Green Mile: 15th Anniversary [Blu-ray]

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Green Mile, The 15th Anniversary (BD) (Diamond Luxe Case)

Oscar Winner Tom Hanks Stars in Stephen King's Magical, Epic Drama. Nominated for four Academy Awards, including Best Picture, this emotional, touching film about miracles and the power of redemption stars Tom Hans as prison guard Paul Edgecomb. When a giant of a man is brought to death row, Edgecomb and his fellow guards discover something very unusual about their new charge, John Coffey (Oscar nominee Michael Clarke Duncan). Convicted for the sadistic murder of two young girls, but behaving almost childlike himself, Coffey seems to have a supernatural gift of healing living things. Expectations are turned upside down and the guards' sense of humanity is awakened in this astonishing adaptation of Stephen King's compelling novel.

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Heartwarming Story
by Donald J. Wurzelbacher (5 out of 5 stars)
June 25, 2016

A beautiful story about hope and love and forgiveness. This is a very heartwarming story that sucks you in the entire time. An innocent man who has the mind of a child is on death row for a murder he did not commit. But throughout the time he awaits execution he has nothing but simple love for all he is in contact with. He has a special gift of healing that hurts himself whenever he uses it. But he selflessly heals others--the same people who are to put him to death (Not their desire..just their "job"). I would encourage anyone to watch this story. This is Stephen King at one of his finest.
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Empathy impairs memory, depression damages brain Electrocution = atrial fibrillation cardiac arrest
by Sakuteiki (5 out of 5 stars)
November 3, 2019

The Green Mile Tom Hanks, Michale Clarke Duncan, David Morse, Sam Rockwell. Carer healer empathy causes burnout mental physical emotional social spiritual cultural financial. Miracle John Coffey's (Michael Clarke Duncan) heart wants to help heal the ugliness of cruelty violence misfortune. John Coffey is a giant in stature. The entire force of his Chi, life energy is laser focused on taking back the awfulness humans visit on our shared experiences.

Each life attitude thought behavior memory carries within its own consequences. For a Miracle of God the consequence is inability to remember details of human unkindness "I don't rightly remember" and the forward drive to "take it back" make it all better by inhaling other's pain into himself, empathy, then "sick it up" vomiting out the burdens of others. After each episode John Coffey is drained and spent, erasing all memory of the event. Yet his metacognition remains: he is forced to live long in loneliness, witnessing pain and trying to kiss it better.

Suffering is the story we tell ourselves, ideas beliefs judgment, about pain. John Coffey understands that life is what it is. Compassion allows the rest of humanity to acknowledge pain in others, while remaining functional in the face of suffering, and try to help. John Coffey feels obligated to "take it back." John Coffey's compulsion to reverse the afflictions of humanity creates existential pain which he cannot escape. John knows that his punishment for living long with the gift of caring is unescapable emotional pain.

All carers suffer burnout burdened by memory. Paul Edgecomb (Tom Hanks) and Brutus "Brutal" Howell (David Morse) transfer to Juvenile Detention in hopes of guiding youth toward more functional less painful lives taking a right turn away from irreversible actions.
2 Disc Edition includes Frank Darabont writer director commentary, additional scenes with commentary, Walking the Mile making of documentary, Miracles and Mystery 6 documentaries: Stephen King storyteller, Art of Adaptation, Acting, production design, Special Effects, the Tail of Mr Jingles, Makeup tests Tom Hanks, Michael Clarke Duncan screen test, Teaser Trailer A Case Study. The capture of the soul of a story more than the exact scenes is a perilous art and the entire film commentary reveals how challenging it was to recreate a miracle on film.

In a crucial scene Paul Edgecomb (Tom Hanks) reveals to his wife: I've done some things in my life I'm not proud of. But for the first time I feel I am at risk of hell.
5* contemplation on burden of carrying the gift of healing and memory.
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This Movie is WONDERFUL!
by OldGuyStrykerFan (5 out of 5 stars)
April 11, 2018

I cry while watching this movie- and I used to work in a Central America JUNGLE.

The last 15 minutes, when Dabbs Greer is summing-up the movie, I'm bawling all the time.

This Movie is WONDERFUL!

Tom Hanks is SUPERB, as are all the other actors.
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Its an atypical feel good for King
by Hualani (5 out of 5 stars)
January 10, 2015

The Green Mile just had to be watched again, and maybe again after that!
I fist saw it as a first run release. I had considered seeing it a second time, but that's not really me- to repeat a movie.
I heard about the passing of Michael Clark Duncan, "Big Mike".to fellow actors.
I then heard about Tom Hanks cracking up the members during the Memorial service for Big Mike.
I was reminded of both of them and the memorable performances in the Green Mile, and HAD to see it again!
Tom Hanks plays Paul Edgecomb the Warden in a penitentiary, who oversees the "Green Mile" on death row.
The character has a fairness worthy of the supreme court justices, as portrayed by Hanks, unusual for a "jail house movie"

however this is Stephen King, so its not going to be any typical Jail House flick!
Its the character played by Michael Clarke Duncan's character, John Coffey that should have spawned the Innocence project

back in the 1920s. Illiterate, quiet and afraid of the dark, you can see how he was presumed guilty by the circumstantial evidence surrounding a crime in that point of American history, southern locale, and cultural environment. Not to mention the unintelligible response given to the circumstance by Coffey. "I couldnt take it back"
Told in a first person narrative through Hanks character in old age, the story (without spoilers) was a pivotal point for
everyone working in the prison at the time. Coffey touched all of them, especially anyone he was close enough to physically "touch".

A side note, Michael Jeter also delivers an outstanding performance as "Delacoix"

If you shy away from the spookiness of Stephen King, dont! This is a heartwarming semi supernatural tale that's

suitable for all ages. Its an atypical feel good for King, written so well that you wont want to miss a minute without hitting "pause".

