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74-642: The production budgets have ranged from a few hundred dollars to over $ 60,000 for projects such as Umney's Last Case , and the film formats range from home video to professional 35 mm film . According to the official Stephen King website, the Dollar Baby program has ended as of December 2023. As King explained in his introduction to the published shooting script for Frank Darabont 's The Shawshank Redemption (based on his Different Seasons novella Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption ), "Around 1977 or so, when I started having some popular success, I saw

148-505: A caesarean section . The baby, named Peter after Frannie's late father, manages to fight off the superflu. Four months later, Stuart and Frannie decide to leave Boulder and move to Ogunquit as society is slowly reestablished. The extended edition includes an epilogue in which Flagg, having survived the nuclear explosion, wakes up somewhere in the Southern Hemisphere. Regaining his former strength, he begins recruiting adherents among

222-571: A series of comics written by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa and illustrated by Mike Perkins . Another miniseries debuted on CBS All Access in December 2020, and finished airing in February 2021. An extremely contagious and lethal strain of influenza , resistant to antibodies and vaccines, is developed as a biological weapon within a secret Department of Defense installation in the Mojave Desert , and

296-481: A cliff, severely breaking his leg and being left to die by Nadine. As his leg turns gangrenous , he realizes the harm he has done, writes an apologetic note and commits suicide. Flagg meets Nadine in the desert, raping and impregnating her while revealing his true demonic form, an experience that leaves her semi- catatonic . The Trashcan Man has a psychotic episode and destroys Flagg's air force before Flagg can destroy Boulder. He then leaves Las Vegas to atone by finding

370-514: A deadly pandemic of weaponized influenza and its aftermath, in which the few surviving humans gather into factions that are each led by a personification of either good or evil and seem fated to clash with each other. King started writing the story in February 1975, seeking to create an epic in the spirit of The Lord of the Rings . The book was difficult for him to write because of the large number of characters and storylines. In 1990, The Stand

444-466: A disillusioned pop singer, joins the group in the wake of his mother's death. Stuart and Frannie are drawn to each other and become lovers, to Harold's disappointment and resentment. The group share a common dream in which they see a centenarian woman living in Hemingford Home, Nebraska . The woman, Abagail Freemantle – better known as "Mother Abagail" – becomes the group's spiritual leader. She brings

518-573: A dollar baby based on the short story Night Surf . A precursor to the novel The Stand , "Night Surf" tells the story of a smaller group of teens who seek sanctuary at a beach house while the Captain Trips strain of the flu devastates the population. This short film would later become a calling card for Sullivan, who went on to a career producing and directing over 100 films for television. In September 2004, fellow Dollar Baby James Renner (who created " All That You Love Will Be Carried Away ") organized

592-403: A dual role as both Umney and the author. It originally aired on July 19, 2006. Macy was nominated for an Emmy for his performance. Jon Condit of DreadCentral rated the episode two out of five stars. Condit said that the episode deviates too highly from King's original story, and the changes only make the story worse. Brian Pope of DVD Verdict rated it a B+ and said that Macy's performance

666-457: A giant glowing hand — " the Hand of God " — which detonates the bomb, destroying Las Vegas and killing all of Flagg's followers, along with Larry and Ralph. Tom finds Stu close to death, but a verbal apparition of Nick leading to a supply of antibiotics saves his life. After nursing him back to health and helping his leg heal, the two travel back to Boulder, where Frannie has given birth to her son after

740-436: A global pandemic of apocalyptic proportions. Approximately 99.4% of the world's population is infected and killed within a month. A prism of several personal tragedies describes the collapse of society, explosions of violence, the inability of the government and martial law to stop the pandemic, and the near-extinction of humanity. Many survivors of the virus also die, unable to accept the loss of their loved ones or survive in

814-541: A madman named "The Kid", joins Flagg's group and becomes a weapons specialist. Flagg prepares for war with Boulder. Mother Abagail, believing she has been too prideful watching the Zone grow in size, goes into self-imposed exile. During her absence, the Free Zone's leadership committee decides to secretly send three people to Flagg's territory to act as spies. Harold and Nadine, tempted by Flagg through their dreams, stage an attack on

