The Mist (2007)

Regista:

Frank Darabont

Writers (WGA):

Frank Darabont (screenplay)
Stephen King (novel)

Data di uscita:

21 novembre 2007 (USA)

Genere:

Drama | Horror | Sci-Fi | Thriller

Slogan:

Fear Changes Everything

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.

Plot Keywords:

Fire Extinguisher | Blood | Preacher | Shot In The Forehead | Flamethrower

Premi:

4 nominations

Recensioni degli utenti:

You're all right Big Bill…The Mist

Cast

Thomas Jane	...	David Drayton
Marcia Gay Harden	...	Mrs. Carmody
Laurie Holden	...	Amanda Dumfries
Andre Braugher	...	Brent Norton
Toby Jones	...	Ollie Weeks
William Sadler	...	Jim
Jeffrey DeMunn	...	Dan Miller
Frances Sternhagen	...	Irene Reppler
Nathan Gamble	...	Billy Drayton
Alexa Davalos	...	Sally
Chris Owen	...	Norm
Sam Witwer	...	Private Jessup
Robert C. Treveiler	...	Bud Brown (as Robert Treveiler)
David Jensen	...	Myron
Melissa Suzanne McBride	...	Woman With Kids at Home (as Melissa McBride)
Andy Stahl	...	Mike Hatlen
Buck Taylor	...	Ambrose Cornell
Brandon O'Dell	...	Bobby Eagleton
Jack Hurst	...	Joe Eagleton (as Jackson Hurst)
Brian Libby	...	Biker
Susan Malerstein	...	Hattie (as Susan Watkins)
Mathew Greer	...	Silas
Juan Gabriel Pareja	...	Morales (as Juan Pareja)
Walter Fauntleroy	...	Donaldson
Amin Joseph	...	M.P.
Kelly Collins Lintz	...	Steff Drayton
Ginnie Randall	...	Woman #1
Tiffany Morgan	...	Woman #2
Kim Wall	...	Terrified Woman
Julio Cedillo	...	Father (as Julio Cesar Cedillo)
Ron Clinton Smith	...	Mr. Mackey
Gregg Brazzel	...	Tom Smalley (as Greg Brazzel)
Sonny Franks	...	Man with El Camino
Dodie Brown	...	Screaming Woman (as Dodie L. Brown)
Taylor E. Brown	...	Screaming Child
resto del cast in ordine alfabetico:
Jay Amor	...	Shopper #4 (uncredited)
Kevin Beard	...	Shopper #2 (uncredited)
Derek Cox-Berg	...	Teenager #1 (uncredited)
Kip Cummings	...	Mrs. Carmody's Follower (uncredited)
John F. Daniel	...	Mrs. Carmody's Follower (uncredited)
Ted Ferguson	...	Norton Group Member (uncredited)
Travis Fontenot	...	Hazmat Worker (uncredited)
Louis Herthum	...	Colonel (uncredited)
Walt Hollis	...	Bio Hazard Engineer (uncredited)
Pamela Houghton	...	Mrs. Carmody's Follower (uncredited)
Brian Hunt	...	Teenage Boy #2 (uncredited)
Cherami Leigh	...	Teenage Girl (uncredited)
Mike Martindale	...	Sentry (uncredited)
Eric Kelly McFarland	...	Military Soldier (uncredited)
Ritchie Montgomery	...	Paisley Hat Man (uncredited)
Michaela Morgan	...	Little Girl (uncredited)
Chuck Vail	...	Military Soldier (uncredited)
Steven E. Williams	...	Mash Group Member (uncredited)

Regia di
Frank Darabont

Scritto da (WGA)
Frank Darabont		(screenplay)
Stephen King		(novella)

Prodotto da
Frank Darabont	....	producer
Anna Garduno	....	co-producer (as Anna Garduño)
Liz Glotzer	....	producer
Denise M. Huth	....	co-producer (as Denise Huth)
Randi Richmond	....	co-producer
Richard Saperstein	....	executive producer
Bob Weinstein	....	executive producer
Harvey Weinstein	....	executive producer

