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Misery(Movie, 1990)

FSK: 16+ years
| 1h 47min | Genres: Drama, Thriller
MiseryRating: 3.9/5 (with 21162,116 votes)
Misery is a 1990 American psychological thriller film directed by Rob Reiner, based on Stephen King's 1987 novel of the same name, starring James Caan, Kathy Bates, Lauren Bacall, Richard Farnsworth, and Frances Sternhagen. The plot centers around an author who is held captive by an obsessive fan who forces him to rewrite the finale to his novel series. The film was released in the United States on November 30, 1990, by Columbia Pictures. It received highly positive reviews and was a box office success. Bates' performance drew widespread praise from critics and won her the Academy Award for Best Actress at the 63rd Academy Awards, making Misery the only film based on a Stephen King novel to win an Oscar. King himself has stated that Misery is one of his top ten favorite film adap... ()
Movie poster of Misery

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"Misery" is currently available on 2 providers. Misery can be rented on Amazon Instant Video and Apple / iTunes Store (SD/HD/4K) or purchased on Amazon Instant Video and Apple / iTunes Store (as a download from the website or as a Blu-ray Disc/DVD).

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Awards & Nominations for Misery

Academy Award for Best Actress Academy Award for Best Actress

About Misery

Novelist Paul Sheldon crashes his car on a snowy Colorado road. He is found by Annie Wilkes, the "number one fan" of Paul's heroine Misery Chastaine. Annie is also dangerously unstable, and Paul finds himself crippled, drugged, and at her mercy.

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Additional Information

Production country: United States of America (USA)
Plays in: Colorado
Based on the work of: Stephen King ("Misery")
Original language: English (EN)
Spoken languages: English (EN)
Translated into 28 languages: Bulgarian (BG), Catalan (CA), Czech (CS), Danish (DA), German (DE), Greek (EL), English (EN), Spanish (ES), Finnish (FI), French (FR), Hebrew (HE), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT), Japanese (JA), Georgian (KA), Korean (KO), Lithuanian (LT), Dutch (NL), Polish (PL), Portuguese (PT), Romanian (RO), Russian (RU), Serbian (SR), Swedish (SV), Thai (TH), Turkish (TR), Ukrainian (UK), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)
Status: Released
Release date DE: 04/25/1991 (World premiere: 11/30/1990)
Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):
"Misery - Stephen King"
"Lida"
"Misery non deve morire"
"Misery - O Capítulo Final"
"Lida"
"Miseria"

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