The Viewer's Commentary

Directed by: Frank Darabont

Produced by: Frank Darabont, Martin Shafer, Liz Glotzer

Written by: Frank Darabont

Edited by: Hunter M. Via

Cinematography by: Rohn Schmidt

Music by: Mark Isham

Starring: Thomas Jane, Marcia Gay Harden, Laurie Holden, Andre Braugher, Toby Jones, Nathan Gamble, Jeffrey DeMunn, William Sadler, Frances Sternhagen, Samuel Witwer, Alexa Davalos

Based on the novella by Stephen King

Year: 2007

Frank Darabont’s third adaptation of a Stephen King novel was, surprisingly, only the first horror film the director tackled from the famed author. Having apparently wanted to adapt the 1980 novella for quite some time, the director instead first tackled The Shawshank Redemption and then The Green Mile before finally getting a chance to direct the smalltown monster movie he had been dreaming of, making small adjustments to the story as he went along – most notably altering the original story’s ending to one that even Stephen King has acknowledged to be superior to the original work. Read more…