Musiche originali di
Mark Isham

Fotografia di
Ronn Schmidt

Montaggio di
Hunter M. Via

Responsabile casting
Deborah Aquila
Jennifer L. Smith
Mary Tricia Wood

Scenografie di
Gregory Melton

Architetto-scenografo
Alex Hajdu

Arredatore
Raymond Pumilia

Costumi di
Giovanna Ottobre-Melton

Trucco
Howard Berger	....	creature designer
Howard Berger	....	creature makeup effects
Anneliese Boise	....	hair effects: KNB Efx (as Anneliese Boies)
Mark Boley	....	hair effects: KNB Efx
Jack Bricker	....	hair effects: KNB Efx
Gino Crognale	....	special makeup effects artist
Jake Garber	....	special makeup effects artist
Betty Hamnac	....	hair stylist (as Betty W. Hammac)
Sandy Jo Johnston	....	hair stylist: second unit
Sandy Jo Johnston	....	makeup artist: second unit
Krystal Kershaw	....	makeup artist
Adruitha Lee	....	department head hair stylist
Robin Mathews	....	key makeup artist
Yolanda Mercadel	....	hair stylist (as Yolanda M. Mercudel)
Gregory Nicotero	....	creature designer
Gregory Nicotero	....	creature makeup effects
Andy Schoneberg	....	makeup effects sculptor
Tony Ward	....	key hair stylist
Allen Weisinger	....	department head makeup artist (as Alan Weisinger)

Direttore di produzione
Michael Jackman	....	executive in charge of post-production
Alissa M. Kantrow	....	unit production manager
Karen M. Murphy	....	post-production supervisor
Leslie Rodier	....	post-production supervisor

Aiuto regista
George Bott	....	first assistant director: second unit (as George R. Bott)
George Bott	....	second second assistant director (as George R. Bott)
Paula Case	....	second assistant director
K.C. Colwell	....	first assistant director
Craig Comstock	....	second second assistant director
Tom Martin	....	additional second assistant director (as Tommy Martin)
Gregory Nicotero	....	second unit director
Ann C. Salzer	....	first assistant director: second unit

Art Department
Susan Agnoff	....	product placement coordinator
Mary Bean	....	props
Robert M. Donaldson	....	set dresser
Denise Dupont	....	art department coordinator
Maureen Farley	....	property master
Jaime Fernandez	....	on-set dresser
Tommy Gilbert	....	set dresser
Frank Hendrick	....	leadman
Jerry G. Henery	....	construction coordinator
Joey Kent	....	set dresser
Steven Kerlagon	....	scenic charge
Andree Lago	....	scenic foreman
Michelle Marchand II	....	set decoration buyer
W. Rick Nichol	....	assistant art director
W. Rick Nichol	....	set designer
Noel Rideout	....	set dresser
Ivan Romero	....	storyboard assistant
David Scott	....	graphic designer
Caroline Seale	....	art department production assistant
Aaron Sims	....	character designer
Drew Struzan	....	artist: David's paintings
Pete von Sholly	....	storyboard artist
Bernie Wrightson	....	creature designer

Sonoro
Rick Ash	....	sound re-recording mixer
Gregg Barbanell	....	foley artist
Thom Brennan	....	supervising foley editor
Mike Chock	....	sound effects editor
Dominique Decaudain	....	foley artist
Ryan Farris	....	utility sound
Nick Foley	....	adr mixer
Alan Freedman	....	adr mixer
Thomas Jones	....	supervising dialogue & adr editor
Paul Ledford	....	production sound mixer
Brian Magerkurth	....	sound mix technician
Mark A. Mangini	....	sound design consultant
Josephine Nericcio	....	first assistant sound editor
Ralph Osborn	....	dialogue editor
George Simpson	....	supervising sound editor
Carlos Sotolongo	....	adr mixer
Lucy Sustar	....	foley mixer
Elliot Tyson	....	sound re-recording mixer
Hugh Waddell	....	dialogue editor

