Misery
- Director
- Rob Reiner
- Release Date
- November 30, 1990
- Studio(s)
- Columbia Pictures
- Distributor(s)
- Columbia Pictures
- Cast
- Richard Farnsworth , James Caan , Lauren Bacall , Frances Sternhagen , Kathy Bates
- Writers
- William Goldman
- Runtime
- 107 minutes
- Budget
- $20 million
Summary
Based on the Stephen King novel, Misery is a 1990 horror movie centered around fictional writer Paul Sheldon (James Caan), who gets trapped by his biggest fan, Annie Wilkes (Kathy Bates), who tortures him until he rewrites the finale of his famous novels.
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