The Green Mile is a 1999 American fantasy crime drama film written, directed and co-produced by Frank Darabont and based on the 1996 novel by Stephen King.

It stars Tom Hanks as a death row prison guard during the Great Depression who witnesses supernatural events following the arrival of an enigmatic convict (Michael Clarke Duncan) at his facility.

He explains to his companion Elaine that it reminds him of events he witnessed as an officer at Cold Mountain Penitentiary death row, "The Green Mile".

In 1935, Paul supervises corrections officers Brutus "Brutal" Howell, Dean Stanton, Harry Terwilliger, and Percy Wetmore.

Percy is despised by the other guards for his sadistic and cruel actions toward the prisoners, and he flaunts his connections to the State Governor to avoid punishment.

Paul comes to learn that John has the ability to perform miracles after he heals his severe bladder infection by touching him.

Meanwhile they drug Wharton, and smuggle John out to heal Warden Moores' wife Melinda of a terminal brain tumor.

Back in the present day, Paul tells Elaine that John's execution was the last that he and Brutal officiated, as they both left the prison and took jobs in the juvenile system.

[8] The film title refers to the stretch of green floor that the hallway inmates walk down before they are to be executed by electric chair.

Michael Clarke Duncan credited his casting to Bruce Willis, with whom he had worked on the film Armageddon one year earlier.

[5] The official film soundtrack, Music from the Motion Picture The Green Mile, was released on December 19, 1999, by Warner Bros.

I appreciated the extra time, which allows us to feel the passage of prison months and years ... it tells a story with beginning, middle, end, vivid characters, humor, outrage and emotional release".

[21] Writing for Entertainment Weekly, Lisa Schwarzbaum also took note of the film's length, but praised Tom Hanks' "superior" performance and Darabont's direction.

[23] Desson Thomson of The Washington Post called the storytelling "brilliant", and said "From its deceptively easygoing beginning to the heart-wrenching finale, The Green Mile keeps you wonderfully high above the cynical ground.

Kirk Honeycutt of The Hollywood Reporter opined, "By inflating the simple story with a languorous pace, pregnant pauses, long reaction shots and an infinitely slow metabolism, Darabont has burdened his movie version with more self-importance than it can possibly sustain.

"[25] While complimenting the production design and soundtrack, the critic from Timeout magazine thought some scenes were tiresome and the film "suffers from a surfeit of plot threads and characters".

[27] David Ansen of Newsweek thought The Green Mile was weaker than Darabont's previous film, The Shawshank Redemption (1994).