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Misery

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Suitable for mature audiences 16 years and over.

NOTE: Contains violence and offensive language.

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Misery

Paul Sheldon used to write for a living. Now, he's writing to stay alive.

Romance author Paul Sheldon (James Caan) longs for parting with Misery. Sheldon's plucky heroine of seven novels has delivered Sheldon 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 dimestore 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 knocked out 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.

Critic Reviews:

  • " Bates turns Wilkes into the nastiest nurse to reach the screen since Louise Fletcher tormented Jack Nicholson in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. " – Desmond Ryan
  • " Like any good work of popular culture, Rob Reiner's film of Stephen King's best-selling book Misery functions on more than one level. " – Dave Kehr
  • " Popular moviemaking – elegantly economical, artlessly artful – doesn't get much better than this. " – Richard Schickel
Release date NZ
November 23rd, 2004
Movie Format
DVD Region
  • Region 4
Brand
Aspect Ratio
  • 1.85 : 1
Director
Language
English, French, German, Italian, Spanish
Length (Minutes)
103
Studio
Subtitles
Danish, Dutch, English - HI, Finnish, French, German - HI, Italian, Norwegian, Swedish
Supported Audio
  • Dolby Digital Surround 3.0
Number of Discs
1
Genre
Original Release Year
1990
UPC
9338683001849
Product ID
1469095

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