The Green Mile is a movie that was made in 1999 and has a run time of about 190 minutes. Not only does The Green Mile have a great story, but it also has a great cast and that is what made this movie so great. Some of the big name starts in The Green Mile are Tom Hanks and Michael Clarke Duncan. Most of the story is about Tom Hanks' role, and his life as a corrections officer on death row in the 1930's. However, this movie was great on the big screen. Some people said (which is true about a lot of books that are made to movies) that the book was better. Now I have read the book and seen the movie, and I feel that the movie does a great job at not only telling the story of the book but at also setting the feel of the story as well. In the 2000 Academy Awards the movie was nominated four times for different categorizes, and that is very hard to do. Some of the awards that it was up for was Best Actor in a Supporting Role, Best Sound, Best Screenplay Based on Previously Produced Material, and as well as Best Picture. However, The Green Mile was up against some really good movies, and it did not win any of the awards that it was up for. That is really sad because lots of people really liked this movie, and the critics did too. That does not happen very often in Hollywood.

The Green Mile takes place mostly through the eyes of a corrections officer played by Tom Hanks. The Green Mile has a great way of telling the story over the course of a few flashbacks that are told by an elderly man that we find out later is a corrections officer in a nursing home retelling the story. As he tells the story you hear about a lot of supernatural events that happen after the arrival of Coffey, who was a convicted murderer who arrived on death row. The year was 1935 when he was a corrections officer in charge of death row inmates in Louisiana's Cold Mountain Penitentiary. The death row was called The Green Mile because the prisoners that were walking to be executed were said to be walking the last mile, which was on a stretch of green linoleum. The chair that they were on there way to (the electric chair), was called Old Sparky, and it would be the last chair they ever sat in. As the story goes on, you learn that Coffey is in there as a black man convicted of raping and killing two young white girls. The man shows himself as a gentle giant and has healing powers. Over the course of the movie he uses his healing powers to heal many people, and even though he is convected of raping the women, you begin to feel sorry for this man. This is a movie that has you pulling for the bad guy.

The Green Mile is a great film and is a must see for anyone who is a fan of Steven King books. The movie does a great job at telling the story, and you do not have to read the book to be able to enjoy the movie, The Green Mile. However, I am going to tell you that I always like reading the book before I watch the movie. I do, however, feel that this is one of those movies that you do not need to read the book first. This is a movie that you will want to add to your DVD collection without even thinking twice about it. This is one of the best movies I have ever seen, and you should watch it too. I am sure you will love it as well.