the green mile
In 1935, inmates at the Cold Mountain Correctional Facility call Death Row “The Green Mile” because of the dark green linoleum that tiles the floor. [1]
View company contact information for The Green Mile on IMDbPro. [2]
Though The Green Mile is long, critics say it’s an absorbing, emotionally powerful experience. [3]
“Well, I’ve seen ‘The Green Mile’ and it is quite honestly the movie I thought it was going to be.” [4]
Comments: Stephen King initially wrote The Green Mile, the story from which the movie is based upon, in installments. [5]
Paul Edgecomb (Tom Hanks) is the head guard on the Green Mile when a new inmate is brought into his custody: John Coffey (Michael Clarke Duncan), convicted of the sadistic murder of two young girls. [1]
The novel was adapted by Frank Darabont for the screenplay of a feature film of the same name in 1999, directed by Darabont, starring Tom Hanks as Paul Edgecomb and Michael Clarke Duncan as John Coffey. [...] The Green Mile is a 1996 serial novel written by Stephen King. [6]
The movie is told in flashback by the protagonist in a nursing home and follows a string of supernatural events upon the arrival of John, a man convicted, but not guilty, of murder. [7]
Whether or not you feel King is a great writer, a good writer, or a god-awful writer is largely irrelevant when you see a movie based upon one of his books. [5]
The film is primarily about Paul and his life as a corrections officer on Death Row in the 1930s. [7]
Coffey seems responsible for several “miracles” which occur throughout the film, and his sacrifices are obvious allusions to Christ (note that they both share the initials J.C.). [...] Because of this, die-hard Stephen King fans and movie buffs have been waiting for The Green Mile, in some respects a sequel to Shawshank to be released. [5]
Director Frank Darabont, who made an acclaimed feature film debut with The Shawshank Redemption (1994), based on a Stephen King novel set in a prison, returns for a second feature, based on King’s 1996 serialized novel set in a prison. [1]
I’d be critical of the fact that Frank Darabont’s entire directorial career has revolved around sweepingly sentimental movies based on Stephen King prison dramas — if only he didn’t do them so well. [3]
Sources:
[1] The Green Mile 1999: Movie and film review from Answers.com
[2] The Green Mile (1999)
[3] The Green Mile Movie Reviews, Pictures - Rotten Tomatoes
[4] The Green Mile (1999) - Movie Info - Yahoo! Movies
[5] The Shrubbery — Movie Review — The Green Mile
[6] The Green Mile (novel) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
[7] The Green Mile (Film) - Wikipedia