
Misery (1990)
7.7|30 Nov, 1990|107 min
Paul Sheldon used to write for a living. Now, heβs writing to stay alive.
7.7|30 Nov, 1990|107 min
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After an accident, acclaimed novelist Paul Sheldon is rescued by a nurse who claims to be his biggest fan. Her obsession takes a dark turn when she holds him captive in her remote Colorado home and forces him to write back to life the popular literary character he killed off.
Language
Budget$20,000,000
Revenue $61,300,000
English
Budget$20,000,000
Revenue $61,300,000
Keywords
based on novel or book
nurse
psychopath
colorado
car crash
author
slasher
psychological thriller
torture
obsessed fan
blizzard
bedridden
psycho
lunatic
female psychopath
claustrophobic
abducted
obssesive fan
rural setting
crazy
kidnapped
authoritarian
fight for survival
nutcase
Casts

James Caan
Paul Sheldon

Kathy Bates
Annie Wilkes

Richard Farnsworth
Buster

Frances Sternhagen
Virginia

Lauren Bacall
Marcia Sindell

Graham Jarvis
Libby

Jerry Potter
Pete

Thomas Brunelle
Anchorman

June Christopher
Anchorwoman

Julie Payne
Reporter #1

Archie Hahn
Reporter #2

Gregory Snegoff
Reporter #3
Wendy Bowers
Waitress

Rob Reiner
Helicopter Pilot (uncredited)

J. T. Walsh
State Trooper Sherman Douglas (uncredited)
Jay Dee Witney
News Photographer (uncredited)
Crews

Stephen King
Novel
Andrew Scheinman
Producer

Barry Sonnenfeld
Director of Photography

William Goldman
Screenplay
Robert Leighton
Editor

Marc Shaiman
Original Music Composer

Rob Reiner
Director

Rob Reiner
Producer

Jane Jenkins
Casting

Janet Hirshenson
Casting
Artist W. Robinson
Second Second Assistant Director
Jonas Kirk
Construction Foreman

Howard Berger
Special Effects Makeup Artist
John M. Elliott Jr.
Makeup Artist
John Hoskins
Construction Foreman
Bruce Spaulding Fuller
Special Effects Makeup Artist
Drew Ann Rosenberg
Second Assistant Director
Dennis Maguire
First Assistant Director

Robert Kurtzman
Special Effects Makeup Artist
Judith A. Cory
Hairstylist
Rick Lalonde
Special Effects Makeup Artist

Greg Nicotero
Special Effects Makeup Artist
Peter C. Barbour
Assistant Sound Editor
Gary Mundheim
Sound Editor
Andrew Precht
Assistant Art Director
Chuck Neely
Sound Editor
Richard C. Franklin
Sound Editor
Thomas P. Powell
Lighting Technician

R.A. Rondell
Stunts
Margaret E. Elliott
Makeup Artist

David R. Ellis
Stunt Coordinator
Dennis Gamiello
Key Grip
Walter Nichols
Assistant Chief Lighting Technician
Gary Isbell
Swing
Marvin Salsberg
Construction Coordinator
Nils C. Jensen
Sound Editor
Brian W. Armstrong
Assistant Camera
Sammy Thurman
Stunts
Steve Nicolaides
Production Manager
Ken Peterson
Assistant Property Master
Mark Woods
Leadman

Sandy Berumen
Stunts

Barry Sonnenfeld
Second Unit Director
Stan Tropp
Set Designer
Jerry Moss
Property Master
Thomas Miligan
Assistant Camera
Phil Cory
Special Effects Supervisor
Kevin Kelley
Chief Lighting Technician
Mary Morrisey
Assistant Editor
Michael Hirshenson
Casting Associate
Art Tostado
Color Timer
Linda Allan-Folsom
Production Coordinator
K. Lenna Katich
Production Accountant
Lois Trent-Bring
Negative Cutter
James Deeth
Pilot
Suzanne Lutz
Production Secretary
Dwayne Redlin
Best Boy Grip
Lampton Enochs
Location Manager
Scott Stambler
Music Editor
Katherine T. Wilson
Production Secretary

Judy Crown
Hairstylist
Kirk A. Holland
Transportation Captain
M. Todd Henry
Camera Operator
Donald J. Malouf
Supervising Sound Editor
Gregg Landaker
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
George Baetz
Boom Operator
Jody Gaber
Art Department Coordinator
Jeffrey Stott
Co-Producer
Merrick Morton
Still Photographer
Robert Eber
Sound Mixer

Kerry Lyn McKissick
Script Supervisor
Rick Kline
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Steve Nicolaides
Co-Producer
Gloria Gresham
Costume Design
Mark W. Mansbridge
Art Direction

Charles L. Campbell
Supervising Sound Editor

Alan Edward Bell
First Assistant Editor
Norman Garwood
Production Design
Kevin O'Connell
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Garrett Lewis
Set Decoration
Scott Stambler
Supervising Music Editor
Larry Singer
ADR Supervisor
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