The Chair of Death - The Most Sensational Movie in the World
"The Green Mile" is a 1999 drama directed by Frank Darabont and taken from the book with the same title by Stephen King, telling about the life of Paul Edgecomb, a head guard in prison, which drastically changed when he met an inmate named John Coffey, accused of murdering two little girls. Despite his giant size, Paul learns that Coffey possesses a miraculous gift: healing miracles. As Paul works through the fact of Coffey's innocence and the complications those very special gifts bring on, the themes of mercy, salvation, and finally justice in its intricacies come alive in this movie. "The Green Mile" bewitches the audience with its crime-fantasy mixture; its box office was rated on IMDb as 8.6/10 and grossed $ 286.8 million. On December 6, 1999, the movie came out into the view of USA viewers, and via distributing companies Warner Bros. and Universal Pictures, it received wide acclaim from the audience and critics alike, scoring 79% on Rotten Tomatoes and 92% of Google users liking the movie.
Set in 1935, the movie centers around Cold Mountain Penitentiary, where the protagonist-narrator Paul Edgecomb serves as a corrections officer on death row, also referred to as the Green Mile. That is when his humdrum life gets fully turned on its head with the arrival of one John Coffey, a gigantic African-American man brought in after being accused of the heinous rape and murder of two young girls. But for all his imposing build, Coffey shows an unexpectedly gentle manner that wins something of an affinity with Paul and his fellow guards, Brutus "Brutal" Howell, Dean Stanton, and Harry Terwilliger. They witness his miraculous gift of healing in their contact with Coffey, which cannot be understood through rational explanation.
With Coffey's miraculous touch, he heals the painful urinary infection of Paul and restores life to a mouse named Mr. Jingles-right in front of the security guards and prisoners. Following this event, another prisoner, Del in particular, befriends Mr. Jingles and finds companionship with the tiny creature amidst the bleakness of death row. The tranquility of the Green Mile is disrupted by "Wild Bill" Wharton, a volatile, menacing inmate who poses a threat to everyone near him every minute.
The closer Coffey's execution date looms, the more convinced it makes Paul of his innocence, and that maybe another inmate, Wild Bill, could be the real culprit. As evidence mounted showing that Coffey was innocent, the wheels of justice ineluctably turned onward.At last, during the execution of Coffey, there is a revelation: with tears streaming down his face, Coffey lets Paul know he is not a monster as society believes him to be. It is in a blinding flash of power that Coffey actually succeeds in transferring the incredible gift to Paul, who now is in possession of information pertaining to his innocence.
Yet, Paul is torn between a sense of duty and the belief in Coffey's innocence. The tragic culmination is that Paul has to carry out the sentence; he cannot stand against convention and legal machinery. Later, Paul is troubled by the gross injustice of the execution of Coffey and the consequences of his great powers. Yet, he turns contemplative on everything he had learned from experiences on the Green Mile: the value of compassion and empathy, for justice in a world full of darkness and suffering. "The Green Mile" narrates the powerful, poetically told tale of intricacies in human nature in search of redemption and the sustaining power of hope in an evil world.
The Green Mile (1999) Trailer
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