Excerpt: "You're a dirty little birdy."--Annie Wilkes (Kathy Bates) to Paul Sheldon (James Caan)

"It's a masterpiece! What was the name of that ceiling painted by that dago?"--Annie "The Sistine Chapel?"--Paul
"Yes. You and Michaelangelo. Geniuses."--Annie

"I'm your number one fan."--Annie to Paul

Distributor Notes: A "heart-stopping psychological thriller" (Joel Siegel) this Academy Award®-winning* film is "one of the best horror movies" (Time) ever. Adapted from a Stephen King story by Oscar®-winning** screenwriter William Goldman (All the President's Men) and directed by Rob Reiner (A Few Good Men), this chiller starring Kathy Bates (Titanic) and James Caan (The Godfather), is "a Hitchcockian kind of cat-and-mouse" (The New York Times) gameplayed between two cunning mindsone as sharp as a tack and the other as blunt as a sledgehammer. Novelist Paul Sheldon (Caan) doesn't remember the blinding blizzard that sent his car spinning off the road. Nor does he remember being nursed back from unconsciousness. All he remembers iswaking up in the home of Annie Wilkes (Bates) a maniacal fan who is bent on keeping her favorite writer as her personal prisoner for the rest of his "cock-a-doodie" life!

Source: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment

Kathy Bates: Oscar winning actress, MISERY
James Caan: American Director, actor, THE GODFATHER (1972)
Richard Farnsworth: American Actor
Frances Sternhagen: American Supporting Actress
Lauren Bacall: Actress, KEY LARGO

Rob Reiner: American Director/Actor

William Goldman: American Screenwriter

"...[Bates] illuminates an imagined extreme of heartland dementia that's far scarier than any of the undead creations that pepper King's other works..." -- Rating: B+
"...[Caan] is often marvelous..."
"...[Reiner] adopts Hitchcockian techniques which he uses to flawless effect..."
"...MISERY is a robust audience-participation pic..." -- 3 out of 4 stars
"...A breakthrough of sorts....[Bates] gives a genuinely funny performance..."
"Bates perfectly balances comedy and cruelty."
"Bates and Caan simply dominate. MISERY builds economically to a climactic fight in which every scratch, ding, and wallop feels completely earned." -- Grade: B+