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Kathy Bates

James Caan

Richard Farnsworth

Lauren Bacall

Frances Sternhagen

Graham Jarvis

Jerry Potter

Thomas Brunelle

June Christopher

Julie Payne

Archie Hahn

Gregory Snegoff

Wendy Bowers

Rob Reiner

J. T. Walsh

Stephen King

William Goldman

Andrew Scheinman

Marc Shaiman

Barry Sonnenfeld

Robert Leighton

Janet Hirshenson

Jane Jenkins

Howard Berger

Judith A. Cory

John M. Elliott Jr.

Margaret E. Elliott

Bruce Spaulding Fuller

Robert Kurtzman

Rick Lalonde

Greg Nicotero

Steve Nicolaides

Dennis Maguire

Artist W. Robinson

Drew Ann Rosenberg

John Hoskins

Gary Isbell

Jonas Kirk

Jerry Moss

Ken Peterson

Andrew Precht

Marvin Salsberg

Stan Tropp

Mark Woods

Peter C. Barbour

Richard C. Franklin

Nils C. Jensen

Gary Mundheim

Chuck Neely

Phil Cory

David R. Ellis

Sandy Berumen

R.A. Rondell

Sammy Thurman

Brian W. Armstrong

Dennis Gamiello

Kevin Kelley

Thomas Miligan

Walter Nichols

Thomas P. Powell

Dwayne Redlin

Michael Hirshenson

Mary Morrisey

Art Tostado

Lois Trent-Bring

Lampton Enochs

Scott Stambler

James Deeth

Linda Allan-Folsom

K. Lenna Katich

Suzanne Lutz

Katherine T. Wilson

Judy Crown

Kirk A. Holland

Norman Garwood

Gloria Gresham

Mark W. Mansbridge

Garrett Lewis

Kerry Lyn McKissick

Merrick Morton

M. Todd Henry

Robert Eber

Rick Kline

Gregg Landaker

Kevin O'Connell

Donald J. Malouf

George Baetz

Jody Gaber

Charles L. Campbell

Jeffrey Stott

Alan Edward Bell

Larry Singer

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In a wintery Colorado, acclaimed author “Sheldon” (James Caan) comes off the road only to be luckily (we think!) saved by the timely intervention of “Annie” (Kathy Bates) who just happens to be a nurse. More than that, she’s a superfan of his work and so makes it clear that his care is a labour of love she is well prepared to carry out. Gradually, though, he begins to realise that she isn’t quite the woman she’s claiming to be. He is locked in and isolated, and when she begins to suggest that he reactivate one of the lapsed characters from his novels - well let’s just say she has some fairly unique methods of persuasion at her disposal. With him her “guest”, his publisher “Marcia” (Lauren Bacall) is starting to worry and so a quick call to the local sheriff sees “Buster” (Richard Farnsworth) become the bear in the air as he tries to track him down. With “Sheldon” trapped and fed a diet of sedatives and torment, it’s becoming quite a race to see if anyone can ever find him, let alone rescue him from his increasingly obsessive host. Some of Caan’s facial expressions are super here, especially towards the end - but it’s the menacingly angelic effort from Bates that steals the show here and makes this quite possibly my favourite adaptation of a Stephen King novel. Those, I usually found, were rarely the most substantial of stories, but here he has provided some personas for both to sink their teeth into, and it also delivers one of those scenes that will live in cinema history for ever. The bleakness of their surroundings adds an extra degree of chill and Rob Reiner manages to build then sustain quite a degree of peril from pretty early on in the proceedings. It’s really not for the squeamish, nor probably for anyone who has ever written-out a popular literal character, either!

Rob Reiner & Kathy Bates Discuss Misery (1990) with Dave Karger | TCMFF 2025

Misery (1990) Original Trailer [FHD]

The Cockadoodie Car

I'm Your Number One Fan!

Rob Reiner Reflects on MISERY ('90)

"It's For The Best"

Official Trailer #2

Rosalind Chao Announces MISERY for AFI Movie Club

Kathy Bates on making MISERY

Bonus Clip: Director Rob Reiner On The Movie Adaptation Of Misery From The Novel

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