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present-day scenes set in 1995 (the movie came out only three years after the book) but rather the flashbacks. In the novel, Dolores started working for Vera in 1949 and was under her employment for forty-three years. In the film, she started working for Vera in 1973 and remained there for twenty-two years.
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* AgeLift: Dolores, who is sixty-six in the interrogation scenes of the novel, is played by Creator/Kathy Bates, who was forty-seven at the time. Given that Dolores works for Vera for twenty-one less years in the film than she does in the novel, this probably means she's supposed to be about Bates' age.
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* AgeLift: Dolores, who is sixty-six in the interrogation scenes of the novel, is played by Creator/Kathy Bates, Creator/KathyBates, who was forty-seven at the time. Given that Dolores works for Vera for twenty-one less years in the film than she does in the novel, this probably means she's supposed to be about Bates' age.
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* AgeLift: Dolores, who is sixty-six in the interrogation scenes of the novel, is played by [[Creator/Kathy Bates]], who was forty-seven at the time. Given that Dolores works for Vera for twenty-one less years in the film than she does in the novel, this probably means she's supposed to be about Bates' age.
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* AgeLift: Dolores, who is sixty-six in the interrogation scenes of the novel, is played by [[Creator/Kathy Bates]], Creator/Kathy Bates, who was forty-seven at the time. Given that Dolores works for Vera for twenty-one less years in the film than she does in the novel, this probably means she's supposed to be about Bates' age.
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* AgeLift: Dolores, who is sixty-six in the interrogation scenes of the novel, is played by [[Creator/Kathy Bates]], who was forty-seven at the time. Given that Dolores works for Vera for twenty-one less years in the film than she does in the novel, this probably means she's supposed to be about Bates' age.
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present-day scenes set in 1995 (the movie came out only three years after the book) but rather the flashbacks. In the novel, Dolores started working for Vera in 1949 and was under her employment for forty-three years. In the film, she started working for Vera in 1973 and remained there for twenty-two years.
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* VillainousIncest: After his wife stands up to him, [[spoiler: Joe becomes impotent and begins to sexually abuse his own daughter for stimulation, scarring the young girl]].
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* TotalEclipseOfThePlot : The eclipse takes six and a half minutes, long enough for the climax of the flashback portion of Dolores's story.
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* VillainousIncest: After his wife stands up to him, [[spoiler: Joe becomes impotent and begins to sexually abuse his own daughter for stimulation, scarring the young girl]].
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** Dolores is saddened to realize that part of the reason adult Selena never visits is because she has taken to drinking like her father.
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* ConvenientEclipseConvenientEclipse: Dolores chooses the day of the solar eclipse to murder Joe because she knows that almost everyone on the island will be off watching it.
* {{Crossover}}: With King's ''Literature/GeraldsGame''. The eclipse allows the two main characters a brief psychic link, even though they don't know [[spoiler:(and never find out)]] who the other was.
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* CutHimselfShaving: Although Joe does have a history of beating Dolores, she stopped him from doing so months before. She really, honestly did simply injure herself by accident. But the checkout lady refuses to believe her. However, both her and Joe do use the large bruise to let him save face by ''pretending'' that he gave it to her.
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* CutHimselfShaving: Although Joe does have a history of beating Dolores, she stopped him from doing so months before. She really, honestly did simply injure herself by accident. But the checkout lady refuses to believe her. However, both her she and Joe do use the large bruise to let him save face by ''pretending'' that he gave it to her.
* IneffectualDeathThreats: Dolores, who's worked for Vera for thirty years, threatens to kill her literally ''all the time''...but she's overheard saying it shortly before Vera dies for real.
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* MeaningfulName: "Dolores" means "pains, sorrows" and is traditionally associated with the pains of Mary, the Holy Mother of Jesus. Throughout the novel, Dolores experiences a number of pains and sorrows, especially as a mother.
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* MeaningfulName: "Dolores" means "pains, sorrows" and is traditionally associated with the pains of Mary, the Holy Mother of Jesus. Throughout the novel, Dolores experiences a number of pains and sorrows, especially as a mother. "Claiborne" (as stated by King himself) literally means "born of clay," indicating both her strength and the fact that she is, in the end, only a common woman (at one point, Vera even suspects that Dolores is "made of stone").
* OldRetainer: After thirty years in Vera's employ, Dolores has become this. She acknowledges that these days, the majority of her job is instructing the younger, more spry housekeepers and taking care of Vera herself.
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* StylisticSuck: The novel is intentionally written like a report of speech, which is what it is meant to be (Dolores is recorded on a tape by the police). As such, it lacks paragraphs and chapters.
