directed by Stanley Kubrick starring Jack Nicholson, Dreamcatcher
and The Mist
but also movies like The Green Mile
starring Tom Hanks and Michael Clarke Duncan and The Shawshank Redemption
with Tim Robbins and Morgan Freemann. That's actually my wife's favorite. She even put a quote out of The Shawshank Redemption on her Facebook site:"There are places in this world that aren't made out of stone. That there's something inside... that they can't get to, that they can't touch. That's yours ... Hope"The sheer volume of films based on his novels is already breathtaking, even more so the amount of novels itself of course. The amount is probably best explained by his own quote:
"Read and write four to six hours a day. If you cannot find the time for that, you can't expect to become a good writer."He sets out each day with a quota of 2000 words and will not stop writing until it is met. Quantity doesn't necessarily account for quality. However the list of awards is as impressive as the amount of novels:
"King has won 6 Bram Stoker awards, 6 Horror Guild awards, 5 Locus Awards[47], 3 World Fantasy Awards[48] (including a Lifetime Achievement Award in 2004), the 1996 O. Henry Award, a Hugo Award in 1982 for the non-fiction book Danse Macabre. He was given a Lifetime Achievement Award in 2003 by the Horror Writers' Association and a Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters from the National Book Foundation in 2003 (see Critical Response, above).[49] In 2007, King received an award for lifetime achievement from the Canadian Literary Guild, the only non-Canadian to be bestowed this award (source Wikipedia)"So if you believe you know most about Stephen King just have a look at the following list showing the films based on his novels and the novels itself (source Wikipedia):
Theatrical releases
* 1976 Carrie
(based on the novel from 1974)* 1980 The Shining
(based on the novel from 1977)* 1982 Creepshow
(consists of five short films; two of them based on short stories and the rest is written specifically for the movie)* 1983 Cujo (25th Anniversary Edition)
(based on the novel from 1981)* 1983 The Dead Zone
(based on the novel from 1979)* 1983 Christine
(based on the novel from 1983)* 1984 Children of the Corn
(based on the short story from 1977)* 1984 Firestarter Movie Collection
(based on the novel from 1980)* 1985 Cat's Eye
(consists of three short films; two of them based on short stories - "Quitter's, Inc." from 1978 and "The Ledge" from 1976 and one is written specifically for the movie)
* 1985 Silver Bullet
(based on the novella "Cycle of the Werewolf" from 1983)* 1986 Maximum Overdrive
(based on the short story "Trucks" from 1973)* 1986 Stand By Me
(based on the novella "The Body" from 1982)* 1987 Creepshow 2
(consists of three short films; one is based on the short story "The raft" from 1982 and two is written specifically for the movie)* 1987 The Running Man
(based on the novel from 1982)* 1989 Pet Sematary (Special Collector's Edition)
(based on the novel from 1983)* 1990 Tales from the Darkside: The Movie
(short film that is part of "Tales From The Darkside: The Movie", based on the short story from 1977)* 1990 Graveyard Shift
(based on the short story from 1970)* 1990 Misery (Collector's Edition)
(based on the novel from 1987)* 1992 Sleepwalkers
(original screenplay)* 1993 The Dark Half
(based on the novel from 1989)* 1993 Needful Things
(based on the novel from 1990)* 1994 The Shawshank Redemption
(based on the novella "Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption" from 1982)* 1995 The Mangler
(based on the short story from 1972)* 1995 Dolores Claiborne
(based on the novel from 1993)* 1996 Thinner
(based on the novel from 1984)* 1997 The Night Flier
(based on the short story from 1988)* 1998 Apt Pupil
(based on the novella from 1982)* 1999 The Green Mile
(based on the novel from 1996)* 2001 Hearts in Atlantis
(based on the novella "Low Men In Yellow Coats" from 1999)* 2003 Dreamcatcher
(based on the novel from 2001)* 2004 Secret Window
(based on the novella "Secret Window, Secret Garden" from 1990)* 2004 Riding the Bullet
