The Green Mile (DVD 2000)

Tom Hanks simply gets better and better. A fantastic film. Simply has you wondering what happens next all the way through. Some films are made to simply stand the test of time and to entertain again and again and this is one of them.

I cannot think of anyway that this film could have been improved. It is simply flawless.

Plot -
Paul Edgecomb is a slightly cynical veteran prison guard on Death row in the 1930's. His faith, and sanity, deteriorated by watching men live and die, Edgecomb is about to have a complete turn around in attitude. Enter John Coffey, He's eight feet tall. He has hands the size of waffle irons. He's been accused of the murder of two children... and he's afraid to sleep in a cell without a night-light. And Edgecomb, as well as the other prison guards - Brutus, a sympathetic guard, and Percy, a stuck up, perverse, and violent person, are in for a strange experience that involves intelligent mice, brutal executions, and the revelation about Coffey's innocence and his true identity.

A fantastic film, that takes you through a rollercoaster ride of laughter and tears................ a true masterpiece !.
You have to watch this film. 100% recommended.

I could go on and on about this film, but to sum it up all i can say is its an absolute work of art. a film id never get bored of, and with a storyline that actually touches you. i cannot praise the cast and crew enough for this, wonderful!

If you haven't seen this film, you simply must! It is a beautifully written, directed and acted masterpiece that has you gripped from beginning to end with it's many surprises. Tom Hanks is at his best as Paul Edgecombe and Michael Clarke Duncan is enthralling as John Coffey, a man with an extrordinary gift/curse, accused of a murder he did not commit. Magical and touching, I cannot believe that this film lost out at the Oscars to 'American Beauty' of all things! Well worth a watch, don't be put off by the long running time - it flies by!

Director/producer Frank Darabont returns here with some of his best work ever, he himsef was responsible for directing some great films such as The Shawshank Redemption and Buried Alive.***Might be Spoiler****

The film is basically about a few guards on a prison block somewhere in America along time ago. The lead role played by Tom Hanks as Paul Edgecomb accompanied by David Morse playing Brutus "Brutal" Howell another guard on this prison block also there is a rather ignorant young fellow guard played by Doug Hutchison named Percy Wetmore(This guy is a right ignaramous and you will have a hate for him throughout the film that I cannot even describe).

Anyway these guards accompanied by others who I will not mention at this time but who all play a vital role in making this film so fantastic are basically watching prisoners on a Cell Block in a prison. The cell block is known as "The Green Mile" hence the title of the movie, the cell block is unfortunately also officially known as Deathrow. There are a handful of prisoners on this block that are due for execution, as the film develops we get an insight into there live and they all have some pretty amazing stories. You will feel a geniune sorrow as the prisoners are on deathrow even though they seem to rehabilitated. well most of them are rehabilitated but you will have to watch the film to know what I am really writing about here, did I mention this film was...amazing is the word for it.
One day in walks this giant maybe 7ft tall black man who seems to have a brain as big as maybe a 12 year olds and thats when the fun really begins...

Too cut a long story short if you haven't seen this film yet then you have missed out on some quality viewing, so pick up a copy of the movie today and watch some real excellent movie making ;).

This film is fantastic!! It's like their are secrets all the way through the film about what happened to the 2 little girls. But once you pick up on everything and realise what happened, I couldn't help but cry. John wants to help so many people and does his best to help. It's so sad.

A very unusual Stephen King movie but a great one nonetheless. There isn't a minute wasted here and the story is very compelling. I read the books first and wasn't disappointed when watching the movie. One of Tom Hank's best roles.
Highly recommend.

In this Stephen King adaptation Tom Hanks plays kindly Depression-era prison officer Paul Edgecombe whose multifarious duties include keeping in order psychotic co-worker Percy Wetmore (Doug Hutchinson), lending support to Warden Hal Moores (James Cromwell) and making sure that Ol'Sparky - the clink's electric chair - is in suitably fatal working order.

Then he meets new inmate John Coffey (Armaggedon's Michael Clarke Duncan) - a slow-witted giant scheduled for that one-way trip on Ol' Sparky after being convicted of brutally murdering two young girls - who appears to have healing powers that border on the miraculous.

