THE STAND (OG)

 

"What kinda trouble are you in Larry?"

Mick Garris' masterpiece, of that there can be no doubt. Watched this when it came out on VHS I absolutely fell head over heels in love with it. The face on the VHS - that was by Les Edwards and orignially featured on the cover for Graham Masterton's The Djinn. 

                                           Dżinn by Graham Masterton

                                           Stephen King's The Stand [VHS Video] Part 2 Gary Sinise : Amazon.co.uk: DVD & Blu-ray      

                 

 

                        Campion in The Stand and Norris Ridewick in Needful Things!

 Ray McKinnonNeedful Things | Kino Lorber | digitaldingus Blu-ray review


So yeah, finished watching this today and the first episode is my personal favourite - it's the only part that really explores the characters (as condensed as it is). Some great cameos, and a really good way to spend your time. As squished as this is, it's still a really good telling - and to have film stars like Ed Harris and Kathy Bates etc - shows that there was a lot of faith in it.

Would write more, but Peter Bogdanovich has just died, so I'm off to watch Targets.

As to the book of The Stand, I read that at 17 and over the years can get the book done and read in 4 days. First time took me over a week. Complete and Uncut edition only - not read the original version. 

I'm not going to watch The Stand remake - that's 9 episodes long, one longer than my permitted amount.

Poor Harold Lauder.

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