THE GREEN MILE

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THE SUMMARY
THE STORY SHOWCASES AN OLD MAN
NAMED PAUL EDGECOMB REFLECTING
ON THAT ONE CERTAIN YEAR OF HIS
LIFE WHICH TAKES THE PRIZE .
IT WAS THE YEAR OF JOHN COFFEY
AND THE TWO GIRLS.
THE YEAR THAT CHANGED HIS LIFE
FOREVER DUE TO JOHN COFFEY’S
SPECIAL GIFT

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SHOOT LOCATIONS
WARNER HOLLYWOOD STUDIOS, WEST
HOLLYWOOD,CALIFORNIA AND ON LO-
CATIONS IN SHELBYVILLE, TENNESSEE
AND BLOWING ROCK , CALIFORNIA.
TIMELINE
THE TIMELINES RANGES OVER A PERIOD
OF 108 YEARS AROUND THE LIFE OF PAUL
EDGECOMB
SOCIAL MESSAGE
THE MOVIE SHOWS US A GREAT MESSAGE ABOUT HOW ALL THE CRIME IN THE WORLD
IS DRIVING THE GOOD THINGS AWAY.
IT SHOWS HOW MOST CRIMES ARE COMMITED OR MOST VICTIMS SURRENDER TO THE
CULPRITS AT THE BAIT OF THEIR LOVED ONES
OVERALL THE MOVIE SHOWS HOW MUTUAL RESPECT CAN BE MAINTAINED EVEN AT
THE LAST MILE AND THAT OUR DUTIES MUST BE DONE

MY INTERPRETATION
THE MOVIE SHOWCASES A GREAT DEAL ABOUT HOW SOMETIMES THE GOOD CAN BE
MISTAKEN FOR THE BAD AND CONSEQUENCES ARE BROUGHT UPON THE GOOD PEO-
PLE TO FACE BUT, WHEN THE TRUTH IS KNOWN HUMANS BECOME MORE HONEST TO
THEIR DUTIES IMPOSED ON THEM AND SURRENDER RATHER THAN MAKE AN EFFORT
TO KEEP THE GOOD THINGS ALIVE . IT PAUSES AT THE MIDDLE GROUND BETWEEN
RIGHT AND WRONG , SUFFERING AND RELIEF . AT THE END IF CHOOSING THE WRONG
SIDE SETS THE GOOD PEOPLE FREE , ITS A SELFLESS CHOICE MADE.

REPLACING SELF WITH THE CHARACTER PLAYED BY TOM HANKS.

WHEN TOM HANKS LETS JOHN COFFEY GET EXECUTED , I THOUGHT I WOULDNT LET
THAT HAPPEN IF I WERE HIM BUT ,LATER WHEN A DAYS THOUGHT WENT INTO IT .THE
PICTURE GOT CLEARER IN MY HEAD THAT HE MAY HAVE NOT KNOWN THIS AT THAT
TIME BUT HE WAS BELIEVING THAT IT WAS A BETTER CASE TO LET JOHN COFFEY OUT
OF THIS WORLD AT THE PRICE OF HIM PAYING BACK .
THEREFORE WHEN HIS JUDGEMENT DAY ARRIVES AND HE STANDS INFRONT OF GOD,
HE’D BE FREE BECAUSE HE HAD ALREADY PAID FOR LETTING JOHN COFFEY TAKE THE
CHAIR BY LIVING A LIFE LONGER THAN HE HAD BEEN DESTINED TO AND WATCHING
ALL THE PAIN IN THE WORLD
THE STORY-LINE
THE MOVIE BEGINS WITH A SCENE WHERE AN
OLD MAN (PAUL EDGECOMB) IS SEEN SNEAKING
OUT OF THE RETIREMENT HOUSE AND WALKING
UP A HILL TOWARDS A SECRET CABIN .
WHEN HE RETURNS TO THE RETIREMENT HOME
AFTER A LONG WALK IN THE EVENING HE BREAKS
DOWN INTO TEARS WHILST WATCHING THE MOV-
IE ‘TOP HAT’ WITH HIS FELLOW RETIREES.
WALKS AWAY TOWARDS THE SITTING ROOM FOL-
LOWED BY HIS FRIEND ELAINE.
ELAINE GENTLY TRYING TO COMFORT HIM LEADS
HIM TO NARRATE A STORY ABOUT “THE GREEN
MILE”.
IT WAS THE PLACE WHERE PAUL WORKED AS
A PRISON GUARD . IT WAS ANEXECUTION PEN-
ITENTIARY. IT WAS CALLED “THE GREEN MILE”
BECAUSE THE STAGE OF LIFE WHEN A PERSON IS
SENTENCED TO EXECUTION IS CALLED AS “THE
LAST MILE” BUT THE WORD GREEN CAME FROM
THE FADED LIME FLOORING .

