| Needful Things | |
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| Author | Stephen King |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Horror novel |
| Publisher | Signet Books |
| Publication date | 1991 |
| Media type | Print (Paperback) |
| Pages | 792 pp |
| ISBN | ISBN 0-451-17281-7 |
| Preceded by | The Dark Half |
| Followed by | Gerald's Game |
Needful Things is a horror novel by Stephen King and published in 1991. Stephen Edwin King (born September 21, 1947) is an American Author, Screenwriter, Musician, Columnist, The United States of America —commonly referred to as the English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States Horror fiction is broadly Fiction in any medium intended to scare unsettle or horrify the audience Publishing is the process of production and dissemination of Literature or Information &ndash the activity of making information available for public view New American Library (aka NAL began publishing Paperbacks in the 1940s Paperback, softback, or softcover describe and refer to a Book by the nature of its binding. The Dark Half is a horror Novel by Stephen King, published in 1989 Gerald's Game ( 1992) is a Novel by Stephen King. Unlike most of King's work there is almost no hint of the supernatural Horror fiction is broadly Fiction in any medium intended to scare unsettle or horrify the audience A novel (from Italian novella, Spanish novela, French nouvelle for "new" "news" or "short story Stephen Edwin King (born September 21, 1947) is an American Author, Screenwriter, Musician, Columnist, Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar.
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Plot summary
The story is set in the small fictional town of Castle Rock, Maine, where a new shop named "Needful Things" opens, to the curiosity of the townspeople. Castle Rock Maine is part of Stephen King ’s fictional Maine topography and as such serves as the setting for a number of his novels novellas and short stories The story starts out in first person with the narrator greeting the reader and revealing the back stories on the book's main characters. One by one, they start to come into the shop, drawn there by something they want more than anything else. In young Brian Rusk's case, it's a Sandy Koufax baseball card with Brian's name signed by the ball player. A baseball card is a type of Trading card relating to baseball usually printed on some type of Paper stock or card stock In Danforth "Buster" Keeton's case, it's a machine that simulates a horse race, and will, if each tin horse is named for the participants in actual, future races, correctly predict the winner. This article is about the sport For other uses see Horserace (drinking game or Horse race (politics. They are all greeted by the seemingly kind old man, Leland Gaunt, and they all ignore the sign Leland has in his store, "Caveat emptor". Caveat emptor is Latin for "Let the buyer beware" Generally caveat emptor is the Property law doctrine that controls the sale of Real When they realize that they can't buy the object of their desire, Leland offers them a trade — perform a small "favor" for him, in the form of a prank on someone else (almost all of the time the prank is on somebody they know of, but have no real relationship or quarrel with) in the town, and the object is theirs. These betrayals and pranks (some of which deceptively seem to be harmless) cause Castle Rock's citizens to turn on each other, gradually leading the entire town into complete chaos.
The only person not caught up in what Leland has to offer is the Sheriff of Castle Rock, Alan Pangborn. At the beginning of the story, he's simply interested in figuring out who did certain acts of vandalism. As the story progresses, however, he suspects that they all have something to do with Leland. Things begin to come to a head when Leland manages to seduce Alan's girlfriend Polly with a necklace, or azka, that somehow relieves her of the pain in her arthritic hands. Arthritis (from Greek arthro-, joint + -itis, inflammation plural arthritides is a group of conditions involving damage to the Joints of the body It is explained that Leland has, for centuries, been wandering through different countries and selling people useless junk. These objects appear to the buyer to be whatever they want most. Alan eventually manages to face Leland down, forcing Leland to leave town — but not without having provoked the destruction of most of the town and the deaths of many of the townspeople, including the aforementioned Danforth Keeton and Brian Rusk. As he leaves, his vehicle turns into an old-fashioned traveling salesman's wagon, with CAVEAT EMPTOR ("Let the buyer beware") written on the side.
The novel ends as it had begun, in the first-person introduction of welcome to the reader as a new person in town. In the beginning of the book, the reader was welcomed to Castle Rock, noting the new sign for the store NEEDFUL THINGS. In the end, it welcomed the reader to Junction City, Iowa, noting the new sign for the store ANSWERED PRAYERS - suggesting that Leland Gaunt has set up shop someplace else.
