Graham Jarvis

Misery -- James Caan stars in this gripping thriller as an acclaimed romance writer who, while returning from his latest writing success, wrecks his car in a snow storm. He is rescued by his 'number one fan,' who turns out to be more than just an average fan.

Misery -- Based on the novel by Stephen King. Successful romantic novelist, Paul Sheldon, who just had his life saved by his No.1 fan...now lives to regret it. When Ann Wilkes discovers that her favorite character, Misery Chastain, has been killed off in his latest novel she'll do anything to make sure he brings her back to life. Now Paul Sheldon must write as if his life depended on it...because it does.

A tobacco tycoon offers a $25-million prize to any town that can entirely give up smoking. It's a publicity stunt to get the tobacco company a billion dollars worth of publicity. A small-town parson (Dick Van Dyke) wants to put his town--and himself--on the map by winning this challenge. Led by Van Dyke and their own (major) greed, the town accepts and all hell breaks loose: a local doctor is driven nearly frantic...a banker must threaten loan recalls to convince a few holdouts...the mayor's wife eats furiously (and starts growing larger in front of our eyes)...an old, very patriotic woman in a nicotine-withdrawal frenzy starts shooting local "Commie" street rats with a pistol...a town cad makes extra hell for everyone... Created by Norman Lear ("All in the Family").

Suspended from the Royal Canadian mounted Police (RCMP), Corporal Timothy Shaver, is given a last chance by Commander Petapiece of the Special Branch, with an assignment to safeguard Premier Alexei Kosygin during his visit to Vancouver. His mission is to covertly confine Rudolph Henke, a resident alien, who is on the KGB surveillance list. Henke's capture proves difficult, threatening Shaver's future. He enlists the help of his girlfriend, Bogna, who also works at the RCMP. Still, they both can't capture him. Worried about his job, Shaver lets Petapiece believe that he has Henke in secret custody. The plot thickens when, continuing to search for Henke, Shaver and Bologna are captured. They then soon realise that the KGB plan to assassinate Permier Kosygin on Canadian soil, using a CIA bomb. Shaver and Bogna escape. It's a race against time to reach the Vancouver hotel where Kosygin has just arrived.