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| name = The Mist |
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| image = The Mist poster.jpg |
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| caption = Theatrical poster |
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| director = [[Frank Darabont]] |
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| producer = [[Frank Darabont]]<br />Martin Shafer<br />Liz Glotzer |
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| writer = '''Novella:'''<br />[[Stephen King]]<br />'''Screenplay:'''<br />[[Frank Darabont]] |
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| starring = [[Thomas Jane]]<br />[[Marcia Gay Harden]]<br />[[Laurie Holden]]<br />[[Toby Jones]]<br />[[Andre Braugher]] |
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| music = [[Mark Isham]] |
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| cinematography = Rohn Schmidt |
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| editing = Hunter M. Via |
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| distributor = [[Dimension Films]]<br />[[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]] |
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| released = [[November 21]], [[2007]] |
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| runtime = 125 min. |
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| country = [[United States]] |
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| awards = |
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| language = [[English (language)|English]] |
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| budget = $18 million<ref name=shock/> |
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| gross = $35.4 million<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=mist.htm | title=The Mist (2007) | publisher=[[Box Office Mojo]] | accessdate=2007-12-05 }}</ref> |
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| imdb_id = 0884328 |
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'''''The Mist''''' (also known as '''''Stephen King's The Mist'''''), is a [[2007 in film|2007]] [[Cinema of the United States|American]] [[horror film]] based on the [[1980 in literature|1980]] [[novella]] ''[[The Mist]]'' by [[Stephen King]]. The film is written and directed by [[Frank Darabont]], who had previously adapted Stephen King's work and had been interested in adapting ''The Mist'' for the big screen since the 1980s. With an ensemble cast including [[Thomas Jane]], [[Marcia Gay Harden]], [[Laurie Holden]], [[Toby Jones]], and [[Andre Braugher]], Darabont began filming ''The Mist'' in [[Shreveport, Louisiana]] in February 2007. The director revised the ending of the film to be darker than the novella's ending, a change to which Stephen King was amicable. Unique creature designs were also sought to differ from creatures in past films. ''The Mist'' was commercially released in the United States and Canada on [[November 21]] [[2007]]. |
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==Plot== |
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Following a violent thunderstorm, a small town community comes under vicious attack from creatures prowling in a thick and unnatural mist. Local rumors point to an experiment called “The Arrowhead Project” conducted at a nearby military base, but questions as to the origins of the deadly vapor are secondary to the group's overall chances for survival. Retreating to a local supermarket, the survivors must face off against each other before taking a united stand against an enemy they cannot even see.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.fandango.com/movies/1/movieoverview.aspx?mid=108104& | title=The Mist | publisher=[[Fandango (ticket service)|Fandango]] | accessdate=2007-11-20 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1809834165/info | title=Stephen King's The Mist (2007) | publisher=[[Yahoo]] | accessdate=2007-11-20 }}</ref> |
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Commercial artist David Drayton ([[Thomas Jane]]) and his wife Stephanie (Kelly Collins Lintz) witness the advance of an unusual mist from across the lake bordering their property. More immediately concerned with cleaning up in the aftermath of the storm, David and neighbor Brent Norton ([[Andre Braugher]]), along with David's five-year-old son Billy ([[Nathan Gamble]]), go to the local grocery store, which like the rest of the community was left without power. While at the store, an increasing amount of police activity in the streets draws the attention of the patrons, culminating with Dan Miller ([[Jeffrey DeMunn]]) running to the store with a bloody nose warning of something dangerous in the oncoming mist. Seeing the mist roll over the parking lot and hearing the scream of a man caught outside, the store patrons heed Miller's advice and seal themselves within, which is soon shaken by a violent [[earthquake]]. With visibility reduced to near-zero outside and uncertainty surrounding the fate of the man heard screaming before, a [[siege mentality]] takes hold. Unable to convince anyone to escort her back home to her children whom she left alone, a mother of two (Melissa McBride) departs into the mist by herself. |
