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Actors: Tom Hanks, Michael Clarke Duncan
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about The Green Mile |
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Paul Edgecomb was a prison guard, and helped with the prison executions. He didn't believe in miracles that could save the prisoners. That was until convicted murderer John Coffey arrives at the prison. He had a healing power to help the wounded. One of the inmates, Del had a circus mouse called Mr. Jingles, who was then run into a little room, when he was executed. When, the Warden's wife is having breathing problems, the prison guards help John bring her back to life. This film is very well-crafted with Michael Clarke Duncan doing an amazing job as Coffey. The lighting effects bring out the greenness of the "Green Mile." Overall, a very uplifting film that only con is it's very long running time.
--Estefan Ellison, Resident Scholar
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This movie was over 3 hours long and was terribly boring. It's ostensibly the story of an extremely large black guy with magical healing powers who vomits manure from his mouth, but over an hour of the movie passes and all they seem to be doing is watching a mouse scurry around the floor (really). When the extremely large black guy gets into action, he starts by grabbing Tom Hank's crotch to cure him of impotence (I think Hanks liked that). Tom Hanks spends about an hour reflecting on that. Very little happens after that.
--Stan, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of The Green Mile |
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Plot
Time/era of movie:
- 1930's-1950's
Inner struggle or disability
Yes
Struggle with
- special abilities
Crime & Scandal
Yes
Story of
- abuse in prison story
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- police/lawman
Age:
- 20's-30's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
- brunette (Black)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
- (man) short/standard curly
Body type
- (man) average
Events of movie makes character more...
- sensitive
- caring
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor?
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Very much smarter than other characters
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair color
- bald
Hair style
- (man) bald
Body type
- (man) muscular
How much in movie?
- 80%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Black
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 40's-50's
Profession/status:
- farmer
Eccentric:
Yes
- wild
- mentally ill
- deluded
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 60%
Hair color
- blonde
Hair type
- (man) bald
Body type
- (man) skinny
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- mean, arrogant
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Dumb
Physique
- physically sick
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- Northeast
Farm/Ranch?
Yes
Farm/Ranch:
- farm
- ranch
- lot of descript of crop raising
Misc setting
- prison
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- moderately detailed references to deaths
- very explicit references to deaths and torture
Movie makes you feel...
- depressed/sad
Any profanity?
- Some foul language
If soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Classic/oldies rock
Is this movie based on a
- book
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