Effetti speciali
Michael Broom	....	creature design
Ray Brown	....	special effects
Rob Derry	....	animatronic technician
Joe Giles	....	creature effects crew: KNB EFX Group
Brian Goehring	....	creature effects crew: KNB EFX Group
Steve Koch	....	designer/sculptor: KNB EFX Group
Paul Molnar	....	special effects assistant
Casey Pritchett	....	special effects
Corey Pritchett	....	special effects
Darrell Pritchett	....	special effects coordinator
Lino Stavole	....	special effects technician: mold department, K.N.B Effects Group
Lindsay Vivian	....	special effects purchaser
Kevin Wasner	....	sculptor

Visual Effects
Lindsay Anderson	....	digital paint artist
Marcus Ball	....	visual effects production assistant
Jeff Barnes	....	production executive: CafeFX
Mike Bozulich	....	lead compositor: CafeFX
Everett Burrell	....	visual effects supervisor
Justin Christenson	....	visual effects coordinator
Thomas Clary	....	visual effects supervisor: Digital Dream
Krishnamurti Costa	....	creature animator: CafeFX
Krishnamurti Costa	....	creature modeler: CafeFX
Krishnamurti Costa	....	texture artist: CafeFX
Christine Cram	....	digital paint artist
Rif Dagher	....	lead visual effects artist
Jean-Louis Darville	....	visual effects coordinator
Vincent DeLay	....	effects animator: CafeFX
Steve Dellerson	....	visual effects producer: Cafe FX
Andrew Dickinson	....	effects animator: CafeFX
Domenic DiGiorgio	....	character rigger
Christopher Dusendschon	....	digital imaging supervisor: iO FILM
Leif Einarsson	....	character animator
Jordan Freda	....	roto intern: CafeFX
Alex Friderici	....	lead artist
Ron Friedman	....	character animator: Cafe FX
Vicki Galloway-Weimer	....	visual effects executive producer: Cafe FX (as Vicki Galloway Weimer)
Scott Hankel	....	digital effects artist
Joseph Hoback	....	animator
David Hochstadter	....	digital artist: CafeFX
Kevin Hoppe	....	matchmove supervisor
Lei Jin	....	concept artist: CafeFX
Simon P. Jones	....	lighting technical director: CafeFX
Grzegorz Jonkajtys	....	lead animator
Brandon Kachel	....	matte painter: Cafe FX
Jaye Krebs	....	digital compositor: CafeFX
Mathew Krentz	....	digital compositor: CafeFX
Shannon Krueger	....	visual effects production assistant: CafeFx
Kevin Kutchaver	....	visual effects supervisor: Himani Productions
Daniel Lahr	....	assistant visual effects editor
Jessica Lai	....	matchmove artist: CafeFX
Votch Levi	....	CG lead: CafeFX
Neil Lim Sang	....	animator: CafeFX
Valy Lungoccia	....	digital artist
Richard Ivan Mann	....	visual effects producer: CafeFX
Morgan McDermott	....	digital compositor
Michael Miller	....	digital compositor
Noah Mizrahi	....	character animator
Phillip Moses	....	production operations: CafeFX
Karen M. Murphy	....	visual effects producer
Will Nicholson	....	digital effects artist
Gregory Nicotero	....	creature effects
Martin November	....	visual effects editor
Akira Orikasa	....	CG supervisor: CafeFX
Miguel Ortega	....	lead creature artist: CafeFX
Desi Ortiz	....	visual effects senior editor: CafeFX
Viviana Palacios	....	senior lighting technical director: CafeFX
Mario Peixoto	....	compositor
Todd Perry	....	color supervisor
Todd Perry	....	lighting supervisor
Chris Pinto	....	digital compositor: CafeFX
Corinne Pooler	....	executive visual effects producer: Digital Dream
Jerry Pooler	....	visual effects supervisor: Digital Dream
Vikas Rajput	....	digital artist
Rebecca Ramsey	....	visual effects executive producer: Look Effects
Marco Recuay	....	digital effects supervisor: Digital Dream
Richard R. Reed	....	digital compositor: CafeFX
Chad Ridgeway	....	roto/paint artist: Cafe FX
Mike Roby	....	digital artist
Ruben Rodas	....	paint/roto artist: CafeFX
Migs Rustia	....	visual effects editor
Charles Schwartz	....	matchmove artist: Cafe FX (as Charlie Schwartz)
Brian Shows	....	digital intermediate executive producer
Richard Slechta	....	lighting technical director: CafeFX
Brian Smallwood	....	compositor
Eddie Soria	....	senior paint and rotoscope artist
Joseph Spadaro	....	character rigger
Nic Spier	....	digital artist
Adam Stern	....	digital compositor: Cafe FX
Kellany Stewart	....	digital artist
James Straus	....	animation supervisor: CafeFX
Robert Tesdahl	....	lead software developer
Robert Tesdahl	....	software development supervisor
Jason Thielen	....	character animator: CafeFX
Danny Torres	....	systems engineer
O.D. Welch	....	production executive: CafeFX
Tom Williamson	....	compositing supervisor
Tom Williamson	....	effects photography

