |
Misery |
| Dutch issue: |
Misery |
| Original story: |
Misery |
| Dutch title: |
Misery |
| Author: |
Stephen King |
| Year: |
1987 |
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| Synopsis |
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| Based on the Stephen King novel, Misery casts James Caan as romance writer Paul Sheldon. After a car accident, Sheldon is trapped in his vehicle in the middle of a blizzard; on the brink of death, he is rescued by Annie Wilkes (Kathy Bates), a former nurse who carries the writer to her home to recover. It turns out that Annie is a huge fan of Sheldon's work, which consists of a series of romance novels about a character named Misery Chastain; Paul, wanting to explore more serious work, has decided to kill Misery in order to write a raw, autobiographical book about life on the streets. Annie, who has lived almost vicariously through the Misery Chastain books for years, is livid over the harsh language of Paul's book, but becomes almost crazed upon discovering Misery's fate. To teach the bedridden man a lesson, she forces him to burn the autobiographical manuscript and resurrect Misery; after learning of
Annie's murderous past, he knows that Misery's return to life will mark the end of his own. |
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