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The Green Mile
Greenmilepart1.jpg
Cover of the first volume in the series, released March 28, 1996
Author
Stephen King
Country
United States
Language
English
Genre
fiction, Dark Fantasy, Crime, Gothic, Historical Fiction
Publisher
Signet Books
Publication date
March–August 1996
Media type
Print (Paperback)
The Green Mile is a 1996 serial novel written by Stephen King. It tells the story of death row supervisor Paul Edgecombe's encounter with John Coffey, an unusual inmate who displays inexplicable healing and empathetic abilities. The serial novel was originally released in six volumes before being republished as a single volume work. The book is an example of magical realism.
The setting for Cold Mountain State Penitentiary is inspired by Louisiana State Penitentiary, although unlike in the book, Louisiana only installed the electric chair in 1938, while the book is set in 1932.
Contents [hide]
1 Publication history 1.1 Volume list
2 Plot
3 Characters 3.1 Other characters
4 Reception
5 Film adaptation
6 References
Publication history[edit]
The Green Mile was first published in six low-priced paperback volumes. The first, subtitled The Two Dead Girls was published on March 28, 1996, with new volumes following monthly until the final volume, Coffey on the Mile, was released on August 29, 1996. The novel was republished as a single paperback volume on May 5, 1997. On October 3, 2000, the book was published in its first hardcover edition (ISBN 978-0743210898). In 2007, Subterranean Press released a 10th anniversary edition of the novel in three different versions, each mimicking the original six-volume release: the Gift Edition, limited to 2,000 copies, containing six unsigned hardcover volumes of each separate part, housed in a slipcase; the Limited Edition, limited to 148 numbered copies, and signed by Stephen King, housed in a slipcase; and the Lettered Edition, limited to 52 lettered copies, and signed by Stephen King, housed in a traycase. Every edition contained new illustrations by Mark Geyer, the novel's original illustrator. Each version had its own design, and cost $150, $900, and $2,500, respectively.[1]
Volume list[edit]
Title
Date
Length
ISBN
The Two Dead Girls March 28, 1996 92 pp ISBN 978-0451190499
The Mouse on the Mile April 25, 1996 96 pp ISBN 978-0451190529
Coffey's Hands May 30, 1996 96 pp ISBN 978-0451190543
The Bad Death of Eduard Delacroix June 27, 1996 96 pp ISBN 978-0451190550
Night Journey July 25, 1996 96 pp ISBN 978-0451190567
Coffey on the Mile August 29, 1996 144 pp ISBN 978-0451190574
Plot[edit]
A first-person narrative told by Paul Edgecombe, the novel switches between Paul as an old man in the Georgia Pines nursing home sharing his story with fellow resident Elaine Connelly in 1996, and his time in 1932 as the block supervisor of the Cold Mountain Penitentiary death row, nicknamed "The Green Mile" for the color of the floor's linoleum. This year marks the arrival of John Coffey, a 6 ft 8 in powerfully built black man who has been convicted of raping and murdering two small white girls. During his time on the Mile, John interacts with fellow prisoners Eduard "Del" Delacroix, a Cajun arsonist, rapist, and murderer, and William Wharton ("Billy the Kid" to himself, "Wild Bill" to the guards), a wild-acting and dangerous multiple murderer who is determined to make as much trouble as he can before he is executed. Other inhabitants include Arlen Bitterbuck, a Native American convicted of killing a man in a fight over a pair of boots (also the first character to die in the electric chair); Arthur Flanders, a real estate executive who killed his father to perpetrate insurance fraud, and whose sentence is eventually commuted to life imprisonment; and Mr. Jingles, a mouse, whom Del teaches various tricks.
Paul and the other guards are antagonized throughout the book by Percy Wetmore, a sadistic guard who enjoys irritating the prisoners. The other guards have to be civil to him despite their dislike of him because he is the nephew of the Governor's wife. When Percy is offered a position at the nearby Briar Ridge psychiatric hospital as a secretary, Paul thinks they are finally rid of him. However, Percy refuses to leave until he is allowed to supervise an execution, so Paul hesitantly allows him to run Del's. Percy deliberately avoids soaking a sponge in brine that is supposed to be tucked inside the electrode cap to ensure a quick death in the electric chair. When the switch is thrown, the current causes Del to catch fire in the chair and suffer a prolonged, agonizing demise.
Over time, Paul realizes that John possesses inexplicable healing abilities, which he uses to cure Paul's urinary tract infection and revive Mr. Jingles after Percy stamps on him. Simple-minded and shy, John is very empathic and sensitive to the thoughts and feelings of others around him. One night, the guards drug Wharton, then put a straitjacket on Percy and lock him in the padded restraint room so that they can smuggle John out of the prison and take him to the home of Warden Hal Moores. Hal's wife Melinda has a deadly brain tumor, which John cures. When they return to the Mile, John passes the "disease" from Melinda into Percy, causing him to go mad and shoot Wharton to death before falling into a catatonic state from which he never recovers. Percy is committed to Briar Ridge.
Paul's long-simmering suspicions that John is innocent are proven right when he discovers that it was actually William Wharton who raped and killed the twin sisters and that John was trying to revive them. Later John tells Paul what he saw when Wharton grabbed his arm one time, how Wharton had coerced the sisters to be silent by threatening to kill one if the other made a noise, using their love for each other. Paul is unsure how to help John, but John tells him not to worry, as he is ready to die anyway, wanting to escape the cruelty of the world. John's execution is the last one in which Paul participates. He introduces Mr. Jingles to Elaine just before the mouse dies, having lived 64 years past these events, and explains that those healed by John gained an unnaturally long lifespan. Elaine dies shortly after, never learning how Paul's wife died in his arms immediately after they suffered a bus accident, and that he then saw John Coffey's ghost watching him from an overpass. Paul seems to be all alone, now 104 years old, and wondering how much longer he will live.
Characters[edit]
##Paul Edgecombe — The protagonist and narrator of the book and the death-row supervisor at Cold Mountain Penitentiary. He is 40 years old when the main bulk of the story takes place, in 1932. He is a caring man and takes excellent care of the men on his block, avoiding conflict and keeping the peace whenever possible. He is the first character to discover John Coffey's amazing abilities, when the prisoner cures his urinary tract infection. It is also his idea to take Coffey to try to cure Melinda, Warden Hal Moores' wife, of her brain tumor. He transferred to Boy's Correctional with Brutus Howell shortly after Coffey's execution.
