Green Mile, The

The Green Mile is a film about a series of events on death row in Louisiana in the 1930s. The original story was written by Stephen King. The film was directed by Frank Darabont, who wrote the screenplay. Tom Hanks plays the main character Paul Edgecomb, Michael Clarke Duncan co-stars as John Coffey.

The film centers on Paul Edgecomb, head of Care Facility death row. Paul and his guards unusual custody of a prisoner, John Coffey. Coffey is a gigantic yet extremely compassionate and gentle man. Coffey was convicted of raping and killing two young girls. At first the guards are suspicious of Coffey, but his good nature of the changes from the perception of his guards.

John Coffey soon displays extraordinary powers of healing. He UTI heels Paul Edgecomb, and brings to life a mouse killed by another inmate. The guards realize that Coffey has supernatural powers, and they will be lost when it is executed.

The wife of the director of the correctional institution is terminally ill. Paul Edgecomb is upset by the news of his friend. The guards of a plan to get John Coffey out of prison at the gatehouse, to heal the keeper's wife, then back to Coffey, The Green Mile. They all risk their jobs and, eventually, become criminals themselves Coffey move in and out of prison. Coffey is taken to the keeper's house, where it suppresses the disease keeper's wife.

The story also contains the character Percy Wetmore. Percy is a prison vicious and unpleasant. He intimidates and injures prisoners. It is different from other guards, who are firm but compassionate prison guards, and is not loved. Wetmore agrees to transfer to another position if he is in charge of the next execution. An agreement is made to hesitate. However, sabotage Wetmore electrocution, causing maximum suffering to the inmate.

John Coffey seeks revenge on Percy Wetmore, the pain, he said the detainee during electrocution. After Coffey returned to The Green Mile, the keeper's house, he transferred the disease has taken the wife of the guardian of Percy. Percy is then placed in a permanent catatonic state.

A violent prisoner named William Wharton arrives at The Green Mile. During a scene seized the arm of Wharton Coffey, who sees that Wharton is the true killer of girls for whom Coffey was sentenced to death. Coffey then uses his powers to transfer this image to Paul Edgecomb, the head of the guard.

With this information, Paul Edgecomb is still run John Coffey. A man he knows is innocent and have "incredible powers.

The film is told in flashback. Paul is now a leading seniors, and is to explain the series of events to another resident in his nursing home. After the story is told Edgecomb reveals that it is now 108 years old. This is an apparent side effect of the life of John Coffey giving powers. However, Paul believes that his survival of his family and friends is a punishment from God for not stopping the execution Coffey.

The death row in Louisiana is known as The Green Mile because death row is often called the "last mile". In Louisiana, the floor is green.

The Green Mile was written by Stephen King. King has written two stories prison, The Green Mile and Shawshank Redemption. Both have been adapted for the cinema, and directed by Frank Darabont.

The Green Mile was nominated for four Oscars in 2000. It was the best actor in a supporting role, best film, best sound and best screenplay screenplay based on material previously produced or published. He has won none of these prices.