The Green Mile (1999)

Regisseur:

Frank Darabont

Drehbuchautoren (WGA):

Stephen King (novel)
Frank Darabont (screenplay)

Premierendatum:

10. Dezember 1999 (USA)

Genre:

Krimi | Drama | Fantasy

Werbezeile:

Miracles do happen.

Plot:

The story about the lives of guards on death row leading up to the execution of black man accused of child murder & rape, who has the power of faith healing.

Plot Keywords:

Death Penalty | Gun | Shooting | Stephen King | Color In Title

Filmpreise:

Nominated for 4 Oscars. Another 13 wins & 23 nominations

Nutzerkommentare:

True to the book, which is odd for a movie.

Besetzung

Tom Hanks	...	Paul Edgecomb
David Morse	...	Brutus "Brutal" Howell
Bonnie Hunt	...	Jan Edgecomb
Michael Clarke Duncan	...	John Coffey
James Cromwell	...	Warden Hal Moores
Michael Jeter	...	Eduard Delacroix
Graham Greene	...	Arlen Bitterbuck
Doug Hutchison	...	Percy Wetmore
Sam Rockwell	...	'Wild Bill' Wharton
Barry Pepper	...	Dean Stanton
Jeffrey DeMunn	...	Harry Terwilliger
Patricia Clarkson	...	Melinda Moores
Harry Dean Stanton	...	Toot-Toot
Dabbs Greer	...	Old Paul Edgecomb
Eve Brent	...	Elaine Connelly

Alternativ:

Stephen King's The Green Mile (USA) (complete title)
The Green Mile (Österreich) (Deutschland) [de]

MPAA:

Rated R for violence, language and some sex-related material.

Länge:

188 Min

Produktionsland:

USA

Sprache:

Englisch | Französisch

Farbe:

Farbe (Technicolor)

Seitenverhältnis:

1.85 : 1

Tonverfahren:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Altersfreigabe:

Canada:14 (Nova Scotia) | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Iceland:16 | Canada:AA (Ontario) | Malaysia:U | Canada:14A (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba) | Hong Kong:III | Argentina:16 | Australia:MA | Belgium:KT | Brazil:14 | Chile:14 | Denmark:15 | Finland:K-14 | France:-12 | Germany:12 (w) | Ireland:18 | Japan:PG-12 | Netherlands:16 | New Zealand:R16 | Norway:15 | Portugal:M/16 | Singapore:PG (edited for re-rating) | Singapore:R(A) (original rating) | South Korea:18 | Spain:18 | Sweden:15 | Switzerland:16 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:16 (canton of Vaud) | UK:18 | USA:R | Singapore:M18 (DVD rating) | Philippines:PG-13

Drehorte:

Blowing Rock, North Carolina, USA

Firma:

Castle Rock Entertainment

Dies und das:

At the beginning of the movie, when the old Paul Edgecomb is walking to get some breakfast after waking from that bad dream, he is walking on a tiled floor that is very green, as if it's his Green Mile.

Pannen:

Abfolgefehler: The blood on Harry's face reappears on his nose and chin after he wipes it off. It can be seen as he walks past the camera to get Dean and go to the infirmary after Wild Bill wreaks havoc.

Dialogzitate:

Paul Edgecomb: What did you do, big boy? What did you do to me?
John Coffey: I helped it. Didn't I help it?
Paul Edgecomb: Yes, but... how?
John Coffey: [shrugs] Just took it back, is all. Awful tired now, boss. Dog tired.

Bezüge zu anderen Titeln:

Bezug enthalten in "30 Rock: The Source Awards (#1.16)" (2007)

Soundtrack:

Old Fashioned Love

True to the book, which is odd for a movie.

Having seen the movie, The Green Mile, and read the novel of the same name by Stephen King, I am glad to say that the movie stays true to the book, which in itself is a great read. I read the book in one setting about a year ago, and after seeing the movie, I didn't see one scene from the book, or one plot point, left out. There were a few minor changes from the book but which in no way detract from either work. As far as performances, I can imagine many people pointing to Michael Duncan as John Coffey or Tom Hanks as Paul Edgecomb as the best performances of the movie, and they are good, but I would hope that Michael Jeter would receive recognition for portraying Eduard Delacroix. He plays Delacroix exactly as I pictured him when I read the book. I can very well see why King himself said this is his favorite of the movies adapted from his novels. It is the only one played out as he had written it. I wouldn't compare this movie or the book to (Rita Hayworth and) The Shawshank Redemption because that would be unfair to both. They are both great, but are both different. The Green Mile isn't a movie about hope and friendship, as The Shawshank Redemption was, it is a movie about a miracle of a man, and the people he affects. But like The Shawshank Redemption, I give The Green Mile 4 out of 4 stars. Great story, great cast, great look.