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The
Mist,
2007, 127 minutes, Rated R
By Ramona Prioleau
Typically, a mist simply means reduced
speed on the roadway, dampness and a very bad hair day. But if
Stephen King imagines the day when a condensed cloud spreads across
the land, that bad hair should stand straight up. MORE >>> |
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In a 1980’s novella, King crafted an ominous tale
where fear and chaos ensues as a mysterious fog envelopes a New
England town. Director Frank Darabont (The Shawshank Redemption)
adapted King’s novella into a film of the same name that stars
Thomas Jane (The Punisher), Marcia Gay Harden (Mystic River) and
Andre Braugher (Homicide: Life on the Street).
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But forget the bugs, bats and tentacled creatures of
the film. In The Mist, the real horror is Marcia, Marcia, Marcia! Marcia
Gay Harden that is. Harden portrays Mrs. Carmody, an uptight small
town woman thrown into a frenzy once she learns there is an
undefined something lurking in the mist. Convinced that the
“something” is punishment for humanity’s sinful ways, Mrs. Carmody
morphs into a religious extremist who becomes a threat to any and
all in her path.
While no CGI-crafted bugaboo is a match for Gay
Harden’s character, the terror that grips most of the shoppers
trapped in the grocery store runs a close second to the
arched-eyebrow proselytizing Mrs. Carmody. Among those shoppers is a
small cadre of folk that refuse to believe that the creepy mist
hides things that go bump in the night. Braugher’s ultra-rational
Brent Norton heads this band of disbelievers that decide to return
home, leaving the remaining shoppers to continue bickering amongst
themselves about the proper course of action. Although technically
the lead actor, Thomas Jane is no thespian and pales in comparison
to the likes of Harden and Braugher. Nevertheless, Jane’s
performance is solid.
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November 2007
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Fundamentalist Attack?
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2007)
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Genre(s) |
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Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
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Writer(s) |
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Frank Darabont
(screenplay) & Stephen King (short story)
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Frank Darabont |
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Producer |
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Liz Glotzer |
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Producer |
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Richard Saperstein |
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Executive Producer |
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Bob Weinstein |
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Executive Producer |
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Harvey Weinstein |
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Thomas Jane |
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David Drayton |
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Marcia Gay Harden |
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Mrs. Carmody |
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Andre Braugher |
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Brent Norton |
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Laurie Holden |
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Amanda Dumfries |
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Toby Jones |
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Ollie |
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Ronn Schmidt |
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Hunter M. Via |
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Mark Isham |
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Music |
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Deborah Aquila and Mary Tricia Wood |
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Casting |
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Giovanna Ottobre-Melton |
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Dimension Films (USA)
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Filming
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- Shreveport,
Louisiana, USA
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