The Green Mile

This past week I watched a movie called, "The Green Mile." The film is told as a flashback and stars Tom Hanks as Paul Edgecomb and Michael Clarke Duncan as John Coffey. The movie is a story about Paul and his life as a death row corrections officer during the Great Depression in the United States, and the supernatural events he witnessed. One day, John Coffey (Michael Clarke Duncan), a giant black man convicted of raping and killing two young white girls arrives on death row. John shows all the characteristics of being a gentle giant, soft-spoken, and crying often. Soon enough, John reveals extraordinary powers by healing Paul's urinary tract infection and bringing a pet mouse of another prison inmate back to life. Later, he would heal the terminally ill wife of the Warden, who suffered from a large brain tumor. When John is asked to explain his power, he merely says that he "took it back." I thought the movie was very well made overall and really portrayed the time of the great depression even though it was made in 1999.