The Green Mile
Did you ever think you learn how to live and the meaning of life from someone on death row? Even though the movie, The Green Mile, is about inmates who have committed deathly crimes and are on death row, the lesson is much more than about capital punishment.
In this movie, we actually learn what it is like for people to be put to death. We get to know a few of the characters and the inhumane torture some of them go through before they are given the ultimate sacrifice of their own life. The man prisoner that you become totally involved with is John Coffey, played by Michael Clarke Duncan. John Coffey is on death row for brutally butchering two very young white girls.
After you get to know John, there is always a question in your mind if he actually done the crime. He is such a gentle man and care about little things such as a mouse that becomes one of his good friends. John Coffey becomes compassionate for just about everything. It is not long until the......
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