Hero screen used Mr. Jingles cigar box prop from The Green Mile....

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Hero screen used Mr. Jingles cigar box prop from The Green Mile. (Castle Rock Ent., 1999) One of three "Mr. Jingles" cigar boxes used in the film. Each 7½ x 5½ x 2½ in. cigar box served a different technical purpose. This one was crafted to appear the most aged and was used at the very end of the film to accomplish a unique trick shot: In the film's final image, we see the camera move across the floor of a shack toward the cigar box, then rise to reveal the mouse Mr. Jingles sleeping fitfully before the final fade-out. Because a mouse doesn't naturally sleep on its side (which was needed so the audience could visually identify Mr. Jingles as a mouse and not just a ball of fuzz), a small wooden ledge was installed in the box under the cotton that the mouse could stand upon. The box was then glued to a simulated shack floor that stood vertically on stage, positioned upright like a wall. All other items in the shot, including furniture and strewn leaves, were likewise glued to the vertical floor piece. The camera was then tilted on its side to make the floor and cigar box appear horizontal in the frame. The camera move was then executed by a motion-control dolly for precise repetition of movement from take to take. From the collection of director Frank Darabont and comes with an LOA.

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