On 1/4/2017 10:58 PM, Sqwertz wrote:
> On Thu, 05 Jan 2017 09:49:12 +1100, Jeßus wrote:
>
>> On Wed, 04 Jan 2017 17:24:37 -0500, Brooklyn1
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> I saw Shawshank Redemption twice about two years apart (both times on
>>> TV), I loved it the first time but the second time it disappointed
>>> me... I guess because I knew the ending. The acting wasn't great, it
>>> was all about the plot.
>>
>> A good movie for sure. The Green Mile could have been too, except that
>> much of story is very similar to Shawshank Redemption. I guess Steve
>> was feeling lazy at the time he wrote that.
>
> Other than they both took place in prisons around the same time
> period, I don't see any similarities between the two movies. Even
> with the same director.
>
> -sw
>
Agreed. I didn't see any similarities in those two films, either. 'The
Green Mile' involved more of the supernatural (typical King) than
'Shawshank' did. BTW, the original SHORT STORY by King was called 'Rita
Heyworth and the Shawshank Redemption'. This due to the pinup poster on
the prison cell wall.

Regarding 'The Green Mile' (great book, IMHO), here's a question. Who
knows who played the elderly 'Paul Edgecomb' (Tom Hanks' character) in
the film? I do. His name was Dabs Greer. He showed up in a lot of old
TV shows. He was a character actor, never really a lead.

According to IMDB: "Greer's last role in a long and successful career,
was in the hit movie, The Green Mile. He shared the starring role with
Tom Hanks--Hanks as the younger version, Greer as the much older
version--of lead character, Paul Edgecomb. Greer's character narrates
throughout the entire film. It is from Greer's p.o.v. and memory
flashbacks that the entire tale unfolds. He was 82 years old."

There wasn't a Mr. Jingles (the mouse on the mile!) in 'The Shawshank
Redemption', either.

The composer Thomas Newman did the music for 'The Green Mile'. I love
the soundtrack.

Jill