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As confusion sets in, the deeply religious Mrs. Carmody ([[Marcia Gay Harden]]) suspects the onset of [[Armageddon]] as others search for a different answer. While trying to find a blanket for his son, David hears something pushing against the door of the loading dock. Unable to convince local mechanics Myron ([[David Jensen]]) and Jim ([[William Sadler]]) of what he witnessed, they and bag-boy Norm ([[Chris Owen]]) open the loading-bay door against David's advice in attempts to repair the ailing generator. A set of otherworldly tentacles lined with claws grip Norm, dragging him away before the loading-bay door is closed again. Now aware of the deadly properties of the mist and the danger it poses to everyone in the store, David and assistant manager Ollie Weeks ([[Toby Jones]]) try and fail to convince Norton and other skeptical patrons not to go outside. Tying a clothesline around the waist of a man who agrees to retrieve a shotgun from Cornell's (Buck Taylor) car, the rest of the store's patrons are convinced when the man's severed lower half is dragged back within sight of the store. |
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The patrons prepare to defend themselves by making torches. New creatures appear from the mist at nightfall; enormous flying insects and [[pterodactyl]]-like animals with two pairs of wings, which pluck them off of the store windows, eventually breaking one of them and allowing the creatures in. Two people die in the ensuing attack, leaving another badly burned. During the attack, one of the insects lands on Mrs. Carmody, then flies away instead of delivering a fatal sting. Viewing this as validation of her beliefs, Carmody begins quickly gaining followers among the distraught patrons in the belief that the world is ending and a [[human sacrifice]] is needed to save them from the wrath of God. After Amanda Dumfries ([[Laurie Holden]]), who has been looking after Billy, discovers a friend who committed suicide by overdose, Billy makes his father promise that he will not let the monsters catch him. Aware of the growing danger Carmody poses to the group, David turns to thoughts of escape. To test the idea of safely reaching his car, he and a group of volunteers try to retrieve medical supplies for the burn victim from the pharmacy next door, but are attacked by spider-like creatures which claim the lives of two of the volunteers. Seeing the failed expedition, Carmody's following grows stronger, with a visibly shaken Jim becoming one of her most vocal followers. |
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Billy, who had begged his father not to go out and leave him behind, makes him promise that from now on they will stay together. With the discovery that two soldiers from the Arrowhead Project committed suicide during the expedition's absence, the remaining soldier, Wayne Jessup ([[Samuel Witwer]]), reveals that the project, an attempt to look into other [[Multiverse|dimensions]], was the origin of the mist. At the hands of Carmody's followers, the young soldier is stabbed several times in the stomach and thrown outside, where he is quickly killed by an enormous, mantis-like creature. Preparing to leave, David and his group are intercepted by Mrs. Carmody, who insists that Billy and Amanda are to be sacrificed. As the crowd advances, Carmody is shot and killed by Ollie Weeks. The group then proceeds out the front door. Ollie, Myron, and Cornell are killed in the ensuing escape and Bud Brown (Robert Treveiler) runs back to the store in panic, but Amanda, David, Billy, Dan, and Irene ([[Frances Sternhagen]]) make it safely to the car. |
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Driving through the mist, David returns home to find his wife has fallen victim to the spider-like creatures. Heartbroken, he drives the group south, witnessing the destruction left in the wake of the mist and encountering a gigantic (several hundred-feet high) six-legged, tentacled, beast. Eventually they run out of gas without finding any other survivors. While Billy is sleeping the four adults surrender to their fate, silently agreeing that there is no point in going any further. With four bullets left in the gun and five people in the car, David shoots Amanda, Dan, Irene, and his son, Billy, to save them from death at the hands of the creatures. Wailing, he attempts to shoot himself with the now-empty gun before exiting the vehicle to let the creatures in the mist take him. He hears what sounds like a creature moving toward him, but instead turns out to be a military [[tank]], followed by a large company of [[National Guard of the United States|National Guardsmen]] with flamethrowers clearing away the mist and burning the creatures within it. Several trucks filled with survivors are part of the convoy, among them the mother whom nobody from the store would escort, along with her two children. David falls to his knees screaming as a pair of soldiers look on in confusion. David had been driving away from help the entire time. |