Leland Gaunt
Leland Gaunt is described as an older man, appearing physically to be in his late 50s or early 60s, with graying hair. He is extremely charming, gentlemanly, and urbane -- the very ideal of the perfect small town shop proprietor. Mr. Gaunt also can't stand people who think the answer to anything is in their wallet, like Hugh Priest. He is also capable of great physical strength, as shown when he carries a heavy chair that is "almost like a throne" by himself with no apparent effort. Mr. Gaunt's eyes change color depending on the observer, always appearing as the exact shade that the observer would find most attractive. He also has a special car, the Tucker Talisman, which can become untracable on the road, and never run out of gas. At the end of the book, it transforms into a skeleton horse which Mr. Gaunt rides out of town on.
Mr. Gaunt's palms are unlined, his first two fingers are the same length (with the pointer finger being elongated rather than the middle finger being shrunken), and other characters display a deep aversion to touching his skin. These traits are shared by Randall Flagg, George Stark, and Linoge (the same character, just different universes). Randall Flagg is a Fictional character created by Stephen King. The Dark Half is a horror Novel by Stephen King, published in 1989 Storm of the Century, alternatively known as Stephen King's Storm of the Century, is a 1999 horror TV Miniseries written by Stephen Further, Gaunt shares the powers of knowing the history and secrets of any person he encounters and the ability to appear in dreams to command obedience with Flagg and Linoge.
It is suggested in the novel that Leland Gaunt is actually the devil.
Items sold by Mr. Gaunt
None of the items sold by Leland Gaunt are genuine. That is, the treasure is actually broken or useless junk. All of them, however, can be considered cursed. A curse (also called execration) is any manner of Adversity thought to be inflicted by any supernatural power (such as a spell, a Prayer, an
- Brian Rusk: an autographed 1956 Topps Sandy Koufax baseball card. For the meat company see Topps Meat Company. The Topps Company Inc Sanford Koufax (ˈkoʊfæks (born Sanford Braun, on December 30, 1935) is an American Left-handed former Pitcher in (actually a card of a fictional, unremarkable player named Sammy Koberg). This was changed to a Mickey Mantle card for the film version. Mickey Charles Mantle ( October 20, 1931 &ndash August 13, 1995) was an American Baseball player who was inducted
- Nettie Cobb: a carnival glass lampshade. A Tiffany lamp is a type of lamp with a Stained glass shade The pieces of stained glass that comprise a Tiffany shade are soldered together with copper foil This was changed to a Hummel figurine in the film version. Hummel is a line of Ceramic Figurines based on the artistic style of German nun Maria Innocentia Hummel.
- Hugh Priest: a foxtail (actually moth-eaten and half-rotten), meant to be displayed on a car's radio antenna. This was changed to a letterman jacket in the film version. A letterman, in US Sports, Performing arts or Academics, is a High school or College student who has met a specified level of participation
- Myra Evans: a framed picture of Elvis Presley.
- Cora Rusk: aviator sunglasses that once belonged to Elvis (actually a battered and taped-up pair of glasses).
- Danforth "Buster" Keeton: a mechanical and prophetic horserace game called "Winning Ticket". (The game appears to have always been broken)
- Sally Ratcliffe: a petrified splinter from Noah's Ark (actually "black with age and spongy with rot," and infected with woodlice). Noah's Ark, according to the Book of Genesis (chapters 6-9 is the story of a large vessel built at God 's command to save Noah, his family Woodlice (known by many Common names see below) are Crustaceans with a rigid segmented long Exoskeleton and fourteen jointed limbs
- Sonny Jackett: double-measure adjustable socket wrenches. (actually a box containing rusty iron pieces)
- Polly Chalmers: an azka, an Egyptian amulet with the ability to ward off pain (in this case, chronic arthritis) (actually contains a spider-like monster inside the azka). Ancient Egypt was an Ancient Civilization in eastern North Africa, concentrated along the lower reaches of the Nile River in what is now Arthritis (from Greek arthro-, joint + -itis, inflammation plural arthritides is a group of conditions involving damage to the Joints of the body
- "Slopey" Dodd: a pewter teapot.