(based on the short story from 2000)* 2007 1408
(based on the short story from 1999)* 2007 The Mist
(based on the novella from 1980)Television
* 1979 Salem's Lot
(based on the novel from 1975)* 1985 Word Processor of the Gods (episode of Tales from the Darkside, based on the short story from 1984)
* 1986 Gramma (episode of The Twilight Zone based on the short story from 1984)
* 1987 Sorry, Right Number (episode of Tales from the Darkside. Original screenplay)
* 1990 It (based on the novel from 1986)
* 1990 The Moving Finger (episode of Monsters based on the short story from 1990)
* 1991 Sometimes They Come Back (based on the short story from 1974)
* 1991 Golden Years (original screenplay)
* 1993 The Tommyknockers (based on the novel from 1987)
* 1994 The Stand (based on the novel from 1978)
* 1995 The Langoliers (based on the novella from 1990)
* 1997 Trucks (based on the short story from 1973)
* 1997 The Shining (based on the novel from 1977)
* 1997 Quicksilver Highway: Chattery Teeth (segment of the TV movie "Quicksilver Highway", based on the short story from 1992)
* 1997 The Revelations of Becka Paulson (episode of The Outer Limits, based on a short story from 1984)
* 1998 Chinga (episode of The X-Files. Original screenplay)
* 1999 Storm of the Century (original screenplay)
* 2002 Rose Red (original screenplay)
* 2002 Carrie (based on the novel from 1974)
* 2002 Wheel of Fortune (episode of The Dead Zone based on the novel from 1979)
* 2002 What it Seems (episode of The Dead Zone based on the novel from 1979)
* 2004 Kingdom Hospital (original screenplay)
* 2004 'Salem's Lot (based on the novel from 1975)
* 2006 Desperation (based on the novel from 1996)
* 2006 Nightmares and Dreamscapes (six episodes based on six short stories)
These are novels written by Stephen King.
1. 1974: Carrie
2. 1975: 'Salem's Lot
3. 1977: The Shining
4. 1978: The Stand: Expanded Edition: For the First Time Complete and Uncut (Signet)
(re-released in 1990 with extra material)
5. 1979: The Dead Zone (Signet)
6. 1980: Firestarter
7. 1981: Cujo (Signet)
8. 1982: The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger (re-released in 2003 with revised material)
9. 1983: Christine (Signet)
10. 1983: Pet Sematary
11. 1983: Cycle of the Werewolf (Signet)
12. 1984: The Talisman
(written with Peter Straub)13. 1986: It
14. 1987: The Eyes of the Dragon
15. 1987: Misery
16. 1987: The Drawing of the Three (The Dark Tower, Book 2)
17. 1988: The Tommyknockers
18. 1989: The Dark Half
19. 1990: Needful Things: The Last Castle Rock Story
20. 1991: The Waste Lands (The Dark Tower, Book 3)
21. 1992: Gerald's Game (Signet)
22. 1993: Dolores Claiborne
23. 1994: Insomnia
24. 1995: Rose Madder
25. 1996: The Green Mile : The Complete Serial Novel
26. 1996: Desperation
27. 1997: Wizard and Glass (The Dark Tower, Book 4)
28. 1998: Bag of Bones
29. 1999: The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon
30. 2001: DreDreamcatcher
31. 2001: Black House
(written with Peter Straub)32. 2002: From a Buick 8
33. 2003: Wolves of the Calla (The Dark Tower, Book 5)
34. 2004: Song of Susannah (The Dark Tower, Book 6)
35. 2004: The Dark Tower (The Dark Tower, Book 7)
36. 2005: The Colorado Kid (Hard Case Crime)
37. 2006: Cell: A Novel
38. 2006: Lisey's Story
39. 2008: Duma Key: A Novel
40. 2009: Under the Dome: A Novel
These are the novels written by Stephen King under the pseudonym "Richard Bachman", The Bachman Books
:1. 1977: Rage
2. 1979: The Long Walk
3. 1981: Roadwork
4. 1982: The Running Man
5. 1984: Thinner (Signet)
6. 1996: The Regulators
7. 2007: Blaze: A Novel
These are the non-fiction books by Stephen King:
1. 1981: Stephen King's Danse Macabre
2. 2000: On Writing
3. 2000: Secret Windows : Essays and Fiction On The Craft Of Writing
4. 2004: Faithful: Two Diehard Boston Red Sox Fans Chronicle the Historic 2004 Season
So how many do you know? If you want to buy any of these novels and movies to low prices just click the links above or go to Stephen King Shop USA
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