##Brutus "Brutal" Howell — He is second in command on the Green Mile. He is a tall, imposing man but not violent at all unless necessary. His nickname of "Brutal" is intended as irony. A former football tackle who had gone on to play at Louisiana State University (LSU) in his youth, he eventually suffers a fatal heart attack at home, in his fifties, about twenty-five years after Coffey's execution.
##John Coffey — He is a massive black man (6 ft 8 in tall), on death row for the alleged rape and murder of two young girls. He is very quiet and prefers to keep to himself, weeps almost constantly, and is afraid of the dark. Even at the end, during his execution, he asks Paul Edgecombe not to put on the traditional black silk mask used to block the view of the prisoner's face because he fears the dark. Coffey is described as "knowing his own name and not much else" and lacks the capability to do so much as tie a simple knot. However, he is convicted of luring the girls away from their home, disposing of the watchdog, carefully planning and using abilities he would otherwise not be expected to have. He is the calmest and mildest prisoner the guards have ever seen, despite his hulking form. He turns out to be innocent of what he is accused of, but chooses to die anyway.
##Percy Wetmore — He is the main antagonist of the story, a young and sadistic guard. He is disliked by Paul and the other guards because of his ways, but they cannot do anything about it because he is the nephew of the governor's wife. He is very homophobic and attacks Eduard Delacroix for allegedly touching him, although it was an accident caused by Del stumbling out of the prison truck. He is later attacked by "Wild Bill" Wharton, consequently wets himself, and is teased by Delacroix for it. In retaliation, Percy deliberately sabotages Delacroix's execution. At the end of the story he is sent to the Briar Ridge mental institution, originally considered for a job but now as a patient, after Coffey transferred Melinda's disease to him which caused him to kill William Wharton. He eventually lives through a hospital fire and dies in 1965.
##William "Wild Bill" Wharton — He is on death row for various crimes. He does not like the nickname "Wild Bill" but prefers to be called "Billy the Kid", a name which he has tattooed on his forearm. When he first arrives he manages to convince the guards that he is in a drugged stupor, only to attack and attempt to strangle to death Dean Stanton when they reach E Block. He continues to wreak havoc on the Mile and plays tricks such as urinating on the guards, amongst other things. He is punished by being placed in solitary confinement, but never seems to learn his lesson. As John Coffey is being smuggled to Hal Moores's house, Wild Bill grabs his arm and Coffey sees that he actually committed the murders Coffey was accused of. Therefore, Coffey gives Percy the "sickness" he took from the warden's wife, causing him to kill Wharton.
##Eduard "Del" Delacroix — He is a Cajun prisoner with a fairly slow grasp of the English language. He is incarcerated for multiple deaths due to a fire he started while trying to cover up his rape and murder of a young girl. While on the Mile, Del befriends a mouse named Mr. Jingles, who becomes his best friend in his last days on death row. Percy, his enemy, sabotages his execution, causing Del to die in a slow, gruesome death in the electric chair.
##Mr. Jingles (nicknamed "Steamboat Willie") — An unusually intelligent mouse who enjoys eating peppermint sweets. He becomes a friend to Eduard Delacroix in the few days before the man is executed. He is resurrected by John Coffey after being stomped on by Percy Wetmore. This gives him increased longevity and he finally dies 64 years later.
Other characters[edit]
##Arthur "The President" Flanders — An inmate on death row, convicted of killing his father in an insurance-fraud scheme. His sentence is commuted to life imprisonment, but he is later murdered by an unknown inmate in the prison laundry.
##Arlen "The Chief" Bitterbuck — A Washita Cherokee death-row inmate, convicted of killing a man in a drunken brawl over a pair of boots. His execution is the first of three mentioned in Paul's story.
##Janice Edgecombe — Paul Edgecombe's wife. Dies in a bus accident on the way to her grandchild's graduation in 1956.
##Hal Moores — The warden at Cold Mountain Penitentiary.
##Melinda Moores — Warden Moores's wife, who is dying of a brain tumor and is cured by John Coffey. She eventually dies of a heart attack in 1943.
##Curtis Anderson — The assistant warden.
##Dean Stanton — A guard on E Block who is strangled and nearly killed by William Wharton. A father of young children, he takes no part in the taking of John Coffey to Melinda Moores due to the risk of losing his job. He applies for relocation to C Block after John Coffey's death, where he is murdered by an inmate 4 months later.
##Harry Terwilliger — One of the main guards on E Block along with Paul Edgecombe, Brutus Howell and Dean Stanton. He eventually dies of cancer, long after John Coffey's execution.
##Bill Dodge — A "floater" guard on E Block (not permanently assigned there).
##Jack Van Hay — A guard who is part of the execution team. He operates the switch room.
##Toot-Toot — A trustee who stands in for the condemned during execution rehearsals and sells snacks to prisoners and guards.
##Burt Hammersmith — A reporter who wrote on the Detterick twins' murders and John Coffey's trial. Despite believing himself to be an "Enlightenment" man, he displays prejudice in his stance on "Negroes" and tries to convince Paul of John Coffey's guilt.
##Elaine Connelly — A friend of Paul in the present-day nursing home where he tells his story. She is later revealed to be the grandmother of the Speaker of the Georgia House of Representatives, using this position to scare Brad Dolan from harassing Paul.
##Homer Cribus — The Sheriff of Trapingus County, where the murders of the Detterick twins took place. Despite playing no part in apprehending John Coffey, he later shows up at the execution. An outspoken Baptist with strong racial prejudice and immensely overweight, he later succumbs to a heart attack while having sex with a 17-year old African American in his office.
##Rob McGee — The Deputy Sheriff of Trapingus County, who led the search party which found John Coffey. While displaying strong doubt about Coffey's guilt after being showed signs of innocence by Paul Edgecombe, he is still powerless to call for an appeal as he is subordinate to Sheriff Cribus, whom he allegedly hopes to succeed.
##Brad Dolan — A malicious nursing home employee who harasses Paul Edgecombe. Paul strongly compares him to Percy Wetmore, and several times mistakes him for Percy, despite the latter dying in 1965.
##Kathe and Cora Detterick — The two young girls whom John Coffey was convicted of raping and murdering. Killed by William Wharton.
##Klaus and Marjorie Detterick — The parents of Kathe and Cora.