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==Cast== |
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*'''[[Thomas Jane]]''' as '''David Drayton''': A commercial artist who is trapped in the market with his five-year-old son Billy. He survives through the event, but kills his son, apparent girlfriend, and two elderly patrons. |
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*'''[[Marcia Gay Harden]]''' as '''Mrs. Carmody''': A deeply disturbed religious woman who gains a [[cult]] following as store patrons break under psychological pressure. She is killed by Ollie, with a shot to the stomach and one to the forehead. |
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*'''[[Laurie Holden]]''' as '''Amanda Dumfries''': A young schoolteacher who keeps watch of Billy in the supermarket. She is killed by David at the end of the film. |
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*'''[[Andre Braugher]]''' as '''Brent Norton''': David's neighbor and a successful attorney whose skepticism leads him to venture away from the store. He is killed by an unseen creature. |
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*'''[[Toby Jones]]''' as '''Ollie Weeks''': Assistant manager of the supermarket. He kills Mrs. Carmody, 2 spiders, and a pterydactal-like creature, but is killed by a crab-like creature. |
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*'''[[William Sadler]]''' as '''Jim Grondin''': A local mechanic who becomes a follower of Mrs. Carmody. |
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*'''[[Jeffrey DeMunn]]''' as '''Dan Miller''': A local man who sides with David and attempts to escape the market. He is among the only 5 to leave the market and is killed by David. |
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*'''[[Frances Sternhagen]]''' as '''Irene''': A third-grade elementary school teacher. |
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*'''[[Alexa Davalos]]''' as '''Sally''': A cashier at the market who has brief relations with Private Jessup and is later killed by insects from the mist. |
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*'''[[Nathan Gamble]]''' as '''Billy Drayton''': The five-year-old son of David Drayton. He is killed by David at the end of the film. |
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*'''[[Samuel Witwer]]''' as '''Private Jessup''': A soldier trapped in the market who is murdered by Mrs. Carmody's followers upon revealing the origin of the mist. |
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*'''[[Chris Owen (actor)|Chris Owen]]''' as '''Norm''': A bag-boy who is killed by otherworldly tentacles while attempting to repair a generator. |
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*'''Robert Treveiler''' as '''Bud Brown''': Manager of the supermarket |
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*'''[[David Jensen]]''' as '''Myron LeFluer''': a local mechanic who sides with David and tries to escape the market |
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==Production== |
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===Development=== |
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Director [[Frank Darabont]] first read [[Stephen King]]'s 1980 [[novella]] ''[[The Mist]]'' in the ''[[Dark Forces (book)|Dark Forces]]'' anthology,<ref name=sdcc>{{cite news | author=Stax | url=http://movies.ign.com/articles/808/808923p1.html | title=SDCC 07: Chatting in The Mist | publisher=[[IGN]] | date=[[2007-07-28]] | accessdate=2007-11-19 }}</ref> and originally expressed interest in directing a [[film adaptation]] for his directing debut. He instead filmed ''[[The Shawshank Redemption]]'', also based on another King novella.<ref name="envelops">{{cite news | author=Michael Fleming | url=http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117952204.html?categoryid=13&cs=1 | title='Mist' envelops Dimension | publisher=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] | date=[[2006-10-18]] | accessdate=2007-05-17 }}</ref> In October 1994, after completing ''The Shawshank Redemption'', Darabont reiterated his interest in filming ''The Mist''.<ref>{{cite news | author=Patrick Z. McGavin | url= | title=LONG LIVE THE KING | publisher=[[Chicago Tribune]] | date=[[1994-10-04]] | accessdate=2007-05-17 }}</ref> Darabont did not immediately follow through, instead directing the [[The Green Mile (film)|1999 film adaptation]] of Stephen King's [[The Green Mile (novel)|''The Green Mile'']].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120689/ | title=The Green Mile (1999) | publisher=[[Internet Movie Database]] | accessdate=2007-05-17 }}</ref> Darabont eventually set up a [[first look deal]] for ''The Mist'' with [[Paramount Pictures]], having been entrusted feature film rights by Stephen King.<ref name="envelops" /> By December 2004, Darabont said that he had begun writing an adapted screenplay for ''The Mist'',<ref>{{cite news | author= | url=http://www.comingsoon.net/news/topnews.php?id=7617 | title=Frank Darabont on Adapting ''The Mist'' | publisher=ComingSoon.net | date=[[2004-05-15]] | accessdate=2007-05-17 }}</ref> and by October 2006, the project moved from Paramount to [[Dimension Films]], with Darabont attached to direct and actor [[Thomas Jane]] in negotiations to join the cast.<ref name="envelops" /> |
