Release Date
December 10, 1999
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Running Time
180 minutes
MPAA Rating
Rated R for violence, language and some sex-related material
In 1935 in a southern prison, head guard Paul Edgecombe thought he'd seen it all. Until he met John Coffey, a seven-foot, black inmate convicted of murder. He is on death row, or, as the other inmates call it, the Green Mile. Coffey has been sentenced to death for murdering and raping two white girls, but Paul becomes unsure. Coffey is a simple man with only simple aggression; he doesn't have the capability to kill.... Full synopsis »
MOVIE REVIEW
Stephen King wrote The Green Mile, a story about an inmate with a great gift, and the head guard who learns to realize this. There is no horror and not much science fiction, but yes, Stephen King wrote it. It came out in six pieces (what I call rip-off ten times over). It was a good story, but a slow story. Full movie review »
