The Mist Blu-ray (US)

The Mist Blu-ray (US)

Weinstein Company | 2007 | 126 min | Rated R | Sep 16, 2008

David Drayton (Thomas Jane) and his young son Billy (Nathan Gamble) are among a large group of terrified townspeople trapped in a local grocery store by a strange, otherworldly mist. David is the first to realize that there are things lurking in the mist... deadly, horrifying things... creatures not of this world. Survival depends on everybody in the store pulling together... but is that possible, given human nature? As reason crumbles in the face of fear and panic, David begins to wonder what terrifies him more: the monsters in the mist — or the ones inside the store, the human kind, the people that until now had been his friends and neighbors?

Starring: Thomas Jane, Marcia Gay Harden, Laurie Holden, Andre Braugher, Toby Jones
Director: Frank Darabont

Video  
Video codec: MPEG-4 AVC
Video resolution: 1080p
Aspect ratio: 1.85:1
Original aspect ratio: 1.85:1
Audio

English: Dolby TrueHD 5.1
English: Dolby Digital 5.1
French: Dolby Digital 5.1

English, English SDH, French, Spanish (less)

Subtitles

English SDH, Spanish

Discs
50GB Blu-ray Disc
Two-disc set (2 BDs)

Playback
Region Free

Cover

No Slip Cover

Availability

1-5 days

Harga

Rp. 249.000

Special Features

In addition to containing two editions of the movie (color and black-and-white), The Mist debuts on Blu-ray with a nice selection of additional extras. First up is a commentary track with writer/director Frank Darabont and producer Denise Huth (who appears only intermittently). The director delves straight into commenting on the film, speaking fast and to the point. He spends plenty of time discussing how the film was created on a shoestring budget. He also discusses at length the methods he employed to lend the film a documentary feel. There is some fascinating discussion about the CGI effects, in-camera effects, and the creation of the mist. He also discusses the changes in the ending from the original Stephen King novella and how it ties in with a few lines found in that work, Stephen King's approval of the ending, and the influence of Rod Serling's "The Twilight Zone." This is an excellent commentary track, one that took four days to record, and should be required listening for anyone who enjoyed this film.

Eight deleted and extended scenes (1080i, 14:47) with optional commentary with Frank Darabont are included. A Conversation With Stephen King and Writer/Director Frank Darabont (1080i, 12:17) is a nice piece featuring the director of the film and writer of the story discussing the themes of the story, the ending, and more. It's generally a love-fest between the two stars, but is worth checking out anyway. When Darkness Came: The Making of the Mist (1080i, 37:27) is next. This is an in-depth piece that features plenty of interviews with the cast and crew (and Stephen King), behind-the-scenes footage, and more. The piece begins with Darabont reviewing his career and how he's come back to make The Mist. Darabont recaps quite a bit of information here that we learned in the commentary, but the visuals and behind-the-scenes footage lend a fresh edge to the information. There is also plenty of discussion about the film's visual effects, set creation, casting, the cast discussing their roles, and plenty more.

Taming the Beast: The Making of Scene 35 (1080i, 12:10) takes a closer look at the making of the film's most action-packed and biggest sequence, and how Darabont was "making it up as [he] went along." Monsters Among Us: A Look at the Creature FX (1080i, 12:44) is next. By now, information is becoming superfluous, but this feature takes the basic information we've heard already and fleshes it out nicely. The Horror of it All: The Visual FX of 'The Mist' (1080i, 16:02) takes viewers behind-the-scenes of the special effects, the contributions of CafeFX, how the effects were rendered and implemented into the film, and more. Drew Struzan: An Appreciation of an Artist (1080i, 7:31) is a nice look at this artist who has created some of the most famous movie posters of all time with special attention paid to his contributions to The Mist. Three "webisodes" (1080i, 10:13) are included. These brief pieces look at the making of three scenes -- Earthquake, Burn Man, and Franny, the Flamethrower. Concluding this set of special features are three trailers for the film, presented in 1080i.