The Green Mile (film)

The Green Mile is a 1999 movie, directed by Frank Darabont, based on the Stephen King novel The Green Mile (book). The film stars Tom Hanks as Paul Edgecomb and Michael Clarke Duncan as John Coffey.

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1999 - Movie - Frank Darabont - Stephen King - The Green Mile (book) - Tom Hanks - Michael Clarke Duncan

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The movie is primarily about Paul Edgecomb and his life as a prison guard on Death Row in the 1930's. The movie is told in flashback by Paul Edgecomb in a nursing home and follows a string of supernatural and metaphysical events apon the arrival of tried and convicted murderer John Coffey.

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Death Row - 1930

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In the 2000 Academy Awards the movie was nominated for four awards (Best Actor In A Supporting Role, Best Picture, Best Sound, Best Writing, Screenplay Based On Material Previously Produced or Published) but failed to win a single one.

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2000 - Academy Awards

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