Misery (film)

Misery
Misery
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Rob Reiner
Screenplay by	William Goldman
Based on	Misery; by Stephen King
Produced by	Rob Reiner; Andrew Scheinman;
Starring	James Caan; Kathy Bates; Frances Sternhagen; Richard Farnsworth; Lauren Bacall;
Cinematography	Barry Sonnenfeld
Edited by	Robert Leighton
Music by	Marc Shaiman
Production; companies	Castle Rock Entertainment; Nelson Entertainment;
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release date	November 30, 1990;
Running time	107 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$18-20 million
Box office	$61.3 million

Misery is a 1990 American psychological thriller^[4] film directed by Rob Reiner, based on Stephen King's 1987 novel of the same name, starring James Caan, Kathy Bates, Lauren Bacall, Richard Farnsworth, and Frances Sternhagen. The plot centers around an author who is held captive by an obsessive fan who forces him to rewrite the finale to his novel series.

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
^ https://www.allmovie.com/movie/misery-vm1076557
^ "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.

[1] "Misery (15)". British Board of Film Classification. January 7, 1991. Retrieved August 15, 2015.

[bo-2] "Misery (1990)". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Retrieved November 21, 2023.

[3] Misery at Box Office Mojo

[4] ttps://www.allmovie.com/movie/misery-vm1076557

[5] "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.

[Stephen_King_Goes_to_the_Movies-6] King, Stephen (2009). Stephen King Goes to the Movies. Hodder & Stoughton. p. 579. ISBN 978-0-340-98030-9.

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