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* StylisticSuck: The novel is intentionally written like a report of speech, which is what it is meant to be (Dolores is recorded on a tape by the police). As such, it lacks paragraphs and chapters. It also dips into FunetikAksent when trying to emulate Dolores' Maine drawl.[[note]]even though a police deposition would transcribed in standard English[[/note]]
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* AdaptationExpansion: Christopher Plummer's character John Mackey is not present in the novel; his dedication to put Dolores away from life seems to be based on the Scots doctor from the novel, Dr John [=McAuliffe=], who tried to catch Dolores out but was ultimately [[spoiler:unable to prove she murdered him.]]
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* AdaptationExpansion: Christopher Plummer's character John Mackey is not present in the novel; his dedication to put Dolores away from for life seems to be based on the Scots doctor from the novel, Dr John [=McAuliffe=], who tried to catch Dolores out but was ultimately [[spoiler:unable to prove she murdered him.]]
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* TheJavert: If [=McAuliffe=] was TheDeterminator in the novel, his film analog Mackey is the Javert. Unable to prove Dolores murdered her husband, he shows up ''thirty years later'' to convict her for the murder of her employer. He even shows up at her house and follows her on her shopping trips, hoping to unnerve her.
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** "Selena": From the Greek Selēnē, which is derived from selēnē (the moon). The name was borne by the Greek mythological goddess of the moon.
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* TraumaInducedAmnesia: Selena doesn't remember [[spoiler: her father Joe molesting her until near the end of the film]].
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King wrote the novel with Creator/KathyBates, whom he had met on the set of ''Film/{{Misery}}'' and was greatly impressed by, in mind for the role of Dolores in [[FilmOfTheBook the inevitable film adaptation]]. Sure enough, she starred in the 1995 film of the novel alongside Judy Parfitt as Vera, Creator/JenniferJasonLeigh as Selena and Creator/ChristopherPlummer as (unique to the film character) Detective John Mackey, and also features memorable appearances by John C. Reilly, Bob Gunton and Creator/DavidStrathairn. The film is often cited as one of the more underrated adaptations of King's work, but is somewhat obscured by the fact that it followed the release of ''The Shawshank Redemption'' and appeared amid a flurry of memorable (if often of low or questionable quality) film and television adaptations of King's work.
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King wrote the novel with Creator/KathyBates, whom he had met on the set of ''Film/{{Misery}}'' and was greatly impressed by, in mind for the role of Dolores in [[FilmOfTheBook the inevitable film adaptation]]. Sure enough, she starred in the 1995 film of the novel alongside Judy Parfitt as Vera, Creator/JenniferJasonLeigh as Selena and Creator/ChristopherPlummer as (unique to the film character) Detective John Mackey, and also features memorable appearances by John C. Reilly, Bob Gunton Creator/JohnCReilly, Creator/BobGunton and Creator/DavidStrathairn. The film is often cited as one of the more underrated adaptations of King's work, but is somewhat obscured by the fact that it followed the release of ''The Shawshank Redemption'' and appeared amid a flurry of memorable (if often of low or questionable quality) film and television adaptations of King's work.
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* SingleTear: Dolores cries one single tear for Joe, when she's being questioned by Dr. [=McAuliffe=]. It is not calculated; while she isn't sorry for killing Joe, she never wanted him to suffer as much as he did.
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* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: [[spoiler: Selena starts out as a cheery, helping girl but by the second course of the film, suddenly stops talking, withdraws from her parents (especially her mother), displays emotional moodswings and aggressive behavior and stops bathing. Anyone who has gone through child sexual abuse would know such behavioral red flags]].
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* TraumaButton: Selena's repressed memories of [[spoiler: her father molesting her]] traumatize her to the point where she vomits into a sink after remembering it.
* VillainousIncest: After his wife stands up to him, [[spoiler: Joe becomes impotent and begins to sexually abuse his own daughter for stimulation, scarring the young girl]].
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The 1995 [[FilmOfTheBook film adaptation]] starred Creator/KathyBates as Dolores, Judy Parfitt as Vera, Creator/JenniferJasonLeigh as Selena and Creator/ChristopherPlummer as (unique to the film character) Detective John Mackey, and also features memorable appearances by John C. Reilly, Bob Gunton and Creator/DavidStrathairn. The film is often cited as one of the more underrated adaptations of King's work, but is somewhat obscured by the fact that it followed the release of ''The Shawshank Redemption'' and appeared amid a flurry of memorable (if often of low or questionable quality) film and television adaptations of King's work.
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The 1995 [[FilmOfTheBook film adaptation]] starred Creator/KathyBates as Dolores, Judy Parfitt as Vera, Creator/JenniferJasonLeigh as Selena and Creator/ChristopherPlummer as (unique to the film character) Detective John Mackey, and also features memorable appearances by John C. Reilly, Bob Gunton and David Strathairn. The film is often cited as one of the more underrated adaptations of King's work, but is somewhat obscured by the fact that it followed the release of The Shawshank Redeption and appeared amid a flurry of memorable (if often of low or questionable quality) film and television adaptations of King's work.