And so the questions begin. Did Coffey kill those kids? Can he be smuggled out of stir to help Warden Moore's terminally ill wife? Does this film really have to be three hours and nine minutes long? In the latter case, at least, it isn't spoiling anything to give away the answer. And the answer is, No. Indeed, where most film-makers might have pared back King's verbiage Darabont positively revels in the opportunity to depict all manner of unnecessary back story while pacing the whole shebang in a manner familiar to devotees of snail-racing. Not that the result is by any means unenjoyable. Most of the acting is faultless - particularly from Morse as Hanks's outsized sidekick Brutal - while there are just enough twists and turns to make you almost forget how long it takes to navigate them. But, in his attempt to create something truly epic, there is no doubt that the director has mistaken size for quality with bum-numbing consequences.


Overall, this is an amazing, emotional and heartbreaking film. It brings tears to the eyes!!

DO NOT MISS OUT - WATCH IT!!!!

What can I say. When I first saw this film I cried all the way home form the Trafford Centre back to Preston! This is an awesome film from director Frank Darabont, who also directed my all time favourite film "The Shawshank Redemption"
This story is about the inmates on death row and the relationships between them and the empathic guards and one inmate in particular, John Coffey, who is a giant of a man with special healing powers and a fear of the dark. Written by Steven King, the viewer can expect to really get to know the characters and actually give a damn about them in this "feel real" tale that should touch your heart forever. Brilliantly acted throughout, even the mouse! This film should be in everyone`s collection.

The Green Mile has an all star cast who deliver some of their best acting to date,with powerfull emotional scenes, high tension suspense and heart warming humour.

The supernatural twist makes it gripping from start to finish,inclduding outstanding and touching acting from Micheal Clarke-Duncan.

The Green Mile's hosts some of the most shocking and disturbing scenes including the use of the electric chair. It leads one to question humanity of using the electric chair, especially the final scene

The touching story and acting are what makes this film a timless classic that will be remembered for years to come.

This film should be in everyones collection, it works on every level, acting, storyline, a little mysterious, I am still weeping at the end and I'm mid 50's!!! Treat yourself to an evening in a bottle of wine, pop corn and tissues............... ENJOY

An absolute cracker of a film acting at its finest with the lovable rogues ( for some reasons the crimes are not disclosed for two characters )the tough but somtimes soft prison gaurds. Hanks is awsome in this drama, comical, tear jerkingly must see must have movie <you just havent got a decent dvd collection without this movie !

I saw this on the TV some time ago and it kept me up until 1am and I usually go to bed at 10pm, so it definitely was good film! I loved the story very unusual, sad but gripping, very poignant end to the film. Brilliantly acted by Tom Hanks and one of my favourite films of all time.

Hankies at the ready if you have not seen this fantastic, tragic portrayal of life on Death Row in 1933. Tom Hanks (CastAway, The Da Vinci Code) gives one of his most powerful and saddest performances as Death Row guard, Paul Edgecomb. He is a nice, sympathetic guard who warms to new inmate, John Coffey, played by the fantastic Michael Clarke Duncan (Planet Of The Apes. Coffey is a coloured man who is 8ft tall and has hands the size of waffle irons. Edgecomb and fellow sympathetic guards attempt to overturn Coffey's sentence before his execution in the most memorable and amazing, heartbreaking supernatural spectacular film from Stephen King!

This film is so good, the story is incredible and the sadness all the way through is breath taking. Amazingly written, well done!

A must watch!

This movie is fantatic, for those who don't know the famous green mile story here goes. A story about the green mile, the last place cons go before awaiting their terminal fate. Along comes a gentle giant who touches the heart of all who work and reside at the green mile. A little bit of magic touches all at the green mile.
A very sad and weepy film, this film even had my husband close to tears.
Definately one to watch. buy it, its a classic and available on dvd now.

