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| Directed by | Rob Reiner |
| Screenplay by | William Goldman |
| Based on | Misery by Stephen King |
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| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Barry Sonnenfeld |
| Edited by | Robert Leighton |
| Music by | Marc Shaiman |
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| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
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Running time | 107 minutes[1] |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $18-20 million[2] |
| Box office | $61.3 million[3] |
Misery is a 1990 American psychological thriller[4] film directed by Rob Reiner from a script by William Goldman, based on Stephen King's 1987 novel of the same name, The plot centers around an author (James Caan) who is held captive by an obsessive fan (Kathy Bates) who forces him to rewrite the finale to his novel series. Richard Farnsworth, Frances Sternhagen, and Lauren Bacall also star.
The film was released in the United States on November 30, 1990, by Columbia Pictures. It received highly positive reviews and was a box office success. Bates' performance drew widespread praise from critics and won her the Academy Award for Best Actress at the 63rd Academy Awards, making Misery the only film based on a Stephen King novel to win an Oscar.[5] King himself has stated that Misery is one of his top ten favorite film adaptations.[6]
- ^ "Misery (15)". British Board of Film Classification. January 7, 1991. Retrieved August 15, 2015.
- ^ "Misery (1990)". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Retrieved November 21, 2023.
- ^ Misery at Box Office Mojo
- ^ "Misery (1990) - Rob Reiner | Synopsis, Movie Info, Moods, Themes and Related | AllMovie" – via www.allmovie.com.
- ^ "The Best and Worst of Stephen King's Movies". MSN Movies News. October 20, 2012. Archived from the original on December 3, 2013. Retrieved January 11, 2014.
- ^ King, Stephen (2009). Stephen King Goes to the Movies. Hodder & Stoughton. p. 579. ISBN 978-0-340-98030-9.