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About
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.
Theatrical
Nov 30, 1990
Box Office
$61.3M
Budget
$20.0M
Return
3.1x
DVD / Blu-ray
Dec 29, 1998
Theaters
10
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Writer
Producers
Music
Studio
Castle Rock Entertainment, Nelson Entertainment
Keywords
nurse
based on novel or book
colorado
psychopath
car crash
author
slasher
psychological thriller
torture
obsessed fan
blizzard
psychotic
bedridden
psycho
lunatic
mysterious
disturbed
female psychopath
claustrophobic
abducted
obssesive fan
rural setting
crazy
kidnapped
psychological horror
psychological drama
suspenseful
intense
fight for survival
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Cast
Full credits →K
Kathy Bates
Annie Wilkes
J
James Caan
Paul Sheldon
R
Richard Farnsworth
Buster
L
Lauren Bacall
Marcia Sindell
F
Frances Sternhagen
Virginia
G
Graham Jarvis
Libby
J
Jerry Potter
Pete
T
Thomas Brunelle
Anchorman
J
June Christopher
Anchorwoman
J
Julie Payne
Reporter #1
A
Archie Hahn
Reporter #2
G
Gregory Snegoff
Reporter #3
W
Wendy Bowers
Waitress
R
Rob Reiner
Helicopter Pilot (uncredited)
J
J.T. Walsh
State Trooper Sherman Douglas (uncredited)
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Quotes
See all →The Burden of Knowledge in Storytelling
Paul
Remember how, for all those years, nobody knew who Misery's real father was? Or if they'd ever be reunited? It's all right here. Does she finally marry Ian, or will it be Winthorne? It's all right here.
Annie
Paul, you can't!
Paul
Why not? I learned it from you.
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
Complexities of Love and Fear
Annie Wilkes
Here's your pills.
Paul Sheldon
Annie? Annie, what is it?
Annie
The rain. Sometimes it gives me the blues. When you first came here, I only loved the writer part of Paul Sheldon. Now I know I love the rest of him, too. I know you don't love me. Don't say you do. You're beautiful, brilliant, a famous man of the world and I'm not a movie star type. You'll never know the fear of losing someone like you if you're someone like me.
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