Trivia:
The name for the character John Coffey was lifted from a college professor, Rev. John Coffee. Stephen King had met him once and really liked his name and used it in "The Green Mile". Reverend Coffee taught history classes at Emerson College in Boston Massachusetts

Such a great film is The Green Mile, which is based on the six-part novelette by Stephen King. yes, I can hear some of you now: "Stephen King? No way would I watch such a thing!" But in this case, you would be wrong, as the story, faithfully adapted to film, and the acting are beyond reproach, IMO.

I'm not much of a Stephen King novel fan (Carrie and The Shining took care of that), but I did a bit of research on the novel to see how it corresponded/not corresponded to the film. Apparently, King issued the Green Mile as a series of 6 short stories/semi-novels from 1995-1996, which were later combined into one long novel which became the film. The continuity of the film is done amazing well, when one considers its origins.

The Green Mile is a flashback story of a Paul Edgecomb, a one-time upper ranked correctional officer at Cold Mountain Prison in Louisiana, whose work area was "The Green Mile," the long corridor of jail cells set aside for men destined for execution. His story/ies take place in 1935, so during the depths of the Depression, which hit the South and Midwest at its hardest. Like funeral parlor workers, correctional officers are not without work, though the threat of firing/layoff always hangs heavy over all the correctional officers' heads throughout the film.

The story revolves around Edgecomb's correctional charges, but most particularly around a prisoner name John Coffey ("...like the drink, only not spelt the same," says Coffey [Michael Duncan Clark] upon arrival). Condemned for the brutal rape/murder of two little Louisiana girls, it doesn't take Edgecomb (brilliantly played by Tom Hanks in a dramatic role worth his muster) long to realise that the man and the act don't seem to correspond.

The film takes time to develop each character, which I always enjoy: Edgecomb's fellow officers are decent upstanding men with a tough job, but they do it well - combining their jobs into father-confessors and tough disciplinarians, but never forgetting that, except by the grace of God, they could easily be behind those bars as well. Certain "nemesis" characters are also well-developed - for example, Percy Wetmore [Doug Hutchison], the nephew of the governor's wife, whose purpose in being a correctional officer becomes clear by midway through the film. More chilling is the prisoner William Wharton [Sam Rockwell], aka "Wild Bill/Billy the Kid" (the references are explained in the film) who hides a secret beyond his evil deeds known to the officers. As in the case of many King films, Wharton's character looks eerily like Stephen King himself (I have always suspected it's written into movie contracts with King that at least one character must faintly resemble him).

However, the enigma of the film (and its main thrust) is the character of John Coffey - a slow, child-like mountain of a man played with pathos and and earthiness. Like Wharton, he too has a secret to hide, but as this slowly reveals itself, it is far more uplifting than that of the former.

The film (rated 18(UK), corresponding to its R rating in the US) runs 188 minutes (slightly over 3 hours), but the story is so intriguing, you rarely notice the length (in many ways, you want the story to keep going). There is obviously some violence (it's a prison, after all, as the main locus) including three executions in the old-style electric chair of the times (one such execution is really quite graphic and worth fast-fowarding after about a minute or so, as you'll get the poin

This is, without doubt, one of the greatest films of all time. All the cast give superb performances, and the story is extraordinary. You might want a cushion or some tissues to hand, as it certainly tugs your heart in places. A definite must have!

THIS FILM JUST GETS BETTER EVERY TIME YOU WATCH IT. THIS IS A LONG FILM SO MAKE SURE YOU LEAVE YOURSELF PLENTY OF TIME TO SEE IT THROUGH.

Thanks so much for the dvd it was in excellent condition adn i was very happy with my purchase. I love the film and have not seen it since it was released in 2000 so i enjoyed seeing it and yes i did cry!!! lol

I bought this for my partner after seeing it ages ago and loving it.The film has a brilliant cast and finely acted.Highly emotional in parts it had me in bits,kleenex to the ready!.The plot is full of twists and turns keeping you gripped to your seat.Wouldnt recommend for children though,its not really for little ones.I would recommend this film for Tom hanks lovers and everyone who enjoys a good night in with a bucket of popcorn and a box of tissues for the ending...................................

A superb film superbly acted and brilliantly produced. The setting although macabre never allows the audience to feel uncomfortable although one of the death scenes is horribly graphic. The story itself and the central roles are crafted with great pathos.