The Green Mile (1999)

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The Green Mile: Special Edition Comes to DVD November 14

Two disc set includes commentary tracks, Tom Hanks makeup tests, featurettes and more!

Aug 7, 2006

Critics Score

80%

Release Date

December 10th, 1999

Director

Frank Darabont

Writers

Stephen King
Frank Darabont

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The Green Mile Synopsis

Paul Edgecomb's tour of duty as the head guard on Death Row at Cold Mountain in the Depression-era South included watch over a quartet of killers awaiting their final walk down "the Green Mile," the stretch of green linoleum flooring that took convicts from their jail cells to the electric chair.

Over the years, Edgecomb walked the mile with a variety of cons. He had never before encountered someone like John Coffey, a massive black man convicted of brutally killing a pair of nine-year-old sisters. Coffey certainly had the size and strength to kill anyone, but his demeanor starkly contrasted with his appearance. Beyond his simple, naive nature and a deathly fear of the dark, Coffey seemed to possess a prodigious, supernatural gift. Edgecomb began to question whether Coffey was truly guilty of murdering the two girls.