Monday, November 3, 2008

#60. Misery (1990)


Director: Rob Reiner
Screenplay: William Goldman (Based on the novel by Stephen King)
Cast: James Caan, Kathy Bates, Richard Farnsworth, Frances Sternhagen, Lauren Bacall, Graham Jarvis, Jerry Potter

Quote: "This isn't fair! HE DIDN'T GET OUT OF THE COCK - A - DOODIE CAR!"

Kathy Bates' Oscar winning performance is definitely a creepy and distorted one. When a famous novelist Paul Sheldon (James Caan), finishes the last book of his MISERY series, he goes out but unfortunately gets into a car accident in the snow. But "unluckily" he gets "saved" by his number 1 fan, Annie Wilkes (Kathy Bates). But as Annie nurses him to "good" health, her mind messes up and she begins torturing him to make more books so that her favorite story will have a never ending plot line...unless one of them dies, that is.

OSCAR winner for Best Actress in a Leading Role (Kathy Bates)

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