The Green Mile (Blu-ray Book)

The Green Mile (Blu-ray Book) Review

One of Tom Hanks finest roles as the head supervisor of E block, known as the green mile, the death row of an Alabaman prison. The Green Mile is a powerful and moving story of a simple-minded, physically huge black man charged with the brutal rape and murder of twin eight year old girls in the deep south of America in 1932. Sent to death row of Cold Mountain Penitentiary he increasingly convinces the supervising wardens not only of his possible innocence but of his extraordinary abilities that make him a gift from God. Some extraordinary supporting performances make this one of the finest movies of the last decade, David Morse as 'Brutal' Howell a gentle giant, Doug Hutchinson as the immature, power crazed Percy Whetmore, Sam Rockwell as the truly loathsome often puerile Wild Bill Wharton and of course Michael Clark Duncan as the remarkable John Coffey.

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When John Coffey arrives on the death row cellblock at Cold Mountain Penitentiary, the prison guards discover that he has mysterious powers hidden wit

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"The book was better" has been the complaint of many a reader since the invention of movies. Frank Darabont's second adaptation of a Stephen King prison drama (The Shawshank Redemption was the first) is a very faithful adaptation of King's serial novel. In the middle of the Depression, Paul Edgecomb (Tom Hanks) runs death row at Cold Mountain Penitentiary. Into this dreary world walks a mammoth prisoner, John Coffey (Michael Duncan) who, very slowly, reveals a special gift that will change the men working and dying (in the electric chair, masterfully and grippingly staged) on the mile . As with King's book, Darabont takes plenty of time to show us Edgecomb's world before delving into John Coffey's mystery. With Darabont's superior storytelling abilities, his touch for perfect casting, and a leisurely 188-minute running time, his movie brings to life nearly every character and scene from the novel. Darabont even improves the novel's two endings, creating a more emotionally satisfying experience. The running time may try patience, but those who want a story, as opposed to quick-fix entertainment, will be rewarded by this finely tailored tale. --Doug Thomas

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