This is a guide to theatrically released king adaptations. Janitor harlan williams keith szarabajka, who works at an experimental reactor, is being retired against his will. King asked for four hours of airtime in the following spring to finish the story, but cbs denied. Stephen king s golden years is a stephen king miniseries that aired in seven parts on cbs in 1991. If youre interested in king on different platforms, look to our guide of stephen king tv series, miniseries, tv movies ranked. Six stories stephen king goes to the movies charlie the choochoo hearts in. Stephen king s golden years also features a return appearance from the shop, the shady organization from firestarter and other novels.
After attending the university of maine, he worked as a sportswriter for his local newspaper. Stephen kings golden years 1991 scifi drama hd youtube. Stephen kings golden years is his weirdest miniseries. Stephen kings golden years on dvd 097366214240 from paramount pictures. This madefortv miniseries from the notorious horror writer centers upon a. He also directed the first five episodes of the 1991 tv series stephen king s the golden years, and essayed a small role as a bus driver. Golden years also referred to as stephen king s golden years is an american television science fiction thriller limited series that aired in seven parts on cbs from july 16 to august 22, 1991 as a part of its 1991 schedule. Stephen kings golden years is one of the writers television forays into science fiction rather than horror. All stephen king tv series, miniseries, tv movies ranked.
I enjoyed this series, there were a lot of elements of humor, life long love and a great theme song by david bowie. Stephen king s golden years is one of the writers television forays into science fiction rather than horror. With keith szarabajka, felicity huffman, ed lauter, r. The miniseries was to lead into a regular series, and therefore ended on a cliffhanger.
Especially fans of the xfiles should not be oblivious to the last two actors. Stephen king wrote his first short story at seven, and was first published in a comic fanzine at 18. Stephen king creates a chilling vision of scientific progress gone awry in this shocking technothriller. Explosion in the most secret laboratory of the usa. Kings fiction has provided the basis for other tv movies, including the recent stephen kings sometimes they come back and it, but golden.
Fate, the pensions crisis and a steadfast refusal to accept the injustice of old age have contrived to force law abiding, retired couple, arthur and martha goode into a life of crime. It contains five previously collected pieces of short fiction that have been adapted into films, each with a new introduction by the author. Find low everyday prices and buy online for delivery or instore pickup. Stephen kings golden years allen coulters, kenneth fink. Jun 18, 2019 the big budget hollywood movie version of stephen kings epic fantasy series was a financial flop, but fans of the dark tower know theres plenty left to explore in the adventures of the. You can find out more and control how cookies are used by clicking cookie settings.
It was based on a novel idea king had but never ended up writing, although he did write several of the tv episode scripts. King turns up in episode 5 as an ornery bus driver. With bernard hill, virginia mckenna, sue johnston, phil davis. Harlan williams, an elderly janitor, is caught up in an explosion at the topsecret laboratory where. After being accidentally exposed to exotic chemicals in a lab explosion, an aging janitor undergoes an extraordinary transformation and the government will sacrifice anything to learn more about it. Golden years is an american television science fiction thriller limited series that aired in seven. His other tv contributions have included the miniseries it. Golden years is a 1991 series, based on steven king s idea, for which most of the scenario he wrote personally. Golden years tv series 19911991 the movie database. Golden years was a television series that ran on cbs from 16 july to 22 august 1991. As is so often the way with king movies, they are either great or very poor. Stephen kings golden years is his weirdest miniseries screen rant. We use cookies at on this site so we can serve up content and advertising thats relevant to you. Steven king s golden years is a tv series about the love and relationship of a 70 year old janitor, harlan, and his wife.
The standthe langoliersgolden years 5 discs dvd at best buy. The old janitor harlan williams is incubated by totally unknown chemicals. The best stephen king movies, ranked from worst to best. Set in 1966, hearts is a bittersweet comingofage story about a group of college boys and their first time away from home, their obsession and selfdestruction, and what it means to be an adult in a world where, in the face of a devastating war no one understands, adults can no longer be trusted.