Reception[edit]
The Green Mile won the Bram Stoker Award for Best Novel in 1996.[2] In 1997, The Green Mile was nominated as Best Novel for the British Fantasy Award and the Locus Award.[3]
Film adaptation[edit]
Main article: The Green Mile (film)
Frank Darabont adapted the novel into a screenplay for a feature film of the same name. Released in 1999, the film was directed by Darabont and starred Tom Hanks as Paul Edgecombe and Michael Clarke Duncan as John Coffey. The setting is changed from 1932 to 1935 in order to include the film Top Hat, which doesn't appear in the book.
References[edit]
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1.Jump up ^ "The Green Mile by Stephen King". Subterranean Press.
2.Jump up ^ "Past Stoker Nominees & Winners: 1996 Bram Stoker Award Nominees & Winners". Horror Writers Association.
3.Jump up ^ "Bibliography: The Green Mile". Isfdb.org. Retrieved 2014-04-11.
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The Green Mile (novel)
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The Green Mile
Greenmilepart1.jpg
Cover of the first volume in the series, released March 28, 1996
Author
Stephen King
Country
United States
Language
English
Genre
fiction, Dark Fantasy, Crime, Gothic, Historical Fiction
Publisher
Signet Books
Publication date
March–August 1996
Media type
Print (Paperback)
The Green Mile is a 1996 serial novel written by Stephen King. It tells the story of death row supervisor Paul Edgecombe's encounter with John Coffey, an unusual inmate who displays inexplicable healing and empathetic abilities. The serial novel was originally released in six volumes before being republished as a single volume work. The book is an example of magical realism.
The setting for Cold Mountain State Penitentiary is inspired by Louisiana State Penitentiary, although unlike in the book, Louisiana only installed the electric chair in 1938, while the book is set in 1932.
Contents [hide]
1 Publication history 1.1 Volume list
2 Plot
3 Characters 3.1 Other characters
4 Reception
5 Film adaptation
6 References
Publication history[edit]
The Green Mile was first published in six low-priced paperback volumes. The first, subtitled The Two Dead Girls was published on March 28, 1996, with new volumes following monthly until the final volume, Coffey on the Mile, was released on August 29, 1996. The novel was republished as a single paperback volume on May 5, 1997. On October 3, 2000, the book was published in its first hardcover edition (ISBN 978-0743210898). In 2007, Subterranean Press released a 10th anniversary edition of the novel in three different versions, each mimicking the original six-volume release: the Gift Edition, limited to 2,000 copies, containing six unsigned hardcover volumes of each separate part, housed in a slipcase; the Limited Edition, limited to 148 numbered copies, and signed by Stephen King, housed in a slipcase; and the Lettered Edition, limited to 52 lettered copies, and signed by Stephen King, housed in a traycase. Every edition contained new illustrations by Mark Geyer, the novel's original illustrator. Each version had its own design, and cost $150, $900, and $2,500, respectively.[1]
Volume list[edit]
Title
Date
Length
ISBN
The Two Dead Girls March 28, 1996 92 pp ISBN 978-0451190499
The Mouse on the Mile April 25, 1996 96 pp ISBN 978-0451190529
Coffey's Hands May 30, 1996 96 pp ISBN 978-0451190543
The Bad Death of Eduard Delacroix June 27, 1996 96 pp ISBN 978-0451190550
Night Journey July 25, 1996 96 pp ISBN 978-0451190567
Coffey on the Mile August 29, 1996 144 pp ISBN 978-0451190574
Plot[edit]
A first-person narrative told by Paul Edgecombe, the novel switches between Paul as an old man in the Georgia Pines nursing home sharing his story with fellow resident Elaine Connelly in 1996, and his time in 1932 as the block supervisor of the Cold Mountain Penitentiary death row, nicknamed "The Green Mile" for the color of the floor's linoleum. This year marks the arrival of John Coffey, a 6 ft 8 in powerfully built black man who has been convicted of raping and murdering two small white girls. During his time on the Mile, John interacts with fellow prisoners Eduard "Del" Delacroix, a Cajun arsonist, rapist, and murderer, and William Wharton ("Billy the Kid" to himself, "Wild Bill" to the guards), a wild-acting and dangerous multiple murderer who is determined to make as much trouble as he can before he is executed. Other inhabitants include Arlen Bitterbuck, a Native American convicted of killing a man in a fight over a pair of boots (also the first character to die in the electric chair); Arthur Flanders, a real estate executive who killed his father to perpetrate insurance fraud, and whose sentence is eventually commuted to life imprisonment; and Mr. Jingles, a mouse, whom Del teaches various tricks.
Paul and the other guards are antagonized throughout the book by Percy Wetmore, a sadistic guard who enjoys irritating the prisoners. The other guards have to be civil to him despite their dislike of him because he is the nephew of the Governor's wife. When Percy is offered a position at the nearby Briar Ridge psychiatric hospital as a secretary, Paul thinks they are finally rid of him. However, Percy refuses to leave until he is allowed to supervise an execution, so Paul hesitantly allows him to run Del's. Percy deliberately avoids soaking a sponge in brine that is supposed to be tucked inside the electrode cap to ensure a quick death in the electric chair. When the switch is thrown, the current causes Del to catch fire in the chair and suffer a prolonged, agonizing demise.
Over time, Paul realizes that John possesses inexplicable healing abilities, which he uses to cure Paul's urinary tract infection and revive Mr. Jingles after Percy stamps on him. Simple-minded and shy, John is very empathic and sensitive to the thoughts and feelings of others around him. One night, the guards drug Wharton, then put a straitjacket on Percy and lock him in the padded restraint room so that they can smuggle John out of the prison and take him to the home of Warden Hal Moores. Hal's wife Melinda has a deadly brain tumor, which John cures. When they return to the Mile, John passes the "disease" from Melinda into Percy, causing him to go mad and shoot Wharton to death before falling into a catatonic state from which he never recovers. Percy is committed to Briar Ridge.
Paul's long-simmering suspicions that John is innocent are proven right when he discovers that it was actually William Wharton who raped and killed the twin sisters and that John was trying to revive them. Later John tells Paul what he saw when Wharton grabbed his arm one time, how Wharton had coerced the sisters to be silent by threatening to kill one if the other made a noise, using their love for each other. Paul is unsure how to help John, but John tells him not to worry, as he is ready to die anyway, wanting to escape the cruelty of the world. John's execution is the last one in which Paul participates. He introduces Mr. Jingles to Elaine just before the mouse dies, having lived 64 years past these events, and explains that those healed by John gained an unnaturally long lifespan. Elaine dies shortly after, never learning how Paul's wife died in his arms immediately after they suffered a bus accident, and that he then saw John Coffey's ghost watching him from an overpass. Paul seems to be all alone, now 104 years old, and wondering how much longer he will live.
