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''The Green Mile'' is a 1999 American fantasy crime drama film directed by Frank Darabont and adapted from the 1996 Stephen King novel of the same name. The film is told in a flashback format and stars Tom Hanks as Paul Edgecomb and Michael Clarke Duncan as John Coffey with supporting roles by David Morse, Bonnie Hunt, and James Cromwell. The film also features Dabbs Greer, in his final film, as the old Paul Edgecomb. The film tells the story of Paul's life as a death row corrections officer during the Great Depression in the United States, and the supernatural events he witnessed. The film was nominated for four Academy Awards: Best Supporting Actor for Michael Clarke Duncan, Best Picture, Best Sound, and Best Adapted Screenplay. ==Plot== In a Louisiana nursing home in 1999, Paul Edgecomb becomes nervous while watching the 1935 film ''Top Hat''. He is with his elderly friend Elaine, who becomes concerned, and Paul tells her that the film reminded him of his past, when he was a prison officer in charge of death row inmates at the Cold Mountain Penitentiary during the summer of 1935. The scene shifts to 1935, where Paul works with fellow guards Brutus "Brutal" Howell, Harry Terwilliger, and Dean Stanton. One day, John Coffey, an African-American man convicted of raping and killing two young white girls, arrives in the prison. John is very shy, soft-spoken, and a very emotional person, in stark contrast to the crime he was convicted of. John reveals extraordinary powers by healing Paul's bladder infection and resurrecting Mr. Jingles, a pet mouse kept by inmate Eduard "Del" Delacroix, only by his touch. Later, he heals the terminally ill wife of Warden Hal Moores. When John is asked to explain his power, he merely says that he "took it back." Percy Wetmore, a sadist with a fierce temper, begins working in the death row inmates block; his fellow guards dislike him, but cannot get rid of him due to his family connections to the governor. Meanwhile, a psychopathic prisoner named "Wild Bill" Wharton is booked into the jail for multiple murders committed during a robbery. At one point Wharton seizes John's arm, and John psychically senses that Wharton is also responsible for the crime for which John was wrongly convicted. After Percy scares Del, Wharton seizes him onto the cell bars. Percy is shocked and urinates himself, which Del finds amusing. Paul coerces Wharton to let Percy go. Percy offers that he will transfer to an administrative post at a mental hospital in exchange for managing Del's upcoming execution. However, Percy uses the opportunity to punish Del by failing to wet down the conductive sponge used on the electric chair. When the electricity is turned on, Del's body bursts into flames. Later, John regurgitates the sickness from Hal's wife into Percy; Percy becomes unable to talk and shoots Wharton to death and falls into a permanent state of catatonia, and is admitted as a patient to the mental hospital. In wake of the events, Paul interrogates John on what happened. John says he "punished them bad men" and offers to show Paul what he saw by giving him a "part of himself". Paul takes John's hand, and sees what John had seen from Wharton, that Wharton was responsible for the crime. Paul offers to let John go, but John refuses, saying that there is too much pain in the world and he is "rightly tired" of it. John patiently awaits the date of execution, and as part of his last request, enjoys the film ''Top Hat'' on the night prior. When John is put on the electric chair, Paul honors a final request, not to put the hood over John's head as he is afraid of the dark. Paul shakes John's hand, and watches as the execution is completed. As an elderly Paul finishes his story, he notes that he spent the remainder of his career at a youth detention center. He reveals to Elaine that he is over 108 years old, which he believes came from the "part of himself" John had given him; he also reveals the mouse, Mr. Jingles, is also still alive. Paul believes it to be a punishment from God for having let John be executed, as he has outlasted all of his friends and family and unsure of when he will die. The film ends on glimpses of a future where Elaine has died and Paul remains alone at the retirement home. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Green Mile (film)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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