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The 1995 [[FilmOfTheBook film adaptation]] starred Creator/KathyBates as Dolores, Judy Parfitt as Vera, Creator/JenniferJasonLeigh as Selena and Creator/ChristopherPlummer as (unique to the film character) Detective John Mackey, and also features memorable appearances by John C. Reilly, Bob Gunton and David Strathairn.Creator/DavidStrathairn. The film is often cited as one of the more underrated adaptations of King's work, but is somewhat obscured by the fact that it followed the release of The Shawshank Redeption and appeared amid a flurry of memorable (if often of low or questionable quality) film and television adaptations of King's work.
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* FirstNameBasis: Vera always callhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Pageed Dolores on her first name, but originally she called Vera "Mrs Donovan". After Dolores breaks down crying in front of Vera, she demands from Dolores to call her on her first name. "I insist that all women who have hysterics on my bed call me by my Christian name thenceforward."
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* FirstNameBasis: Vera always called Dolores on her first name, but originally she called Vera "Mrs Donovan". After Dolores breaks down crying in front of Vera, she demands from Dolores to call her on her first name. "I insist that all women who have hysterics on my bed call me by my Christian name thenceforward."
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* LineOfSightName: The place where Helga Donovan works is called Gaylord Fashion. Dolores finds out at the end that [[spoiler:Helga died in 1961 and that Vera most likely made up the name because she had been born in Gaylord, Missouri.]]
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* LineOfSightName: The place where Vera says that her son, Donald has a company called Golden West Associates and her daughter, Helga Donovan works is at called Gaylord Fashion. Dolores finds out at the end that [[spoiler:Helga [[spoiler:they both died in 1961 and that Vera most likely made up the name names because she used to read romance novels by a publisher named Golden West and had been born in Gaylord, Missouri.]]
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* UnexpectedInheritance: After Vera dies, [[spoiler:Dolores is informed that she has left her entire fortune to her (in excess of $30 million). Dolores ends up giving it all to an orphanage.]]
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* UnexpectedInheritance: After Vera dies, [[spoiler:Dolores is informed that she has left her entire fortune to her (in excess of $30 million). million) except from a small donation to an orphanage. Dolores ends up giving it all to an the orphanage.]]
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* DoubleStandardAbuseFemaleOnMale: Definitely subverted, as the scene in which Dolores stands up to Joe's physical abuse by smashing his face with a cream pitcher is chilly and definitely not played for laughs. It also has very bad consequences; Selena sees it and Joe uses that to turn her against Dolores, portraying her as the aggressor.
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* FinancialAbuse: Dolores has been working hard to build up a savings account to send her children off to college; when she plans to withdraw the money so she and the children can leave town and get away from her abusive husband, she discovers he'd already cleaned it out for his own use, giving her yet another reason to hate him (and, soon after, to plot his murder).
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* WomanScorned: It's implied that Vera murdered her husband (and made it look like an accident) because he had been cheating on her.
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** Given that's her ''married'' name, it shows how she must feel about her husband.
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Dolores Claiborne is a 1992 psychological thriller novel by Creator/StephenKing. It went on to be the best selling novel of 1992. It was made into a [[Film/DoloresClaiborne 1995 film]].
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** Little Tall Island is the setting for another Creator/StephenKing story, ''[[Literature/NightmaresAndDreamscapes Home Delivery]]'', as well as the King-penned teleplay ''StormOfTheCentury''.
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** Little Tall Island is the setting for another Creator/StephenKing story, ''[[Literature/NightmaresAndDreamscapes Home Delivery]]'', as well as the King-penned teleplay ''StormOfTheCentury''.''Series/StormOfTheCentury''.
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** Little Tall Island is the setting for another StephenKing story, ''[[Literature/NightmaresAndDreamscapes Home Delivery]]'', as well as the King-penned teleplay ''StormOfTheCentury''.
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** Little Tall Island is the setting for another StephenKing Creator/StephenKing story, ''[[Literature/NightmaresAndDreamscapes Home Delivery]]'', as well as the King-penned teleplay ''StormOfTheCentury''.
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Mackey, and also features memorable appearances by John C. Reilly, Bob Gunton and David Strathairn. The film is often cited as one of the more underrated adaptations of King's work, but is somewhat obscured by the fact that it followed the release if The Shawshank Redeption and appeared amid a flurry of memorable (if often of low or questionable quality) film and television adaptations of King's work.
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* AdaptedOut : Many characters, but notably Dolores' other two children and Vera's son and daughter.
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