The Green Mile (1999)
Release Date
1999-12-10
Rating
9
Duration
189 min
Countries
Keywords
mentally disabled based on novel or book southern usa psychopath death row jail guard supernatural great depression prison guard jail electric chair torture magic realism healing grim 1930s abuse of power inspirational depressed ambiguous authoritarian cruel hopeful
Qualities
A supernatural tale set on death row in a Southern prison, where gentle giant John Coffey possesses the mysterious power to heal people's ailments. When the cell block's head guard, Paul Edgecomb, recognizes Coffey's miraculous gift, he tries desperately to help stave off the condemned man's execution.
