The Green Mile
- IMDb link: 0120689
- IMDb rating: 8.6 (1,558,395 votes)
- Genres: Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Reality-TV
- Director: Frank Darabont, Tom Hanks, Bonnie Hunt
- Cast: Michael Clarke Duncan, David Morse and others
- Release date: 10 Dec 1999
- Release year: 1999
- Runtime: 189 minutes
- Country: United States
- Keywords: death row inmate, electric chair, 1930s, prison guard, execution, death penalty, mouse, death row, prison, based on the works of stephen king
Plot:
Set in a Depression-era Louisiana prison, death row officer Paul Edgecomb oversees inmates, including John Coffey, a gentle giant with miraculous healing abilities. As supernatural events unfold, Paul grapples with justice, morality, and the cruelty of capital punishment. The film explores themes of compassion, guilt, and the human capacity for both evil and extraordinary kindness, emphasizing the emotional and ethical complexities of life, death, and justice.