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The Mist (2007) -- Andre Brower, Thomas Jane, and Marcia Gay Harden talk to TheShowBuzz.com about working on Stephen King's Legendary Tale of Terror, "The Mist."  Michele Jarchin has the story.
The Mist (2007) -- A freak storm unleashes a species of blood-thirsty creatures on a small town, where a small band of citizens hole-up in a supermarket and fight for their lives.
The Mist (2007) -- A freak storm unleashes a species of blood-thirsty creatures on a small town, where a small band of citizens hole-up in a supermarket and fight for their lives.

Overview

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7.4/10   67,799 votes
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Director:
Writers (WGA):
Frank Darabont (screenplay)
Stephen King (novel)
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Release Date:
21 November 2007 (USA) more
Tagline:
Stephen King's Legendary Tale of Terror more
Plot:
A freak storm unleashes a species of blood-thirsty creatures on a small town, where a small band of citizens hole-up in a supermarket and fight for their lives. full summary | full synopsis
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2 wins & 4 nominations more
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(158 articles)
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Wonderful, horrific, twisted and shocking more (854 total)

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Also Known As:
Stephen King's The Mist (USA) (complete title)
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MPAA:
Rated R for violence, terror and gore, and language.
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126 min
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Black and White (alternate DVD version) | Colour
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1.85 : 1 more
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Trivia:
The first film Frank Darabont has made that is set in the present, barring the opening and closing scenes in The Green Mile (1999). more
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Continuity: The blood splatter on the windshield goes from being in the middle of the broken glass to being spread out across the windshield and then back again. more
Quotes:
[first lines]
Billy Drayton: Whoa!
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Movie Connections:
References El laberinto del fauno (2006) more
Soundtrack:
The Vicious Blues more

FAQ

But wasn't that Norton cocooned in the pharmacy?
What happens to Brent Norton and the people who left with him?
What song plays throughout the ending?
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55 out of 87 people found the following comment useful.
Wonderful, horrific, twisted and shocking, 28 July 2008
8/10
Author: seawalker from Birmingham, England

Pop quiz. Tell me, what do you consider to be the most successful Stephen King adaptation, made for film or television? "Carrie"? "The Dead Zone"? "Salem's Lot"? "Stand By Me"? No! Not "Maximum Overdrive"!! (And if that is your choice, may God forgive you, because I won't.)

All of the above, except "Maximium Overdrive" of course, are great pieces of work. But my choice as the benchmark Stephen King adaptation would probably be "The Shawshank Redemption", directed by Frank Darabont.

Stephen King has been very good for Frank Darabont. "The Shawshank Redemption" has become a modern classic and "The Green Mile" was nearly as good. I am glad to say that "The Mist" is nearly as good again.

"The Mist" is a great film, perfectly structured, but a film that requires patience. It is a film of the slow build and of a gradual getting to know the characters, their obsessions, their fears and prejudices. It was nice to see a King horror film where his great talent of touching on the reality of a small town, has been exploited. It makes it all the more horrific when all hell does break loose, because the people who are getting hurt are ones that you know.

Thomas Jane is faintly wooden. Personally I would not have cast him, but all of the other performances are top notch. Marcia Gay Harden's possibly psychotic, fundamental Christian, Toby Jones' short, pudgy, perfectly ordinary hero, Andre Braugher's uptight, big city lawyer and William Sadler's scared, malleable blue collar worker. All excellent.

"The Mist" is not "The Shawshank Redemption" in one crucial way. Whereas "The Shawshank Redemption" was about hope and life, "The Mist" is about hopelessness and death. One thing that they have in common is an astonishing ending. The ending of "The Mist" is wonderful, horrific, twisted and shocking. Not anything that I saw coming.

"The Mist" is marvellous. Must see.

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