Characters[edit]
##Paul Edgecombe — The protagonist and narrator of the book and the death-row supervisor at Cold Mountain Penitentiary. He is 40 years old when the main bulk of the story takes place, in 1932. He is a caring man and takes excellent care of the men on his block, avoiding conflict and keeping the peace whenever possible. He is the first character to discover John Coffey's amazing abilities, when the prisoner cures his urinary tract infection. It is also his idea to take Coffey to try to cure Melinda, Warden Hal Moores' wife, of her brain tumor. He transferred to Boy's Correctional with Brutus Howell shortly after Coffey's execution.
##Brutus "Brutal" Howell — He is second in command on the Green Mile. He is a tall, imposing man but not violent at all unless necessary. His nickname of "Brutal" is intended as irony. A former football tackle who had gone on to play at Louisiana State University (LSU) in his youth, he eventually suffers a fatal heart attack at home, in his fifties, about twenty-five years after Coffey's execution.
##John Coffey — He is a massive black man (6 ft 8 in tall), on death row for the alleged rape and murder of two young girls. He is very quiet and prefers to keep to himself, weeps almost constantly, and is afraid of the dark. Even at the end, during his execution, he asks Paul Edgecombe not to put on the traditional black silk mask used to block the view of the prisoner's face because he fears the dark. Coffey is described as "knowing his own name and not much else" and lacks the capability to do so much as tie a simple knot. However, he is convicted of luring the girls away from their home, disposing of the watchdog, carefully planning and using abilities he would otherwise not be expected to have. He is the calmest and mildest prisoner the guards have ever seen, despite his hulking form. He turns out to be innocent of what he is accused of, but chooses to die anyway.
##Percy Wetmore — He is the main antagonist of the story, a young and sadistic guard. He is disliked by Paul and the other guards because of his ways, but they cannot do anything about it because he is the nephew of the governor's wife. He is very homophobic and attacks Eduard Delacroix for allegedly touching him, although it was an accident caused by Del stumbling out of the prison truck. He is later attacked by "Wild Bill" Wharton, consequently wets himself, and is teased by Delacroix for it. In retaliation, Percy deliberately sabotages Delacroix's execution. At the end of the story he is sent to the Briar Ridge mental institution, originally considered for a job but now as a patient, after Coffey transferred Melinda's disease to him which caused him to kill William Wharton. He eventually lives through a hospital fire and dies in 1965.
##William "Wild Bill" Wharton — He is on death row for various crimes. He does not like the nickname "Wild Bill" but prefers to be called "Billy the Kid", a name which he has tattooed on his forearm. When he first arrives he manages to convince the guards that he is in a drugged stupor, only to attack and attempt to strangle to death Dean Stanton when they reach E Block. He continues to wreak havoc on the Mile and plays tricks such as urinating on the guards, amongst other things. He is punished by being placed in solitary confinement, but never seems to learn his lesson. As John Coffey is being smuggled to Hal Moores's house, Wild Bill grabs his arm and Coffey sees that he actually committed the murders Coffey was accused of. Therefore, Coffey gives Percy the "sickness" he took from the warden's wife, causing him to kill Wharton.
##Eduard "Del" Delacroix — He is a Cajun prisoner with a fairly slow grasp of the English language. He is incarcerated for multiple deaths due to a fire he started while trying to cover up his rape and murder of a young girl. While on the Mile, Del befriends a mouse named Mr. Jingles, who becomes his best friend in his last days on death row. Percy, his enemy, sabotages his execution, causing Del to die in a slow, gruesome death in the electric chair.
##Mr. Jingles (nicknamed "Steamboat Willie") — An unusually intelligent mouse who enjoys eating peppermint sweets. He becomes a friend to Eduard Delacroix in the few days before the man is executed. He is resurrected by John Coffey after being stomped on by Percy Wetmore. This gives him increased longevity and he finally dies 64 years later.
Other characters[edit]
##Arthur "The President" Flanders — An inmate on death row, convicted of killing his father in an insurance-fraud scheme. His sentence is commuted to life imprisonment, but he is later murdered by an unknown inmate in the prison laundry.
##Arlen "The Chief" Bitterbuck — A Washita Cherokee death-row inmate, convicted of killing a man in a drunken brawl over a pair of boots. His execution is the first of three mentioned in Paul's story.
##Janice Edgecombe — Paul Edgecombe's wife. Dies in a bus accident on the way to her grandchild's graduation in 1956.
##Hal Moores — The warden at Cold Mountain Penitentiary.
##Melinda Moores — Warden Moores's wife, who is dying of a brain tumor and is cured by John Coffey. She eventually dies of a heart attack in 1943.
##Curtis Anderson — The assistant warden.
##Dean Stanton — A guard on E Block who is strangled and nearly killed by William Wharton. A father of young children, he takes no part in the taking of John Coffey to Melinda Moores due to the risk of losing his job. He applies for relocation to C Block after John Coffey's death, where he is murdered by an inmate 4 months later.
##Harry Terwilliger — One of the main guards on E Block along with Paul Edgecombe, Brutus Howell and Dean Stanton. He eventually dies of cancer, long after John Coffey's execution.
##Bill Dodge — A "floater" guard on E Block (not permanently assigned there).
##Jack Van Hay — A guard who is part of the execution team. He operates the switch room.
##Toot-Toot — A trustee who stands in for the condemned during execution rehearsals and sells snacks to prisoners and guards.
##Burt Hammersmith — A reporter who wrote on the Detterick twins' murders and John Coffey's trial. Despite believing himself to be an "Enlightenment" man, he displays prejudice in his stance on "Negroes" and tries to convince Paul of John Coffey's guilt.
##Elaine Connelly — A friend of Paul in the present-day nursing home where he tells his story. She is later revealed to be the grandmother of the Speaker of the Georgia House of Representatives, using this position to scare Brad Dolan from harassing Paul.
##Homer Cribus — The Sheriff of Trapingus County, where the murders of the Detterick twins took place. Despite playing no part in apprehending John Coffey, he later shows up at the execution. An outspoken Baptist with strong racial prejudice and immensely overweight, he later succumbs to a heart attack while having sex with a 17-year old African American in his office.
