Adaptations
James Caan and Kathy Bates star as Paul and Annie, with Lauren Bacall, Richard Farnsworth, and Frances Sternhagen as the only major supporting actors. The film was a critical and commercial success, making US$61,276,872 domestically on a $20,000,000 budget. Kathy Bates won the 1990 Best Actress Oscar for her performance.
The novel was also adapted into a moderately successful Off Broadway play. The play was revived to critical acclaim in 2005 at the Kings Head Theatre in London, starring Michael Praed and Susan Penhaligon. The play also opened in Athens in 2007, starring Nikos Psarras in an after-midnight theatre production. It was a huge success and ran for two years. In 2012 the play was produced in a new production in Dubai UAE, starring Darren Day and Yvonne O'Grady.
One episode of the sitcom Family Guy featured Peter retelling some stories of Stephen King. When retelling the story of Misery, Brian plays Paul, and Stewie plays Stewie Wilkes. In addition, Joe plays the Colorado state trooper.
Additionally, Epik High, a South Korean band, featured a music video based on Misery called "Fan". The video consisted of a star who is kidnapped by a psychotic fan who chains him to a bed in a room while she builds a rocket to send him to the stars.
Israeli punk band, Useless ID used the theme in the video for their song "New Misery" from their 2012 album Symptoms.
The story of the video game Alan Wake is loosely based on Misery.
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