Depp Stars in Film Based on King Novella

Posted on February 8, 2004

Columbia Pictures' thriller Secret Window starring Johnny Depp has been moved up six weeks to March 12, 2004. Secret Window, based on a novella by Steven King in Four Past Midnight, was originally set to debut on April 23. Directed and written by David Koepp, Secret Window focuses on a writer Mort Rainey (Depp) who is in the midst of a painful divorce. He is stalked by a psychotic stranger (John Turturro) who claims that Rainey stole his story and demands restitution. Secret Window also stars Maria Bello, Timothy Hutton and Charles S. Dutton.


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