A :MUST SEE
(at least once).

Enjoy!
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Great Story
by Amazon Customer (5 out of 5 stars)
September 7, 2019

Sometimes, from the mind of Stephen King comes something totally unexpected. This film, along with Shawshank redemption, are two examples. I wish he would do more like this, but I realize something like this cannot be forced, Thank you Stephen for this. Aside from the story, the production of this film was very good. The acting was outstanding, the direction was superb.

I used VidAngel to filter some of the language, so I could share this with my children. They loved it too.

Read the book first if you wish, as there are some events which this movie changed a bit. either way, watch this movie (with VidAngel if you can)
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One of my favorites!
by Alice (5 out of 5 stars)
March 17, 2016

Always a favorite of mine. I love how Tom Hank's character shows the prisoners respect although in his position of authority he doesn't have to do so. Also is a great reminder of how flawed our justice system is and how inhumane the death penalty can be. This film makes you think about your feelings on the subject. While there is no doubt the "Billy the Kid" character deserved to be there there is a question as to two of the others, Dale and John Coffey, should be especially given how low their mental functioning is and their ability to understand things on an adult level. Great film, I enjoy it each time I watch it.
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by Joker Fleck (5 out of 5 stars)
October 28, 2018

As always, Blu-ray quality is a beautiful step up from DVD quality. The picture is crisp and vibrant.

I read the book many years ago and aside from a few small things, this movie is probably one of the most "true to book" adaptations that I've ever come across. I can only watch it once every few years because it is too sad and disturbing. It's a wonderful movie though and will go down as one of my favorites!
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ONE AMAZING FILM
by KICKAZZDOOD (5 out of 5 stars)
September 14, 2013

Upon receiving this movie, having only seen bits and pieces of it here and there, I knew what to expect, but at the same time wasn't sure quite what to expect. I'm very glad that I took the chance on this film in all respects. The movie is indeed rather long, but the acting is brilliant as well as the story captivating, and it's definitely worth a purchase at all costs.

In a Louisiana nursing home in 1999, Paul Edgecomb begins to cry while watching the film Top Hat. His elderly friend Elaine shows concern for him, and Paul tells her that the film reminded him of when he was a corrections 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.

One day, John Coffey, a giant black man convicted of raping and killing two young white girls, arrives on death row. However, he is shy, soft-spoken, and emotional. John reveals extraordinary powers by healing Paul's urinary tract infection and resurrecting a mouse. 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."

Percy Wetmore, a sadist with a fierce temper, has recently begun working in the death row inmates block; his fellow guards dislike him, but cannot get rid of him because of his family connections to the governor. He demands 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 Percy then deliberately sabotages the execution: Instead of wetting the sponge used to conduct electricity and make executions quick and effective, he leaves it dry, causing the execution to malfunction dramatically.

Meanwhile, a violent 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 asks Paul not to put the traditional black hood over his head because he is afraid of the dark. Paul agrees, shakes his hand, 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 and that he is now 108. 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 (including Elaine, who is shown to have died at the end of the movie) to be a punishment from God for having John executed, and wonders how long it will be before his own death.

This is such a brilliant film and yet another adaptation of a novel that was never paid its full respect.

Definitely a keepsake for the truest movie buff.
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So Captivating, the Retold 1935 Plot Left Me Waiting in Awe for the Return of My Present Self
by Richard Patterson (5 out of 5 stars)
January 2, 2015

This academy award nominee was full of unexpected intrigue, fantasy, compassion, evil and prejudice as an inevitable fact of the human spirit, uplifting love as a not quite perfect lift above the weight of smothering and twisted personal and social constants. Still, the film spiced the imagination with fantasy that sparked the action with excitement that transported beyond the theme of good vs evil just enough that lifted the weight that we all sometimes feel when the contrast seems so ever present and mundane as to be a story in a dusty book from an old attic.

The character John Cofy was the central focus of the plot, who, as a death row inmate with depth of insight, compassion and love had little to verbalize but much to teach and demonstrate.

The violence and excitement kept the adrenalin moving. But in between, the intrigue of surprise and totally unexpected events were able to take an even more pointed focus. But the flick was not about violence and tiresome special effects violence.

There were no winners and losers. We are left with ordinary life still coherent and in tact and in finality we were awake and released from the dreamy spell that the movie trip has transported us.

I'm not a movie buff, so I can only say that Tom Hanks and Patricia Clarkson and others performed superbly to make the experience memorable and satisfying.
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One of the best Stephen King films!
by JJCEO (5 out of 5 stars)
February 28, 2012

Paul Edgecomb (Tom Hanks) is the head guard on death row. It is called the Green Mile by those at the prison because of the green floor that convicted men must walk to the electric chair. John Coffey (Michael Clarke Duncan) is convicted in court for the murder of two little girls. He is a giant of a man and everybody believes that he must have done it but Paul begins to wonder if it is true.

John is quiet and respectful of other people unlike a fellow prisoner. He also has special powers that manifest themselves in front of the eyes of the death row guards. They begin to doubt that John Coffey is a murderer, but.....

This is a superb story that has been brought to the media of film in a perfect way. The casting for the actors in this movie was one of the best I have ever seen. The acting is astounding and the entire cast is perfect for their roles. It is a story about the supernatural powers of one man and the evil that exists in the world. John Coffey knows who killed the girls and in his own way he finds some retribution for the crime.

This is an outstanding movie and if you like Stephen King you will absolutely love this movie!

If you like Stephen King stories, then this is one that becomes a masterpiece when it is put into film. I highly recommend that you watch this film and enjoy it.

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