Misery
Misery is a 1990 American psychological thriller film directed by Rob Reiner, based on Stephen King's 1987 novel of the same name, starring James Caan, Kathy Bates, Lauren Bacall, Richard Farnsworth, and Frances Sternhagen. The plot centers around an obsessive fan who holds an author captive and forces him to rewrite the finale to his book series.
Plot
Famed novelist Paul Sheldon is the author of a successful series of Victorian romance novels featuring a character named Misery Chastain. Wanting to focus on more serious stories, he writes a manuscript for a new novel that he hopes will launch his post-Misery career. While traveling from Silver Creek, Colorado, to his home in New York City, Paul is caught in a blizzard and crashes his car, rendering him unconscious. A nurse named Annie Wilkes finds him and brings him to her remote home.
Awards
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author | William Goldman |
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award | Academy Award for Best Actress |
contentLocation | Colorado |
director | Rob Reiner |
editor | Robert Leighton |
events | psychopathy |
genre | drama horror thriller |
keywords | annie wilkes back to life bobby pin crush disturb doorstop drug end gunshot wound kill murder-suicide new york city newspaper clipping painkiller psychological trauma rescue revolver romance novel seclude sneak out suffer travel victorian victorian era walk write |
musicBy | Marc Shaiman |
nomination | Academy Award for Best Actress |
producer | Andrew Scheinman Rob Reiner |
publisher | Columbia Pictures |
theme | missing people psychological horror psychological thriller |