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The Green Mile [2000]

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Binding : DVD
EAN : 7321900025799
Label : Warner Home Video
Manufacturer : Warner Home Video
Publisher : Warner Home Video
Release date : 2000-10-30
Title : The Green Mile [2000]
Actor : Array
Audience rating : Suitable for 18 years and over
Format : Array
Languages : Array
Number of items : 1
Original release date : 2000-03-03
Region code : 2
Running time : 188
Studio : Warner Home Video
Theatrical releaseDate : 1999-12-10
Number of discs : 1

Editorial reviews

Amazon.co.uk Review
"The book was better" has been the complaint of many a reader since the invention of films. The Green Mile is Frank Darabont's second adaptation of a Stephen King prison drama The Shawshank Redemption was the first) and 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 film 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

Synopsis
Director Frank Darabont's second adaptation of a Stephen King prison tale (the first being 1994's nearly flawless THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION) is a hopeful charmer with a hint of the supernatural. The story focuses on Paul Edgecomb (Tom Hanks), a Louisiana security guard who works on death row during the Great Depression. When John Coffey (Michael Clarke Duncan), a gigantic black man convicted of raping and murdering two white girls, joins the other prisoners on the row, Paul's life is forever altered. Coffey doesn't fit the mold of a psychopathic killer; he's kind, gentle, and afraid of the dark. As the story progresses, Edgecomb learns that there is something more than simple goodness to Coffey. Building to a hopeful climax, Darabont once again proves that he is King's most loyal cinematic translator. The film features uniformly excellent performances in leading and supporting roles, notably Duncan as Coffey; David Morse and Barry Pepper as Hanks's fellow prison guards; and Michael Jeter as condemned killer Edward Delacroix.

Customer reviews

review by: Martin Crawley date: 2008-06-09 rating:

The Green Mile...where Miracles can happen and do
Frank Darabont returns after directing The Shawshank Redemption to direct another prison tale of sheer class and written again by Stephen King in their second attempt to make a another gem....John Coffey a simplistic gentle giant is accused of the murder of a little girl and is convicted to the death penalty on "The Green Mile" a short stretch of prison corridor where men meet there fate...whilst waiting strange things happen witnessed by the prison boss played by Tom Hanks together with a rather unusual mouse named Mr Jingles....Good versus evil, darkness versus light....The Green Mile is another classic film from a great duo who have scored another great success in a very emotional tale with both great joy and great sadness....For anyone looking for a classic film then look no further....

review by: date: 2008-03-06 rating:

Absolutely Awful
This film is absolutely shocking and i would advise people to not bother sitting through three hours of this tediously superfical story. Those are three hours that you will never be able to get back. The characters are not developed or explored, its predcitable and stodgy and a complete waste of everybodys time! i cannot understand what the fuss was about and i could not believe that everybodys favorite 'good guy' Tom Hanks chose to play a part in such a stupid and unrealistic movie!

review by: aj date: 2008-02-15 rating:

THE BEST

THE ONLY COMPLAINT IS YOU HAVE TO BOOK TIME OFF WORK TO WATCH THIS BECAUSE IT SO LONNNNNNNNNGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG.

VERY VERY GOOD THOUGH - STEPHEN KING IS A GENIUS.

review by: You owe it to yourself to live a little, Harry date: 2008-01-13 rating:

Like the drink, but not spelt the same?
King at his best. A truly heart wrenching tale of a lost soul cursed with an ability to absorb the ills of people at his own expense?
What lets it down is the lack of jaw dropping surprise at what Coffey reveals . Wetmore is the sadistic guard that must inhabit all institutions where power corrupts.
Delacroix's end is illuminatingly spectacular!!! Amazing and poignant, the whole film jerks the heart!

review by: sm date: 2008-01-01 rating:

A good film that is a little too hollywood at times
The film is very enjoyable and though nearly 3hours long,it doesn't feel too long.Without spoiling it for others,i thought the beginning and ending were similat to "Titanic" and a little too Hollywood and unnecessary.it doesn't spoil the film overall and i would recommend this film to all.We watched it as a family and all enjoyed the storyline and the acting from all the leading players was superb.

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