Hello is Stephen King and Steve Hawkings related?
They are not. Stephen King is an author that was born in September of 1947.
Ok, can you tell me about some of his popular works?
I sure can. One of his most popular was the novella "Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption", which was turned into a very successful movie.
Is he still alive?
Stephen King is indeed alive and well. He has published 54 books and continues to write this very day.
Are there any of his novels that have been turned into movies?
The Shining (film)
The Shining is a 1980 horror film produced and directed by Stanley Kubrick and co-written with novelist Diane Johnson. The film is based on Stephen King's 1977 novel "The Shining". The film stars Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, Scatman Crothers and Danny Lloyd.
"The Shining" is about Jack Torrance (Nicholson), an aspiring writer and recovering alcoholic, who accepts a position as the off-season caretaker of the isolated historic Overlook Hotel in the Colorado Rockies. Wintering
- Powder House (1813)
Buxton in popular culture.
- In the film "The Shawshank Redemption" (based on the novella "Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption" by Maine native Stephen King), Buxton is the site of the oak tree and rock wall where Red goes after being released from prison to retrieve a message from his friend Andy Dufresne, who escaped from prison a few months earlier. The actual location of the tree and rock wall is in Lucas, Ohio.
- Buxton briefly cameos in