- Lucille Dunham: black pearls. A pearl is a hard roundish object produced within the soft tissue (specifically the mantle) of a living shelled Mollusk.
- Myrtle Keeton: a doll.
- Everett Frankel: an ornate pipe carved by a master craftsman (once owned by Hermann Göring). Hermann Wilhelm Göring (also spelled Goering) (12 January 1893 15 October 1946 was a German Politician, Military leader and a leading member
- Ricky Bissonette: 72 pornographic photos of a young Hollywood actress/model.
- Babs Miller: a (locked) music box without a key.
- Ace Merrill: cocaine and a book, "Lost and Buried Treasures of New England" by Reginald Merrill (actually a copy of Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson). Cocaine ( benzoylmethyl ecgonine) is a Crystalline Tropane Alkaloid that is obtained from the leaves of the Coca plant Treasure Island is an adventure Novel by author Robert Louis Stevenson, narrating a tale of "pirates and buried gold" Robert Louis Balfour Stevenson (13 November 1850–3 December 1894 was a Scottish novelist poet and travel writer, and a representative of Neo-romanticism in
- Deputy Norris Ridgewick: a Bazun fishing rod (actually a "dirty, splintery bamboo pole, really no more than a stick with a kid’s Zebco reel attached to it by one rusty screw"). A fishing rod or a fishing pole is a Tool used to catch fish, usually in conjunction with the Sport of Angling, can also be used in
- Sheriff Alan Pangborn: a videotape revealing the circumstances surrounding the death of his wife and younger son -- although he never "pays" for the item.
Deaths due to Mr Gaunt
- Nettie Cobb: stabbed to death by Wilma Jerzyck.
- Wilma Jerzyck: stabbed to death by Nettie Cobb.
- Lester Pratt: clubbed to death with a gun's butt by Sheila Brigham in defence of John LaPointe.
- William Tupper: innocently killed by Hugh Priest.
- Hugh Priest: shot by Henry Beaufort.
- Henry Beaufort: critically injured by Hugh Priest and later died on the way to the hospital.
- Brian Rusk: committed suicide.
- Myrtle Keeton: murdered with a hammer by her husband and Castle Rock's Head Selectman, Danforth 'Buster' Keeton.
- Cora Rusk: shot in the throat by Myra Evans.
- Myra Evans: shot in the femoral artery by Cora Rusk.
- Sally Ratcliffe: committed suicide.
- Ricky Bissonette: innocently shot by Eddie Warburton.
- Eddie Warburton: shot by Sonny Jackett.
- Melissa Clutterbuck: mistakenly shot by Lenore Potter who thought she was Stephanie Bonsaint.
- Danforth Keeton: was already injured critically and finished off by Ace Merrill for a merciful death. Euthanasia (literally "good death" in Ancient Greek) refers to the practice of ending a life in a painless manner
- Frank Jewett & George T. Nelson: incinerated when Keeton and Ace Merrill dynamited the town hall. Seventeen other people also died in the blast.
- Ace Merrill: shot by Norris Ridgewick.
About the book
Needful Things marks a watershed in King's career, as he bids farewell to the fictional town of Castle Rock, Maine, a city he visited in The Dead Zone, Cujo, The Body, The Sun Dog and The Dark Half. The Dead Zone is a Novel by Stephen King published in 1979. It is about Johnny Smith, who is injured in an accident and enters Cujo is a horror Novel by Stephen King, published by Viking in 1981 Four Past Midnight is a collection of four Novellas by Stephen King, published in 1990. The Dark Half is a horror Novel by Stephen King, published in 1989
This book is also considered by King to be the final part of an unofficial, loosely-linked trilogy of stories - the first of which was The Dark Half, and the second of which was "The Sun Dog", a short story that was part of his Four Past Midnight collection. The Dark Half is a horror Novel by Stephen King, published in 1989 Four Past Midnight is a collection of four Novellas by Stephen King, published in 1990. As a result, the Sheriff often thinks about Thad Beaumont from The Dark Half. The Dark Half is a horror Novel by Stephen King, published in 1989
Needful Things takes most of its plot from Something Wicked This Way Comes,[1] transposing Mr. Something Wicked This Way Comes is a 1962 Novel by Ray Bradbury. Dark and his carnival into Leland Gaunt and his antique store.
