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The Mist (2007)

15 126 min  -  Horror | Sci-Fi | Thriller  -   21 November 2007 (USA)
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Reviews: 949 user | 293 critic | 29 from Metacritic.com

A freak storm unleashes a species of bloodthirsty creatures on a small town, where a small band of citizens hole up in a supermarket and fight for their lives.

Director:

Frank Darabont

Writers:

Frank Darabont (screenplay), Stephen King (novel)
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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Thomas Jane ...
Marcia Gay Harden ...
Laurie Holden ...
Andre Braugher ...
Toby Jones ...
William Sadler ...
Jim
Jeffrey DeMunn ...
Frances Sternhagen ...
Nathan Gamble ...
Alexa Davalos ...
Chris Owen ...
Sam Witwer ...
Robert C. Treveiler ...
Bud Brown (as Robert Treveiler)
David Jensen ...
Melissa Suzanne McBride ...
Woman With Kids at Home (as Melissa McBride)
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Storyline

Everyone thinks of it as a harmless lightning storm. When Dave Drayton notices a strange mist on the lake, he thinks nothing of it. When he, his son, Billy Drayton, and his neighbor Brent Norton travel to the supermarket, the unthinkable happens. On their way to the market, they see the army, firefighters, and the police heading toward the mist. When he sees this Brent mentions something about "Project Arrowhead", a secret military project that no one knows about. As they are shopping, they see three soldiers walk in, pick up a few things, then head toward the mist. All eighty of the store's shoppers have no clue what is going on until an old man runs in the market with a bloody nose and declares "Something in the mist!" He tells them to close the door. About five seconds after they close the door, the entire store shakes, as though it has been lifted several feet above the ground... Written by mviedirctr354  

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Plot Keywords:

Mist | Supermarket | Creature | Tentacle | Fight  | See more »

Taglines:

Fear Changes Everything See more »

Genres:

Horror | Sci-Fi | Thriller

Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for violence, terror and gore, and language See all certifications »

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

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Also Known As:

Stephen King's The Mist See more »

Filming Locations:

Shreveport, Louisiana, USA See more »

Box Office

Budget:

$18,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$8,931,973 (USA) (24 November 2007) (2423 Screens)

Gross:

$25,593,755 (USA)
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Technical Specs

Runtime:

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital  | SDDS  | DTS

Color:

Color  | Black and White (alternate DVD version)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1
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Did You Know?

Trivia

In the opening shot of the film, David is painting in his room. The picture he's drawing is a design from Stephen King's Dark Tower series of the gunslinger Roland. Another design in the room is that of the poster of John Carpenter's The Thing. John Carpenter also wrote and directed The Fog, which shares obvious themes with The Mist. See more »

Goofs

Plot holes: The grocery store has a newspaper headlining the electric storm from the previous night. Quite apart it being highly unlikely that a local newspaper could write, typeset, publish and distribute in such a short period, there is no explanation of how the printers could have run several tons of web press machines with all the power out in the city. See more »

Quotes

[first lines]
Billy Drayton: Whoa!
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Crazy Credits

The end credits begin as the song at the end of the film fades out. As the end credits roll up the screen, the sounds of military vehicles (helicopters, tanks, APCs, etc.) can be heard over the credits. See more »


Soundtracks

"The Vicious Blues"
from Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle
Written by Mark Isham
Courtesy of Miramax Film Corp.
Under license from the Disney Music Group / New Line Productions, Inc. / Alan Rudolph and The Estate of Robert B. Altman See more »