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I like just normal thrillers too, but if you could recommend some spookier thrillers that would be great. Secret window 2004 while in the process of an ugly divorce from his wife maria bello, writer mort rainey johnny depp relocates to his remote cabin in upstate new york for solitude. Contentsshow summary mort rainey is visited by a man who takes the name of john shooter, with a manuscript which proves to be an almost exact copy of a story that mort himself wrote and published some years earlier. Staring johnny depp, maria bello, timothy hutton and charles dutton. Shooters short story reads exactly like morts bestselling murder mystery secret window. Secret window, secret garden is similar to kings earlier novel the dark half. Secret window, secret garden is a novella written by stephen king that was included in his 1990 collection four past midnight. The crying of lot 49, the haunting of hill house, we have always lived in the castle, the wasp factory, valis, a wild sheep chase, hardboiled wonderland and the end of the world, the sirens of titan, cats cradle. Based on stephen kings book, secret window centers on horror writer morty johnny depp. Secret window, the umpteenth film based on a stephen king novella secret window, secret garden, shares a striking resemblance to one of kings best films, misery. From writerdirector david koepp stir of echoes comes this filmed adaptation of stephen kings novella secret window, secret garden, one of four stories in the collection four past midnight. Oct 04, 2015 johnny depp in a stephen king adaptation. Books similar to secret window, shutter island and the. Ask anything you want to know, or answer other peoples questions.

Secret window, secret garden is the second novella and probably the story i was most looking forward to reading followed closely by the library policeman. Anyone who has seen the movie will know what i mean. Groggy and astounded, mort is confronted with the evidence. It was written and directed by david koepp, based on the novella secret window, secret garden by stephen king, featuring a musical score by philip glass and geoff zanelli. Badass lines, violence, explosions, love, intrigue, mystery, naked chicks, casper van dien being handsome with a butt shot, a coed shower scene, nph, a busey, michael ironside being badass, arena football, brain bugs, the game changing flip six three hole, and laser tag.

If you are a seller for this product, would you like to suggest updates through seller support. Stephen kings collection four past midnight contains the novella secret window, secret garden. Its the most important part of the story, the ending. This slim volume tells the perilous true story of a little polish jewish girl running and hiding from the nazis during world war two.

Her thrillers, including the dollhouse murders, christinas ghost, and crandalls castle, have each won numerous state awards. What books would you most like to see lifted off of the page and brought into threedimensional life. Secret window, secret garden is a novella written by stephen king that was included in his. Books similar to the secret window the secret window. This camera technique is more commonlyknown as an establishing shot with a zoom in combined, to give the audience an idea of the settingbut to zoom in the situation. This time around, the writer is held captive in his own home by an obsessed fan who insists he rewrite the ending to one of his novels.

Betty ren wright 192720 was the distinguished author of numerous books for young readers. You know, the only thing that matters, is the ending. The first shot after the credits of secret window is an elaborate one. With johnny depp, maria bello, john turturro, timothy hutton. Secret window is a stephen king tale, you might want to check out his work. The story was adapted into a secret window in 2004. As with many of his books i have committed the sin of watching this as a movie before reading it. Toll reveals her childhood story in her book, behind the secret window. Rent secret window 2004 starring johnny depp and john turturro on dvd and bluray. Secret window is a 2004 american psychological thriller film starring johnny depp and john turturro. The secret window by betty ren wright read by heather hansen its a great book i loved it.

Secret window is a 2004 american psychological thriller film starring johnny depp and john. Nov 09, 2011 a writer is stalked at his remote lakeside cabin by a psychotic stranger seeking revenge for perceived plagiarism. Mar 12, 2004 groggy and astounded, mort is confronted with the evidence. The story was as fun to read as the film was to watch. Rent secret window 2004 on dvd and bluray dvd netflix.

Both are about authors who are thinly veiled analogues of king himselfthad beaumont in the dark half and mort rainey in secret window, secret garden plot. And save for a single climactic sequence that could have been carried out with more subtlety, in which the truth is made clear to mort, the movie takes few wrong steps. I read it 17 times and ill read it again and again. This is an example that, if king should have chosen to develop the plot further, we could end up with a terrific book. Behind the secret window a memoir of a hidden childhood during world war two by nelly s. The best he can do is delete what he has already written.

