The Kathy Bates Show “Misery” (1990 film)

After the success of his “Stand By Me” adaptation, director Rob
Reiner returns to Stephen King’s work for the film that won Kathy
Bates an Academy Award for Best Actress for her captivating
performance as psychotic superfan Annie Wilkes. In episode 298,
Luke Elliott & James Bailey explore the sledgehammer scene,
James Caan’s impressive physicality, a more pitiable version of
Annie Wilkes, and what some key changes to the plot change about
the themes of the story. The finish by casting their vote on
which was better: the book or the movie? 



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Intro Music: “Something Wicked” by Ross Bugden



Luke Elliott


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James Bailey


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