Misery
by Stephen King

Name: Misery
Brand: Stephen King
SKU: 9780573018503
Rating: 4.08 (19 reviews)

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120 mins1980sStrong Role for Leading Man (Star Vehicle)Strong Role for Leading Woman (Star Vehicle)Interior SetContemporary Costumes/Street Clothes

Synopsis

This psychological thriller based on Stephen King’s novel Misery follows successful romance novelist Paul Sheldon, who is rescued from a car crash and wakes up captive in a secluded home owned by his self-identified “number one fan,” Annie Wilkes.

While Paul is convalescing, Annie reads the manuscript of his latest book and becomes enraged when she discovers the author has killed off her favorite character, Misery Chastain.

Annie forces Paul to write a new Misery novel and he quickly realizes Annie has no intention of letting him go.

The irate Annie has Paul writing as if his life depends on it – and it does.

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Press Reviews

"There are no lulls in famed screenwriter William Goldman’s 90-minute stage adaptation of the Stephen King story, which Goldman himself translated into the 1990 film… Exposition that took a dozen pages in paperback and at least several minutes on screen plays out… faster than snow piling up in a Colorado blizzard."
— WNBC NY

"A tense, physically unnerving, and poignant story of obsession and survival."
— Sun Journal

"It makes seats optional. The audience spent the evening on the edge."
— London Daily Express

"Just as the suspense becomes intolerable there is a brilliantly delivered joke before the coup de grace. To make the audience gasp and laugh at the same instant is quite an achievement.... This is a compellingly cruel thriller."
— London Daily Telegraph

Characters

Character	Gender	Age	Description
Paul Sheldon Acclaimed romance novelist	—	—	Acclaimed romance novelist
Buster Sheriff of a town nearby	—	—	Sheriff of a town nearby
Annie Wilkes Former nurse, Paul Sheldon’s number one fan	—	—	Former nurse, Paul Sheldon’s number one fan