##Rob McGee — The Deputy Sheriff of Trapingus County, who led the search party which found John Coffey. While displaying strong doubt about Coffey's guilt after being showed signs of innocence by Paul Edgecombe, he is still powerless to call for an appeal as he is subordinate to Sheriff Cribus, whom he allegedly hopes to succeed.
##Brad Dolan — A malicious nursing home employee who harasses Paul Edgecombe. Paul strongly compares him to Percy Wetmore, and several times mistakes him for Percy, despite the latter dying in 1965.
##Kathe and Cora Detterick — The two young girls whom John Coffey was convicted of raping and murdering. Killed by William Wharton.
##Klaus and Marjorie Detterick — The parents of Kathe and Cora.
Reception[edit]
The Green Mile won the Bram Stoker Award for Best Novel in 1996.[2] In 1997, The Green Mile was nominated as Best Novel for the British Fantasy Award and the Locus Award.[3]
Film adaptation[edit]
Main article: The Green Mile (film)
Frank Darabont adapted the novel into a screenplay for a feature film of the same name. Released in 1999, the film was directed by Darabont and starred Tom Hanks as Paul Edgecombe and Michael Clarke Duncan as John Coffey. The setting is changed from 1932 to 1935 in order to include the film Top Hat, which doesn't appear in the book.
References[edit]
Portal icon Books portal
Portal icon United States portal
1.Jump up ^ "The Green Mile by Stephen King". Subterranean Press.
2.Jump up ^ "Past Stoker Nominees & Winners: 1996 Bram Stoker Award Nominees & Winners". Horror Writers Association.
3.Jump up ^ "Bibliography: The Green Mile". Isfdb.org. Retrieved 2014-04-11.
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The Green Mile (film)
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The Green Mile
The words Tom Hanks, a prison guard looking to the distance, below the words The Green Mile, in the middle of the words, a small silhouette of a big man and small man walking towards a light.
Promotional poster
Directed by
Frank Darabont
Produced by
Frank Darabont
David Valdes
Screenplay by
Frank Darabont
Based on
The Green Mile
by Stephen King
Starring
Tom Hanks
David Morse
Bonnie Hunt
Michael Clarke Duncan
James Cromwell
Michael Jeter
Graham Greene
Doug Hutchison
Sam Rockwell
Barry Pepper
Jeffrey DeMunn
Patricia Clarkson
Harry Dean Stanton
Music by
Thomas Newman
Cinematography
David Tattersall
Edited by
Richard Francis-Bruce
Production
company
Castle Rock Entertainment
Distributed by
Warner Bros. Pictures
Release dates
December 10, 1999 (United States)
Running time
188 minutes
Country
United States
Language
English
Budget
$60 million[1]
Box office
$290,701,374[1]
The Green Mile is a 1999 American fantasy drama film directed by Frank Darabont and adapted from the 1996 Stephen King novel of the same name. The film is told in a flashback format and stars Tom Hanks as Paul Edgecomb and Michael Clarke Duncan as John Coffey with supporting roles by David Morse, Bonnie Hunt, and James Cromwell. The film also features Dabbs Greer, in his final film, as the old Paul Edgecomb. The film tells the story of Paul's life as a death row corrections officer during the Great Depression in the United States, and the supernatural events he witnessed.
The film was nominated for four Academy Awards: Best Supporting Actor for Michael Clarke Duncan, Best Picture, Best Sound, and Best Adapted Screenplay.
Contents [hide]
1 Plot
2 Cast
3 Production 3.1 Casting
4 Soundtrack
5 Reception 5.1 Awards and nominations
6 References
7 External links
Plot[edit]
In a Louisiana nursing home in 1999, Paul Edgecomb begins to cry while watching the 1935 film Top Hat. His elderly friend Elaine shows concern for his behavior, and Paul tells her that the film reminded him of his youth, when he was a prison officer in charge of death row inmates at Cold Mountain Penitentiary during the summer of 1935. The scene shifts to 1935, where Paul works with fellow guards Brutus "Brutal" Howell, Harry Terwilliger, and Dean Stanton. Unlike the other guards, Paul is a very calm guard and is sympathetic with some inmates.
One day, John Coffey, a giant African-American man convicted of raping and killing two young white girls, arrives in the prison, sentenced to death row. However, much to the surprise of the other guards and inmates, he is very shy, soft-spoken, and a very emotional person. John reveals extraordinary powers by healing Paul's urinary tract infection and resurrecting a mouse only by his touch. Later, he heals the terminally ill wife of Warden Hal Moores. When John is asked to explain his power, he merely says that he "took it back."
Meanwhile, Percy Wetmore, a sadist with a fierce temper, has recently begun working in the death row inmates block; his fellow guards dislike him, but are unable to get rid of him because of his family connections to the governor. He requests to manage the execution of Eduard Delacroix, promising that afterward, he will transfer to an administrative post at a mental hospital. An agreement is made, but then Percy deliberately sabotages the execution: Instead of wetting the sponge used to conduct electricity and make executions quick and effective, he leaves it dry, causing a disturbing and dramatic malfunction to the execution, leaving the inmate to suffer a very painful death.
Meanwhile, a violent, psychopathic prisoner named "Wild Bill" Wharton has arrived, to be executed for multiple murders committed during a robbery. At one point he seizes John's arm, and John psychically senses that Wharton is also responsible for the crime for which John was convicted and sentenced to death. John "takes back" the sickness in Hal's wife and regurgitates it into Percy, who then shoots Wharton to death and falls into a state of permanent catatonia. Percy is then admitted to Briar Ridge Mental Hospital as a patient rather than an administrator. In the wake of these events, Paul interrogates John, who says he "punished them bad men" and offers to show Paul what he saw. John takes Paul's hand and says he has to give Paul "a part of himself" in order for Paul to see what really happened to the girls.
Paul asks John what he should do, if he should open the door and let John walk away. John tells him that there is too much pain in the world, to which he is sensitive, and says he is "rightly tired of the pain" and is ready to rest. For his last request on the night before his execution, John watches the film Top Hat. When John is put in the electric chair, he, shedding tears, asks Paul not to put the traditional black hood over his head because he is afraid of the dark. Paul agrees, shakes his hand as a goodbye, and John is executed.
