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| Original Title |
Green Mile, The |
| Director |
Frank Darabont |
| Genre |
Drama |
| Released |
1999-12-6 |
| MPAA Rating |
Rated R for violence, language and some sex-related material. |
| Rated |
8.1 |
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| Death Row guards at a penitentiary, in the 1930's, have a moral dilemma with their job when they discover one of their prisoners, a convicted murderer, has a special gift. |
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| Tom Hanks as Paul Edgecomb , David Morse as Brutus Howell , Bonnie Hunt as Janice Edgecomb , Michael Clarke Duncan as John Coffey , James Cromwell as Warden Hal Moores , Michael Jeter as Eduard 'Del' Delacroix , Graham Greene as Arlen Bitterbuck , Doug Hutchison as Percy Wetmore , Sam Rockwell as William 'Wild Bill' Wharton , Barry Pepper as Dean Stanton , Jeffrey DeMunn as Harry Terwilliger , Patricia Clarkson as Melinda Moores , Harry Dean Stanton as Toot-Toot , Dabbs Greer as Old Paul Edgecomb , Eve Brent as Elaine Connelly |
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True to the book, which is odd for a movie.
Having seen the movie, The Green Mile, and read the novel of the same name
by Stephan King, I am glad to say that the movie stays true to the book,
which in itself is a great read.
I read the book in one setting about a year ago, and after seeing the movie,
I didn't see one scene from the book, or one plot point, left out. There
were a few minor changes from the book but which in no way detract from
either work.
As far as performances, I can imagine many people pointing to Michael Duncan
as John Coffey or Tom Hanks as Paul Edgecomb as the best performances of the
movie, and they are good, but I would hope that Michael Jeter would receive
recognition for portraying Eduard Delacroix. He plays Delacroix exactly as I
pictured him when I read the book.
I can very well see why King himself said this is his favorite of the movies
adapted from his novels. It is the only one played out as he had written it.
I wouldn't compare this movie or the book to (Rita Hayworth and) The
Shawshank Redemption because that would be unfair to both. They are both
great, but are both different. The Green Mile
isn't a movie about hope and friendship, as The Shawshank Redemption was, it
is a movie about a miracle of a man, and the people he affects.
But like The Shawshank Redemption, I give The Green Mile 4 out of 4 stars.
Great story, great cast, great look.
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