![]() ![]() ![]() One morning, after an excruciating urinating session, Paul is determined to go to the doctor, much to his wife’s relief. Paul is suffering from an UTI and he is in extreme pain all the time. John Coffey: “Do you leave a light on after bedtime? Because I get a little scared in the dark sometimes. Coffey is convicted for raping and killing two young sisters but his guilt is immediately questionable. He is huge and intimidating but his despite his size he is shy, soft spoken, very innocent and kind. John Coffey (Michael Clarke Duncan) arrives at the prison. Paul, Brutus, Harry and Dean get along fine, but they dislike Percy who is childish and cruel and who only works in the ward because of family connections and his wish to see someone die on the electric chair. Paul (Tom Hanks) thinks back to 1935, where he is working with his fellow prison guards Brutus “Brutal” Howell (David Morse), Harry Terwillinger (Jeffrey DeMunn), Dean Stanton (Barry Pepper) and Percy Whitmore (Doug Hutchinson). His friend Elaine notices he is distressed and when she asks Paul what the matter is, he tells her the film reminds him of a time when he was in charge of death row inmates at the Cold Mountain Penitentiary in 1935. One night, Paul and his elderly friends are watching the movie Top Hat. He takes walks during the day, going somewhere specific each time. He is very popular with his fellow home members and with the staff. It’s 1999, and an elderly Paul Edgecomb lives in a nursing home in Louisiana. That was also the year of John Coffey and the two dead girls” That was the year I had the worst urinary infection of my life. I’ve lived a lot of years, Ellie, but 1935 takes the prize. Paul Edgecomb: “They usually call death row the Last Mile, but we called ours the Green Mile, because the floor was the color of faded limes. ![]()
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