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888-463: A more powerful weapon for Flagg. When Tom's fleeting presence in Las Vegas as the sole surviving spy belatedly comes to light, Nadine takes advantage of Flagg's unsettled state to goad him into killing her and her unborn child. Stuart breaks his leg en route and persuades the others to go on without him, telling them that God will provide for him if that is what is meant to happen. Leaving Kojak with Stu,

962-458: A multi-movie version of The Stand , but left the project in October 2011, as Yates felt it would work better as a miniseries. Both Ben Affleck and Scott Cooper dropped out over creative differences with the studio. On February 25, 2014, Josh Boone was hired to write and direct the adaptation. He later revealed that he wanted Christian Bale to play Randall Flagg and Matthew McConaughey for

1036-468: A new preface by King and illustrations by Bernie Wrightson , which were later released as a portfolio. Doubleday published a deluxe edition of The Stand: The Complete and Uncut Edition , limited to 1,250 numbered copies and 52 lettered copies. This edition, known as the "Coffin Box" edition due to the book being housed in a wooden case, was signed by King and Wrightson. The Stand received critical acclaim: it

1110-480: A new screenplay, omitting some parts for television broadcast. The miniseries , directed by Mick Garris , was broadcast in 1994. Between 2011 and 2016, Warner Bros. Pictures and CBS Films were developing a feature-length film adaptation of The Stand . In August 2011, director David Yates and screenwriter Steve Kloves , known for their collaboration on the Harry Potter films, were hired to write and direct

1184-477: A novel called Earth Abides , by George R. Stewart. (...) and one day while sitting at my typewriter, (...) I wrote—just to write something: The world comes to an end but everybody in the SLA is somehow immune. Snake bit them. I looked at that for a while and then typed: No more gas shortages. That was sort of cheerful, in a horrible sort of way. The Stand was also planned by King as an epic story akin to The Lord of

1258-555: A novel of 1,138 pages. The book became a #1 bestseller and sold 4.5 million copies. The Stand was highly acclaimed by critics and is considered one of King's best novels. It has been included in lists of the best books of all time by Rolling Stone , Time , the Modern Library , Amazon and the BBC . A television miniseries of the same name based on the novel was broadcast on ABC in 1994. From 2008 to 2012, Marvel Comics published

1332-453: A poem by Stephen King into a vivid and compelling nightmare vision." Noted King historian Andrew Rausch called Mann's Popsy, "A superb gem of a film that excels in every way imaginable. It honors the original source material in a way that many Stephen King adaptations have not -- chiefly by being good." According to the official Stephen King website, the Dollar Baby program has been disbanded, as of December 2023. Stephen King tweeted about

1406-402: A preliterate, dark-skinned people. In Danse Macabre , King writes about the origins of The Stand at some length. One source was Patty Hearst 's case. The original idea was to create a novel about the episode because "it seemed that only a novel might really succeed in explaining all the contradictions". The author also mentions George R. Stewart 's novel Earth Abides , which describes

1480-417: A producer and writer, and a new ending written by Stephen King. The miniseries was first broadcast in December 2020, to mixed reviews. Marvel Comics adapted The Stand into a series of six five-issue comic book miniseries. The series was written by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa and illustrated by Mike Perkins . Colorist Laura Martin , letterer Chris Eliopoulos , and cover artist Lee Bermejo were also on

1554-475: A setting date of 1980, in abridged form. The first paperback release in 1980 changed the setting date to 1985. The novel marks the first appearance of Randall Flagg , King's recurring antagonist, whom King would bring back several times in his later writings. In 1990, an unabridged edition of The Stand was published, billed as The Complete and Uncut Edition . Published in hardcover by Doubleday in May 1990, this became

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1628-470: A smattering of talent...in many cases one viewing was all a person could bear." As noted, many, if not the majority, of the Dollar Baby films are made by student or tyro filmmakers. King offered praise to "...a fairly impressive eighteen minute version of 'The Sun Dog'". Darabont's The Woman in the Room , in addition to being photographed by the renowned cinematographer Juan Ruiz Anchia ( Glengarry Glen Ross ), made

