Dolores is a housemaid and caretaker for the wealthy vera donovan. The book was written as a monologue with dolores claiborne, housekeeper for little tall island matriarch, vera donovan, telling her life story as part of a confession to having murdered her husband in 1963 and being innocent of the murder of vera donovan in 1995. On dolores claiborne and what it means to be a bitch. Complicating sexual assault in geralds game on horror homeroom. So when dolores sends her hubby falling down a well, in the novel we are all screaming. Youd think dolores claiborne would be my favorite adaptation of kings works, but as brilliant as kathy bates was and is, its not its this. Book vs movie bonus ep dolores claiborne brooklyn fit. But in the movie, the moments hysterical joy at seeing dolores get her revenge is broken by selenas sarcasm. The filmmakers took a good stephen king story and made a truly great movie. The revenge in dolores claiborne is just as sweet, if not sweeter, as it was in dolans cadillac.
May, 1992 and dolores claiborne november, 1992 were about the development of feminist. I only know of one other case where the movie is better than the book it was based on the constant gardener. My friends and i use to have an ongoing joke when we would discuss stephen king movie and book comparisons. Apt pupil was also adapted into a lesserknown 1998 movie. King writes dolores claiborne with all the defiance of his titular character, and not only does he. Never been a huge misery fan, especially not compared to dolores. With over 200 acting and directing credits to her name, bates is perhaps best known for her breakout role in the 1990 horror film misery, based on the book of the same name by stephen king. A lot of the scenes are somewhat repetitive and we pretty much figure annie out near the beginning of the movie. Originally intended to be one half of a single volume entitled in the path of the eclipse, geralds game is a companion piece to kings next novel, dolores claiborne. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read dolores claiborne. It deserves more credit than that, much like patty jenkins monster.
Find out when and where you can watch dolores claiborne on tv with the full listings schedule at. Dolores claiborne 1995 scratchpad fandom powered by. His original intention was to pair the story with dolores claiborne 1992 as they both. The geralds game movie preserves the novels mysterious. I can still hope youll one day compare that, though. It is based on the 1992 novel of the same name by stephen king. Dolores claiborne by stephen king, movie and book, of course the book is better than the movie, but both are great.
Book vs movie podcast bonus ep stephen kings dolores claiborne in this bonus ep of book vs. The movie was never going to be able to capture stephen king writing from the dogs pov. However i wanted to read it through, i was certain i would be ecstatic with dolores. Kathy bates as dolores claiborne in taylor hackfords 1995 adaptation of kings novel. Danny elfman, elfman, danny dolores claiborne 1995 film. Selena uncovers a repressed memory dolores claiborne. Stephen king book to movies books literature, authors. Top 30 stephen king movies, ranked from haunted hotels to prisonyard blues, carrie to christine the major adaptations of the iconic authors work, from worst to best.
Dolores claiborne is not a typical piece of sk work but it is a very good read. Which 1987 novel is closer to science fiction than horror. Sometimes he writes a little short story and it becomes a fantastic movie shawshank, stand by me, the running man. Dolores claiborne is the 32nd book published by stephen king. Took me a day and a half to read, only because life interfered. In other words, dolores claiborne is not just some boys vs. Yeah, one of the things king is great at is writing in different voices and points of view. Revisiting the film of stephen kings dolores claiborne. As one might imagine, dolores claiborne was the star of her own monologue. Her daughter is the only one who can save her life and the only thing that stands between guilt and innocence is the evil secret that made the daughter run away ten years ago.
The following is a comprehensive list of acting and directing credits from actress kathy bates. Eighteen years ago the town accused dolores claiborne of murdering her husband in cold blood. And the dolores claiborne movie didnt even try to capture the protagonists running accented train of thought and added a stupid courtroom drama because it was the. I thought it was an amazing story, very well written.
