Product Information
When author Paul Sheldon suffers a car accident in a blizzard, he thanks his lucky stars that nurse Annie Wilkes was on hand... That is until he discovers that she's his number one fan and has no intention of ever letting him go. Based on the novel by Stephen King.Product Identifiers
ProducerAndrew Scheinman, Rob Reiner
EAN5039036049993
eBay Product ID (ePID)115966120
Product Key Features
ActorFrances Sternhagen, James Caan, Kathy Bates, Lauren Bacall, Richard Farnsworth
Film/TV TitleMisery
DirectorRob Reiner
Release Year2012
FormatBlu-ray
LanguageEnglish
GenreThriller, General
Run Time105 Mins
Additional Product Features
Certificate18
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States of America
Number of Discs1
ComposerMarc Shaiman
Production DesignerNorman Garwood
AwardsBest Actress In A Leading Role 1991 - Kathy Bates
Additional InformationRomance author Paul Sheldon (James Caan) longs to be rid of Misery, his plucky heroine of seven novels. She has delivered him fame and fortune and recognition beyond the average writer's dreams, but she is also interminably linked to him. Determined to escape an eternal role as pulp novelist, he kills her off in the eighth novel and heads to his New England cabin to work on his own Great American Novel. Upon completion, Sheldon excitedly sets out for his New York City publisher in the midst of a raging blizzard and within minutes veers into a desolate snowbank. From the brink of death, he is rescued from the snow by Annie Wilkes (Kathy Bates), who just so happens to be Misery's self-professed biggest fan. At first, she nurses him back to health in her remote cabin, telling him the roads and phones are damaged by the storm, fawning over his literary accomplishments. However, things change when she purchases his eighth Misery book and reaches the point of Misery's death. Annie's psychotic underbelly swiftly surfaces as the unfortunate author is held clandestinely captive in her home. Meanwhile, a wily small-town sheriff (Richard Farnsworth) circles in...<BR>Director Rob Reiner's adaptation of Stephen King's novel is an eerie tale of obsessiveness and isolation. The film features an excellent turn by Caan and an Oscar-winning performance by Bates.
ReviewsDaily Mail - Thrillers come little better than this.
ScreenwriterWilliam Goldman
AuthorStephen King
Sound sourceDolby Digital
EditorRobert Leighton
Movie/TV TitleMisery
Director of PhotographyBarry Sonnenfeld
Consumer AdviceContains strong violence and threat