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Mick Garris,
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: Not Rated
: Live/Artisan
: Drama, Science Fiction , Television, Disaster Action, Supernatural/Occult, Post-Apocalypse, Horror TV, Miniseries
: 366 min.
: English
: English
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Originally aired as a television mini-series, this all-star filmization of Stephen King's gripping epic of good versus evil chronicles the episodic adventures of a disparate group of people who struggle to reestablish civilization after a man-made catastrophe wipes out most of the world's population. The world abruptly ends when a deadly virus accidentally escapes from a government sponsored biological warfare laboratory. Soon people are dropping like flies from the plague, but a few survive and find themselves strangely compelled to head into the West. Good-hearted people follow the voice of an ancient black woman and head for Boulder, Colorado. Bad people follow the enigmatic Walkin' Dude to Las Vegas. It is only a matter of time before the two sides are forced into a climactic battle over the final fate of humanity. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
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| Six degrees of Stephen King.
by Emomovieluver
February 27, 2003 - 9:20 AM PST
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3 out of 3 members found this review helpful
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"The Stand" debuted as a mini series on May of 1994. Ed Harris appears in "The Stand". George A. Romero directed Ed Harris in "Knightriders". Stephen King worked with George A. Romero in "Creepshow". The teleplay "The Shining" mini-series was written by Stephen King. Mick Garris directed "The Shining" and "The Stand" mini-series.
There was a time when I was first in line to get the next new Stephen King novel. In time, his works grew too massively long and his books came out too frequent for my busy adult life to accomodate. Thus, movies based on his works came to the forefront for me. Because it was a t.v. mini-series, I never caught "The Stand" when it debuted on t.v. but thanks to DVD, I can now enjoy "The Stand" in an even better format without commercial interruption and I don't have to watch it over the span of 4 days. The first fault I can note about the first half of this mini-series is already there are way too many characters and characters that appear out of nowhere seemingly for no reason. I can't imagine keeping track of this many characters in a book! So far, "The Stand" is keeping my attention with maybe one or two "talkie" scenes that trudge on too long. Acting-wise, Lowe is particularly good as a deaf mute and Harris (who is uncredited) steals the show. To be continued in "The Stand (disc 2) section... |
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