Needful Things is a movie directed by Fraser C. Heston in 1993 and based on the book of the same name by Stephen King, first published in 1991. The movie features Max von Sydow, Ed Harris, Bonnie Bedelia, J.T. Walsh, Amanda Plummer, Ray McKinnon, and others.
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“The movie is better than the book”
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Storyline
A mysterious proprietor named Leland Gaunt, claiming to be from Akron, Ohio, arrives in the small town of Castle Rock, Maine in a sinister-looking black car and opens a new antique store called Needful Things. To help Keeton with his problems, Gaunt sells him a toy race-horse that predicts the outcome of any horse-race.
Movie vs Book
Year
1993
Minutes
120
Movie Rate
6.30
Source: IMDb
Movie
Needful Things
Director: Fraser C. Heston
Country: USA
Year: 1993
Length: 2h
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Year
1991
Pages
790
Book Rate
7.84
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Book
Needful Things
Author: Stephen King
Country: USA
First published in: 1991
Length: 790 pages
Genre: Fiction
Other screen adaptations of the book
TV Series by Sam Shaw, Dustin Thomason
User polls & recommendations
“It was really important to me that people would experience the same feelings from the movie as they did from the book.”
PABLO BERGER (Filmmaker)
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