Storm of the Century - wikipedia Storm of the Century This article is about the TV miniseries. For other uses, see Storm of the Century ( disambiguation ). This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( November 2007 ) Storm of the Century Cover of the published screenplay Genre Drama, Horror, Fantasy, Thriller Written by Stephen King Directed by Craig R. Baxley Starring Timothy Daly Colm Feore Debrah Farentino Casey Siemaszko Jeffrey DeMunn Country of origin US Original language ( s ) English No. of episodes Production Producer ( s ) Stephen King Mark Carliner Robert F. Phillips Location ( s ) Little Tall Island, Maine Running time 256 min. Budget $35,000,000 Release Original network ABC Original release February 14 -- February 18, 1999 Storm of the Century, alternatively known as Stephen King 's Storm of the Century, is a 1999 horror TV miniseries written by Stephen King and directed by Craig R. Baxley. Unlike many other King mini-series, Storm of the Century was not based upon a Stephen King novel -- King wrote it as a screenplay from the beginning. The screenplay was published in February 1999. Contents 1 Plot 2 Cast 3 Screenplay 4 Release and reception 5 See also 6 References 7 External links Plot A very powerful blizzard hits the fictional small town of Little Tall Island ( also the setting of King 's novel Dolores Claiborne ) off the coast of Maine. The storm is so powerful that all access off the island is blocked, and no one is able to leave the island until the storm is over. While trying to deal with the storm, tragedy strikes when one of the town 's residents is brutally murdered by André Linoge ( Colm Feore ), a menacing stranger who appears to know the town members ' darkest secrets, and who gives no hint of his motives other than the cryptic statement `` Give me what I want, and I 'll go away. '' Linoge is imprisoned in the town 's holding cell by part - time constable Michael Anderson ( Timothy Daly ), but he uses his various abilities to affect the town, driving people to commit suicides and inflict terrifying dreams. After walking from his cell, Linoge 's campaign of terror culminates in an enchantment that places all eight of the town 's small children into unconsciousness. While looking for Linoge, Mike notices his name is an anagram for Legion, a collective group of demons mentioned in the Gospel of Mark and Gospel of Luke, having been exorcised by Jesus and cast into a herd of swine. Linoge eventually calls a town meeting, and it is here that Linoge states he desires one of the eight children he has enchanted. He reveals his true form ( an impossibly ancient, dying man ), explaining that he is not immortal, and needs someone to carry on his `` work. '' He states that he can not simply take the child he desires, but he can punish. If they refuse, he threatens to force them to march into the sea two - by - two, as he claims to have done at Roanoke Island, North Carolina, centuries before. With his demands set, he leaves them with half an hour to make their decision. Although Mike begs the town to refuse Linoge 's request, appealing to their common decency and the fact that they may be aiding in a great evil, all of the townspeople except him vote to give Linoge what he desires. Linoge has one parent of each child draw one of eight `` weirding stones, '' with Mike 's wife Molly drawing the black. Contemptuously thanking the town, Linoge transforms into his true form and suggests that the less they say to the outside world about the events with him, the happier they will be. With a final remark to Molly that Ralph will eventually come to call him `` father '', Linoge flies off into the night with his new protégé. Most of the film 's epilogue is narrated by Mike, as he explains how he leaves Little Tall the following summer. Unable to live with those who sacrificed his child, Mike divorces Molly and settles in San Francisco as a US Marshal. Nine years after the storm, Mike notices an old man and a teenage boy walking by, humming Linoge 's favorite tune `` I 'm a little teapot ''. He calls out to the boy, realizing it is his son, now corrupted by Linoge. He chases after them into an alley, but they are gone. Mike considers telling Molly about what he saw, but ultimately decides against it, sometimes thinking that was the wrong decision, `` but in daylight, I know better. 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( November 2015 ) Tim Daly as Constable Michael `` Mike '' Anderson Debrah Farentino as Molly Anderson Dyllan Christopher as Ralph Emerick `` Ralphie '' Anderson Colm Feore as Andre Linoge Jeffrey DeMunn as Town Manager Robert `` Robbie '' Beals Nada Despotovich as Sandra `` Sandy '' Beals Spencer Breslin as Donny Beals Denis Forest as Kirk Freeman Nicky Guadagni as Jenna Freeman Casey Siemaszko as Alton `` Hatch '' Hatcher Soo Garay as Melinda Hatcher Skye McCole Bartusiak as Pippa Hatcher Ron Perkins as Peter Godsoe Becky Ann Baker as Ursula Godsoe Cayda Rubin as Sally Godsoe Nancy Beatty as Octavia Godsoe Richard Fitzpatrick as Jonas Stanhope Kathleen Chalfant as Joanna Stanhope Myra Carter as Cora Stanhope Rita Tuckett as Martha Claredon Adam Zolotin as Davey Hopewell Gaylyn Britton as Mary Hopewell Michael Rhoades as Stan Hopewell Steve Rankin as Jack Carver Torri Higginson as Angela Carver Stephen Joffe as Buster Carver Adam LeFevre as Ferd Andrews Peter MacNeill as Sonny Brautigan Beth Dixon as Tess Merchant Leif Anderson as Johnny Harriman Marcia Laskowski as Linda St. Pierre Harley English - Dixon as Heidi St. Pierre Richard Blackburn as Andy Robichaux Jeremy Jordan as William `` Billy '' Soames Lynne Griffin as Jane Kingsbury Screenplay The screenplay for the miniseries was written by Stephen King expressly for television, and was published by Pocket Books just prior to the initial airing of Storm of the Century on ABC, while the mass market edition of the screenplay was published only as a trade paperback. A hardcover edition was published concurrently by the Book of the Month Club. The book contains an introduction in which King describes the genesis of the idea as it occurred to him in late 1996, beginning to write it in December 1996, and debating the format the story should take, either a novel or a screenplay, ending up writing a `` novel for television ''. Release and reception Storm of the Century aired on ABC on February 14 -- 18, 1999. It was released on DVD on June 22 the same year. The miniseries was well received by critics. Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes counts six positive out of eight reviews. See also Media based on Stephen King works References Jump up ^ `` Introduction '', Storm of the Century, Stephen King ( ISBN 978 - 0965796934 ) Jump up ^ Baxley, Craig R. ( director ), King, Stephen ( writer ) ( June 22, 1999 ). Storm of the Century ( DVD ). Lions Gate. ISBN 1573625779. Jump up ^ `` Stephen King 's ' Storm of the Century ' ( 1999 ) ''. Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved November 19, 2015. 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Question: where does storm of the century take place
Answer: off the coast of Maine