Misery (1990)
Overview
After stalking and saving the life of her favorite fiction author in a car accident, his manic obsessor holds him captive in her remote Colorado home then forces him to write back to life the popular literary character he killed off.
Production Companies
Additional Info
| Budget | $20,000,000.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $61,300,000.00 |
| Original Language | en |
| Popularity | 45.38 |
Directed By
Rob Reiner
Crew
Rob Reiner
Stephen King
William Goldman
Rob Reiner
Andrew Scheinman
Marc Shaiman
Barry Sonnenfeld
Robert Leighton
Janet Hirshenson
Jane Jenkins
Howard Berger
Judith A. Cory
John M. Elliott Jr.
Margaret E. Elliott
Bruce Spaulding Fuller
Robert Kurtzman
Rick Lalonde
Greg Nicotero
Steve Nicolaides
Dennis Maguire
Artist W. Robinson
Drew Ann Rosenberg
Barry Sonnenfeld
John Hoskins
Gary Isbell
Jonas Kirk
Jerry Moss
Ken Peterson
Andrew Precht
Marvin Salsberg
Stan Tropp
Mark Woods
Peter C. Barbour
Richard C. Franklin
Nils C. Jensen
Gary Mundheim
Chuck Neely
Phil Cory
David R. Ellis
Sandy Berumen
R.A. Rondell
Sammy Thurman
Brian W. Armstrong
Dennis Gamiello
Kevin Kelley
Thomas Miligan
Walter Nichols
Thomas P. Powell
Dwayne Redlin
Michael Hirshenson
Mary Morrisey
Art Tostado
Lois Trent-Bring
Iddo Lampton Enochs Jr.
Scott Stambler
James Deeth
Linda Allan-Folsom
K. Lenna Katich
Suzanne Lutz
Katherine T. Wilson
Judy Crown
Kirk A. Holland
Norman Garwood
Gloria Gresham
Mark W. Mansbridge
Garrett Lewis
Kerry Lyn McKissick
Merrick Morton
M. Todd Henry
Robert Eber
Rick Kline
Gregg Landaker
Kevin O'Connell
Donald J. Malouf
George Baetz
Jody Gaber
Charles L. Campbell
Steve Nicolaides
Jeffrey Stott
Scott Stambler
Alan Edward Bell
Larry Singer
TOP CAST
James Caan
Paul Sheldon
Kathy Bates
Annie Wilkes
Richard Farnsworth
Buster
Frances Sternhagen
Virginia
Lauren Bacall
Marcia Sindell
Graham Jarvis
Libby
Jerry Potter
Pete
Thomas Brunelle
Anchorman
June Christopher
Anchorwoman
Julie Payne
Reporter #1
Archie Hahn
Reporter #2
Gregory Snegoff
Reporter #3
Wendy Bowers
Waitress
Rob Reiner
Helicopter Pilot (uncredited)
J.T. Walsh
State Trooper Sherman Douglas (uncredited)
Jay Dee Witney
News Photographer (uncredited)
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