Controfigure
Jay Amor	....	utility stunts
Kevin Beard	....	stunt performer
Gregg Brazzel	....	stunt performer
Lex D. Geddings	....	stunt rigger
Jason Gray	....	stunt double
Danny Cosmo Higginbottom	....	stunt double
Amin Joseph	....	stunt performer
Wayne Scott Miller	....	stunt performer
Steve Ritzi	....	stunt coordinator
Nick Stanner	....	stunt double
Jill Stokesberry	....	stunts
John Zimmerman	....	stunt rigger

Camera and Electrical Department
Michael Applebaum	....	director of photography: second unit
Adam Baral	....	first assistant camera: "b" camera
Bob Bates	....	gaffer: second unit
Sarah Bowman	....	second assistant camera
Richard Cantu	....	camera operator: "b" camera
Cheryl Clarson	....	lighting technician
Peter Clarson	....	chief lighting technician
Sean Cruz	....	rigging electrician
Brandon Dauzat	....	second assistant camera: second unit
Ferdinand Duplantier Jr.	....	rigging gaffer
Rowland Egerton	....	rigging grip
Robert Foster	....	additional camera operator
Dan Furst	....	video assist operator: second unit
Kevin Gazdik	....	gaffer: second unit
Bill Gierhart	....	camera operator: "a" camera
Bill Gierhart	....	steadicam operator
Daniel H. Jacobs	....	electrician
Tucker Korte	....	second assistant camera: "a" camera
Luis Martinez	....	lighting technician
Dan Ming	....	first assistant camera: "a" camera
Ralph Nelson	....	photographer
Clayton Null	....	electrician
Robert Owen	....	rigging electrician
Van Redin	....	additional still photographer
Jonathan E. Robinson	....	film loader
Kennith G. Smith	....	dolly grip: "a" camera
Tonja Thomas	....	additional second assistant camera: second unit
Steve Wolfe	....	second assistant camera: "b" camera

Casting Department
Jay DeFelice	....	key extras casting assistant
Lisa Mae Fincannon	....	casting: Louisiana
Ryan Glorioso	....	extras casting
Barbara Harris	....	adr voice casting
Erin Toner	....	casting associate

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Caryn Frankenfield	....	costumer
S. Aimee Helms	....	key set costumer
Misti Moreaux	....	set costumer
Meriwether Nichols	....	set costumer
Omar Leo Torres	....	costume production assistant
Lauren Wade	....	set costumer

Editorial Department
Gordon Antell	....	associate film editor
Pablo Prietto	....	assistant editor
Amber Taylor	....	DI coordinator
Lee Wimer	....	color timer

Music Department
Cindy O'Connor	....	composer: additional music
Tyler Parkinson	....	music pre-recording engineer
Dennis S. Sands	....	music scoring mixer
Jed Smith	....	additional music courtesy of

Transportation Department
Doug Dovichi	....	transportation captain
Jay Fulton	....	driver
Beverly Reeves	....	van driver
John H. Stephens	....	transportation captain