1702-562: A way to give back a little of the joy the movies had given me." '77 was the year young film makers – college students, for the most part – started writing me about the stories I'd published (first in Night Shift , later in Skeleton Crew ), wanting to make short films out of them. Over the objections of my accountant, who saw all sorts of possible legal problems, I established a policy which still holds today. I will grant any student filmmaker

1776-607: A world where they must fend for themselves. Stuart Redman, one of the people present at the gas station when Campion crashes his car, proves immune to the virus. He is forcibly held in a specialized center in Stovington, Vermont, in the hope that a treatment can be made. Redman escapes after the center's staff dies, and he is forced to kill one of the members in self-defense. He meets with sociology professor Glen Bateman and his Irish Setter Kojak, pregnant college student Frannie Goldsmith, and teenage outcast Harold Lauder. Larry Underwood,

1850-510: Is a short story by American author Stephen King , first published in King's collection Nightmares & Dreamscapes (1993). In July 1995, it was published as a separate paperback as part of Penguin 's 60th anniversary. Umney's Last Case is an example of metalepsis in narratology. Prior to the story's original appearance in the Nightmares & Dreamscapes collection, Viking Press made

1924-476: Is a specified legal usage of the author's name, and King does not grant permission for Dollar Baby filmmakers to use his name in this manner. King allows the possessory title to be used only on projects in which he has a direct and considerable involvement. Previously, the possessory title was applied more liberally until it was abused by the release of Brett Leonard's The Lawnmower Man . Leonard originally released it as Stephen King's The Lawnmower Man , although

1998-477: Is accidentally released. The book's extended edition includes a prologue detailing the development of the virus and the security breach that causes its release. The laboratory staff die, but security guard Charles Campion manages to escape and takes his family out of state. After a couple of days, his car crashes at a gas station in Arnette, Texas. The gas station employees and ambulance workers are infected when they take

2072-405: Is law in this world, and explains to a helpless Umney that he intends to take Umney's place to live a life of eternal adventure and excitement. Umney is cast into oblivion—or so it seems. Umney finds himself in the year 1994, occupying the vacated body of his creator. Although he realizes/acknowledges that his previous existence was a sham (and falling apart), he also finds himself equally despising

2146-534: The Paranoid short film was the first Dollar Baby to be released - with King's permission - for a limited time on the Internet. Again with King's permission, this film was the first Dollar Baby to be released on a commercial DVD, in a package with Total Movie Magazine , a short-lived offshoot of the U.K. publication Total Film . Influenced by the success of "Paranoid," in 2002 filmmaker Peter Sullivan wrote and produced

2220-640: The "Free Zone", organize funeral brigades and restore a supply of electricity. Meanwhile, in Las Vegas , Randall Flagg , the dark man, possessing supernatural abilities, creates his own society from people called by his visions. The people worship Flagg as a messiah and joyfully submit to his fascist dictatorship, in which undesirables are crucified. Flagg rescues spree killer Lloyd Henreid from prison and makes him his lieutenant. A pyromaniac nicknamed "The Trashcan Man", after destroying oil tanks in Gary, Indiana and meeting

2294-669: The Blaenau Gwent Film Academy produced "Stationary Bike", which won various international awards. In 2019, Walter Perez directed, produced and adapted " One for the Road ". The short film was titled "Into the Night". After two successful screenings at the Dryden Theatre and Warner Bros. Studios, Burbank , the film entered the film festival circuit in 2020. The film received acclaim and award nominations at various festivals. In 2021, "Into

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2368-597: The Crow". Darabont later wrote adaptations and directed three feature films based on Stephen King's novels: The Mist , The Shawshank Redemption , and The Green Mile . The latter two films were nominated for multiple Academy Awards including Best Picture . Author Stephen J. Spignesi was one of the first to publicly discuss the Dollar Babies in his exhaustive volume The Stephen King Encyclopedia . He wrote about two student film adaptations of King stories: " The Last Rung on

