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Misery
R
Drama
Documentary
Thriller
- Release Date
- November 30, 1990
- Director
- Rob Reiner
- Cast
- James Caan, Kathy Bates, Richard Farnsworth, Frances Sternhagen, Lauren Bacall, Graham Jarvis
- Runtime
- 107
- Main Genre
- Drama
- Studio
- Castle Rock Entertainment
- Writers
- Stephen King, William Goldman
- Tagline
- Paul Sheldon used to write for a living. Now, he's writing to stay alive.
Summary
Novelist Paul Sheldon crashes his car on a snowy Colorado road. He is found by Annie Wilkes, the "number one fan" of Paul's heroine Misery Chastaine. Annie is also somewhat unstable, and Paul finds himself crippled, drugged and at her mercy.
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