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One ofStephen King ’s most frequent cooperator is directorMick Garris , and here ’s every project they ’ve worked on together to particular date . As one of the most altered source in story , it makes sense that King ’s stuff has witness itself in the hands of the same film producer more than once . To that end , zombie godfather George Romero directed bothCreepshowandThe Dark Half , while Frank Darabont directedThe Shawshank Redemption , The Green Mile , andThe Mist . More latterly , Mike Flanagan directed bothGerald ’s GameandDoctor Sleep , and will soon move on toRevival . But no one goes to the King well more oft than Garris .
While not a house name himself , Garris has carved out quite the career within the horror genre , lead off with 1988 sequelCritters 2 : The Main Course . Some of the other non - King horror projects on Garris ' resume includePsycho 4 : The origin , andThe Fly 2 , the latter of which he only wrote , not directed . Garris also created Showtime ’s acclaimed revulsion anthology seriesMasters of Horror , as well as its not - so - acclaimed NBC sequelFear Itself .
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Still , for good or worse , it ’s his King work that Garris will always be well known for . Here are all the times he ’s collaborated with King so far , include both motion-picture show and miniseries .
Sleepwalkers (1992)
SleepwalkerswasStephen King ’s first screenplay write specifically for the big screen , and not based on any of his novels or short narration . It was Mick Garris ' second plastic film as a music director , and he work closely with King on subsequent swig of the script . FutureCharmedactor Brian Krause starred as lead villain Charles Brady , one of the titular humanoid / cat - corresponding creatures that prey off the lifeforce of virgin , while screen veteran Alice Krige play his mother / lover Mary . Their corporate quarry was Tanya Robertson , play byTwin Peaks ' Madchen Amick . The creature have one genuine weakness : actual cats . Sleepwalkersis a truly flaky movie , but did okay at the box billet .
The Stand (1994)
Easily the best get laid King / Garris collaboration by fan , The Standwas a four - part 1994 miniseries that aired on ABC . A decisive and commercial belt , The Standwas one of the most expensive idiot box projects in history at that point , feature an tremendous cast full of recognizable faces , 12 of location , and destiny of special force work . Gary Sinise in particular impresses as lead hero Stu Redman , while Jamey Sheridan ’s Randall Flagg proves to be a worthy embodiment of iniquity , complete with mile - wide grinning . There are also wads of outstanding cameos by the likes of Ed Harris and Kathy Bates . The Standwill soon be remadeas a nine - part miniseries for the CBS All Access swarm service .
Quicksilver Highway (1997)
Quicksilver Highwaywas a made - for - tv anthology picture show that aired on FOX . Garris wrote and directed , conform one history by King called " Chattery Teeth " and one by Clive Barker called " The Body Politic . " Christopher Lloyd star as a journey showman name Aaron Quicksilver , who served as the connective tissue between the two history . " Chattery Teeth " concerns a pair of wind - up teeth with a mind of their own , while " The Body Politic " date a man ’s hand turn against him . King did n’t have any verbatim creative involvement inQuicksilver Highwaybesides providing the source material , which seem in hisNightmares and Dreamscapesstory solicitation , after ab initio being published in Cemetery Dance Magazine .
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The Shining (1997)
Also in 1997 , King and Garris worked together to create aminiseries remakeofThe Shining . King had infamously never been felicitous with Stanley Kubrick ’s movie adaptation , so afterThe Stand ’s winner for ABC , the author used his slug to make a newShininghappen . King wrote the script , while Garris direct , also barf his married woman Cynthia as the woman in room 217 . While highly rat at the time , the worldwide opinion is that the miniseries is awful , and while that ’s an hyperbole , it surely pales in comparing with the iconic Kubrick film . King was surely entitled to re - accommodate his book , but most would rather he have left it alone .
Riding the Bullet (2004)
immobile - forwarding to 2004 , Garris reunify with King to adaptRiding the Bullet , a King novella that had made account in 2000 by becoming the world ’s first widely distributed eastward - book . The experimentation was an enormous winner , and the story was later include in theEverything ’s Eventualcollection . regrettably , the moving-picture show was n’t nearly as successful , gain mostly negative recap . Jonathan Jackson stars as Alan Parker , a young Isle of Man in 1969 that head out to visit his tired of mother ( Barbara Hershey ) , after having attempted self-destruction the daytime before . He attempt to hitch there , but ends up being pick up by George Staub ( David Arquette ) , a man who died two class prior . The nominal " Bullet " is a roller coaster Alan had backed out of rid as a child .
Desperation (2006)
An adaptation of King ’s 1996 novel , Desperationwas a TV picture show that aired ( as usual ) on ABC . Garris directed while King wrote the screenplay . review were mixed at best , and ratings were n’t great either , due to ABC ’s boneheaded decision to putDesperationup againstAmerican Idol , at that head one of the most popular appearance on all of video . The biggest shiny spot is the presence of Ron Perlman as Sheriff Collie Entragian , a baddie possessed by an ancient evilness named Tak . Other high - profile cast members include Tom Skerritt , Steven Weber , Annabeth Gish , Matt Frewer , Henry Thomas , and Charles Durning .
Bag of Bones (2011)
A miniseries that vent on A&E , Bag of Bonesadapted King ’s 1998 novel of the same name , castingPierce Brosnanas recently widowed author Mike Noonan . Tormented by grief and writer ’s block , Mike manoeuvre to the twosome ’s summer home , only to have strange supernatural phenomena and get meld up in a material - life execution mystery . While the Holy Scripture was a with child hit for King , the miniseries mostly fell matted , pull in pitiable limited review and only average ratings . Even Brosnan , generally view as a good thespian , put in a disappointing performance . As much asMick GarrisandStephen Kinghave come to be closely relate , their relatively down winner rate urinate one admiration if it ’s best that they have n’t team up again since 2011 .
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