2442-518: The Dollar Babies has been put together by Bernd Lautenslager from the Netherlands. Many of the films listed above were available for download at a site called "Stephen King Short Movies". At the request of King's representatives, the films are no longer available for download. To date, the only short that King specifically granted permission to play for a limited time on the Internet was Paranoid . In October 2009, director/producer J. P. Scott completed

2516-476: The Dollar Deal policy, he mentioned "sixteen or seventeen" such Dollar Babies. It has been difficult to account for them. Although Frank Darabont originally asked in 1980 to adapt King's "The Woman in the Room", he took three years to complete the film. In 2000, Los Angeles-based filmmaker Jay Holben made a Dollar Deal to adapt "Paranoid: A Chant," a 100-line poem that appears in King's Skeleton Crew . In 2002

2590-515: The Ladder " (1987) by James Cole and Dan Thron, and " The Lawnmower Man " (1987) by Jim Gonis. As Dollar Babies were not intended to be seen by the public, beyond screening at film festivals and school presentations, and were not commercially sold or openly traded prior to the advent of the Internet, many of them were not known to the Stephen King fan community. In 1996, when King first publicly discussed

2664-634: The Night" was qualified for consideration in the 93rd Academy Awards , under the Best Live Action Short Film Category. In 2021, Stephen King Dollar Baby: The Book by Anthony Northrup was released. In 2021, Barker Street Cinema hosted the Stephen King Rules Dollar Baby Film Festival during the COVID-19 pandemic . It virtually screened 25 films created under the Dollar Deal. It is a common misconception that

2738-402: The Rings in a contemporary American setting: For a long time—ten years, at least—I had wanted to write a fantasy epic like The Lord of the Rings , only with an American setting. I just couldn't figure out how to do it. Then . . . after my wife and kids and I moved to Boulder, Colorado, I saw a 60 Minutes segment on CBW (chemical-biological warfare). I never forgot the gruesome footage of

2812-401: The Room " and Jeff Schiro's " The Boogeyman "; these were released as Stephen King's Nightshift Collection . The first British Dollar Baby was the 2011 adaptation of " Mute ", produced by Gemma Rigg and directed by Jacqueline Wright . In 2012, Russian director Maria Ivanova finished "Beachworld" as a Dollar Baby project. The film was screened on several film festivals around the world. It is

2886-402: The adaptation bears little to no resemblance to King's short story. In response, King filed a lawsuit against the filmmakers over this. After a federal court ruled in King's favor, a Second Circuit Court of Appeals upheld that and ruled that King's name should be removed from the film's title, which was done. As King has said, "Many of these adaptations weren't so great, but a few showed at least

2960-439: The basis of a movie called Rage , starring George C. Scott , but before it was released, I was deep into The Stand , finally writing my American fantasy epic, set in a plague-decimated USA. Only instead of a hobbit, my hero was a Texan named Stu Redman, and instead of a Dark Lord, my villain was a ruthless drifter and supernatural madman named Randall Flagg . The land of Mordor ('where the shadows lie,' according to Tolkien )

3034-444: The bombing out of dissatisfaction with the heroes' focus on petty politics, and not on the ultimate quest of destroying Flagg. King sardonically observed that the bomb saved the book, and that he only had to kill half of the core cast to do this. According to King, Blue Öyster Cult 's 1976 song " (Don't Fear) The Reaper " also served as a source of inspiration for the novel. The novel was originally published in 1978 in hardcover, with

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3108-402: The committee with a bomb. The explosion kills several people, including Nick, but most of the committee members avoid the explosion thanks to Mother Abagail's return. Before dying of exhaustion, Mother Abagail reports God's will – Stuart, Glen, Larry and Ralph must go to Las Vegas and destroy Flagg. As Harold and Nadine flee, Flagg causes Harold's motorcycle to crash and he falls over the edge of

3182-490: The dying Campion out of his car and to a hospital. The gas station owner infects his cousin, a traffic cop, and the virus rapidly spreads uncontrollably from there. The United States Army attempts to isolate Arnette, going as far as to execute unarmed civilians, but the efforts are in vain – the virus, christened by journalists as the "superflu" or "Captain Trips", spreads across the country and travels beyond its borders, triggering