The story of dolores is told by her to three police officers and it covers the entire book. This book is high on my personal list, not because of its likelihood to scare me, but rather for its ode to strong female characters. Atypically for a king novel, it has no chapters, doublespacing between paragraphs, or other section breaks. Really its vera donovan, doloress employer, a wealthy woman, and a typea monster who is a. One day when the mailman came to deliver vera her mail he found the maid dolores standing over vera with a marble rolling pin at the bottom of the stairs this is how our movie begins. Sad room is a miniflashback scene that uses one good, slow pan around the room in the movie and the music is as melancholy as the imagery. Bill russell suspected of killing vera donovan, her wealthy employer, dolores claiborne tells police the story of her life, harkening back to her violent husband, disintegrating marriage and the suspicious death. The lead characters of stephen kings books geralds game and dolores claiborne shared a connection, and the geralds game movie puts it onscreen. The amazing acting by kathy bates and jennifer jason leigh the dialect featured in the book the gorgeous locations how the ending is just.
Dolores has worked for vera for a long time, but at the start of the novel, we learn vera has fallen down the steps of her home and died. Dolores claiborne 1995 screenplay by tony gilrory directed by taylor hackford based on the novel dolores claiborne by stephen king hollywood was churning out stephen king stories like crazy in the mid 1990s and most of them were made for television miniseries. Her role as annie wilkes was met with much praise, she won the academy award for best actress and golden globe. All the marbles 1981 dolores claiborne 19952 broke girls dolores claiborne 19952 guns 20 dolores claiborne 19952 stupid dogs dolores. About a hardbitten smalltown mom who has just been arrested for killing the wealthy old woman she worked for. More compact and deeply psychological than the novel, the film focuses almost exclusively on telling the story in both presentday and multiple flashback story lines of dolores claiborne. Dolores claiborne is a 1992 psychological thriller novel by stephen king. The novel, along with geralds game, was originally conceived as part of a larger work intended to be titled in the. Dolores claiborne 1995 official trailer kathy bates, jennifer jason leigh movie hd duration. Dolores claiborne is a work of art shes not the typical heroine that carries a novel with her beauty, intelligence, station in life, or luck of fate.
Sometimes the book and movie are both legendary the shining, carrie. Dolores claiborne, a 65yearold widow living in rural maine, is suspected of killing her wealthy employer. A very good movie about a woman named dolores claiborne. Dolores claiborne archives house of tortured souls. Instead shes average with her life but takes herself up a notch, makes herself stand out by standing strong in the face of the brutal winds life storms her with.
Review of dolores claiborne 1995 by amy f cinafilm. Ive saw the movie a few times years ago, which i liked, but for some reason always put the book off for later. Best stephen king books ranked by how scary they are. Part of what makes dolores claiborne a psychological thriller is selenas need to bury the past. Dolores claiborne lives on little tall island in maine with her husband joe and three children, selena, joe jr. Dolores claiborne has been ranked 17342 times, wins 37. Now a woman lies dead and a witness finds dolores standing over the body. Misery is a pretty good movie, and kathy bates really brings that character to life, but the movie isnt as smart as dolores.
Dolores claiborne kathy bates is found looming with a rolling pin over her employer, vera donovan judy parfitt, a frail old woman who has just taken an eventually fatal tumble down. See more ideas about books vs movies, movies and movie spoiler. Selena uncovers a repressed memory dolores claiborne spoiler scene veronique laurent. But dolores claiborne is the exception a masterful condensation of the stephen king novel of the same name. This movie is wellknown for its disturbing scenes related to her realizations. Dolores claiborne book so i just finished this today for my first time. Were not quite done with little tall island yet, though. Dolores claiborne movie tv listings and schedule tv guide. The book was released by viking in november of 1992. Sometimes the book is better dolores claiborne, cujo. But stand by me is a classic, one of the best movies of the 1980s. Having personally gone through 10 years of molestation, this novel was tough to read. Dolores claiborne this psychological thriller was the number one bestselling book in 1992.