What is Misery (movie)?
{{italictitle}} {{Infobox movie | name = Misery | image = | image_size = | alt = | caption = | director = [[Rob Reiner]] | producer = [[Rob Reiner]]<br />[[Andrew Scheinman]]<br />Jeffrey Stott<br />Steve Nicolaides | screenplay = [[William Goldman]] | based_on = '''[[Misery (novel)|Book]]:'''<br>[[Stephen King]] | starring = [[James Caan]]<br />[[Kathy Bates]]<br />[[Lauren Bacall]]<br />[[Richard Farnsworth]]<br />[[Frances Sternhagen]] | music = [[Marc Shaiman]] | cinematography = [[Barry Sonnenfeld]] | editing = [[Robert Leighton (movie editor)|Robert Leighton]] | studio = [[Castle Rock Entertainment]]<br />[[Nelson Entertainment]] | distributor = [[Columbia Pictures]]<br />[[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]] | released = {{Film date|1990|11|30}} | runtime = 107 minutes | country = United States | language = English | budget = [[United States dollar|$]]20 [[million]]<ref>[http://powergrid.thewrap.com/project/misery Box Office Information for ''Misery''.] ''[[The Wrap]]''. Retrieved April 4, 2013.</ref> | gross = }} '''''Misery''''' is a 1990 [[United States|American]] psychological [[horror]] [[thriller movie]] set in [[Colorado]]. It is based on [[Stephen King]]'s [[Misery (novel)|1987 novel of the same name]]. The movie stars [[James Caan]], [[Kathy Bates]], [[Lauren Bacall]], Frances Sternhagen, and [[Richard Farnsworth]]. It was directed by [[Rob Reiner]]. Bates plays an abusive woman [[psychopath]] who [[false imprisonment|imprisons]] and [[torture]]s a novelist (Caan) in her rural home. She does this after he accidentally crashes his car and she pretends that she is going to look after him until he recovers from his injuries. Bates won the [[Academy Award for Best Actress]]. The movie was well received by critics and audiences. King has stated that ''Misery'' is one of his top ten favorite movie [[adaptation]]s.<ref>Stephen King, ''Stephen King Goes To The Movies'', page 579 (Hodder & Stoughton, 2009). {{ISBN|978-0-340-98030-9}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{movie-stub}} [[Category:1990 crime thriller