Stephen King: A Necessary Evil

Oct 16, 2020

0h 53m

★ 7.4

Overview

The American writer Stephen King has been one of the world's best-selling authors for decades. How can the overwhelming success of his numerous works be explained? Perhaps by the boundless inventiveness of his literature? And what else is behind the longevity of his astonishing career?

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Documentary

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Cast

Self - Narrator (voice)

Micky Sébastian

Self - Writer (archive footage)

Stephen King

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