Misery
Paul Sheldon used to write for a living. Now, he’s writing to stay alive.
1990
Rated
R
107
minutes
Drama, Thriller
Wikipedia
Directed By:
Rob Reiner
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.
Language
English
Release Date
November 30, 1990
Budget
$20,000,000
Revenue
$61,300,000
Academy Awards
Best Actress
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)
Show Full Crew
Directing
Rob Reiner
Director
Barry Sonnenfeld
Second Unit Director
Artist W. Robinson
Second Second Assistant Director
Kerry Lyn McKissick
Script Supervisor
Drew Ann Rosenberg
Second Assistant Director
Dennis Maguire
First Assistant Director
Writing
Production
Rob Reiner
Producer
Jane Jenkins
Casting
Jeffrey Stott
Co-Producer
Andrew Scheinman
Producer
Janet Hirshenson
Casting
Iddo Lampton Enochs Jr.
Location Manager
K. Lenna Katich
Production Accountant
Linda Allan-Folsom
Production Coordinator
Steve Nicolaides
Co-Producer
Steve Nicolaides
Production Manager
Suzanne Lutz
Production Secretary
Michael Hirshenson
Casting Associate
Katherine T. Wilson
Production Secretary
Sound
Kevin O'Connell
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Marc Shaiman
Original Music Composer
Gregg Landaker
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Charles L. Campbell
Supervising Sound Editor
Donald J. Malouf
Supervising Sound Editor
Rick Kline
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Robert Eber
Sound Mixer
Richard C. Franklin
Sound Editor
Larry Singer
ADR Supervisor
Gary Mundheim
Sound Editor
Chuck Neely
Sound Editor
Scott Stambler
Supervising Music Editor
Nils C. Jensen
Sound Editor
Scott Stambler
Music Editor
George Baetz
Boom Operator
Peter C. Barbour
Assistant Sound Editor
Camera
Barry Sonnenfeld
Director of Photography
Merrick Morton
Still Photographer
Brian W. Armstrong
Assistant Camera
Dennis Gamiello
Key Grip
M. Todd Henry
Camera Operator
Thomas Miligan
Assistant Camera
Dwayne Redlin
Best Boy Grip
Editing
Robert Leighton
Editor
Alan Edward Bell
First Assistant Editor
Mary Morrisey
Assistant Editor
Art Tostado
Color Timer
Lois Trent-Bring
Negative Cutter
Art
Garrett Lewis
Set Decoration
Jonas Kirk
Construction Foreman
Marvin Salsberg
Construction Coordinator
Mark W. Mansbridge
Art Direction
John Hoskins
Construction Foreman
Jerry Moss
Property Master
Norman Garwood
Production Design
Gary Isbell
Swing
Mark Woods
Leadman
Ken Peterson
Assistant Property Master
Jody Gaber
Art Department Coordinator
Stan Tropp
Set Designer
Andrew Precht
Assistant Art Director
Costume & Make-Up
Greg Nicotero
Special Effects Makeup Artist
Howard Berger
Special Effects Makeup Artist
Robert Kurtzman
Special Effects Makeup Artist
Gloria Gresham
Costume Design
Judith A. Cory
Hairstylist
John M. Elliott Jr.
Makeup Artist
Bruce Spaulding Fuller
Special Effects Makeup Artist
Judy Crown
Hairstylist
Margaret E. Elliott
Makeup Artist
Rick Lalonde
Special Effects Makeup Artist
Visual Effects
Crew
David R. Ellis
Stunt Coordinator
Sandy Berumen
Stunts
R.A. Rondell
Stunts
Sammy Thurman
Stunts
Kirk A. Holland
Transportation Captain
James Deeth
Pilot
Lighting