Revealing mistake: When Paul goes through Annie's scrapbook, a fast reader may notice that several newspaper clippings (although having different headlines and being based on separate events), have the exact same story underneath. The text has simply been repeated, rather than a new report being created for each story.
Misery (1990)
Plot summary
Directed by: Rob Reiner
Starring: Kathy Bates, James Caan, Richard Farnsworth, Frances Sternhagen
Novelist Paul Sheldon (Caan) crashes his car on a snowy New England road. He is found by Annie Wilkes (Bates), the "number one fan" of Paul's heroine Misery Chastaine. Annie is also somewhat unstable, and Paul finds himself crippled, drugged and at her mercy.
More mistakes in Misery
Annie Wilkes: Oh forgive me Paul for prattling away and making everything all oogy.
Trivia: Director Rob Reiner makes a cameo as the helicopter pilot helping Buster search for Paul's car.
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Answer: Simple answer, she was a psychopathic killer. She was a nurse, and infants were accessible, helpless victims.
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