Needful Things is a 1993 film about a mysterious new shop that opens in a small town which always seems to stock the deepest desires of each shopper, with a price far heavier than expected.
- Directed by Fraser Clarke Heston. Written by W. D. Richter, based on the novel by Stephen King.
Buy now. Pay later. (taglines)
Leland Gaunt
- Kill them all. Let God sort them out.
- The young carpenter from Nazareth? I knew him well. Promising young man. He died badly.
- If it's too hot in here, Mr. Jewett, just say the word. I'm afraid I have a tendency to turn up the heat.
- Oh yes, we're having fun now.
- Don't be afraid of it, Hugh. Guns don't kill people. People kill people.
- When I started out I was just a peddler moving across the blind face of a distant land. Moving, always moving. Always gone... and in the end I'd always offer weapons. And they'd always take them. Of course I was gone before they realized what they'd purchased.
- Oh. You know, there are days I really hate this job. This is not my best work, not by a long shot. Oh, sure, a few murders and a couple of rather lovely explosions. I would hardly call it a rousing success, but what the hell? I'll be back. In the meantime, you and Polly, you are two terrific kids, and you'll marry her. Trust me. She's a lovely girl, Alan. You'll have a wonderful family. Oh, by the way, give my regards to your grandson. Bob will be his name, International Trade his game. I'll see him in Jakarta, 2053. August 14. 10a.m. A nice, sunny day. We'll make headlines.
Sheriff Alan J. Pangborn
- [trying to break up an argument between Deputy Norris and Buster] You know, guys, I moved here and I thought, Great! I'm outta the big city and I'm finally in a place where everybody isn't gonna be crawling up everybody's asshole every day! A place where maybe my biggest nightmare is gonna be getting some goddamn cat out of a tree! But forget that! EVERYBODY IS INSANE, EVERYWHERE!
Dialogue
- Buster Keeton: I just killed my wife. Is that bad?
- Leland Gaunt: Hey, these things happen.
- Nettie Cobb: You killed my doggy, you bitch!
- Wilma Jerzyck: You broke my microwave, you crazy fuck!
- Father Meehan: If there's a devil in this town, it's that damned Reverend Willie Rose!
- Sheriff Pangborn: [about Leland Gaunt] You believe me now, Father? You still think he's a decent man? The Devil just blew up your damn church!
- Father Meehan: That's not the Devil. It's those God-damned Baptists!
Taglines
- Buy now. Pay later.
- Now it's time to pay!
- The town of Castle Rock just made a deal with the Devil... Now it's time to pay!
Cast
- Max von Sydow - Leland Gaunt
- Ed Harris - Sheriff Alan J. Pangborn
- Bonnie Bedelia - Polly Chalmers
- Amanda Plummer - Netitia 'Nettie' Cobb
- J. T. Walsh - Danforth 'Buster' Keeton III
- Ray McKinnon - Deputy Norris Ridgewick
- Valri Bromfield - Wilma Wadlowski Jerzyck
- Shane Meier - Brian Rusk
- W. Morgan Sheppard - Father Meehan
- Don S. Davis - Reverend Rose
- Gillian Barber - Myrtle Keeton
- Lochlyn Munro - John LaPointe
- Campbell Lane - Frank Jewett
- Frank C. Turner - Pete Jerzyck
External links
- Needful Things quotes at the Internet Movie Database
- Needful Things at Rotten Tomatoes
- Needful Things at Allmovie
- Needful Things at Mojo
Adaptations of works by Stephen King | ||||
Films | The Shining (1980) · Cujo (1983) · The Dead Zone (1983) · Christine (1983) · Cat's Eye (1985) · Silver Bullet (1985) · Stand by Me (1986) · The Running Man (1987) · Tales from the Darkside: The Movie (1990) · Graveyard Shift (1990) · Misery (1990) · The Lawnmower Man (1992) · Sleepwalkers (1992) · The Dark Half (1993) · Needful Things (1993) · The Shawshank Redemption (1994) · Dolores Claiborne (1995) · Thinner (1996) · The Night Flier (1997) · Apt Pupil (1998) · The Green Mile (1999) · Hearts in Atlantis (2001) · Dreamcatcher (2003) · Secret Window (2004) · Riding the Bullet (2004) · 1408 (2007) · The Mist (2007) · Dolan's Cadillac (2009) · A Good Marriage (2014) · Cell (2016) · It (2017) · It Chapter Two (2019) | |||
Carrie | Carrie (1976) · The Rage: Carrie 2 (1999) · Carrie (2002) · Carrie (2013) | |||
Creepshow | Creepshow (1982) · Creepshow 2 (1987) · Creepshow III (2007) | |||
Children of the Corn | Children of the Corn (1984) · The Final Sacrifice (1993) · Urban Harvest (1995) · The Gathering (1996) · Fields of Terror (1998) · Isaac's Return (1999) · Revelation (2001) · Children of the Corn (2009) · Genesis (2011) | |||
Firestarter | Firestarter (1984) · Rekindled (2002) | |||
Trucks | Maximum Overdrive (1986) · Trucks (1997) | |||
Pet Sematary | Pet Sematary (1989) · Pet Sematary Two (1992) | |||
The Mangler | The Mangler (1995) · The Mangler 2 (2001) · *The Mangler Reborn (2005) | |||
Television | Episodes | "Gramma" (1986) · "Sorry, Right Number" (1987) · "The Revelations of Becka Paulson" (1997) | ||
Series | Golden Years (1991) · The Dead Zone (2002–07) · Kingdom Hospital (2004) · Haven (2010–present) · Under the Dome (2013–15) · 11.22.63 (2016) | |||
Films or miniseries | It (1990) · The Tommyknockers (1993) · The Stand (1994) · The Langoliers (1995) · The Shining (1997) · Quicksilver Highway (1997) · Storm of the Century (1999) · Stephen King's Desperation (2006) · Nightmares & Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King (2006) · Bag of Bones (2011) · Big Driver (2014) | |||
Salem's Lot | Salem's Lot (1979) · A Return to Salem's Lot (1987) · Salem's Lot (2004) | |||
Sometimes They Come Back | Sometimes They Come Back (1991) · Sometimes They Come Back... Again (1996) · Sometimes They Come Back... for More (1998) | |||
Rose Red | Rose Red (2002) · The Diary of Ellen Rimbauer (2003) | |||
See also | {{Stephen King}} |
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