The standthe langoliers golden years 5 discs dvd at best buy. Stephen kings golden years is a stephen king miniseries that aired in seven parts on cbs in 1991. The plot of this series mainly revolves around an unfortunate accident that caused an uproar with the government, many trials in harlans life, and much stress in his relationship. An elderly janitor hurt in an explosion at a secret army lab run by the shop starts to grow younger. Every 27 years the creatureitemerges from hibernation to feed on children. Reigning horror master stephen king misery, pet semetary, the shining creates a chilling vision of scientific progress run amok in this electrifying, original technothriller. Refusing to take the loss of their pensions lying down and to fade away into their declining years, our characters decide to. The song was used as the theme song of stephen kings golden years, and in the pilot of the cbs series swingtown. This is the first episode of a twopart series dedicated to the show. A creature from beyond the stars can take on the shape of your worst fear.
Stephen kings golden years falls between twin peaks and the xfiles. Deze film is niet gebaseerd op een boek, maar op een origineel filmscript genaamd golden years, geschreven door king. Golden years trailer movie based on stephen kings work. Sciencefiction drama film geregisseerd door allen coulter, kenneth fink, michael gornick. Mar, 2020 one of king s more obscure adaptations, golden years was a 7part cbs miniseries that aired in 1991. While other stephen king miniseries may be more outlandish, golden years is still one of his weirdest. I could be changing into an alligator like in the horror movies.
I have read all his books, and seen the movies related to them. Cbs, however, decided not to pick up the option on the full series, and it was never realized. Janitor harlan williams keith szarabajka, who works at. Starring keith szarabajka missing, the equalizer and frances sternhagen misery, doc hollywood, golden years features makeup and special effects supervised by the legendary effects master dick smith the. The movie version with a lack of story elements and an actual ending is available on vhs and dvd worldwide. Stephen king goes to the movies is a shortstory collection by stephen king, first published on january 20, 2009. It feels like its one of his concepts that would have benefitted from being featurelength, as it feels. After attending the university of maine, he worked as a sportswriter for his local newspaper and labored away for a while in an industrial. Stephen kings golden years is a geriatric slog the. Stephen kings golden years dvd, 2001 for sale online ebay. Unfortunately, from episode to episode series had weaker and weaker ratings, so it was canceled. Following an explosion in a secret laboratory in which elderly janitor harlan williams keith szarabajka has been exposed to the chemicals released, he begins agingbut he is getting younger instead of older.
What i mean by this for an example would be my purchase of stephen kings golden years dvd. All stephen king movies ranked movie adaptations by tomatometer. Feb 29, 2016 as for the actors, there are some quite familiar faces in golden years such as frances sternhagen, ed lauter and r. Stephen kings golden years sees an elderly man aging in reverse following. Every stephen king cameo in a stephen king adaptation. Peter mcrobbie, stephen root, matt malloy, harriet sansom harris, felicity huffman, bill raymond, j. Rotten tomatoes dug up 30 stephen king madefortv movies, tv shows, and streaming series and ranked them by their tomatometer scores. I previously bought the 2001 dvd release of golden years which was one long movie 236 minutes 2 hrs 56 min long on 1 disc which has a different ending.
Complete list of stephen king adaptations, books made into. He is exposed to green radiation when the reactor goes critical, after which he starts getting younger and develops. Tv and movie translations of, or based on, the horror masters work have long been fan favorites, even if they didnt receive much critical acclaim. Acting allows you to live other peoples lives without having to pay the price. A ruthless operative is sent to cover it up, so the janitor and his wife go on the run with the help of a sympathetic female agent. Keith szarabajka, frances sternhagen, felicity huffman, ed lauter en bill raymond. Aug 29, 2017 stephen kings television series and movies. The first season consisted of 7 episodes in a total duration of about 6 hours and ended with cliffhanger. Stephen kings golden years online full episodes of season. Stephen kings golden years was a short lived television series, aired on cbs in 1991, dropped just after the first seven episodes. Stephen king was raised by a single workingclass mother after his father walked out on the family when the future author was 2 years old. Stephen kings golden years dvd, 20, 2disc set ebay.
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