| | Misery DVD (3 Customer Reviews)
| Category | Mystery DVDs, Dramas Movies, Horror Videos, Thriller, Suspense, Recommended, Essential Cinema, Kidnapping And Missing Persons, Psychos, Writers, AFI Top 50 Villains | | Starring | James Caan, Kathy Bates, Lauren Bacall, Richard Farnsworth, Frances Sternhagen | | Director | Rob Reiner | | Screenwriter | William Goldman | | Source Writer | Stephen King |
DVD. Feature film. Stars Kathy Bates & James Caan. Based o n Stephen King novel. Rated R. 107 min. Standard/widescreen . Sound in Engl. & French. Filmographies, CC, theatrical tr ailer. In this chilling adaptation of a Stephen King story, a romance novelist loses control of his car during a snowstorm and is rescued by a nurse who happens to be his "number one fan." Recovering in her home, he turns from patient to prisoner as his savior proves to be psychotically deranged. 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....
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.
Theatrical release: November 30, 1990.
Shot in Reno and Lake Tahoe, Nevada, and Los Angeles, California.
MISERY is director Rob Reiner's second Stephen King adaptation. The first was the 1986 film STAND BY ME, based on the short story "The Body."
Estimated budget: $21 million.
Second unit photography began in late January 1990 and principal shooting began on February 20, 1990, completing May 31, 1990.
Richard Farnsworth would go on to give an acclaimed performance in David Lynch's THE STRAIGHT STORY shortly before his death in 2000.
Misery Quotes/Excerpts: "You're a dirty little birdy."--Annie Wilkes (Kathy Bates) to Paul Sheldon (James Caan)
"It's a masterpiece! What was the name of that ceiling painted by that dago?"--Annie "The Sistine Chapel?"--Paul
"Yes. You and Michaelangelo. Geniuses."--Annie
"I'm your number one fan."--Annie to Paul
Misery Reviews: "...[Caan] is often marvelous..."
-- Sheila Benson, Los Angeles Times "Bates perfectly balances comedy and cruelty."
-- Premiere Staff, Premiere "Bates and Caan simply dominate. MISERY builds economically to a climactic fight in which every scratch, ding, and wallop feels completely earned." -- Grade: B+-- Nicholas Fonseca, Entertainment Weekly "...[Reiner] adopts Hitchcockian techniques which he uses to flawless effect..."
-- Mark Kermode, Sight and Sound "...MISERY is a robust audience-participation pic..." -- 3 out of 4 stars
-- Mike Clark, USA Today "...A breakthrough of sorts....[Bates] gives a genuinely funny performance..."
-- Vincent Canby, New York Times "...[Bates] illuminates an imagined extreme of heartland dementia that's far scarier than any of the undead creations that pepper King's other works..." -- Rating: B+
-- Glenn Kenny, Entertainment Weekly Misery | List Price | $14.98 (You save $3.63) | | Studio | 20th Century Fox | | Orig Year | 1990 | | DVD Encoding | Region 1 | | All Time Sales Rank |  2706  | | CD Universe Part number | 1168530 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | Jul 03, 2007 | | Rating | R (MPAA) | | Running Time | 108 Minutes | | Additional Info | Widescreen | | Movie Details | Color; Dolby Noise Reduction; Digitally Processed; Digital Sound; Stereo Sound; Letter Boxed; Widescreen |
Misery DVD Region 1
Keep Case
Anamorphic Widescreen -
1.85
Full Frame -
1.33
Letterbox -
1.85
Audio:
Dolby Surround - English
Additional Release Material:
Trailers:
1. Original Theatrical Trailer
2. Teaser
Text/Photo Galleries:
Biographies: Cast & Crew
Filmographies: Cast & Crew
Additional Products:
Booklet
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