PAUL TALKS ABOUT THE YEAR HE MET AN IN-

MATE NAMED JOHN COFFEY -ITS PRONOUNCED
AS COFFEE ONLY SPELT DIFFERENTLY. IT WAS
ALSO THE YEAR PAUL HAD THE WORST URINARY
TRACT INFECTION OF HIS LIFE .

JOHN COFFEY LOOKED LIKE A BLACK GIANT WHO

WAS TWICE THE SIZE OF THE PRISON GUARDS
BUT WHEN SPOKEN TO SEEMED EXTREMELY
GENTLE AND HE WAS SCARED OF THE DARKNESS
. HE SPOKE EXTREMELY POLITE AND CAUSED NO
TROUBLE .

ONE DAY PAUL FALLS TO THE GROUND UNABLE

TO MOVE EASILY DUE TO THE UTI THAT HAS BEEN
CAUSING HIM TROUBLE ,THATS WHEN JOHN COF-
FEY ASKS PAUL TO COME CLOSER TO HIS CELL
DOORS, GRABS HIM WHILE PAUL STRUGGLES TO
BE LET FREE . WHEN JOHN RELEASES HIM AND
GOES TO SLEEP OUT OF TIREDNESS. THIS WAS
THE MOMENT THAT PAUL REALIZES THE SPECIAL
GIFT HIDDEN INSIDE JOHN COFFEY BECAUSE HE

THE GREEN MILE

NOMORE WAS BOTHERED BY THE UTI.
A FEW MORE INCIDENTS LIKE THIS TAKES PLACE
IN THE GREEN MILE WHERE JOHN COFFEY SAVES
THE LIFE OF A MOUSE (ANOTHER INMATES PET)
THE WIFE OF THE HEAD OF GREENMILE WHO
WOULD BE SUFFERING FROM BRAIN TUMOUR.

ALL THESE INCIDENTS MAKE PAUL WONDER HOW A

PERSON WITH SUCH GIFT KILL TWO LITTLE GIRLS
AS TIE PASSES BY THE EXECUTION DATE OF JOHN
COFFEY NEARS AND ONE DAY BEFORE HIS EXE-
CUTION JOHN COFFEY HOLDS PAULS HANDS AND
MAKES HIM SEE THE TRUTH BEHIND THE MATTER .
WHEN PAUL IS EXPERIENCING THESE VISUALS HE
REALIZED THAT JOHN WAS A VICTIM AND THE TWO
GIRLS WERE KILLED BY A DIFFERNT INMATE WHO
WAS BROUGHT IN. THE BRUTALITY OF THE MUR-
DER SHOOK PAUL TO DIFFERENT CORNERS OF HIS
MIND .
THIS INCIDENT LED PAUL TO ASK JOHN IF HE
WANTS TO BE FREE TO WHICH JOHN REPLIES
BY SAYING THAT HE SEES A LOT OF PAIN IN THE
WORLD AND HE CAN FEEL THEM AND ITS GETTING
UGLY.THEREFORE HE’D LIKE TO BE EXECUTED AND
LET LOOSE FROM THIS WORLD .

JOHN COFFEY SAYS THAT HIS LAST WISH WAS TO

WATCH A MOVIE .
THIS WISH WAS FULLFILLED AND LATER JOHN COF-
FEY GETS ELECTRICUTED TO DEATH.

NOW THE SCENE SHIFTS TO THE RETIREMENT

HOME WHERE JOHN ASKS ELAINE IF SHE WANTS
TO TAKE A WALK. HE WALKSS HER UPTO THE CAB-
IN AND SHOWS HER THE MOUSE WHICH HAS BEEN
ALIVE FOR OVER 64 YEARS NOW.
PAUL TELLS HER THAT HIS LONG LIFE WAS A PUN-
ISHMENT HE WAS PAYING FOR LETTING ONE OF
GODS OWN MIRACLE GET KILLED .TO WATCH ALL
HIS LOVED ONES LEAVE .