As an elderly Paul finishes his story, he notes that he requested a transfer to a youth detention center, where he spent the remainder of his career. Elaine questions his statement that he had a fully grown son at the time, and Paul explains that he was 44 years old at the time of John's execution, meaning that he is now over 108 years old. This is apparently a side effect of John giving a "part of himself" to Paul. Mr. Jingles, Del's mouse resurrected by John, is also still alive — but Paul believes his outliving all of his relatives and friends to be a punishment from God for having let John be executed, and wonders how long it will be before his own death. The film shows glimpses of the future in which Elaine has passed on and Paul is still living in the retirement home.
Cast[edit]
##Tom Hanks as Paul Edgecomb
##David Morse as Brutus "Brutal" Howell
##Bonnie Hunt as Jan Edgecomb
##Michael Clarke Duncan as John Coffey
##Doug Hutchison as Percy Wetmore
##Jeffrey DeMunn as Harry Terwilliger
##Barry Pepper as Dean Stanton
##Sam Rockwell as William "Wild Bill" Wharton
##Michael Jeter as Eduard "Del" Delacroix
##James Cromwell as Warden Hal Moores
##Patricia Clarkson as Melinda Moores
##Brent Briscoe as Bill Dodge
##Harry Dean Stanton as Toot-Toot
##Dabbs Greer as Old Paul Edgecomb
##Gary Sinise as Burt Hammersmith
##Graham Greene as Arlen Bitterbuck
##William Sadler as Klaus Detterick
##Bill McKinney as Jack Van Hay, the executioner.
##Jon Polito as "D" Block Prison Guard
##Eve Brent as Elaine Connelly
##Paula Malcomson as Marjorie Detterick
Production[edit]
Darabont adapted the novel into a screenplay in under eight weeks.[2]
The film was shot at Warner Hollywood Studios, West Hollywood, California, and on location in Shelbyville, Tennessee and Blowing Rock, North Carolina.
Casting[edit]
Hanks and Darabont met at an Academy Award luncheon in 1994. Stephen King stated he envisioned Hanks in the role and was happy when Darabont mentioned his name.[2]
Morse had not heard about the script until he was offered the role. He stated he was in tears by the end of it.[2] Darabont wanted Cromwell from the start, and after he read the script, Cromwell was moved and agreed.[2]
Duncan credited his casting to Bruce Willis, with whom he had worked on the film Armageddon one year earlier. According to Duncan, Willis introduced him to Darabont after hearing of the open call for John Coffey.[3]
Soundtrack[edit]
The official film soundtrack, Music from the Motion Picture The Green Mile, was released on December 19, 1999 by Warner Bros. It contains 37 tracks, primarily instrumental tracks from the film score by Thomas Newman. It also contains four vocal tracks: "Cheek to Cheek" by Fred Astaire, "I Can't Give You Anything but Love, Baby" by Billie Holiday, "Did You Ever See a Dream Walking?" by Gene Austin, and "Charmaine" by Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians.
Reception[edit]
The film received positive reviews from critics. Review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes gives the film a score of 80% based on reviews from 132 critics.[4]
Roger Ebert gave the film 3 and a half stars out of four, writing "The film is a shade over three hours long. I appreciated the extra time, which allows us to feel the passage of prison months and years."[5] Forbes commentator Dawn Mendez referred to the character of John Koffey as a "'magic Negro' figure"—a term describing a stereotypical fictional black person depicted in a fictional work as a "saintly, nonthreatening" person whose purpose in life is to solve a problem for or otherwise further the happiness of a white person.[6]
Awards and nominations[edit]
1999 Academy Awards[7][8]
##Nominated – Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role – Michael Clarke Duncan
##Nominated – Best Picture – David Valdes, Frank Darabont
##Nominated – Best Sound Mixing – Robert J. Litt, Elliot Tyson, Michael Herbick, Willie D. Burton
##Nominated – Best Adapted Screenplay – Frank Darabont
2000 Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films
##Won – Best Supporting Actor – Michael Clarke Duncan
##Won – Best Supporting Actress – Patricia Clarkson
##Won – Best Action/Adventure/Thriller Film
##Nominated – Best Director – Frank Darabont
##Nominated – Best Music – Thomas Newman
2000 Broadcast Music Incorporated Film & TV Awards
##Won – Film Music Award – Thomas Newman
2000 Black Reel Awards
##Won – Theatrical – Best Supporting Actor – Michael Clarke Duncan
2000 Blockbuster Entertainment Awards
##Won – Favorite Actor – Drama – Tom Hanks
##Nominated – Favorite Supporting Actor – Drama – Michael Clarke Duncan
##Nominated – Favorite Supporting Actress – Drama – Bonnie Hunt
2000 Bram Stoker Awards
##Nominated – Best Screenplay – Frank Darabont
2000 Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards
##Won – Best Screenplay, Adaptation – Frank Darabont
##Won – Best Supporting Actor – Michael Clarke Duncan
##Nominated – Best Film
2000 Chicago Film Critics Association Awards
##Nominated – Best Supporting Actor – Michael Clarke Duncan
##Nominated – Most Promising Actor – Michael Clarke Duncan
2000 Directors Guild of America
##Nominated – Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures – Frank Darabont
2000 Golden Globe Awards
##Nominated – Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture – Michael Clarke Duncan
2000 NAACP Image Awards
##Nominated – Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture – Michael Clarke Duncan
2000 MTV Movie Awards
##Nominated – Best Breakthrough Male Performance – Michael Clarke Duncan
2000 Motion Picture Sound Editors (Golden Reel Awards)
##Nominated – Best Sound Editing – Dialogue and ADR – Mark A. Mangini, Julia Evershade
##Nominated – Best Sound Editing – Effects and Foley – Mark A. Mangini, Aaron Glascock, Howell Gibbens, David E. Stone, Solange S. Schwalbe
2000 People's Choice Awards
##Won – Favorite All-Around Motion Picture
##Won – Favorite Dramatic Motion Picture
2001 Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (Nebula Award)
##Nominated – Best Script – Frank Darabont
2000 Screen Actors Guild Awards
##Nominated – Outstanding Performance by a Cast
##Nominated – Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role – Michael Clarke Duncan
References[edit]
1.^ Jump up to: a b Box Office Information for The Green Mile. The Numbers. Retrieved September 12, 2012.
2.^ Jump up to: a b c d "About the Film". Retrieved November 1, 2011.
