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> Mr. [Stephen] King never cashed the $5,000 check Mr. Darabont sent him for the right to turn his story into a movie. Years after "Shawshank" came out, the aut
by pp19dd 12y ago
> Mr. [Stephen] King never cashed the $5,000 check Mr. Darabont sent him for the right to turn his story into a movie. Years after "Shawshank" came out, the author got the check framed and mailed it back to the director with a note inscribed: "In case you ever need bail money. Love, Steve."
That's ... incredible.
- waterlesscloud 12y agoKing offers a number of his stories to student filmmakers for non-commercial use for $1. http://stephenking.com/dollarbabies.php http://stephenking.com/dollarbabies.php
- anigbrowl 12y agoThanks for that - a bunch of good ideas in here.
- UVB-76 12y agoFor what it's worth, King has estimated annual earnings of ~$17-20m [1] and a net worth in the hundreds of millions of dollars. [1] http://www.forbes.com/profile/stephen-king/ http://www.forbes.com/profile/stephen-king/
- ArkyBeagle 12y agoI am sure Mr. King has run out of places to put swimming pools to fill with money. Still an excellent story.