Shot in Nevada, Los Angeles, and New York City, the story begins with famed novelist Paul Sheldon (Caan) getting caught in a blizzard while driving through Silver Creek, Colorado on his way home to the Big Apple. He even changed the script for The Stand (1994), turning the male character of Ray Flowers into the female Rae Flowers, just to give Bates the part. She would later be cast in the part for the film version of the novel. Since King survived his addiction ordeal, apparently so did Paul. The author enjoyed the film so much, especially Kathy Bates as Annie, that he later wrote Dolores Claiborne with Bates in mind for the title character. After the gentle giant directed Stand By Me, a touching, heartbreaking coming-of-age film based on King’s novella The Body, the author realized only one person was suitable for Misery, a story close to his heart, as he later admitted that Annie Wilkes was based on his own personal struggles with addiction and the hopeless, helpless, agonizing situation he was in at that stage in his life, along with the nurse Genene Jones, a woman believed to have killed as many as fifty children under her care during her two year career. According to Reiner, the original story ended with Annie killing Paul and feeding him to her pet pig, Misery, then tanning his skin to use to bind the book he wrote while in her care, retitling it to The Annie Wilkes 1st Edition. Stephen King was initially reluctant to sell the movie rights, afraid another one of his stories would be flubbed up on the screen. The only reason the film even made it to the big screen was because of Rob Reiner. He also dialed up former Saturday Night Live! alum Marc Shaiman to compose the score ( When Harry Met Sally… 1989, Hairspray 2007) for this Academy Award winning film. ![]() Reiner got his Princess Bride (1987) crew back together for Misery, calling the novel’s author, William Goldman, to write the screenplay, and producer Andrew Scheinman to help bring this twisted Horror story to life. ![]() Directed and produced by Rob Reiner ( Stand By Me 1986, When Harry Met Sally… 1989), Stephen King’s Psychological Horror stars Kathy Bates ( American Horror Story TV series, Fried Green Tomatoes 1991) and James Caan ( The Godfather 1972, Las Vegas TV series). Twenty-five years ago, Misery, the movie based on the 1987 novel by the world famous Horror maestro, was released on Novemthrough Castle Rock Entertainment. Who would have thought that fame could be deadly? Stephen King, that is who.
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