I've seen Misery countless times, and don't recall ever hearing the line about "the man who went mad in the hotel nearby", which is meant to be a Stephen King in-joke to The Shining. Where is that line said in the film, and who says it?
shareThe Shining reference is in the book Misery. Annie mentions a guy " who went mad in a hotel nearby ". I do not recall any Shining ref in the movie.
shareThere's no reference in the movie, as the previous poster said, but the book mentions about there being an old burnt-out hotel further up into the mountains past Sidewinder (IIRC it's said that people go up there to take pictures of the ruin of what is obviously the Overlook).
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the only similarity i used to see between this and "shining" was toward the end (spoiler follows) where you think a fella is about to rescue the situation but gets shot, i have to look away from both scenes when i watch the movies, but of course there are several similarities, the deserted place, the heavy winter setting, the occupation of the lead, by the way, i also have to look away when she cripples him in this. there is actually a lot of weird camera shots and bizarre background music, in that regard this often does not feel like a high quality major movie and it sort of feels like a 1970's piece, but that is just groovy and not criticism, i've always liked this movie, his reaction to bates hysterical fits often seems a bit mild considering also the added hype by the editing and score. i keep forgetting lauren bacall is in this, strange to see such an hollywood icon in a smaller part like this. the bit playing out between the couple in the sheriff's car was strange and i wondered what the point was.
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taking the message out,
celebrating the holiday meaning you dont like,
in fashion only using the frame,
coming from this place know it too well,
clueless a damaging message you spread,
leaving your house in this time i got no place.
all Stephen King stories link together. In the books there's always a throw away thought or comment referencing another story. If you've read that story then you pick up on it. Same way in the book of Gerald's Game that reference Dolores Claibourne who was across the lake during the same eclipse in the past.
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