3256-465: The end of the world, particularly in prime time." Eventually King allowed screenwriter Rospo Pallenberg , who was a fan of The Stand , to write his own adaptation of the novel. Pallenberg's script was for an approximately three hour film which King felt was true to the novel. After the script was written, Warner Bros. backed out of the project. ABC eventually offered Stephen King the chance to make The Stand into an eight-hour miniseries . King wrote

3330-700: The end saying, "Margaret, the Mistress of Dollar Babies, is retiring," referring to Margaret Morehouse, the person directly responsible for the program. (reflist) 26. On October 31st, 2024, Anthony W. Northrup released his second book, Stephen King Dollar Baby: The Sequel published by Bear Manor Media. This book is the sequel to the #1 bestseller, Stephen King Dollar Baby:The Book released January 19th, 2021. . Stephen King Dollar Baby:The Sequel by Anthony W. Northrup https://www.bearmanormedia.com/products/stephen-king-dollar-baby-the-sequel?_pos=1&_sid=2c6d1c8c9&_ss=r Umney%27s Last Case Umney's Last Case

3404-579: The film was made and King received his copy, he explains, "...I'd look at the films... then put them up on a shelf I had marked 'Dollar Babies'." Frank Darabont was 20 years old when he made his Dollar Baby adaptation of "The Woman in the Room". It was eventually released in 1986 on VHS by Granite Entertainment Group Interglobal Home Video as part of the Stephen King's Night Shift Collection , along with New York University film student Jeff Schiro's adaptation of "The Boogeyman", and John Woodward's "Disciples of

3478-424: The filmmakers of the Dollar Babies have optioned or obtained the legal rights to the original King stories. But, author King retains all rights and simply grants permission to the filmmaker to make a non-commercial adaptation. In the case of The Woman in the Room , The Boogeyman , and Disciples of the Crow , Granite Entertainment Group Interglobal Home Video negotiated and purchased the rights to commercially release

3552-480: The first full-length Dollar Baby. His adaptation of " Everything's Eventual " tells the story of a young man with mysterious powers who is recruited by an equally enigmatic corporation. Shortly after receiving a copy of the movie, King viewed the film and was "very impressed" by it. Unusually, he granted J. P. Scott the rights to theatrically distribute the film. The only other Dollar Babies to have been approved for distribution rights were Frank Darabont 's " The Woman in

3626-620: The first official Russian Dollar Baby. In 2015, British director Matthew Rowney produced and directed " I Am the Doorway " as a Dollar Baby project. He won more than 41 international film awards and screened the short film at several US Comic Cons. Since then, several other filmmakers have chosen to adapt the same story. In 2018, Selina Sondermann began production on "Dedication". This is the second Dollar Baby to be adapted in Germany. Also in 2018, Canadian filmmaker Jon Mann released "Popsy." In 2019,

3700-503: The first public film festival screenings of Dollar Babies. The festival was held in the D. P. Corbett Business Theater at the University of Maine, Orono , Stephen King's alma mater (1966–1970). As a student, he had written for The Maine Campus newspaper. Renner organized a second Dollar Baby festival in September 2005 at the same location. On the Internet, the largest public collection of

3774-433: The group to Boulder, Colorado , to which other survivors are attracted by her telepathic appeals. New additions to the group include Nick Andros, a deaf-mute deputy from Shoyo, Arkansas; Tom Cullen, a kind-hearted, intellectually disabled man from May, Oklahoma; Nadine Cross, a teacher from New Hampshire; and Ralph Brentner, a good-natured farmer from Oklahoma. The group attempts to build a new society. They call their land

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3848-434: The longest book published by King at 1,152 pages. When the novel was originally published in 1978, Doubleday warned King that the book's size would make it too expensive for the market to bear. As a result, he cut about 400 pages (around 150,000 words) from the original manuscript. This edition reinstates most of the deletions (as selected by King) and updates the setting from the 1980s to the 1990s. This new edition features

