Stephen King’s Movie Poster # 5 Misery Kathy Bates Annie Wilkes

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Misery is a 1990 American thriller film based on Stephen King’s 1987 novel and starring James Caan, Kathy Bates, Lauren Bacall, Richard Farnsworth, and Frances Sternhagen. Directed by Rob Reiner, the film received critical acclaim for Bates’ performance as the psychopathic Annie Wilkes, and Bates won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her role. Famed novelist Paul Sheldon is the author of a successful series of novels featuring a character called Misery Chastain. Wanting to focus on more serious novels, he writes a manuscript for a new unrelated novel. He departs from Silver Creek, Colorado to head to Los Angeles but is caught in a blizzard and his car goes off the road. He is rescued by a nurse named Annie Wilkes who brings him to her remote home. Both of Paul’s legs are broken and he has a dislocated shoulder, so he can’t get out of bed. Annie claims she is his “number one fan” and talks a lot about him and his novels. She’s happy when Paul lets her read his new novel, but later admits she disliked the use of excessive swearing in it. While feeding him, she is angered and spills soup on him but regains control and apologizes. She buys a copy of Paul’s latest book, Misery’s Child, but after learning that he has “killed off” Misery, Annie flies into a rage, almost smashing a table on Paul’s head. She reveals that nobody knows where he is. Annie leaves and Paul tries to escape from his room, but she has locked the door. The next morning, Annie makes Paul burn his latest manuscript. When he is well enough to get out of bed, she insists he write a new novel entitled Misery’s Return in which he brings the character back to life. Paul complies, believing Annie might kill him otherwise.

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