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View company contact information for The Stand on IMDbPro. [1]
The Stand is a post-apocalyptic horror /fantasy novel by American author Stephen King. [2]
There is much to admire in The Stand: the vivid thumbnail sketches with which King populates a whole landscape with dozens of believable characters; the deep sense of nostalgia for things left behind; the way it subverts our sense of reality by showing us a world we find familiar, then flipping it over to reveal the darkness underneath. [...] In 1978, science fiction writer Spider Robinson wrote a scathing review of The Stand in which he exhorted his readers to grab strangers in bookstores and beg them not to buy it. [3]
Meanwhile, Harold’s bitterness over his unrequited love for Fran and Nadine’s secret commitment to Flagg lead the two of them to detonate a dynamite bomb at a meeting of the Free Zone committee. [2]
It’s a gargantuan effort which weaves a huge cast of disparate characters into an epic tale of the struggle between good and evil on the eve of Armageddon. [1]
Randall Flagg, using the alias “Russell Faraday”, arrives on a beach and begins recruiting adherents among a preliterate, dark-skinned people. [...] The novel was originally published in 1978 and was later re-released in 1990 as The Stand: The Complete & Uncut Edition; King restored some text originally cut for brevity, added and revised sections, changed the setting of the story from 1985 to 1990, and updated a few pop culture references accordingly. [2]
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Survivors of a chemical weapon called superflu confront pure evil in this updated and even more massive version of King’s 1978 saga. [3]
The explosion, which kills several people (including Nick Andros), takes place at the same time that Mother Abagail is discovered, severely weakened by her time in the wilderness. [2]
I would also like to mention the superb casting of Randall Flagg, “The Walkin’ Dude”. [1]
Instead, at Mother Abagail’s dying behest, Stu, Larry, Ralph and Glen set off on foot towards Las Vegas on an expedition to confront Randall Flagg. [2]
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Soon after the flu has run its course, the survivors begin having dreams about an old woman (Mother Abigail) who seems to be marshalling the forces of good, and a malign presence (Randall Flagg) who is gathering those who would serve him and his ends. [3]
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[1] “The Stand” (1994)
[2] The Stand - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
[3] The Stand
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