Altro personale
Eddie Armes	....	stand-in
Erin Borel	....	production office coordinator
Liz Brandenburg	....	assistant production office coordinator
Mark Brown	....	production assistant
Jessica Clark	....	assistant: Frank Darabont (as Jess Clark)
Kip Cummings	....	stand-in
Crystal Dallas	....	craft service assistant
Stephen Finders	....	location manager
Juan Francisco	....	assistant: Frank Darabont
Jake Garber	....	puppeteer
Will Greenfield	....	production secretary
Hodge Grigsby	....	office production assistant
Harry Grissom	....	photo double
Harry Grissom	....	stand-in
Natalie Harper	....	stand-in
Letitia Hoaas	....	set teacher
Kristine Hrycun	....	assistant: Liz Glotzer
Jim Jaffe	....	product placement
Jodie Jones	....	production assistant
Shane Lindsey	....	office production assistant
Andrew Lovell	....	production assistant
Courtney Mayfield	....	production secretary
Jeff Maynard	....	post executive
Rachel McDonald	....	set production assistant
John A. Metoyer	....	location assistant
Terry Milam	....	utility stand-in: male
Constantine Nasr	....	documentary filmmaker
Nannette Palmer	....	set medic
Amber Tassin	....	production assistant
Sonia Torres	....	set production assistant
Venus Ventura	....	first assistant accountant
Nicole Willared	....	product placement
Scott Willmann	....	production accountant
Alison Young	....	script supervisor
Tracey Zemitis	....	unit publicist

Thanks
Charlie Gibson	....	thanks
Stephen King	....	special thanks
Mike Mignola	....	thanks
Eric Powell	....	thanks
Drew Struzan	....	thanks

Production Companies

• Darkwoods Productions
• Dimension Films

Distributors

• Alliance Atlantis Communications (2007) (Canada) (theatrical)
• Alliance Atlantis Home Video (2008) (Canada) (DVD)
• Alliance Atlantis Motion Picture Distribution (2007) (Canada) (theatrical)
• Ascot Elite Entertainment Group (2008) (Switzerland) (theatrical)
• Benelux Film Distribution (2008) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Dimension Films (2007) (USA) (all media)
• Future Film (2008) (Finland) (theatrical)
• Golden Village Entertainment (2008) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (2007) (USA) (theatrical)
• Midget Entertainment (2008) (Denmark) (all media)
• Odeon (2007) (Cyprus) (theatrical)
• Odeon (2007) (Greece) (theatrical)
• Prorom Media-Trade (2007) (Romania) (all media)
• Senator Film (2007) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Weinstein Company, The (2007) (USA) (all media)
• West Video (2007) (Russia) (all media)

Effetti speciali

• CafeFX (visual effects)
• K.N.B. Effects Group (creature design and make-up effects)
• Digital Dream (additional visual effects)
• RotoFactory (uncredited)

Other Companies

• Absolute Rentals  post-production rentals
• Betafish Music  additional music courtesy of
• Chapman / Leonard Studio Equipment  remote camera systems
• Dolby Laboratories  sound post-production
• Ear Tonic Music  trailer music
• Klass Entertainment  product placement
• Louisiana Production Consultants  production services
• Rockbottom Rentals  nextel cell phone rentals
• Skatedolly  camera dolly
• StageWorks  sound stages
• Varèse Sarabande  soundtrack
• iO Films  digital intermediate

Alias:

Stephen King's The Mist (USA) (complete title)

MPAA:

Rated R for violence, terror and gore, and language.

Durata:

126 min

Nazionalità:

USA

Lingua:

Inglese

Colore:

Colore | Bianco e nero (alternate DVD version)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sonoro:

Dolby Digital | SDDS | DTS

Divieti:

Germany:16 | Switzerland:16 (canton of Geneva) | Singapore:NC-16 | Hong Kong:IIB | Portugal:M/16 | South Korea:15 | Finland:K-15 | Australia:MA | France:-12 | Philippines:R-13 (MTRCB) | Japan:R-15 | USA:R | Switzerland:16 (canton of Vaud)

Luoghi delle riprese:

Shreveport, Louisiana, USA

Company:

Darkwoods Productions

Curiosità:

Director Frank Darabont wanted to cast Stephen King in a supporting role, but King turned his offer down. The role eventually went to Brian Libby.