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===Writing=== |
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| style="text-align: right;" | — Darabont on ''The Mist''<ref>{{cite news | author=Alexandyr Kent | url= | title='A bad day at the market' | publisher=[[The Times (Shreveport)|The Times]] | date=[[2007-03-23]] | accessdate=2007-05-17 }}</ref> |
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Director Frank Darabont chose to film ''The Mist'' after filming the "straighter dramas" ''The Shawshank Redemption'' and ''The Green Mile'' because he "wanted to make a very direct, muscular kind of film". Darabont conceived of a new ending in translating the novella for the big screen. Author Stephen King praised Darabont's new ending, describing it as one that would be unsettling for studios. King said, "The ending is such a jolt—wham! It's frightening. But people who go to see a horror movie don't necessarily want to be sent out with a [[Pollyanna]] ending."<ref>{{cite news | author=Anthony Breznican | url=http://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/news/2007-06-20-stephen-king-movies_N.htm | title=Stephen King adapts to Hollywood | publisher=[[USA Today]] | date=[[2007-06-20]] | accessdate=2007-11-19 }}</ref> |
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Darabont described ''The Mist'' as quaint in its elements of monsters and fear of the unknown compared to the contemporary popularity of films with [[torture porn]]. The director saw ''The Mist'' as a throwback to [[Paddy Chayefsky]] and [[William Shakespeare]], explaining, "It's people at each other." He highlighted the element of fear in the film in how it compelled people to behave differently. Darabont said, "How primitive do people get? It's ''[[Lord of the Flies]]'' that happens to have some cool monsters in it."<ref name=sdcc /> He also drew parallels to ''[[The Twilight Zone (1959 TV series)|The Twilight Zone]]'' episode "[[The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street]]" and the 1944 film ''[[Lifeboat (film)|Lifeboat]]''.<ref name=shock/> |
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In the novella, the character David Drayton - who is married - has a sexual relationship with Amanda Dumfries, who is also married. Darabont did not want to attempt conveying on screen the protagonist being involved in an extramarital affair. The characters in the film, portrayed by [[Thomas Jane]] and [[Laurie Holden]] respectively, instead share a more emotional relationship. Jane explained, "We kind of form a little family, sort of surrogate family where my son and I’m a father and she becomes the mother to the son. We become a little unit as we’re trying to get through this nightmare together." Holden compared the nightmare to [[Effect of Hurricane Katrina on New Orleans#The Superdome|what refugees experienced]] at the [[Louisiana Superdome]] during [[Hurricane Katrina]].<ref name=about/> |
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===Filming=== |
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[[Image:TheMist escape.jpg|300px|left|thumb|David and other survivors attempt to reach their car. Digital photography was avoided in production to give the film a documentary feeling.]] |
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In December 2006, Jane finalized negotiations with the studio to join the cast.<ref>{{cite news | author= | url=http://movies.ign.com/articles/749/749742p1.html | title=The Punisher Enters The Mist | publisher=[[IGN]] | date=[[2006-12-06]] | accessdate=2007-05-17 }}</ref> In January 2007, actors [[Andre Braugher]] and [[Laurie Holden]] joined Jane for the cast of ''The Mist''.<ref name="float">{{cite news | author=Borys Kit | url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/search/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003538158 | title=Braugher, Holden float to 'Mist' | publisher=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] | date=[[2007-01-26]] | accessdate=2007-05-17 }}</ref> Production began the following February at StageWorks of Louisiana, a sound stage and movie production facility in [[Shreveport, Louisiana]].<ref>{{cite news | author=Alexandyr Kent | url= | title='The Mist' creeping into Shreveport | publisher=[[The Times (Shreveport)|The Times]] | date=[[2007-01-19]] | accessdate=2007-05-17 }}</ref> [[Marcia Gay Harden]] and [[Toby Jones]] joined the cast later in the month.<ref>{{cite news | author=Michael Fleming | url=http://www.ev.variety.com/article/VR1117959912.html?categoryid=2431&cs=1 | title=Actors will emerge from King's 'Mist' | publisher=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] | date=[[2007-02-21]] | accessdate=2007-05-17 }}</ref> |
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[[William Sadler]], [[Jeffrey DeMunn]], and Brian Libby, each of whom appeared in Darabont's previous Stephen King adaptations ''[[The Shawshank Redemption]]'' and ''[[The Green Mile (film)|The Green Mile]]'', were cast in supporting roles. Sadler had previously played Thomas Jane's role, David Drayton, in a 1986 [[audio book]] version of ''The Mist''. Darabont wanted to cast King in the supporting role that eventually went to Brian Libby, an offer King turned down. [http://www.movieweb.com/news/97/24397.php] |
