The storm of the century
| Television series | |
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| German title | Stephen King's Storm of the Century |
| Original title | Stephen King's Storm of the Century |
| Country of production | Canada , USA |
| original language | English |
| year | 1999 |
| length | 173 255 (uncut) minutes |
| Episodes | 3 |
| genre | Drama , horror , mini-series |
| idea | Stephen King |
| music | Gary Chang |
| camera | David Connell |
| First broadcast | February 14, 1999 ( USA ) |
| German-language first broadcast |
Pay TV ( premiere ): August 2, 2000 |
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The storm of the century (Original title: Storm of the Century ) is a horror TV miniseries from 1999 in three parts based on the script by Stephen King . King wrote this story exclusively for a TV movie for ABC , so only the script and no novel was released. The story was then turned into a TV miniseries without major cuts. The director was Craig R. Baxley .
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A storm of the century is approaching the island town of Little Tall Island, whose inhabitants seem to form an intact community. At this time, of all times, a strange stranger named André Linoge kills an old lady for no apparent reason. Mike Anderson, the only police officer, arrests André Linoge without any resistance and locks him in a cell. From here he terrorizes residents by mind-controlling some of them to murder and suicide and revealing their darkest secrets to everyone. The "neatest person" with the "least sin" is Mike Anderson, as he was just cheating on an exam for a scholarship. Through his magical powers and with the help of his wand, Linoge breaks out of the prison cell without any problems and continues to terrorize the islanders. You now realize that it is a person with supernatural powers. He later calls on all the villagers to gather at the town hall to explain to them why he is in the island town.
Linoge keeps asking: "Give me what I want and I'll go!"
At this gathering it turns out that Linoge is a millennia-old demon possessed wizard. A comparable case is also mentioned in the Bible (The possessed Gerasener, Luke 8: 22-37). His demand: Since he is mortal, he wants to bring up a successor. To do this, he demands one of the islanders' children. Using mind control, he takes the villagers' children hostage and threatens to kill them if he is denied his request. He also threatens to kill the islanders if they don't give in. The villagers, with the exception of Anderson, ultimately give in to blackmail. After all, Mike Anderson's son Ralph is selected through a draw organized for this purpose. Linoge takes this and they both disappear. Out of grief and disappointment, Anderson separates from his wife, who had joined the villagers, leaves Little Tall Island alone and moves to San Francisco , while the villagers are haunted by events over the years, including a few deaths leads.
Years later he saw his son on the street in San Francisco with Linoge. When he tries to speak to him, he realizes that Ralph has now become a demonic person himself. It becomes clear that Linoge has completely cast a spell over him. This event strengthens Anderson's determination never to see Little Tall Island again. In his eyes she transforms into an increasingly distant memory.
Reviews
“Storm of the Century is a very well done psychological thriller by Stephen King. It has to be said that, contrary to the text on the video cover, it is actually not a horror film in the classic sense, but rather a psychological thriller, because the devil only shows people their own dark side and speaks to them about their own offenses. Storm of the Century, like 'The Stand', is really epic in design. The characters are slowly built up in the first part of the film, and as soon as you identify with them, the mysterious plot starts pretty much exactly at the beginning of the second part. "
Awards
- In 1999 the series won an Emmy for best sound editing.
- In 2000 the series won a Saturn Award .
Trivia
- In an interview with John Connolly , Stephen King called this film his personal favorite adaptation of one of his works.
- The film makes repeated references to other works by King, especially the novel Dolores , which is also set on Little Tall Island.
- It is used by the colonists on Roanoke Iceland speaking, have disappeared in 1590 - they had only the mysterious word Croaton found. Historically, this is not correct: the word was Croatoan and is not at all mysterious: It describes an area to which the colonists most likely set out when there was no supply from their homeland for years.
- The script of the film was published as a novel by Heyne Verlag .
- Stephen King can be seen in the scene when André Linoge is sitting in front of the television in the old lady's house.
Web links
- Storm of the Century in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Stephen King's Storm of the Century in the online movie database
- Storm of the Century at Rotten Tomatoes (English)
- Detailed table of contents in KingWiki