Secret Window is a 2004 psychological horror film starring Johnny Depp and John Turturro. It was written and directed by David Koepp, based on the novella Secret Window, Secret Garden by Stephen King, featuring a musical score by Philip Glass and Geoff Zanelli. The story appeared in King's collection Four Past Midnight. The film was released on March 12, 2004, by Columbia Pictures. Successful author Mort Rainey suffers a psychotic break when he catches his wife, Amy having an affair. He procrastinates finalizing the divorce by retreating to his secluded cabin in the rural town of Tashmore... Lake in upstate New York. Depressed and suffering from writer's block, Mort is confronted one day by the mysterious John Shooter , a Mississippi dairy farmer who accuses him of plagiarism. Shooter leaves his manuscript "Sowing Season" which he alleges was copied. Mort dismisses Shooter as mentally ill and throws the book away, but his cleaning lady digs it out of the trash and presents it back to him. With his curiosity piqued, Mort reads the story and is surprised to discover its resemblance to his own story "Secret Window".
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| Release date: | March 12, 2004 |
| Directed by: | David Koepp |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 96 Minutes |
| Producer: | Gavin Polone |
| Editor: | Jill Savitt |
| Music by: | Philip Glass, Geoff Zanelli |
| Cinematography: | Fred Murphy |
| Screenplay by: | David Koepp |
| Estimated budget: | $40,000,000 |
| Adapted from: | Secret Window, Secret Garden |
| Genre: | Thriller |