The Fog (2005)

Director:

Rupert Wainwright

Writers (WGA):

Cooper Layne (screenplay)
John Carpenter (1980 screenplay) ...

Release Date:

14 October 2005 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Mystery | Thriller | Horror

Tagline:

From The Makers Of "Halloween"

Plot:

A quiet seaside town is engulfed by a thick fog precisely one century after a boat sunk just off the coast under mysterious circumstances.

Plot Keywords:

Island | Fog | Ghost | Revenge | Leper

Cast

Tom Welling	...	Nick Castle
Maggie Grace	...	Elizabeth Williams
Selma Blair	...	Stevie Wayne
DeRay Davis	...	Spooner
Kenneth Welsh	...	Tom Malone
Adrian Hough	...	Father Malone
Sara Botsford	...	Kathy Williams
Cole Heppell	...	Andy Wayne
Mary Black	...	Aunt Connie
Jonathon Young	...	Dan The Weatherman
R. Nelson Brown	...	Machen (as Rnelsonbrown)
Christian Bocher	...	Founding Father Patrick Malone
Douglas Arthurs	...	Founding Father David Williams (as Douglas H. Arthurs)
Yves Cameron	...	Founding Father Richard Wayne
Charles Andre	...	Founding Father Norman Castle (as Charles André)

Also Known As:

Le brouillard (Canada: French title)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for violence, disturbing images and brief sexuality.

Runtime:

100 min | Philippines:99 min | USA:103 min (unrated version)

Country:

Canada | USA | France

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

USA:PG-13 | Australia:M | UK:15 | Ireland:15A | Philippines:PG-13 | Germany:16 | Czech Republic:12 | Sweden:15 | Singapore:PG | Argentina:13 | USA:Unrated (unrated DVD version) | Malaysia:18SG (uncut version) | Malaysia:U (cut version) | Finland:K-15 | Hungary:16 | Portugal:M/16 | Iceland:16 | South Korea:15 | France:U (with warning) | USA:TV-14 (tv rating) | Canada:14A (Ontario) (Canadian Home Video rating) | USA:PG-13 (NO. 41468) | Netherlands:16

Filming Locations:

Bowen Island, British Columbia, Canada

Company:

Revolution Studios

Trivia:

When Elizabeth finds Father Malone in the cemetery, he is sitting next to a tomb which has been spray-painted with the words "MENE MENE TEKEL EUPHARIN". She asks what it means, and he simply says "It's from the Bible - it's the "writing on the wall"". The words should read "MENE MENE TEKEL UPHARSIN", and are from the book of Daniel. The story is found in Chapter 5, and the words were originally written by fingers upon the wall of the palace of King of Babylon. Loosely translated, they were a pronouncement of judgment and coming retribution on the unjust King.

Goofs:

Continuity: The windows in Nick's truck are all blown out by the fog when he and Elizabeth are driving through town that night. After they pick up Andy, they hit a figure in the fog and get splatters all over the windshield.

Quotes:

Captain Blake: [as Malone is lowering himself from the Elizabeth Dane, Blake reaches through a porthole and grabs him] Blood for blood!

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Death Row (2007) (V)

Soundtrack:

Nighttime

Avoid this movie at all costs.

I saw this opening night and let me tell you. The first hour is so bad that at least a half dozen people got up and left. The lady behind me puked half way thru the movie as well (I think because the movie made her nauseous). The last 1/2 hr does have some cool cinematography but not enough to save the film from the horrible creation it is. Bad acting, horrible script writing, stereo- typical characters with less than 1-dimension. Leave well enough alone (the 1980 original). ___SPOILER BELOW____ The best (funniest) part of the film comes when the lead lady watches a videotaped segment of some murders and we see the hilarious reaction of guy who hid in the freezer. "Just chillin'" he was. :-)

We also get an infamous horrible script writing one-liner "What's going on here?".... see if you can spot it.