Everything you need to know about secret window movie 2004. Two past midnight audiobook secret window movie external links. A successful writer in the midst of a painful divorce is stalked at his remote lake house by a wouldbe scribe who accuses him of plagiarism. Meg is afraid to tell anyone when her dreams literally start coming true, but she needs help before she can learn to use her gift of seeing into the future. In the book secret window secret garden the titles written by john shooter and mort rainy are the opposite way around to how they are shown in the film. Secret windowfour past midnight by stephen king 1mar2004. Both are about authors who are thinly veiled analogues of king himselfthad beaumont in the dark half and mort rainey in secret window, secret garden.

Johnny depps performance in secret window, like everything else he does, is. I do have to say though, that the movie ending was much better. If metafiction is stories about stories, what is metacognition. Secret window is a stephen king adaptation the way they should be done, elegantly mounted with topflight talent across the board and steering clear of narrative excess. Shooter kills the detective and tom both, and the evidence makes mort look like the killer. If one of your recommendations are of a thriller that is. Mort rainys book was called sowing season and john shooters book was secret window, secret garden. The demon barber of fleet street, finding neverland, edward scissorhands. Secret window johnny depp john turturro maria bello 2004 mysterious events plague a troubled author johnny depp after a menacing stranger john turturro accuses him of plagiarism.

If you like secret window you might like similar movies from hell, sleepy hollow, sweeney todd. Living in a remote cabin after splitting with his wife, morty mostly mopes and sleeps. Then the camera moves smoothly in to the shore, and across the grounds, and in through a window of the cabin, and it regards various rooms before closing in on a large mirror that reflects a man asleep on a couch. Like different seasons, four past midnight is a book featuring four stories that were too long to be considered short. Its a book about a girl named meg who has a window in her dreams that tells her the future. Secret window analysisto begin the opening scene there is a fade in to view the main characters car, to which this fadesinto the roll over were the camera is skimming the sea. Find books like rear window from the worlds largest community of readers. A successful writer in the midst of a painful divorce is stalked at his. I thought i liked horror movies, but it turns out i just like spooky thrillers. Secret window is a movie released by columbia pictures in 2004 starring johnny depp and john turturro.

He loves his puppy and he literally wont hurt a mouse. While in the process of an ugly divorce from his wife maria bello, writer mort rainey johnny depp relocates to his remote cabin in upstate new york for. Secret window, secret garden from the worlds largest community of readers. Secret window this is the basic plot of the recent movie with johnny depp. In july 2004, the service merged with, and the combined site was renamed. Secret window on dvd june 22, 2004 starring johnny depp, maria bello, timothy hutton, ving rhames. With hair that looks like a mop, and a delightfully slovenly appearance, mort mopes around the cabin, talks to his nearly blind dog, and tries to placate mr. Find books like the secret window from the worlds largest community of readers. Movies like secret window if you like secret window you are looking for psychological, macabre and twist ending movies about with split personality, nervous breakdown, psychology, insanity, losingit hero, mentally unstable and murder themes of drama, mystery and thriller genre shot in usa. Secret window on bluray 043396186958 from sony pictures home entertainment. Written and directed by david koepp, it is based on the novella secret window, secret garden by author stephen king.

I very nearly gave this audio book 4 stars because, although james wood was an excellent readerstory teller, there was a significant amount of pasty, drymouthed smacking, very loud nose breathing and a slight list that i found so distracting i very nearly didnt finish the book. Secret windowfour past midnight by stephen king 1mar2004 mass. Secret window, secret garden stephen king wiki fandom. Secret window 2004 plot summary 6 a successful writer in the midst of a painful divorce is stalked at his remote lake house by a wouldbe scribe who accuses him of plagiarism.

This time around, the writer is held captive in his own home by an obsessed fan who insists he. I came to this story having seen the johnny depp film secret window 2004. Mort rainey, played by johnny depp, is a struggling author suffering from the. Like i said in the title, it has everything anyone could want in a movie. It begins with a view across a lake to a rustic cabin. Also they believed, at the end, that shooter was a real person.

In the book secret window, secret garden the ending is completely different. Goodreads members who liked the secret window also liked. One day, he is confronted by a man from mississippi named john shooter who claims mort plagiarized a story he wrote. The story appeared in kings 1990 collection four past midnight.