Misery is a movie directed by Rob Reiner in 1990 and based on the book of the same name by Stephen King, first published in 1987. The movie features Kathy Bates, James Caan, Frances Sternhagen, Richard Farnsworth, Lauren Bacall, Graham Jarvis, and others.
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“The movie is better than the book”
But the book is worth reading.
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Storyline
Famed novelist Paul Sheldon is the author of a successful series of Victorian romance novels featuring a character named Misery Chastain. Wanting to focus on more serious stories, he writes a manuscript for a new novel that he hopes will launch his post-Misery career. Soon after, Annie reads the latest Misery novel, discovers that Misery dies at the end of the book, and flies into a rage.
Movie vs Book
Year
1990
Minutes
107
Movie Rate
7.80
Source: IMDb
Year
1987
Pages
370
Book Rate
8.34
S: Goodreads
Book
Misery
Author: Stephen King
Country: USA
First published in: 1987
Length: 370 pages
Genre: Fiction
User polls & recommendations
“No author can want a movie to be exactly like the book because then it will be a bad movie.”
KATHERINE PATERSON (Writer)
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