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 Misery (DVD)
 Misery (DVD) ... Stephen King, Misery was brought to the screen by director Rob Reiner as one of the most effective thrillers of the 1990s. From a brilliant adaptation by screenwriter William Goldman, Reiner turned King's cautionary tale of fame and idolatry into a mainstream masterpiece of escalating suspense, translating King's own experience with obsessive fans into a frightening tale of entrapment and psychotic behavior. Kathy Bates deservedly won an Academy Award for her performance as Annie Wilkes, an unbalanced devotee of romance novels written by Paul Sheldon (James Caan), whose books provide Annie with a much-needed escape from her pathetic life and her secret, violent past. After Annie rescues the injured Sheldon from a car accident, she seizes the opportunity to nurse her favorite writer back to health, but her tender loving care soon turns to terrorism as she demands that Sheldon write his latest novel according to her wish-fulfillment fantasies. From this point forward, Misery percolates to a boil as equal parts mystery, thriller, and cleverly dark comedy, with the helpless author pitched in deadly warfare against his number one fan. While Bates carefully modulates her role from doting kindness to sympathetic loneliness and finally to horrifying ferocity, Caan is equally superb as the celebrated author who must literally write for his life. It's essentially a two-actor film, but Richard Farnsworth and Lauren Bacall are excellent in supporting roles as they investigate the writer's mysterious disappearance. Frightening, funny, and totally irresistible, Misery was such a hit that some of Bates's dialogue entered the popular lexicon (particularly her nagging reference to Caan as "Mister Man"), and its nail-biting thrills remain timelessly intense. --Jeff ShannonNewest Review: ... did he get his foot cut off ( hobbling' ) as Annie called it, after she found that he had been out of his room. Instead a ... more ... sledgehammer was used to smash both ankles so I suppose this was somewhere near.
And not a glimmer of the young cop who came to check things out, ending up being stabbed almost to death by a wooden cross- bearing Annie who finally finishes him off by riding over him with her' Lawnboy' ride - on mower taking off half of his head in the process.
Also karate hitting Paul on his swollen and dislocated knee joint when she was in one of her 'brain - outs' would have been much more scary and shocking, as in the book,...more |
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The Knights of Misery (Gunsmith GiantEdition) by J R Roberts - J ...
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Keeping Misery Company (Urban Christian) byMichelle Larks - Urban ...
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Misery (DVD): THE MISERY OF ENTRAPMENT. (1253 words)
by PRINCESSPUSSYCAT - written on 28/03/08 (Very useful, 125 readings)
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- MISERY - Released in 1990, written by Stephen King and directed by Rob Rein. 'Misery' stars Kathy Bates and James Caan. - Genre Thriller/Horror, Running time 100 minutes and BBFC Rating: 18. - Paul Sheldon (James Caan) is a very successful writer. He has used the heroine called 'Misery' in most of his books, but he has now decided to 'kill her off' so to speak. As is his want, when he is preparing to write a new book, he takes off to the hills for some peace and quiet, a little bit of thinking time and some inspiration. The character Misery has been his 'money spinner' in quite a few of his novels so far, but he ...
Misery or outright terror? (806 words)
by sunmeilan - written on 20/11/08 (Very useful, 159 readings)
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When famous author Paul Sheldon completes his new book earlier than expected, he decides to leave the quiet hotel he has been staying in and return home. Unfortunately, on the way, he gets caught in a blizzard and crashes the car. When he comes to, he finds he has been rescued by an uber-fan of his books called Annie Wilkes. Annie is a nurse and manages to patch up his broken and battered body, just as well because the weather conditions preclude a trip to the hospital and contact with the outside world. But then Paul realises that Annie is planning to keep him all to herself, particularly as she is not too keen on the way he has written his latest book. Will Paul ever ...
Misery (DVD): You Dirty, Dirty Birdie... (1375 words)
by MattRoberts - written on 10/08/03 (Very useful, 469 readings)
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Stephen King’s novels have always seemed stupid to me. If any of you don’t know, I hate films that can’t happen in every day life. Take The Green Mile for instance. An awful film that left me feeling stupid. Stupid that I’d watched such a thing. But, Stephen King seems to have taken time out of writing shit novels, and done this one, excellent novel. I never read the book, but the film I did see. The film that left me startled, shocked, amazed, and pretty scared! Paul Sheldon – James Caan Annie Wilkes – Kathy Bates Buster – Richard Farnsworth Virginia – Frances Sternhagen Director ...
Misery (DVD) : Gripping Stufffrom HamishMacbeth
01/08/2001
Misery (DVD) : Misery Loves Company...Misery's Fan Ain't Gonna Let You Leave!!from wampyrii
19/07/2001
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