Errori:

Revealing mistakes: The fallen tree which crashed through the house of David Drayton at the beginning of the film, appears to have had it's roots cut.

Citazioni:

[first lines]
Billy Drayton: Whoa!

Movie Connections:

Fa riferimento a Laberinto del fauno, El (2006)

Colonna sonora:

Apollo to the Rescue

You're all right Big Bill…The Mist

I always say to people that Frank Darabont is the only man who can truly make a great Stephen King adaptation. I'm not so sure I have the credentials to state that as fact, but I do anyways. I love The Shawshank Redemption, but never read Rita Hayworth… and I read The Green Mile, but still have yet to watch the film. So, I can't quite compare his work with that of the author, however, that did little to temper my anticipation for his first based on a supernatural story, with The Mist. Early buzz was that he completed the hat trick; even with some unavoidable clichés inherent to the genre, he was able to create something unique and terrifying. I have to say that I agree whole-heartedly. The tale that he has spun and the performances that he has wrenched from his actors are nothing short of spectacular. With the amount of tension built up, you hardly have time to notice the somewhat mediocre effects work and token moments of horror tradition. Whereas someone less capable would have tried to tell the tale of humanity versus the otherworldly beasts outside their grocery store cage, Darabont tells it how it really is—fear of the unknown turning man against man. There is no scarier monster than the one hidden inside us all.

We aren't given very much background at all. Thrown into the plot by a huge storm knocking power out and leaving destruction in its wake, we don't have much time before we are taken to the grocery store that becomes our setting for almost the entire duration. These are not two-dimensional characters, though, and through their conversations with each other, we glean a lot about who they are. It helps that this is a small town where everyone knows everyone, and they all make sure each other knows it. You have to love the old retired teacher calling you an underachiever right before you go out to risk your life against creatures straight from another dimension. The occupations of everyone plays into the plot course too, from a movie poster artist trying to tell the group that he saw tentacles attempting to take them out into the mist, to a lawyer doing his best to see the practicality of the situation and necessity of evidence before being convinced. They all have one thing in common, though, and that is the need for protection, the need for a herd to follow. As Armageddon plays out on the other side of the glass windows, fear takes hold, pitting faith against rationality, morality opposite ceremonial sacrifice.

Darabont has his cinematographer stay in very close throughout the movie. With extremely tight compositions, we are able to see the emotions and the chaos reflected by each actor's eyes. Everyone handles the pressure differently and the filmmakers don't cop-out from showing us each. The feeling leads to some claustrophobic moments, but also some wonderful action pieces, showing us the brutality and violence up close with no question or ambiguity to what happened. Towards the end, we are given a witch-hunt sequence between the zealots and the pragmatists. It is just a breathtaking piece of cinematic splendor, beautifully orchestrated despite its cruel subject matter and unabashed frankness. If you want to see grotesque, remorseless creatures, just take a glimpse at your neighbor. I'm sure it is there just below the surface, waiting for an opportunity to come up for air and latch onto the coattails of the nearest person crazy enough to think they know the answers and that they alone can lead the rest to salvation.

The acting is simply phenomenal. An ensemble of so many recognizable faces has been compiled and no one misses a step. Thomas Jane is devastating as the father of a young boy doing his best to keep everyone calm while taking stock of the situation in an attempt to find a way out; Toby Jones gives a nice turn as the slightly nerdy store assistant manager who is constantly walked on until his true worth is shown; and Andre Braugher is effective as the foil to Jane, their rocky relationship evolving and devolving as each minute goes by. While everyone is fantastic, it is Marica Gay Harden that becomes the real tour de force. I have never been a huge fan of hers; she is solid for sure, but usually comes off