- Oscar nomimated best picure adaptation of a Stephen King novel about a gentle giant of a prisoner with supernatural powers, who brings a sense of spirit and humanity to his guards and fellow inmates. Oscar award winning actor Tom Hanks heads the cast in this emotionally riveting story. Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: DRAMA Rating: R Age: 053939273328 UPC: 053939273328 Man
Oscar nomimated best picure adaptation of a Stephen King novel about a gentle giant of a prisoner with supernatural powers, who brings a sense of spirit and humanity to his guards and fellow inmates. Oscar award winning actor Tom Hanks heads the cast in this emotionally riveting story.”The book was better” has been the complaint of many a reader since the invention of movies. Frank Darabont’s second adaptation of a Stephen King prison drama (The Shawshank Redemption was the first) 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 movie 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


March 12, 2008
#1
GOD THIS MOVIE BITES!!!!!!!!! Why does it get so many stars from all people. My Gosh that movie was about the biggest wast of DVD memory or tape in the world. It is worst than the Godfather, just the same crap you see in all movies somebody hates a black guy and he is going to get the chair somehow just because he was black. DUMB! RACIST! IGNORANT!!!!! JUST BECAUSE HE IS BLACK DOES NOT MAKE HIM THE G**-D*** DEVIL ALRIGHT YOU STUPID IDIOTS!!!!!!! For crying out loud they purposely electricute a guy till he practically blows up. Jeez how can people be so heartless????? remember 6 words to remember before you watch: Three hours you can’t have back. Words to live by.
March 12, 2008
#2
After the white man gave the black buck two pieces of cornbread for curing his impotence/testicular cancer, I as DONE.
The metaphor of the demasculated black male’s “blessed subservience” to the white man is profound.
March 13, 2008
#3
I’m sick of watching this all american hero (Tom Hanks)in movies. Next time please let him star as a real person.
March 13, 2008
#4
“The Green Mile” has to be one of the worst movies I saw last year. One word comes to mind…BORING! Tom Hanks is so overrated and this movie just proves it to be so. Hardly any Oscar attention is one clue…that even the stuffy Academy couldn’t make it through this long mile of mess. STAY WAY AT ALL COSTS!
March 13, 2008
#5
…..and of course, in true Hollywood fashion, he’s falsely accused.
Now, if actual real-life convicts were as they protray in the movies, wouldn’t the world be a better place ?
But, of course, they’re not.