Stephen King has said his inspiration for the story was the decadence of the Eighties: "It occurred to me that in the eighties, everything had come with a price tag, that the decade quite literally was the sale of the century. The final items up on the block had been honor, integrity, self-respect, and innocence. . . I decided to turn the eighties into a small-town curio shop called Needful Things and see what happened. "
Connections
References to other King works in Needful Things
(In chronological order by publication date)
The Dead Zone, 1979
- In the foreword of the novel, an unnamed narrator explains to us that 'not all [our] troubles in Castle Rock are ordinary' and lists several occurrences in Castle Rock that King had written of previously, starting with 'No one has forgotten Frank Dodd, the crossing guard who went crazy here twelve years ago and killed those women. The Dead Zone is a Novel by Stephen King published in 1979. It is about Johnny Smith, who is injured in an accident and enters ' Johnny Smith ends up breaking this case in The Dead Zone. A minor character in Needful Things, an ostracized stutterer "Slopey" Dodd, may be related to the murderer.
- During the final portion of the novel, lightning strikes the Town Common: ". . . blowing the bandstand, where a tormented young man named Johnny Smith had once discovered the name of a killer, to flaming matchwood. "
- Polly remembers seeing an ad for a healing "pinwheel gadget" in a copy of "Inside View", a fictional tabloid magazine that tried to recruit Johnny Smith after his psychic powers are publicized.
Cujo, 1981
- There are several references to Cujo in Needful Things, mostly in passing. Cujo is a horror Novel by Stephen King, published by Viking in 1981 They also begin in the forward of the novel, where the unnamed narrator goes on: 'the dog. . . the one that came down with rabies and killed Joe Camber and the old rummy down the road from him. The dog killed good old Sheriff George Bannerman, too. '
- Cujo himself is referenced once by name, as is 'the old Camber place'.
- Polly goes to the Camber place and thinks about a small boy and Sheriff Bannerman who died in the dooryard, which is reputed to be haunted. Later, she hears a growl issuing from the barn, and thinks she sees 'two sunken red circles of light perring out', which prompts her to get into her car. The car, for a fraction of a second, will not start. She thinks, wildly, that no one knows where she is. During this period we get a lot of consideration about the characters--from the Cambers to Donna Trenton.
- Polly's Aunt Evie Chalmers is the woman who accurately predicted the weather at the beginning of Cujo.
- During the final showdown, Alan makes a shadow shape of a dog, and we're given an aside of how it might just be a Saint Bernard.
"Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption", from Different Seasons, 1982
- In a flashback, Ace Merrill is warned by his uncle, 'Pop', that 'careless people end up in the Shank'. Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption ( 1982) is a Novella by Stephen King, originally published in Different Seasons. Different Seasons ( 1982) is a collection of four Stephen King Novellas with a more serious bent than the Horror fiction for which Later, he's proven correct, as Ace spends a brief turn in Shawshank Prison.
