Misery

Paul Sheldon used to write for a living. Now, he’s writing to stay alive.

107 mins
After an accident, acclaimed novelist Paul Sheldon is rescued by a nurse who claims to be his biggest fan. Her obsession takes a dark turn when she holds him captive in her remote Colorado home and forces him to write back to life the popular literary character he killed off.

Kathy Bates

Annie Wilkes

James Caan

Paul Sheldon

Lauren Bacall

Marcia Sindell

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)

William Goldman

Screenplay

Barry Sonnenfeld

Director of Photography

Rob Reiner

Director

Rob Reiner

Producer

Marc Shaiman

Original Music Composer

Margaret E. Elliott

Makeup Artist

Steve Nicolaides

Production Manager

Dennis Maguire

First Assistant Director

Ken Peterson

Assistant Property Master

Andrew Precht

Assistant Art Director

Artist W. Robinson

Second Second Assistant Director

John Hoskins

Construction Foreman

Thomas Miligan

Assistant Camera

Thomas P. Powell

Lighting Technician

Jerry Moss

Property Master

Bruce Spaulding Fuller

Special Effects Makeup Artist

Drew Ann Rosenberg

Second Assistant Director

Phil Cory

Special Effects Supervisor

Kevin Kelley

Chief Lighting Technician

John M. Elliott Jr.

Makeup Artist

Marvin Salsberg

Construction Coordinator

Chuck Neely

Sound Editor

Howard Berger

Special Effects Makeup Artist

Rick Lalonde

Special Effects Makeup Artist

Greg Nicotero

Special Effects Makeup Artist

Peter C. Barbour

Assistant Sound Editor

Gary Mundheim

Sound Editor

Judith A. Cory

Hairstylist

Robert Kurtzman

Special Effects Makeup Artist

Brian W. Armstrong

Assistant Camera

Jonas Kirk

Construction Foreman

Stan Tropp

Set Designer

Mark Woods

Leadman

Barry Sonnenfeld

Second Unit Director

Dwayne Redlin

Best Boy Grip

Michael Hirshenson

Casting Associate

Art Tostado

Color Timer

Katherine T. Wilson

Production Secretary

Suzanne Lutz

Production Secretary

Mary Morrisey

Assistant Editor

Lois Trent-Bring

Negative Cutter

Nils C. Jensen

Sound Editor

Scott Stambler

Music Editor

K. Lenna Katich

Production Accountant

Lampton Enochs

Location Manager

Linda Allan-Folsom

Production Coordinator

David R. Ellis

Stunt Coordinator

Walter Nichols

Assistant Chief Lighting Technician

Judy Crown

Hairstylist

Kirk A. Holland

Transportation Captain

Charles L. Campbell

Supervising Sound Editor

Garrett Lewis

Set Decoration

Norman Garwood

Production Design

Steve Nicolaides

Co-Producer

Robert Eber

Sound Mixer

Gregg Landaker

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Scott Stambler

Supervising Music Editor

Rick Kline

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Alan Edward Bell

First Assistant Editor

Jody Gaber

Art Department Coordinator

Jeffrey Stott

Co-Producer

Mark W. Mansbridge

Art Direction

Kerry Lyn McKissick

Script Supervisor

Merrick Morton

Still Photographer

Gloria Gresham

Costume Design

Kevin O'Connell

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

George Baetz

Boom Operator

M. Todd Henry

Camera Operator

Donald J. Malouf

Supervising Sound Editor

Larry Singer

ADR Supervisor

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