3.Jump up ^ Doty, Meriah (September 4, 2012). "Bruce Willis helped Michael Clarke Duncan get his Oscar caliber role". Yahoo! Movies.
4.Jump up ^ "The Green Mile". December 10, 1999. Retrieved September 22, 2014.
5.Jump up ^ "The Green Mile". Chicago Sun-Times.
6.Jump up ^ Mendez, Dawn (January 23, 2009). "The 'Magic Negro'". Forbes. Retrieved October 26, 2009.
7.Jump up ^ "The 72nd Academy Awards (2000) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved November 19, 2011.
8.Jump up ^ Lyman, Rick (March 28, 2000). "Oscar Victory Finally Lifts the Cloud for DreamWorks". The New York Times. Retrieved November 4, 2011.
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The Green Mile (film)
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jump to: navigation, search
The Green Mile
The words Tom Hanks, a prison guard looking to the distance, below the words The Green Mile, in the middle of the words, a small silhouette of a big man and small man walking towards a light.
Promotional poster
Directed by
Frank Darabont
Produced by
Frank Darabont
David Valdes
Screenplay by
Frank Darabont
Based on
The Green Mile
by Stephen King
Starring
Tom Hanks
David Morse
Bonnie Hunt
Michael Clarke Duncan
James Cromwell
Michael Jeter
Graham Greene
Doug Hutchison
Sam Rockwell
Barry Pepper
Jeffrey DeMunn
Patricia Clarkson
Harry Dean Stanton
Music by
Thomas Newman
Cinematography
David Tattersall
Edited by
Richard Francis-Bruce
Production
company
Castle Rock Entertainment
Distributed by
Warner Bros. Pictures
Release dates
December 10, 1999 (United States)
Running time
188 minutes
Country
United States
Language
English
Budget
$60 million[1]
Box office
$290,701,374[1]
The Green Mile is a 1999 American fantasy drama film directed by Frank Darabont and adapted from the 1996 Stephen King novel of the same name. The film is told in a flashback format and stars Tom Hanks as Paul Edgecomb and Michael Clarke Duncan as John Coffey with supporting roles by David Morse, Bonnie Hunt, and James Cromwell. The film also features Dabbs Greer, in his final film, as the old Paul Edgecomb. The film tells the story of Paul's life as a death row corrections officer during the Great Depression in the United States, and the supernatural events he witnessed.
The film was nominated for four Academy Awards: Best Supporting Actor for Michael Clarke Duncan, Best Picture, Best Sound, and Best Adapted Screenplay.
Contents [hide]
1 Plot
2 Cast
3 Production 3.1 Casting
4 Soundtrack
5 Reception 5.1 Awards and nominations
6 References
7 External links
Plot[edit]
In a Louisiana nursing home in 1999, Paul Edgecomb begins to cry while watching the 1935 film Top Hat. His elderly friend Elaine shows concern for his behavior, and Paul tells her that the film reminded him of his youth, when he was a prison officer in charge of death row inmates at Cold Mountain Penitentiary during the summer of 1935. The scene shifts to 1935, where Paul works with fellow guards Brutus "Brutal" Howell, Harry Terwilliger, and Dean Stanton. Unlike the other guards, Paul is a very calm guard and is sympathetic with some inmates.
One day, John Coffey, a giant African-American man convicted of raping and killing two young white girls, arrives in the prison, sentenced to death row. However, much to the surprise of the other guards and inmates, he is very shy, soft-spoken, and a very emotional person. John reveals extraordinary powers by healing Paul's urinary tract infection and resurrecting a mouse only by his touch. Later, he heals the terminally ill wife of Warden Hal Moores. When John is asked to explain his power, he merely says that he "took it back."
Meanwhile, Percy Wetmore, a sadist with a fierce temper, has recently begun working in the death row inmates block; his fellow guards dislike him, but are unable to get rid of him because of his family connections to the governor. He requests to manage the execution of Eduard Delacroix, promising that afterward, he will transfer to an administrative post at a mental hospital. An agreement is made, but then Percy deliberately sabotages the execution: Instead of wetting the sponge used to conduct electricity and make executions quick and effective, he leaves it dry, causing a disturbing and dramatic malfunction to the execution, leaving the inmate to suffer a very painful death.
Meanwhile, a violent, psychopathic prisoner named "Wild Bill" Wharton has arrived, to be executed for multiple murders committed during a robbery. At one point he seizes John's arm, and John psychically senses that Wharton is also responsible for the crime for which John was convicted and sentenced to death. John "takes back" the sickness in Hal's wife and regurgitates it into Percy, who then shoots Wharton to death and falls into a state of permanent catatonia. Percy is then admitted to Briar Ridge Mental Hospital as a patient rather than an administrator. In the wake of these events, Paul interrogates John, who says he "punished them bad men" and offers to show Paul what he saw. John takes Paul's hand and says he has to give Paul "a part of himself" in order for Paul to see what really happened to the girls.
Paul asks John what he should do, if he should open the door and let John walk away. John tells him that there is too much pain in the world, to which he is sensitive, and says he is "rightly tired of the pain" and is ready to rest. For his last request on the night before his execution, John watches the film Top Hat. When John is put in the electric chair, he, shedding tears, asks Paul not to put the traditional black hood over his head because he is afraid of the dark. Paul agrees, shakes his hand as a goodbye, and John is executed.
As an elderly Paul finishes his story, he notes that he requested a transfer to a youth detention center, where he spent the remainder of his career. Elaine questions his statement that he had a fully grown son at the time, and Paul explains that he was 44 years old at the time of John's execution, meaning that he is now over 108 years old. This is apparently a side effect of John giving a "part of himself" to Paul. Mr. Jingles, Del's mouse resurrected by John, is also still alive — but Paul believes his outliving all of his relatives and friends to be a punishment from God for having let John be executed, and wonders how long it will be before his own death. The film shows glimpses of the future in which Elaine has passed on and Paul is still living in the retirement home.
Cast[edit]
##Tom Hanks as Paul Edgecomb
##David Morse as Brutus "Brutal" Howell
##Bonnie Hunt as Jan Edgecomb
##Michael Clarke Duncan as John Coffey
##Doug Hutchison as Percy Wetmore
##Jeffrey DeMunn as Harry Terwilliger
##Barry Pepper as Dean Stanton
##Sam Rockwell as William "Wild Bill" Wharton
##Michael Jeter as Eduard "Del" Delacroix
##James Cromwell as Warden Hal Moores
##Patricia Clarkson as Melinda Moores
##Brent Briscoe as Bill Dodge
##Harry Dean Stanton as Toot-Toot
##Dabbs Greer as Old Paul Edgecomb
##Gary Sinise as Burt Hammersmith
##Graham Greene as Arlen Bitterbuck
##William Sadler as Klaus Detterick
##Bill McKinney as Jack Van Hay, the executioner.