"The Body", from Different Seasons, 1982
- Ace Merrill, who appears in the novel as Mr. The Body is a Novella by Stephen King, originally published in the 1982 collection Different Seasons. Different Seasons ( 1982) is a collection of four Stephen King Novellas with a more serious bent than the Horror fiction for which Gaunt's 'employee', is the same Ace Merrill who led the group of bullies that tormented Gordon Lachance, Chris Chambers, Teddy Duchamp, and Vern Tessio, finally confronting them after they find the body; upon Ace's entrance to the story, we're told that "The boys Ace Merrill had once terrorized--boys like Teddy Duchamp, Chris Chambers, and Vern Tessio--would have recognized him at once in spite of his graying hair. "
- Ace remembers the happenings of "The Body": "He thought back all the way to a time, many years ago, when four snotnosed kids had cheated him and his friends (Ace had had friends back in those days, or at least a reasonable approximation thereof) out of something Ace had wanted. They had caught one of the snotnoses - Gordie LaChance - later on and had beaten the living shit out of him, but it hadn't mattered. These days LaChance was a bigshot writer living in another part of the state, and he probably wiped his ass with ten-dollar bills. Somehow the snotnoses had won, and things had never been the same for Ace after that. That was when his luck had turned bad. Doors that had been open to him had begun to close, one by one. Little by little he had begun to realize that he was not a king and Castle Rock was not his kingdom. If that had ever been true, those days had begun to pass that Labor Day weekend when he was sixteen, when the snots had cheated him and his friends out of what was rightfully theirs. By the time Ace was old enough to drink legally in The Mellow Tiger, he had gone from being a king to being a soldier without a uniform, skulking through enemy territory. "
Christine, 1983
- When Ace Merrill gets into Leland Gaunt's Tucker Talisman, the car is described as still having "that incomparable new-car smell, nothing like it in the world (except maybe for pussy). Christine is a horror novel by Stephen King, published in 1983 The 1948 Tucker Sedan or Tucker '48 Sedan (also nicknamed the Tucker Torpedo) was an advanced Automobile conceived by Preston Tucker and briefly . . " This is a reference to what Roland Lebay, from whom Arnie purchases Christine, says about new-car smell.
It, 1986
- Nettie Cobb had recently been released from Juniper Hill (on a work-release program with the aid of Polly Chalmers). It is a Horror novel by Stephen King, published in 1986 Considered one of King's most visceral and graphic works and his masterpiece alongside Juniper Hill is a mental institution/prison for the criminally dangerous. It's where Henry Bowers was put after he murdered his father, and from which he broke free to hunt down the Losers years later.
The Dark Half, 1989
- The character George Stark, Thad Beaumont's alter ego from The Dark Half, makes a cameo appearance in several of Sherriff Pangborn's dreams, driving his trademark black Toronado. The Dark Half is a horror Novel by Stephen King, published in 1989 The Dark Half is a horror Novel by Stephen King, published in 1989
- Throughout the story and in the final battle, the sherrif is reminded of his episode with the sparrows, and often makes them in the shadows.
"The Sun Dog" from Four Past Midnight, 1990
- The fire that destroyed The Emporium Galorium (and killed Reginald 'Pop' Merrill) is referenced in the forward, as well, citing that Pop's nephew Ace 'says somethin' spooky happened to his uncle before that fire'. Four Past Midnight is a collection of four Novellas by Stephen King, published in 1990. Four Past Midnight is a collection of four Novellas by Stephen King, published in 1990. The Sun Dog chronicles that story, from the 'spooky' occurrence to the fire itself.
- One of the first items that Gaunt stocks is an old Polaroid camera. This may be a nod to The Sun Dog, even though the camera in the Sun Dog was seemingly destroyed. Further, the camera is one of the several of items that are never purchased from Needful Things, which means we never come to know what it does.
"The Library Policeman" from Four Past Midnight, 1990
- Sam Peebles and Naomi Higgins, the main characters of this novella, are mentioned briefly in the epilogue of Needful Things. Four Past Midnight is a collection of four Novellas by Stephen King, published in 1990. Four Past Midnight is a collection of four Novellas by Stephen King, published in 1990. Mr. Gaunt sets up his new shop, Answered Prayers, in Sam's former office. In the time since the events of the story, Sam and Naomi have married and moved away.
- When Alan opens up the trick flower bouquet that turns into blazing light, he thinks, "The white! The coming of the white!" The phrase "The white" appears in many places throughout the Dark Tower series, and Mordred often refers to Roland as his "White father. " This exact phrase was coined by John "Jake" Chambers from the Dark Tower series in the third book on the day that he escaped into Mid-World.
