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Synopsis: After a serious car crash, novelist Paul Sheldon (James Caan) is rescued by former nurse Annie Wilkes (Kathy Bates), who claims to be his biggest fan. Annie brings him to her remote cabin to recover, where her obsession takes a dark turn when she discovers Sheldon is killing off her favorite character from his novels. As Sheldon devises plans for escape, Annie grows increasingly controlling, even violent, as she forces the author to shape his writing to suit her twisted fantasies.
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Production: Columbia Pictures
  Won 1 Oscar. Another 4 wins & 10 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.8
Metacritic:
75
Rotten Tomatoes:
89%
R
Year:
1990
107 min
1,257 Views


PAUL:

(passionately)

Marcia, why are you doing this to me?

Don't you know I'm scared enough?

Don't you think I remember how nobody

gave a sh*t about my first books? You

think I'm dying to go back to shouting

in the wilderness?

(beat)

I'm doing this because I have to.

(Marcia is stopped)

Now, I'm leaving for Colorado to try

to finish this and I want your good

thoughts -- because if I can make it

work ...

(beat)

I might just have something that I

want on my tombstone.

On the word "tombstone"

CUT TO:

PAUL'S TOMBSTONE -- the upside down car with the blizzard coming

gale-force and his motionless body trapped inside the car.

The WIND screams. PAUL'S EYES flutter, then close.

HOLD:

KEEP HOLDING AS --

Suddenly there's a new sound as a crowbar SCRATCHES at the door --

-- and now the door is ripped open as we

PULL BACK TO REVEAL

A BUNDLED-UP FIGURE gently beginning to pull PAUL and the case

from the car. For a moment, it's hard to tell if it's a man or

woman --

-- not to let the cat out of the bag or anything, but it is, very

much, a woman. Her name is ANNIE WILKES and she is close to Paul's

age. She is in many ways a remarkable creature. Strong, self-

sufficient, passionate in her likes and dislikes, loves and hates.

CUT TO:

PAUL AND ANNIE as she cradles him in her arms. Once he's clear of

the car, she lays him carefully in the snow.

CUT TO:

PAUL AND ANNIE:
CLOSE UP. She slowly brings her mouth down close

to his. Then their lips touch as she forces air inside him.

ANNIE:

(Their lips touch again.

Then --)

You hear me -- Breathe! I said breathe!!!

CUT TO:

PAUL, as he starts to breathe --

-- in a moment his eys suddenly open wide, but he's in shock, the

eyes see nothing --

CUT TO:

ANNIE -- the moment she sees him come to life, she goes into

action, lifting PAUL in a fireman's carry, starting the difficult

climb back up the steep hill.

As she moves away, she and Paul are obliterated by the white

falling snow.

DISSOLVE TO:

THE WHITE OF WHAT SEEMS LIKE A HOSPITAL. Everything is bled of

color. It's all vague --

-- we are looking at this from Paul's blurred vision.

And throughout this next sequence, there are these SOUNDS, words

really, but they make no sense.

"...no...worry...

...be...fine...

...good care...you...

...I'm your number one fan..."

The first thing we see during this is something all white. It

takes a moment before we realize it's a ceiling.

Now, a white wall.

An I.V. bottle is next, the medicine dripping down a tube into

PAUL'S LEFT ARM. The other arm is bandaged and in a sling.

ANNIE is standing beside the bed. She wears off-white and seems

very much like a nurse. A good nurse. She has pills in her hands.

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William Goldman

William Goldman (born August 12, 1931) is an American novelist, playwright, and screenwriter. He came to prominence in the 1950s as a novelist, before turning to writing for film. He has won two Academy Awards for his screenplays, first for the western Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) and again for All the President's Men (1976), about journalists who broke the Watergate scandal of President Richard Nixon. Both films starred Robert Redford. more…

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