The Green Mile | |
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Directed by | Frank Darabont |
Written by | Novel: Stephen King Screenplay: Frank Darabont |
Produced by | Frank Darabont David Valdes |
Starring | Tom Hanks David Morse Bonnie Hunt Michael Clarke Duncan James Cromwell Michael Jeter Graham Greene Doug Hutchison Sam Rockwell Barry Pepper Jeffrey DeMunn Patricia Clarkson Harry Dean Stanton Dabbs Greer Eve Brent |
Cinematography | David Tattersall |
Edited by | Richard Francis-Bruce |
Music by | Thomas Newman |
Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
Release date | December 10, 1999 |
Running time | 188 min. |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $60 million |
Box office | $286,801,374 |
The Green Mile is a 1999 American drama movie. It was released on December 10, 1999 in the United States. It stars Tom Hanks, David Morse, Bonnie Hunt, and Michael Clarke Duncan. It was directed by Frank Darabont.
In Louisiana in 1935, inmates at the Cold Mountain Correctional Facility call Death Row "The Green Mile" because of the dark green linoleum that tiles the floor. Paul Edgecomb (played by Tom Hanks) is the head guard on the Green Mile when a new inmate arrives: John Coffey (played by Michael Clarke Duncan), who is to be executed for the murder of two young girls. Despite his size and the fearsome crimes for which he's serving time, Coffey seems to be a kind and well-mannered person who behaves more like an innocent child than a hardened criminal. Soon Edgecomb and two of his fellow guards, Howell (played by David Morse) and Stanton (played by Barry Pepper), notice something odd about Coffey: he's able to perform what seem to be miracles of healing, like bringing a dead mouse back to life, leading them to wonder just what sort of person he could be, and if he could have done the crimes with which he was charged.
The word "Green mile" is said to metaphorically represent the short distance of land (therefore the use of the word "mile") that a prisoner needs to walk before he or she is executed .[1]
1999 Academy Awards[2]
2000 Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films
2000 Broadcast Music Incorporated Film & TV Awards
2000 Black Reel Awards
2000 Blockbuster Entertainment Awards
2000 Bram Stoker Awards
2000 Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards
2000 Chicago Film Critics Association Awards
2000 Directors Guild of America
2000 Golden Globe Awards
2000 NAACP Image Awards
2000 MTV Movie Awards
2000 Motion Picture Sound Editors (Golden Reel Awards)
2001 Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (Nebula Award)
2000 Screen Actors Guild Awards