References to other works in Needful Things
An interesting subtext in the book is frequent, subtle references to H. P. Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos, which lends to the possibility that Leland Gaunt may be an avatar of the sadistic shapeshifting deity Nyarlathotep, sometimes associated with Satan by other authors (see also Randall Flagg). The Cthulhu Mythos is a Shared universe created in the 1920s by American horror writer H Howard Phillips Lovecraft ( August 20, 1890 – March 15, 1937) was an American author of horror, fantasy The Cthulhu Mythos is a Shared universe created in the 1920s by American horror writer H Avatar or Avatara (अवतार IAST Avatāra) is often inaccurately translated into English as incarnation Nyarlathotep (the Crawling Chaos) is a Fictional character in the Cthulhu Mythos. Randall Flagg is a Fictional character created by Stephen King. "Gaunts", or "Nightgaunts" feature in Cthulhu Mythos stories, and the name Leland Gaunt references this fact. Nightgaunt s (also Night-Gaunt or night-gaunt) are a Fictional race in the Cthulhu Mythos and is also part of H The Cthulhu Mythos is a Shared universe created in the 1920s by American horror writer H
- After giving Ace some very powerful cocaine, Mr. Gaunt tells him that he obtained it from 'The Plains of Leng'. Leng (or Plateau of Leng) is a fictional cold arid Plateau in the Cthulhu Mythos, whose location seems to vary entirely from story to story This, perhaps, gives us a clue as to Mr. Gaunt's origins.
- During his trip to Boston under the behest of Mr. Gaunt, Ace Merrill reads the following graffiti: 'Yog-Sothoth Rules'. Yog-Sothoth ( The Lurker at the Threshold, The Key and the Gate, The Beyond One, Opener of the Way, The All-in-One and the One-in-All This is a reference to "The Freshman," a humorous Cthulhu mythos short story in which "Yog-Sothoth sucks!" is found graffitied across the Miskatonic University campus.
- When asked where he got the Tucker Talisman (by a Mobil Gas jockey), Ace says "The Plains of Leng. Yog-Sothoth Vintage Motors".
- In the hospital, Sean Rusk asks Alan if he's a sheriff like from Young Guns, a movie which starred Kiefer Sutherland, who played Ace Merrill in the film adaption of "The Body", Stand By Me. Young Guns is a 1988 action / Western film first made by Morgan Creek Productions and released by 20th Century Fox (in North Kiefer William Frederick Dempsey George Rufus Sutherland He has Scottish ancestry from both parents and is the grandson of Canadian politician Tommy Douglas. The Body is a Novella by Stephen King, originally published in the 1982 collection Different Seasons. Stand by Me is a 1986 adventure - Drama film directed by Rob Reiner. He also complains that now that his brother is dead, he can't go and see Young Guns II in theatres. Young Guns II is a 1990 western film, and the sequel to Young Guns ( 1988)
- Crime scene onlookers remind Sheriff Alan Pangborn of the "mall zombies from Dawn of the Dead," a movie directed by George Romero. Dawn of the Dead (also known as George A Romero's Dawn of the Dead, Zombie internationally Zombies in Britain, and alternately called George Andrew Romero (born February 4, 1940) is an American director writer editor and actor Romero directed Creepshow (from a screenplay written by King) and The Dark Half, a 1993 movie adaptation of King's novel. Tagline General information Stephen King's Creepshow is a 1982 anthology Horror movie directed by George A The Dark Half is a 1993 Horror film adaptation of the Stephen King Novel of the same name.
- When greeting some of the visitors to his shop, Gaunt askes them to "leave some of the happiness you bring!" Count Dracula invites Jonathan Harker to do the same in chapter two of Dracula. Dracula is an 1897 novel by Irish author Bram Stoker, featuring as its primary Antagonist the vampire Count Dracula.
Lord of The Flies
- The reoccurence of bad-guy character Ace Merril.
Other Information
- Needful Things is a name of an antique store in Charles Town, West Virginia, and a shop in Spokane, Washington that sells one of a kind items.
