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''The Mist'' (also known as ''Stephen King's The Mist'') is a 2007 American science fiction horror film based on the 1980 novella of the same name by Stephen King. The film was written and directed by Frank Darabont, who had previously adapted King's works ''The Shawshank Redemption'' (1994 film based on the 1982 novella) and ''The Green Mile'' (1999 film based on the 1996 novel). Darabont had been interested in adapting ''The Mist'' for the big screen since the 1980s. The film features an ensemble cast including Thomas Jane, Marcia Gay Harden, Samuel Witwer, Toby Jones, and future ''The Walking Dead'' actors Jeffrey DeMunn, Juan Gabriel Pareja, Laurie Holden, and Melissa McBride. Filming for ''The Mist'' began in Shreveport, Louisiana, in February, 2007. The film was commercially released in the United States and Canada on November 21, 2007; it performed well at the box office and received generally positive reviews. Darabont has since revealed that he had "always had it in mind to shoot ''The Mist'' in black and white", a decision inspired by such iconic films as ''Night of the Living Dead'' (1968) and the "pre-color" work of Ray Harryhausen. While the film's cinematic release was in color, the director has described the black and white print (released on Blu-ray in 2008) as his "preferred version." The director revised the ending of the film to be darker than the novella's ending, a change to which King was amenable. Darabont also sought unique creature designs to differentiate them from his creatures in past films. Although a monster movie, the central theme explores what ordinary people will be driven to do under extraordinary circumstances. The plot revolves around members of the small town of Bridgton, Maine who, after a severe thunderstorm causes the power to go out the night before, meet in a supermarket to pick up supplies. While they struggle to survive an unnatural mist which envelops the town and conceals vicious, otherworldly monsters, extreme tensions rise among the survivors. ==Plot== After a violent thunderstorm, David Drayton (Thomas Jane), a graphic artist, and his wife Stephanie (Kelly Collins Lintz) check the damage. They find a large tree has fallen on the house and another tree belonging to next-door neighbor Brent Norton (Andre Braugher) has demolished their boat house. David and Stephanie notice a strange mist floating across the surface of the lake towards their property. David goes to a grocery to buy supplies, bringing eight-year-old son Billy (Nathan Gamble) and Norton along. They see a convoy of military trucks. As the town's tornado sirens go off, a panicked man with a bloody nose, Dan Miller (Jeffrey DeMunn), runs into the crowded store warning of something dangerous in the oncoming mist. A man disregards his warnings and is attacked when running to his car. The mist envelops the store, making it impossible to see outside, and a violent, earthquake-like tremor hits. Mrs. Carmody (Marcia Gay Harden), a religious fanatic, believes that this is the beginning of Armageddon. A shaken woman (Melissa McBride), against objections from the others, leaves the store to get her children, who she left at home alone. David and others investigate the loading bay generator and find that the exhaust vent is plugged. A bag-boy named Norm (Chris Owen) volunteers to go outside and unplug the vent, but as he steps outside, he is snatched and devoured by an unseen monster, despite the efforts of David and assistant store manager Ollie Weeks (Toby Jones) to save him. After David tells everyone what happened, Norton is certain that David is playing a joke as payback for the lawsuit Norton filed against David last year. Norton and others head outside, only to be attacked and presumably killed by an unseen creature, prompting the rest of the survivors to barricade the shop-front windows. That night, enormous flying scorpion-like insects land on the windows and pterodactyl-like animals devour them, eventually causing the glass to break and allowing the insects to enter the store, where they kill two and badly injure one. One of the insects lands on Mrs. Carmody, but she is spared when she prays. As a result, she starts preaching more and quickly gains followers among the distraught survivors. A trip to the neighboring pharmacy to gather medical supplies goes horribly wrong and two people are killed by giant spiders. Mrs. Carmody gets nearly everyone in the market on her side. Two soldiers commit suicide, and a third, Private Jessup (Samuel Witwer), reveals that the local military base was filled with rumors about the Arrowhead Project, the government's attempt to look into other dimensions, and the scientists responsible for the experiment may have inadvertently opened a doorway into a dimension containing the creatures that are now invading the town. Mrs. Carmody convinces her followers that it is Jessup's fault and he is repeatedly stabbed until Mrs. Carmody tells them to feed him to the creatures. He is then thrown out of the store, grabbed and devoured by a large praying mantis-like creature. David and a handful of other survivors secretly gather supplies to flee. They are intercepted by Mrs. Carmody, who destroys the supplies. She attempts to have David and his group sacrificed, but Ollie shoots and kills her with Amanda Dumfries' (Laurie Holden) gun, horrifying her followers. They allow David's group to leave. Ollie and two others are killed by the creatures. One runs back to the market and is allowed inside. David, Billy, Dan, Amanda, and Irene (Frances Sternhagen), make it to the car, retrieve Amanda's gun, and leave. Driving through the mist, David finds his house destroyed and his wife dead. Heartbroken, he drives the group south, seeing destruction (including a school bus and one of its occupants wrapped in webbing) and a gigantic multi-legged, tentacled beast. When they run out of gas, the group decides there is no point in going on. With four bullets left in Amanda's gun and five people in the car, David shoots the others rather than have them endure horrifying deaths. Determined to die, David gets out of the car. However, the mist recedes, revealing that the U.S. Army has killed the monsters and restored order. Among the survivors is the woman who left the store at the phenomenon's onset, accompanied by her two children who she left to save. Realizing that they were only moments from being rescued and had been driving away from help the entire time, David falls to his knees screaming while two soldiers look on in confusion. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Mist (film)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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