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Darabont sought to pursue "a more fluid, ragged documentary kind of direction" with ''The Mist'',<ref name=about/> so he contacted the camera crew from the TV series ''[[The Shield]]'' to use their style in the film.<ref name=con>{{cite news | author=Edward Douglas | url=http://www.shocktillyoudrop.com/news/comicconnews.php?id=903 | title=Comic-Con '07: Two Clips From ''The Mist''! | publisher=ShockTillYouDrop.com | date=[[2007-07-27]] | accessdate=2007-07-30 }}</ref> Darabont attempted to film ''The Mist'' [[digital film|digitally]] but found that it "wound up looking too beautiful". The director chose to film with 400 ASA from [[Fujifilm]], which gave footage a [[film grain|grainy effect]].<ref name=shock/> |
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In the opening shot, David is drawing in his room. The drawing is based on [[Stephen King]]'s [[The Dark Tower (series)|Dark Tower]] series, and the drawing was actually painted by famous movie poster designer, [[Drew Struzan]]. Darabont also put in re-productions of his posters and illustrations for ''[[The Thing (film)|The Thing]]'' (''The Thing'''s director [[John Carpenter]] also directed ''[[The Fog]]'' which had a plot similar to ''The Mist''), ''[[Pan's Labyrinth]]'', ''[[The Shawshank Redemption]]'', and ''[[The Green Mile (film)|The Green Mile]]'', paying a tribute to him. |
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Darabont collaborated with the production designer to create a mix of eras to avoid appearing as a [[period piece]] but also not looking so contemporary. Cell phones were used by characters in ''The Mist'', but the [[military police]] in the film did not dress in modern attire. The MP also drove an old [[Jeep]] instead of a [[Humvee]].<ref name=shock/> |
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Over a hundred [[extra (actor)|extra]]s from Shreveport, Louisiana were included in ''The Mist''. Unlike conventional application of extras in the background of a film, sixty of the hundred extras were interwoven with the film's ensemble cast.<ref>{{cite news | author=Alexandyr Kent | url=http://www.shreveporttimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071118/LIVING/711150360/1004/LIVING | title=The core of a horror flick: 'The Mist' features dozens of local extras | publisher=[[The Times (Shreveport)|The Times]] | date=[[2007-11-18]] | accessdate=2007-11-20 }}</ref> Additional elements giving the film a local flavor include the prominence of local Louisiana brands such as Zapp's potato chips. Exterior shots of the house at the beginning were in Shreveport. Exterior shots of the supermarket were in [[Vivian, Louisiana]]. |
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===Music=== |
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Frank Darabont chose to use music to minimal effect in ''The Mist'' in order to capture the "heavier feel" of the darker ending that he had written to replace the one from the novella. The director explained, "Sometimes movie music feels false. I’ve always felt that silent can be scarier than loud, a whisper more frightening than a bang, and we wanted to create a balance. We kept music to a minimum to keep that verité, documentary feel." Darabont chose to overlay the song "The Host of Seraphim" by the band [[Dead Can Dance]], a spiritual piece characterized by wailing and chanting. A fan of Dead Can Dance, Darabont thought that the song played "as a requiem Mass for the human race."<ref>{{cite news | author=David Frese | url=http://www.kansascity.com/entertainment/story/362931.html | title=Frank Darabont dares to alter a Stephen King classic: ‘The Mist’ | publisher=[[Kansas City Star]] | date=[[2007-11-17]] | accessdate=2007-11-20 }}</ref> |
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===Effects=== |
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[[Image:TheMist tentacles.jpg|250px|right|thumb|Norm is taken by claw-lined tentacles from the mist. Director Frank Darabont sought unique creature designs in the course of production.]]Frank Darabont hired artist [[Bernie Wrightson]] to assist in designing the creatures for the film.<ref name=con /> Greg Nicotero worked on the film's creature design and make-up effects, while Everett Burrell served as the visual effects supervisor. Nicotero initially sketched out ideas for creature design when Darabont originally expressed interest in filming ''The Mist'' in the 1980s. When the project was greenlit, Nicotero, Burrell, and Darabont collaborated about the creature design at roundtable meetings at CaféFX.