3922-429: The lottery to terminal cancer, and many of them express disdain towards Umney in place of farewells. Umney is brooding alone in his office when he receives his final client: Landry, the crime-fiction author who created him. Having suffered the loss of his wife and child as well as a severe case of shingles , Landry took an overdose of medication and found himself in the world of his creation. He demonstrates that his will

3996-464: The odyssey of one of the last human survivors after the population is nearly annihilated by a plague, as one of the main inspirations: With my Patty Hearst book, I never found the right way in... and during that entire six-week period, something else was nagging very quietly at the back of my mind. It was a news story I had read about an accidental CBW spill in Utah. (...) This article called up memories of

4070-422: The original material in order to sell them to a legitimate buyer in the future. He also retains rights to material that has not been previously sold (i.e., material to which King still holds all the rights). If another company or individual has purchased the film rights to one of King's stories, he no longer has legal authority to grant permission to a Dollar Baby, as the rights are now held by the buyer. Because of

4144-411: The project. In the 1995 Complete and Uncut edition of the book, King admitted he had in mind a few fan castings for his characters, those being Robert Duvall as Randall Flagg and Marshall Crenshaw as Larry Underwood. Writing a workable screenplay proved difficult, due to the novel's length. King talked about adapting it for television, but was informed that the television networks did not "want to see

4218-465: The remaining three are soon taken prisoner by Flagg's army. When Glen refuses to grovel before Flagg, he is killed by Lloyd. Flagg gathers his entire collective to witness the execution of Ralph and Larry. Moments before they are to be killed, the Trashcan Man arrives with a retrieved nuclear warhead . Flagg conjures a magical ball of energy in an attempt to silence a dissenter, but it is transformed into

4292-415: The restrictions on Dollar Deals, filmmakers cannot upload their films (Dollar Babies) onto video-sharing websites such as YouTube or Vimeo. Some Dollar Baby filmmakers have mistakenly believed that King's explicit permission to make and showcase the adapted filmwork automatically qualifies the film for a possessory credit (e.g. " Stephen King's Silver Bullet " as opposed to just " Silver Bullet "). But this

4366-525: The right to make a movie out of any short story I have written ( not the novels, that would be ridiculous), so long as the film rights are still mine to assign. I ask them to sign a paper promising that no resulting film will be exhibited commercially without approval, and that they send me a videotape of the finished work. For this one-time right I ask a dollar. I have made the dollar-deal, as I call it, over my accountant's moans and head-clutching protests sixteen or seventeen times as of this writing [1996]. Once

4440-502: The role of Stu Redman. By September 10, 2014, the script had been completed and pre-production was underway. In November, Boone planned to split his adaptation into four full-length feature films in an effort to remain true to the breadth of King's sprawling novel. In June 2015, Warner Bros. proposed an eight-part Showtime miniseries to set up the story, which would culminate in Josh Boone's film. In February 2016, The Stand project

4514-408: The roles of Randall Flagg, Stu Redman, Nadine Cross, Mother Abagail, Glen Bateman, Frannie Goldsmith, and Nick Andros, respectively. The production was filmed in and near Vancouver, British Columbia , Canada, from September 2019 to March 2020; filming was completed a few days before it would have been shut down due to the COVID-19 pandemic . The production features Stephen King's son Owen King as

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4588-424: The semi-finalist list for Academy Award consideration in 1983. King is quoted as saying that " The Woman in the Room " is "clearly the best of the short films made from my stuff." Paranoid is among the most critically acclaimed Dollar Babies. Rolling Stone magazine 's David Wild said of the film, "Rarely has paranoia been so much fun...Jay Holben has created a stunning and artful rendering of madness, turning

4662-417: The shorts on video in 1986. The cost of such agreements far surpass the original $ 1 for Dollar Baby permission. These films were originally announced for home video distribution by Gerard Ravels's Native Son International, but after Frank Darabont discovered that Ravels did not secure proper rights to the stories, the release was scrapped. As part of the agreement with King, all Dollar Baby films must include

4736-405: The specific phrase "© Stephen King. Used by Permission. All Rights Reserved." King's unorthodox arrangement of granting limited permission and retaining rights is the reason the films cannot be commercially released nor can the filmmakers garner any profit from the works. Because King retains the rights, he can allow multiple filmmakers to make adaptations from the same original story. For example,