Film
| Needful Things | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Fraser Clarke Heston |
| Produced by | Jack Cummins |
| Written by | Stephen King (novel) W.D. Richter (screenplay) |
| Starring | Max von Sydow Ed Harris Bonnie Bedelia |
| Music by | Patrick Doyle |
| Cinematography | Tony Westman |
| Editing by | Rob Kobrin |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures Castle Rock Entertainment |
| Release date(s) | 1993 |
| Running time | 120 min |
| Country | USA |
| Language | English |
| Budget | Unknown |
| Gross revenue | $15,185,672 (USA) |
| IMDb profile | |
A movie adaptation was released in 1993, starring Max von Sydow as Gaunt, and Ed Harris as Sheriff Pangborn. Fraser Clarke Heston (born February 12, 1955) is an American Screenwriter, Film producer and director. Stephen Edwin King (born September 21, 1947) is an American Author, Screenwriter, Musician, Columnist, W D Richter (born in New Britain, Connecticut, December 7, 1945) is a Screenwriter and has occasionally directed and (born 10 April 1929 is a well-known Swedish actor known in particular for his collaboration with filmmaker Ingmar Bergman. Edward Allen "Ed" Harris (born November 28 1950 is a four-time Academy Award -nominated and Golden Globe -winning American actor writer and director Bonnie Bedelia (born Bonnie Bedelia Culkin on March 25, 1948) is an American Actress. Patrick Doyle (born April 6, 1953, Uddingston, South Lanarkshire, Scotland) is an Academy Award nominated Scottish }} Columbia Pictures Industries Inc is an American Film production and distribution company Castle Rock Entertainment is a film and television Production company founded in 1987 by Martin Shafer, director Rob Reiner, Andy Scheinman, Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) The United States of America —commonly referred to as the English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) (born 10 April 1929 is a well-known Swedish actor known in particular for his collaboration with filmmaker Ingmar Bergman. Edward Allen "Ed" Harris (born November 28 1950 is a four-time Academy Award -nominated and Golden Globe -winning American actor writer and director Bonnie Bedelia played Polly, Pangborn's girlfriend. Bonnie Bedelia (born Bonnie Bedelia Culkin on March 25, 1948) is an American Actress. It was markedly different from the book, however. Notable differences include the absence of Ace Merril, many of the items bought from Gaunt altered, a number of subplots illustrating the townfolks' peccadilloes and dirty secrets dropped, and Danforth 'Buster' Keeton curiously becoming a sort of hero--if an inept one--who stands up to his tormentor. Also in the movie, Gaunt's influence is attributed to major world crises, such as World War II, the plague, and catastrophic accidents. At the end Gaunt promises to return to plague Pangborn's descendant, even giving a specific time and place, before his car vanishes at the end of the road. A longer version running 186 minutes can be seen occasionally on television - however, no home version of the extended cut has yet been released.
Cast:
- Max von Sydow . (born 10 April 1929 is a well-known Swedish actor known in particular for his collaboration with filmmaker Ingmar Bergman. . . . Leland Gaunt
- Ed Harris . Edward Allen "Ed" Harris (born November 28 1950 is a four-time Academy Award -nominated and Golden Globe -winning American actor writer and director . . . Sheriff Alan J. Pangborn
- Bonnie Bedelia . Bonnie Bedelia (born Bonnie Bedelia Culkin on March 25, 1948) is an American Actress. . . . Polly Chalmers
- Amanda Plummer . Amanda Michael Plummer (born March 23, 1957) is an American award-winning Actress. . . . Netitia 'Nettie' Cobb
- J.T. Walsh . James Thomas Patrick Walsh ( September 28, 1943 – February 27, 1998) was an American Character actor known for his roles . . . Danforth 'Buster' Keeton III
- Ray McKinnon . Ray McKinnon (born November 15, 1957) is an American Actor, Screenwriter, Film director and producer. . . . Deputy Norris Ridgewick
- Duncan Fraser . . . . Hugh Albert Priest
- Valri Bromfield . . . . Wilma Wadlowski Jerzyck
- Shane Meier . Shane Meier (born June 11, 1977 in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan) is a Canadian actor who is probably most notable for playing the title role . . . Brian Rusk
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