The Green Mile
Walking the Mile Written in 1996 by Stephen King, and adapted into a film of the same name in 1999 by director Frank Darabont, The Green Mile, told in flashback format, tells the story of a death row corrections officer’s life, and the supernatural events he witnesses in the final execution of his career. This essay will take a structuralist approach to analyze a man’s inner conflicts in the face of a moral dilemma when he discovers that one of his charges is not only innocent, but just may be an angel sent by God. The Green Mile is an epic prison film based on the fictional novels (a series of six books) by Stephen King. Frank Darabont adapted these novels into a screenplay of the same name. The movie is Darabont 's first film after producing The Shawshank Redemption. Shawshank was also based on a Stephen King novel about a prison, and the friendship formed between a black and white man, but it did not have the spiritual or supernatural undertone that The Green Mile does. The film was nominated in 1999 for Academy Awards for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role (Michael Clarke Duncan); Best Picture; Best Sound Mixing; and Best Adapted Screenplay (Frank Darabont).
The Green Mile focuses on a gentle giant, death row inmate John Coffey (Michael Clarke Duncan), “like the drink, only not spelled the same,” and his relationship with Captain Paul Edgecomb (Tom Hanks). Stephen King was excited when Darabont mentioned he wanted Hanks in the role of Paul, as he had already envisioned him in the role. The cast includes a list of other Hollywood notables including character actors David Morse (Brutus “Brutal” Howell), Barry Pepper (Dean Stanton); Jeffrey DeMunn (Harry Terwilliger); Doug Hutchison (Percy Wetmore); Sam Rockwell (William ‘Wild Bill’ Wharton); and wild card actors James Cromwell (Warden Hal Moores) and his wife, Patricia Clarkson (Melinda Moores). Morse, who had never heard of the script until the role was offered to him, was in tears by the
The Green Mile focuses on a gentle giant, death row inmate John Coffey (Michael Clarke Duncan), “like the drink, only not spelled the same,” and his relationship with Captain Paul Edgecomb (Tom Hanks). Stephen King was excited when Darabont mentioned he wanted Hanks in the role of Paul, as he had already envisioned him in the role. The cast includes a list of other Hollywood notables including character actors David Morse (Brutus “Brutal” Howell), Barry Pepper (Dean Stanton); Jeffrey DeMunn (Harry Terwilliger); Doug Hutchison (Percy Wetmore); Sam Rockwell (William ‘Wild Bill’ Wharton); and wild card actors James Cromwell (Warden Hal Moores) and his wife, Patricia Clarkson (Melinda Moores). Morse, who had never heard of the script until the role was offered to him, was in tears by the
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