4810-548: The staff. The first issue of The Stand: Captain Trips was released on September 10, 2008. Metallica derived the title for their second album " Ride the Lightning " from a quote in The Stand . in which a character uses the phrase to refer to execution by electric chair. The Alarm had a song on the 1984 album Declaration entitled "The Stand (Prophecy)" as an homage to the book. The song contained lyrics directly related to

4884-461: The story " All That You Love Will Be Carried Away " has been adapted seven times: by James Renner , Anthony Kaneaster, Scott Albanese, Chi Laughlin and Natalie Mooallem (as All That You Love ), by Robert Sterling and Brian Berkowitz (as The Secret Transit Codes of America's Highways ), and by Hendrik Harms and Chloe Brown under other titles. King's phrase "so long as the film rights are still mine to assign..." has two meanings. King retains rights to

4958-399: The test mice shuddering, convulsing, and dying, all in twenty seconds or less. That got me remembering a chemical spill in Utah, that killed a bunch of sheep (these were canisters on their way to some burial ground; they fell off the truck and ruptured). I remembered a news reporter saying, 'If the winds had been blowing the other way, there was Salt Lake City .' This incident later served as

5032-505: The text available online three weeks prior to the book's publication in September 1993 via OBS (The Online Bookstore) for $ 5. The story begins as a Raymond Chandler pastiche , and follows a private investigator named Clyde Umney as he goes about what he thinks is just another morning in 1930s Los Angeles . He soon discovers that his life as he knows it is falling apart. All of his lifelong friends and associates are abruptly departing in one fashion or other, for reasons ranging from winning

5106-462: The ugly, bland, and generally inadequate nature of the "real" world. He announces that he has begun to practice the craft of writing so that he might return to his fictional home in order to take back his world and his life, and end Landry's. "Umney's Last Case" was included as the third installment of TNT 's Nightmares & Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King , starring William H. Macy in

5180-550: Was nominated for the World Fantasy Award for Best Novel in 1979, and was adapted into both a television miniseries for ABC and a graphic novel published by Marvel Comics . In 2003, the novel was listed at number 53 on the BBC 's The Big Read poll. A film adaptation of The Stand was in development hell for over 10 years. During the 1980s, Stephen King had planned a theatrical film, with George A. Romero directing and himself writing, not trusting anybody else with

5254-534: Was played by Las Vegas. While writing The Stand , King nearly stopped because of writer's block . Eventually, he reached the conclusion that the heroes were becoming too complacent, and were beginning to repeat all the same mistakes of their old society. In an attempt to resolve this, he added the part of the storyline where Harold and Nadine construct a bomb, which explodes in a Free Zone committee meeting, killing Nick Andros, Chad Norris, and Susan Stern. Later, Mother Abagail explains on her deathbed that God permitted

5328-421: Was put on hold and the rights reverted to CBS Films. In September 2017, King talked of doing an extended TV series on Showtime or CBS All Access . In January 2019, a 10-hour limited series was ordered by CBS Television Studios to be broadcast on CBS All Access. Alexander Skarsgard , James Marsden , Amber Heard , Whoopi Goldberg , Greg Kinnear , Odessa Young , and Henry Zaga were all in consideration for

5402-429: Was reprinted as The Complete & Uncut Edition . King restored over 400 pages of text that had been removed from his original manuscript , revised the order of the chapters, shifted the novel's setting 10 years forward from 1980 to 1990, and accordingly corrected a number of cultural references. The Complete and Uncut Edition of The Stand is Stephen King's longest stand-alone work at 1,152 pages, surpassing It ,

5476-509: Was worthy of an Emmy. Christopher Noseck of DVD Talk said that the episode is "not completely satisfying" but is the best of the episodes on that disc. Virginia Heffernan of The New York Times called it "a gonzo noir special with some postmodern curlicues" that emphasizes class issues common to King's work. The Stand The Stand is a post-apocalyptic dark fantasy novel written by American author Stephen King and first published in 1978 by Doubleday . The plot centers on

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