The Green Mile (1999)
Country: US
Technical: Technicolor 189m
Director: Frank Darabont
Cast: Tom Hanks, David Morse, Bonnie Hunt, James Cromwell, Michael Clarke Duncan, Michael Jeter, Graham Greene, Sam Rockwell, Patricia Clarkson, Harry Dean Stanton, Gary Sinise
Synopsis:
An old people's home resident remembers how he presided over the execution of a child murderer with healing powers when he worked as a guard on Death Row.
Review:
Companion piece to The Shawshank Redemption and sharing that film's melange of sentimental homespun philosophy and fairytale morality of a suitably adult kind. It's very long but not so you'd notice much, so packed is it with incident, suspense and atmosphere. The central execution scene, however, leaves a nasty taste in the mouth which betrays King's horror preoccupations.
Country: US
Technical: Technicolor 189m
Director: Frank Darabont
Cast: Tom Hanks, David Morse, Bonnie Hunt, James Cromwell, Michael Clarke Duncan, Michael Jeter, Graham Greene, Sam Rockwell, Patricia Clarkson, Harry Dean Stanton, Gary Sinise
Synopsis:
An old people's home resident remembers how he presided over the execution of a child murderer with healing powers when he worked as a guard on Death Row.
Review:
Companion piece to The Shawshank Redemption and sharing that film's melange of sentimental homespun philosophy and fairytale morality of a suitably adult kind. It's very long but not so you'd notice much, so packed is it with incident, suspense and atmosphere. The central execution scene, however, leaves a nasty taste in the mouth which betrays King's horror preoccupations.
Country: US
Technical: Technicolor 189m
Director: Frank Darabont
Cast: Tom Hanks, David Morse, Bonnie Hunt, James Cromwell, Michael Clarke Duncan, Michael Jeter, Graham Greene, Sam Rockwell, Patricia Clarkson, Harry Dean Stanton, Gary Sinise
Synopsis:
An old people's home resident remembers how he presided over the execution of a child murderer with healing powers when he worked as a guard on Death Row.
Review:
Companion piece to The Shawshank Redemption and sharing that film's melange of sentimental homespun philosophy and fairytale morality of a suitably adult kind. It's very long but not so you'd notice much, so packed is it with incident, suspense and atmosphere. The central execution scene, however, leaves a nasty taste in the mouth which betrays King's horror preoccupations.