The Green Mile Resident Scholar Profiles TOP SCHOLAR: Brandon Swenson SCHOLARS: Leeloo
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Review Summaries
"Paul, a prison guard is in charge of death row, also referred to as 'the green mile'.
One day, they get a new prisoner, a huge black man accused of raping and killing two young girls, but he is innocent.
The prisoner, John, has magical healing powers. He heals a bad urinary infection plagueing Paul. He helps a fellow prisoner by breathing new life back into his pet mouse killed by Percy, a mean guard.
Paul's friend, the warden, Hal's wife is dying of inoperable cancer.
Paul and fellow guards trust John enough to take him to Hal's home to heal his wife.
Paul is conflicted about executing John, but John assures him that it's alright.
With a touch of his hand, John shows Paul what really happened to the girls and how the world is full of so much love and hate and how he's ready to be at peace.
After John's execution Paul and all of his guards either quit or transferred.
When John touched Paul he transferred some magic to him. Paul lived to over 100 years old watching family and friends die off. "
Brandon Swenson, Resident Scholar
"Set in 1930's Alabama, The Green Mile tells the story of five wardens (including Tom Hanks) and their boss Al(James Cromwell) working on Death Row, whose lives are changed by the arrival of 8 foot tall prisoner John Coffey (Clarke Duncan) who, despite his loving, childlike nature, has been wrongly accused of raping and murdering two little girls. But Paul Edgecomb (Hanks) and his friends discover that John is more than what he seems as he uses his miraculous healing powers to help Paul with a urinary infection, bring a fellow inmate's pet mouse back to life after evil, stuck up warden Percy (Hutchison) steps on it, cure Al's wife, who has a life threatening tumour, and reveal the real killer of the little girls... but is it too late to save him from the electric chair?"
Leeloo, Resident Scholar
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Plot
Composition of Movie Actual chase scenes or violence - 20% Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzle - 30% Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 50%
**Fantasy or Science Fiction?**
- fantasy story on present day Earth
Inner Struggle
Yes
Plotlet:
- coping with special powers/seeking enlightenment
- change of heart
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- police/lawman
Age:
- 20's-30's
- 40's-50's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
- brunette (Black)
Hair type
- (man) crewcut/very short
- (man) short/medium straight
Body type
- average (man)
Events of movie makes character more...
- caring
- sad
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor?
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
- Very much smarter than other characters
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
- magical being, male
Hair color
- bald
Hair style
- bald (man)
Body type
- muscular (man)
Unclothed?
- very tight clothes
How much in movie?
- 80%
- 90%-100%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Black
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
- a deadline
Age:
- 20's-30's
Profession/status:
- killer
Eccentric:
Yes
- wild
- mentally ill
- emotionally unstable
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 60%
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- (man) short/standard wavy
Body type
- average (man)
unclothed?
- chest
Ethnicity
- White
Intelligence
- Ordinary Dumb
Physical condition
- average physique
How sensitive is this character?
- mean, arrogant
Setting
Takes place on Earth?
Yes
Big cities?
Yes
Misc settings
- prison
- mental hospital
Kind of city
- Dirty, crime-ridden (like NY)
Small town?
Yes
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- moderately detailed references to deaths
- very explicit references to deaths and torture
Tone of movie
- depressed/sad
- spiritual
Comedy or somewhat funny movie?
Yes
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- vauge references only
Any profanity?
- None
- Some foul language
If Soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Classic/oldies rock
Is this movie based on a
- book
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