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Storm of the Century

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Storm of the Century
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PG13,4hrs 8min
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1999
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Lions Gate
Synopsis: The first story Stephen King wrote specifically for a television miniseries, Storm of the Century is set in Little Tall Island, a small town off the coast of Maine. The citizens are bracing themselves for what is expected to be the worst snowstorm in 100 years when a mysterious stranger named Andre Linoge (Colm Feore) arrives with a simple command: "Give me what I want and I'll go away." Andre is, in fact, an emissary of Satan, and what he wants is one of the children of Little Tall Island, whom ... Full Synopsis
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Storm of the Century, written by Stephen King specifically for television, is one of the better renderings of his work in recent years. The small-town locale, though familiar territory for King, is brought new life by the miniseries' commitment to the severity of its cold-blizzard setting, in which much of the action occurs in the darkness of night or in the blinding white of the snow. The color scheme ... Full Review
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