MISERY

Based on the novel by Stephen King
Screenplay by William Goldman
Directed by Rob Reiner

James Caan
Kathy Bates
Richard Farnsworth
Lauren Bacall

Premiere date: November 30, 1990
R

Romance author Paul Sheldon longs for parting with Misery, Sheldon's plucky heroine of seven novels. She's delivered Sheldon fame and fortune and recognition beyond the average writer's dreams, but she is also interminably linked to him. Determined to escape an eternal role as dimestore novelist, he kills her off in the eighth novel and heads to his New England cabin to work on his own Great American Novel. Upon its completion, Sheldon excitedly sets out for his New York City publisher in the midst of a raging blizzard and within minutes veers into a desolate snowbank. From the brink of death, he is rescued from the snow by Annie Wilkes, who just so happens to be Misery's self-professed biggest fan. At first, she nurses him back to health in her remote cabin, telling him the roads and phones are knocked out by the storm, fawning over his literary accomplishments. However, things change when she purchases his eighth Misery book and reaches the point of Misery's death. Annie's psychotic underbelly swiftly surfaces as the unfortunate author is held clandestinely captive in her home. Meanwhile, a wily small-town sheriff circles in.

1 Academy Award Nomination, 1 Win
Best Actress - Kathy Bates

MILLER'S CROSSING

Screenplay by Ethan and Joel Coen
Directed by Joel Coen

Gabriel Byrne
Marcia Gay Harden
John Turturro
Jon Polito
Albert Finney

Premiere date: September 21, 1990
R

An Irish gangster and his trusted lieutenant and counselor find their domination of the town threatened by an ambitious Italian underboss. Just as this threat erupts, the two sever their friendship when they realize that they love the same woman. When one joins ranks with the enemy, a bloody gang war erupts.

EDWARD SCISSORHANDS

Story by Tim Burton and Caroline Thompson
Screenplay by Caroline Thompson
Directed by Tim Burton

Johnny Depp
Winona Ryder
Dianne Wiest

Premiere date: December 7, 1990
PG-13

Once upon a time in a castle high on a hill lived an inventor whose greatest creation was named Edward. Although Edward had an irresistable charm, he wasn't quite perfect. The inventor's sudden death left him unfinished, with sharp shears of metal for hands. Edward lived alone in the darkness until one day a kind Avon lady took him home to live with her family. So began Edward's fantastical adventures in a pastel paradise known as Suburbia.

1 Academy Award Nomination
Best Makeup