<ref name=about/> The studio for visual effects had been recommended to Darabont by [[Guillermo Del Toro]] after Darabont asked the director who created the visual effects for ''[[Pan's Labyrinth]]'' (2006). Due to the creatures being described in only a few sentences in the novella, Darabont sought to conceive of new designs. The director explained, "The challenge was to try and create these designs in such a way that they feel very unique{{sic}} to this film and not like somebody else's creature. There have been so many designs through the years. Not somebody else's dinosaur, or dragon, or spider, or whatever, but to do stuff that was very unique to ours. That was the primary goal." Nicotero, who was versed in film history and genre history, reviewed past creature designs to avoid having similar designs.<ref name=shock>{{cite news | author=Edward Douglas | url=http://www.shocktillyoudrop.com/news/topnews.php?id=3609 | title=An Exclusive Interview with Mr. Frank Darabont! | publisher=ShockTillYouDrop.com | date=[[2007-11-16]] | accessdate=2007-11-20 }}</ref> When the designs were completed, Nicotero and Burrell educated the cast on the appearance of the creatures by showing puppets and the function of their eyes and mouths. The presentation of the puppets served as reference points for the cast, who had to respond to [[motion capture|motion capture dots]] during filming.<ref name=about>{{cite news | author=Rebecca Murray | url=http://movies.about.com/od/themist/a/themist081507.htm | title=Behind the Scenes of The Mist Based on a Stephen King Story | publisher=[[About.com]] | date=[[2007-08-15]] | accessdate=2007-11-19 }}</ref> |
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==Release== |
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===Theatrical=== |
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''The Mist'' was screened at the film festival ShowEast on [[October 18]] [[2007]], at which director [[Frank Darabont]] received the Kodak Award for Excellence in Filmmaking for his previous works ''[[The Shawshank Redemption]]'' (1994) and ''[[The Green Mile (film)|The Green Mile]]'' (1999).<ref>{{cite news | author=Carl DiOrio | url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/film/news/e3i0c86abe9c72f2e6ecf7edcca50e3a30e | title=ShowEast to close high on Darabont | publisher=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] | date=[[2007-10-16]] | accessdate=2007-11-20 }}</ref> The film was commercially released in the [[United States]] and [[Canada]] on [[November 21]] [[2007]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=mist.htm | title=The Mist (2007) | publisher=[[Box Office Mojo]] | accessdate=2007-11-20 }}</ref> Over the opening weekend in the United States and Canada, ''The Mist'' grossed $8,931,973. As of [[May 2]] [[2008]], the film has grossed $25,593,755 in the United States and Canada and $18,076,492 in other territories for a worldwide total of $43,670,247.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=mist.htm | title=The Mist (2007) | publisher=[[Box Office Mojo]] | accessdate=2007-12-05 }}</ref> |
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===DVD=== |
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''The Mist'' was released on DVD on [[March 25]], [[2008]]. The single-disc includes an audio commentary by writer/director Frank Darabont, eight deleted scenes with optional commentary, and "A Conversation With Stephen King and Frank Darabont" featurette. The two-disc edition includes an exclusive black-and-white presentation of the film (as well as the color version), and five featurettes ("When Darkness Came: The Making of The Mist", "Taming the Beast: Shooting Scene 35", "Monsters Among Us: A Look at the Creature FX", "The Horror of It All: The Visual FX of The Mist", and "[[Drew Struzan]]: Appreciation of an Artist"). |
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==Reception== |
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On the film review aggregate website [[Rotten Tomatoes]], ''The Mist'' received a 70% approval rating, based on 123 reviews, with an average rating of 6.4/10.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/mist/|title=Stephen King's The Mist|publisher=[[Rotten Tomatoes]]|accessdate=2008-03-30}}</ref> However, it only received a 57% approval rating from the 28 "Cream of the Crop" reviews.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/mist/?critic=creamcrop|title=Stephen King's The Mist (Cream of the Crop)|publisher=[[Rotten Tomatoes]]|accessdate=2008-03-26}}</ref> On the website [[Metacritic]], the film has received a metascore of 58 out of 100 based on 28 reviews.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.metacritic.com/film/titles/mist2007 | title=Mist, The (2007): Reviews|publisher=[[Metacritic]]|accessdate=2008-03-26}}</ref><!--NOTE: When you update the ratings, please update the accessdate attributes!--> |
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==References== |
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==External links== |
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*[http://www.themist-movie.com/ Official site and trailers] |
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*[http://www.rocketxl.com/blockbuster The Mist Exclusive Media-player] |
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*[http://www.cinemetrics.lv/movie.php?movie_ID=1383 Cinemetrical data] |
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