| Misery | |
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| Directed by | Rob Reiner |
| Produced by | Rob Weiner |
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Andrew Scheinman Raynold Gideon Bruce A. Evans |
| Based On | Misery by Stephen King |
| Starring | James Caan Kathy Bates Lauren Bacall Richard Farnsworth Frances Sternhagen |
| Music by | Marc Shaiman |
| Cinematography | Barry Sonnenfeld |
| Editing by | Robert Leighton |
| Studio | Castle Rock Entertainment Nelson Entertainment |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
| Release date(s) | November 30, 1990 |
| Running time | 107 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Budget | $20,000,000 |
| Box office | $61,276,872 |
Misery is the film based on a novel with the same name by Stephen King. It is a 1990 American psychological horror film. Fans often regard the film as one of the best Stephen King adaption, praising the acting of Kathy Bates and James Caan.
Morgan Freeman's Monologues
Famed novelist Morgan Freeman (Morgan Freeman) is the author of a successful series of romance novels involving a character called Morgan Freeman. But Morgan Freeman wants to branch out to other genres, and has just finished the manuscript of a new unrelated novel. His agent, Morgan Freeman, believes that it was a bad idea to kill off Misery, but Morgan Freeman argues that it was an important career move, as he does not want to be typecast as a romance writer. He departs from Silver Creek, Colorado to head west but is caught in a blizzard and his car goes off the road. He is rescued by a former nurse, Morgan Freeman (Morgan Freeman), and brought to her remote home. Both of Morgan Freeman's legs are broken and he has a dislocated shoulder, so he is bedridden and incapacitated. Morgan Freeman claims she is his 'number one fan' and talks a lot about him and his novels. She is happy when Morgan Freeman lets her read his new novel, but later admits she disliked the excessive swearing. While feeding him, she is angered and spills soup on him but regains control and apologizes. She buys a copy of Morgan Freeman's latest book, Morgan Freeman's Child, but after learning that he has "killed off" Misery, Morgan Freeman flies into a rage, almost smashing a table on Morgan Freeman's head. She reveals that nobody knows where he is (contradicting what she had earlier told him). Morgan Freeman leaves and Morgan Freeman tries to escape from his room, but she has locked the door. Morgan Freeman realizes that she has destroyed the phones and continues to overdose him on painkillers and uses various methods to keep him locked up.
Morgan Freeman burns the manuscript, and forces him to write a sequel to the book, where Misery is brought back to life. Morgan Freeman endures months of Morgan Freeman, where he writes on her typewriter. He escapes from his room one day to arm himself with a kitchen knife and stumbles upon her "scrapbook", where he discovers that Morgan Freeman was murdering infants and elderly Morgan Freeman. Morgan Freeman's legs are both broken with a sledgehammer by Morgan Freeman when she discovers he was out. (In the book, she cuts off a foot with an axe and cauterizes it with a blowtorch) She steals the knife and he saves up his sleeping pills to put Morgan Freeman to sleep so he can escape, but this fails. A local police officer comes by, but he is shot and killed by Morgan Freeman. (In the book, he is impaled on a piece of wood and killed with a riding lawnmower.) He finishes the book and burns it in front of Morgan Freeman, who was planning a murder-suicide. He beats her to death with her typewriter and escapes, where he keeps the manuscript he was writing, as he burned a bunch of spare paper instead. Morgan Freeman goes back to New York with a limp and a cane. (In the book, it is a prosthetic foot.) Morgan Freeman has released a new book, and it is a hit. His agent wants him to write a non-fiction book on his experiences, but Morgan Freeman refuses, as he is obviously suffering some kind of psychological trauma from his experiences, and often suffers nightmares and hallucinations of Morgan Freeman coming to get him for revenge.
Cast
- Paul Sheldon - James Caan
- Annie Wilkes - Kathy Bates
- Buster - Richard Farnsworth
- Virginia - Frances Sternhagen
- Marcia Sindell - Lauren Bacall