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    The document provides a detailed summary of the plot of the film "The Green Mile." It describes an old man named Paul Edgecomb reflecting on his time working as a prison guard on death row, known as "the Green Mile." A special prisoner named John Coffey is brought in and demonstrates a mysterious healing gift, but is sentenced to death for killing two girls. Paul comes to question Coffey's guilt before his execution.

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    THE GREEN MILE

    REPORT BY INDRAJA RM IKF16AT010 (SEMESTER )


    THE GREEN MILE
    THT

    TH

    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

    AWARDS
    OSCAR (NOMINEE) - BEST PICTURE
    OSCAR (NOMINEE) - BEST ACTOR IN
    SUPPORTING ROLE
    OSCAR (NOMINEE) - BEST WRITTING,
    SCREENPLAY BASED
    ON MATERIAL
    PREVIOUSLY
    PRODUCED OR
    PUBLISHED
    OSCAR (NOMINEE) - BEST SOUND

    SHOOT LOCATIONS
    WARNER HOLLYWOOD STUDIOS, WEST TIMELINE
    HOLLYWOOD,CALIFORNIA AND ON LO- THE TIMELINES RANGES OVER A PERIOD
    CATIONS IN SHELBYVILLE, TENNESSEE OF 108 YEARS AROUND THE LIFE OF PAUL
    AND BLOWING ROCK , CALIFORNIA. 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 .

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