MISERY (WIDESCREEN/FULL SCREEN)

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• Release Year: 1990
• Genre: Drama, Horror, Suspense/Thriller
• Plot: Paul Sheldon used to write for a living. Now he's writing to stay alive.; ; A 'heart-stopping psychological thriller' (Joel Siegel), this Academy Award®-winning* film is 'one of the best horror movies' (Time) ever. Adapted from a Stephen King novel by Oscar®-winning screenwriter William Goldman (All The President's Men) and directed by Rob Reiner (A Few Good Men), this chiller starring Kathy Bates (Titanic) and James Cann (The Godfather) is 'a Hitchcockian kind of cat-and-mouse' (The New York Times) game played between two cunning minds – one as sharp as a tack and the other as blunt as a sledgehammer.; ; Novelist Paul Sheldon (Cann) doesn't remember the blinding blizzard that sent his car spinning off the road. Nor does he remember being nursed back from unconsciousness. All he remembers is waking up in the home of Annie Wilkes (Bates) – a maniacal fan who is bent on keeping her favorite writer as her personal prisoner…for the rest of his 'cock-a-doodie' life!; ; ; *1990: Bates, Actress; **1969: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid: All the President’s Men
• Cast: James Caan, Kathy Bates, Richard Farnsworth, Frances Sternhagen, Lauren Bacall, Graham Jarvis, Jerry Potter, Thomas Brunelle, June Christopher, Julie Payne, Archie Hahn, Gregory Snegoff, Wendy Bowers, Misery the Pig, Rob Reiner, J.T. Walsh, Stephen King, William Goldman
• Director: Rob Reiner
• Runtime: 1:48
• Company: Castle Rock Entertainment, Nelson Entertainment, MGM Home Entertainment
• Media Format: Movie