
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
escritor
Casts

Kathy Bates
Annie Wilkes

James Caan
Paul Sheldon

Richard Farnsworth
Buster

Lauren Bacall
Marcia Sindell

Frances Sternhagen
Virginia

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

William Goldman
Screenplay

Barry Sonnenfeld
Director of Photography

Janet Hirshenson
Casting
Robert Leighton
Editor

Stephen King
Novel
Andrew Scheinman
Producer

Rob Reiner
Director

Rob Reiner
Producer

Marc Shaiman
Original Music Composer

Jane Jenkins
Casting
Margaret E. Elliott
Makeup Artist
Steve Nicolaides
Production Manager
Gary Isbell
Swing
Dennis Maguire
First Assistant Director
Ken Peterson
Assistant Property Master
Andrew Precht
Assistant Art Director
Artist W. Robinson
Second Second Assistant Director
John Hoskins
Construction Foreman
Thomas Miligan
Assistant Camera
Thomas P. Powell
Lighting Technician
Jerry Moss
Property Master

R.A. Rondell
Stunts
Bruce Spaulding Fuller
Special Effects Makeup Artist
Drew Ann Rosenberg
Second Assistant Director
Phil Cory
Special Effects Supervisor
Kevin Kelley
Chief Lighting Technician
Sammy Thurman
Stunts

Sandy Berumen
Stunts
John M. Elliott Jr.
Makeup Artist
Marvin Salsberg
Construction Coordinator
Chuck Neely
Sound Editor
Dennis Gamiello
Key Grip

Howard Berger
Special Effects Makeup Artist
Rick Lalonde
Special Effects Makeup Artist

Greg Nicotero
Special Effects Makeup Artist
Peter C. Barbour
Assistant Sound Editor
Richard C. Franklin
Sound Editor
Gary Mundheim
Sound Editor
Judith A. Cory
Hairstylist

Robert Kurtzman
Special Effects Makeup Artist
Brian W. Armstrong
Assistant Camera
Jonas Kirk
Construction Foreman
Stan Tropp
Set Designer
Mark Woods
Leadman

Barry Sonnenfeld
Second Unit Director
Dwayne Redlin
Best Boy Grip
Michael Hirshenson
Casting Associate
Art Tostado
Color Timer
Katherine T. Wilson
Production Secretary
James Deeth
Pilot
Suzanne Lutz
Production Secretary
Mary Morrisey
Assistant Editor
Lois Trent-Bring
Negative Cutter
Nils C. Jensen
Sound Editor
Scott Stambler
Music Editor
K. Lenna Katich
Production Accountant
Lampton Enochs
Location Manager
Linda Allan-Folsom
Production Coordinator

David R. Ellis
Stunt Coordinator
Walter Nichols
Assistant Chief Lighting Technician

Judy Crown
Hairstylist
Kirk A. Holland
Transportation Captain

Charles L. Campbell
Supervising Sound Editor
Garrett Lewis
Set Decoration
Norman Garwood
Production Design
Steve Nicolaides
Co-Producer
Robert Eber
Sound Mixer
Gregg Landaker
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Scott Stambler
Supervising Music Editor
Rick Kline
Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Alan Edward Bell
First Assistant Editor
Jody Gaber
Art Department Coordinator

Jeffrey Stott
Co-Producer
Mark W. Mansbridge
Art Direction

Kerry Lyn McKissick
Script Supervisor
Merrick Morton
Still Photographer
Gloria Gresham
Costume Design
Kevin O'Connell
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
George Baetz
Boom Operator
M. Todd Henry
Camera Operator
Donald J. Malouf
Supervising Sound Editor
Larry Singer
ADR Supervisor
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