##Jon Polito as "D" Block Prison Guard
##Eve Brent as Elaine Connelly
##Paula Malcomson as Marjorie Detterick
Production[edit]
Darabont adapted the novel into a screenplay in under eight weeks.[2]
The film was shot at Warner Hollywood Studios, West Hollywood, California, and on location in Shelbyville, Tennessee and Blowing Rock, North Carolina.
Casting[edit]
Hanks and Darabont met at an Academy Award luncheon in 1994. Stephen King stated he envisioned Hanks in the role and was happy when Darabont mentioned his name.[2]
Morse had not heard about the script until he was offered the role. He stated he was in tears by the end of it.[2] Darabont wanted Cromwell from the start, and after he read the script, Cromwell was moved and agreed.[2]
Duncan credited his casting to Bruce Willis, with whom he had worked on the film Armageddon one year earlier. According to Duncan, Willis introduced him to Darabont after hearing of the open call for John Coffey.[3]
Soundtrack[edit]
The official film soundtrack, Music from the Motion Picture The Green Mile, was released on December 19, 1999 by Warner Bros. It contains 37 tracks, primarily instrumental tracks from the film score by Thomas Newman. It also contains four vocal tracks: "Cheek to Cheek" by Fred Astaire, "I Can't Give You Anything but Love, Baby" by Billie Holiday, "Did You Ever See a Dream Walking?" by Gene Austin, and "Charmaine" by Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians.
Reception[edit]
The film received positive reviews from critics. Review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes gives the film a score of 80% based on reviews from 132 critics.[4]
Roger Ebert gave the film 3 and a half stars out of four, writing "The film is a shade over three hours long. I appreciated the extra time, which allows us to feel the passage of prison months and years."[5] Forbes commentator Dawn Mendez referred to the character of John Koffey as a "'magic Negro' figure"—a term describing a stereotypical fictional black person depicted in a fictional work as a "saintly, nonthreatening" person whose purpose in life is to solve a problem for or otherwise further the happiness of a white person.[6]
Awards and nominations[edit]
1999 Academy Awards[7][8]
##Nominated – Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role – Michael Clarke Duncan
##Nominated – Best Picture – David Valdes, Frank Darabont
##Nominated – Best Sound Mixing – Robert J. Litt, Elliot Tyson, Michael Herbick, Willie D. Burton
##Nominated – Best Adapted Screenplay – Frank Darabont
2000 Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films
##Won – Best Supporting Actor – Michael Clarke Duncan
##Won – Best Supporting Actress – Patricia Clarkson
##Won – Best Action/Adventure/Thriller Film
##Nominated – Best Director – Frank Darabont
##Nominated – Best Music – Thomas Newman
2000 Broadcast Music Incorporated Film & TV Awards
##Won – Film Music Award – Thomas Newman
2000 Black Reel Awards
##Won – Theatrical – Best Supporting Actor – Michael Clarke Duncan
2000 Blockbuster Entertainment Awards
##Won – Favorite Actor – Drama – Tom Hanks
##Nominated – Favorite Supporting Actor – Drama – Michael Clarke Duncan
##Nominated – Favorite Supporting Actress – Drama – Bonnie Hunt
2000 Bram Stoker Awards
##Nominated – Best Screenplay – Frank Darabont
2000 Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards
##Won – Best Screenplay, Adaptation – Frank Darabont
##Won – Best Supporting Actor – Michael Clarke Duncan
##Nominated – Best Film
2000 Chicago Film Critics Association Awards
##Nominated – Best Supporting Actor – Michael Clarke Duncan
##Nominated – Most Promising Actor – Michael Clarke Duncan
2000 Directors Guild of America
##Nominated – Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures – Frank Darabont
2000 Golden Globe Awards
##Nominated – Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture – Michael Clarke Duncan
2000 NAACP Image Awards
##Nominated – Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture – Michael Clarke Duncan
2000 MTV Movie Awards
##Nominated – Best Breakthrough Male Performance – Michael Clarke Duncan
2000 Motion Picture Sound Editors (Golden Reel Awards)
##Nominated – Best Sound Editing – Dialogue and ADR – Mark A. Mangini, Julia Evershade
##Nominated – Best Sound Editing – Effects and Foley – Mark A. Mangini, Aaron Glascock, Howell Gibbens, David E. Stone, Solange S. Schwalbe
2000 People's Choice Awards
##Won – Favorite All-Around Motion Picture
##Won – Favorite Dramatic Motion Picture
2001 Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (Nebula Award)
##Nominated – Best Script – Frank Darabont
2000 Screen Actors Guild Awards
##Nominated – Outstanding Performance by a Cast
##Nominated – Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role – Michael Clarke Duncan
References[edit]
1.^ Jump up to: a b Box Office Information for The Green Mile. The Numbers. Retrieved September 12, 2012.
2.^ Jump up to: a b c d "About the Film". Retrieved November 1, 2011.
3.Jump up ^ Doty, Meriah (September 4, 2012). "Bruce Willis helped Michael Clarke Duncan get his Oscar caliber role". Yahoo! Movies.
4.Jump up ^ "The Green Mile". December 10, 1999. Retrieved September 22, 2014.
5.Jump up ^ "The Green Mile". Chicago Sun-Times.
6.Jump up ^ Mendez, Dawn (January 23, 2009). "The 'Magic Negro'". Forbes. Retrieved October 26, 2009.
7.Jump up ^ "The 72nd Academy Awards (2000) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved November 19, 2011.
8.Jump up ^ Lyman, Rick (March 28, 2000). "Oscar Victory Finally Lifts the Cloud for DreamWorks". The New York Times. Retrieved November 4, 2011.
External links[edit]
Portal icon Film in the United States portal
Portal icon 1990s portal
Wikiquote has quotations related to: The Green Mile (film)
##Official website[dead link]
##The Green Mile at the Internet Movie Database
##The Green Mile at the TCM Movie Database
##The Green Mile at AllMovie
##The Green Mile at Rotten Tomatoes
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