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Needful Things is a 1993 American horror film based on Stephen King 's 1991 novel of the same name. The film was directed by Fraser C. Heston (Charlton Heston 's son; this is his only film without his father in the cast), and stars Ed Harris, Max von Sydow, Bonnie Bedelia, and J. T. Walsh.
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Needful Things is a 1991 horror novel by American author...
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Needful Things is a 1991 horror novel by American author Stephen King. It is the first novel King wrote after his rehabilitation from drug and alcohol addiction. [1] It was made into a film of the same name in 1993 which was directed by Fraser C. Heston.
Needful Things: Directed by Fraser C. Heston. With Max von Sydow, Ed Harris, Bonnie Bedelia, Amanda Plummer. A mysterious new shop opens in a small town which always seems to stock the deepest desires of each shopper, with a price far heavier than expected.
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- Crime, Drama, Fantasy
- Fraser C. Heston
- 1993-08-27
- Plot
- Characters in The Book
- Film Adaptation
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. The story starts out in first person with the narrator greeting the reader and moves to third-person, introducing each of the book's diverse cast of characters and their complicated histories. Cast...
Main characters
1. Leland Gaunt:* Presumably a demon in human form, who has spent centuries travelling about the world and tricking people into selling their souls to him, usually in exchange for useless objects disguised as the things they want most. Castle Rock is his latest target. Gaunt seems to know the town peoples' greatest secrets, and speaks of them in a way to sooth the customers of his shop. His eyes also change color, depending on who is looking at them, as a way to entice his customers 1. Sherif...
Supporting Characters
1. Brian Rusk:an ordinary, happy boy, Brian is the first to visit Needful Things and the first to receive the object of his desire - a 1956, specially autographed (to Brian) Sandy Koufax baseball card. 1. Nettie Cobb:one of many townspeople who was already somewhat unbalanced before Gaunt arrived, Cobb was formerly in a mental hospital for killing her abusive husband of many years in his sleep. She was only released and allowed to start over in Castle Rock because of the efforts of Patricia C...
The novel was adapted into a horror movie in 1993. The film was directed by Fraser C. Heston, son of Charlton Heston, and starred Ed Harris, Max von Sydow, Bonnie Bedelia (Salem's Lot 1979) and J.T. Walsh.
Needful Things is a 1993 horror movie and an adaptation of the 1991 novel of the same name. A mysterious man comes to the town of Castle Rock, Maine in an old, sinister car. He calls himself Leland Gaunt and claims he comes from Akron, Ohio.
The devil in disguise comes to a quiet, peaceful town and opens a store called Needful Things. The store has an item for everyone in town. All the devil asks for in return is a few dirty pranks. Little do they know, that they've sold their souls, and the pranks escalate to murder... — anonymous.
Aug 27, 1993 · Needful Things is directed by Fraser C. Heston and is adapted for the screen by W.D. Richter from the novel of the same name written by Stephen King. It stars Max von Sydow, Ed Harris, Bonnie Bedelia, J. T. Walsh and Amanda Plummer.
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