Il miglio verde

Titolo originale: The Green Mile
Regia: Frank Darabont |
Anno: 1999
Origine: United States of America |
Generi: Fantasy Dramma Crime
Tag: mentally disabled | based on novel or book | southern usa | psychopath | death row | jail guard | supernatural | great depression | prison guard | jail | electric chair | torture | magic realism | healing | grim | 1930s | abuse of power | depressed | ambiguous | authoritarian | cruel | hopeful |
Cast: Tom Hanks | David Morse | Bonnie Hunt | Michael Clarke Duncan | James Cromwell | Michael Jeter | Graham Greene | Doug Hutchison | Sam Rockwell | Barry Pepper | Jeffrey DeMunn | Patricia Clarkson | Harry Dean Stanton | Dabbs Greer | Eve Brent | William Sadler | Mack Miles | Rai Tasco | Edrie Warner | Paula Malcomson | Christopher Joel Ives | Evanne Drucker | Bailey Drucker | Brian Libby | Brent Briscoe | Bill McKinney | Gary Sinise | Rachel Singer | Scotty Leavenworth | Katelyn Leavenworth | Bill Gratton | Dee Croxton | Rebecca Klingler | Gary Imhoff | Van Epperson | David E. Browning | Tommy Barnes | Wes Hall | Phil Hawn | Judy Herrera | Gower Mills | Garth Shaw | Jared Stovall | Todd Thompson |

E' il racconto che Paul Edgecomb fa all'amica Elaine Connelly in una casa di riposo. Sono passati circa sessanta anni da quando lavorava come capo delle guardie del braccio della morte nel penitenziario di Could Mountain. Durante la grande depressione, nel carcere del sud degli Usa, Edgecomb si occupava di quattro assassini che attendevano di compiere la loro ultima passeggiata lungo il 'Miglio verde', il corridoio rivestito di linoleum verde che li avrebbe condotti nella stanza della sedia elettrica. Fra questi c'era anche John Coffrey, un ragazzone nero condannato per l'omicidio di due gemelline di nove anni. Nonostante avesse le dimensioni e la forza per uccidere chiunque, Coffrey aveva un carattere semplice e ingenuo: era davvero lui il colpevole?

Frasi

Hal: [after Del's execution] WHAT IN THE BLUE FUCK [...] D
John Coffey: [singing as he's being strapped to th [...] D
Paul Edgecomb: Men under strain can snap; hurt the [...] D
Paul Edgecomb: [to Dean Stanton who is standing in [...] D
Paul Edgecomb: John, do you know where we're takin [...] D
Dean Stanton: Well? What about Mrs. Moores? Was it [...] D
Dean Stanton: What did you do? John Coffey: I hel [...] D
Melinda Moores: What's your name? John Coffey: Jo [...] D
Earl the Plumber: I been fixing the plumbing in he [...] D
Wild Bill Wharton: Come on, fuckstick! No sneaking [...] D
[last lines] Old Paul Edgecomb: We each owe a dea [...] D
Toot-Toot: This is a shocking experience! D
Paul Edgecomb: I just can't see God putting a gift [...] D
John Coffey: Boss? I gots to speak with you now, B [...] D
Harry Terwilliger: Paul, we're not gonna have some [...] D
John Coffey: Boss. Saw me a mouse go by. Paul Edg [...] D
Jan Edgecomb: [to Paul] Honey, if you don't tell m [...] D
Eduard Delacroix: [Wetmore has just stamped on Mr. [...] D
Percy Wetmore: Aaaaaahh! [throws nightstick at mo [...] D
Jan Edgecomb: [after they have sex all night long [...] D
Harry Terwilliger: [after Wild Bill causes havoc a [...] D
Brutus "Brutal" Howell: [a rehearsal execution] Ar [...] D
John Coffey: I'm smellin' me some cornbread. Paul [...] D
Hal: It's a tumor, Paul. A brain tumor. [pause] [...] D
Melinda Moores: Why do you have so many scars? Jo [...] D
Arlen Bitterbuck: Do you believe that if a man rep [...] D
John Coffey: You can't hide what's in your heart D
Paul Edgecomb: Toot, one more remark like that I'l [...] D
Paul Edgecomb: I wanna hear about this new inmate, [...] D
Paul Edgecomb: We all know who your connections ar [...] D
William 'Wild Bill' Wharton: [after being put in s [...] D
Paul Edgecomb: The man is mean, careless, and stup [...] D
Old Paul Edgecomb: They usually call death row the [...] D
John Coffey: Poor old Del. Paul Edgecomb: Yeah. P [...] D
Eduard Delacroix: [after seeing Percy pee his pant [...] D
Percy Wetmore: [yells repeatedly as he brings John [...] D
Paul Edgecomb: I've done some things in my life I' [...] D
Bill Dodge: I think this boy's cheese has done sli [...] D
Hal: Percy. Something to say? Percy Wetmore: I di [...] D
William 'Wild Bill' Wharton: [about to pass out fr [...] D
William 'Wild Bill' Wharton: [Percy, zombie-like, [...] D
Melinda Moores: I dreamed of you. I dreamed you we [...] D
John Coffey: [whispers] Boss? Needs ta see ya down [...] D
Harry Terwilliger: Piss on ME? [he sprays Wild Bi [...] D
Lady in nursing home: [Watching Jerry Springer] It [...] D
Percy Wetmore: Well, well, well, looks like you've [...] D
Brutus "Brutal" Howell: You all right in there? P [...] D
Paul Edgecomb: [Paul grabs Percy to face Del as he [...] D
John Coffey: He killed them with their love. That' [...] D
Paul Edgecomb: What did you just do to me? John C [...] D
Percy Wetmore: [after finding Mr. Jingles alive af [...] D
Eduard Delacroix: [In the electric chair, about to [...] D
Paul Edgecomb: [while strapping the straight jacke [...] D
Brutus "Brutal" Howell: Well, there must be someth [...] D
Harry Terwilliger: [to Paul] Percy met your mouse. D
Percy Wetmore: What's up his ass? Paul Edgecomb: [...] D
William 'Wild Bill' Wharton: [Brutus Howell hands [...] D
Brutus "Brutal" Howell: [Brutal gets his first loo [...] D
Paul Edgecomb: We'll be doing this for real tomorr [...] D
Burt Hammersmith: Let me tell you something. And y [...] D
William 'Wild Bill' Wharton: [Wild Bill grabs Coff [...] D
John Coffey: There's lotsa people here that hate m [...] D
Paul Edgecomb: What do you want me to do John? You [...] D
Melinda Moores: [as John Coffey approaches her bed [...] D
Old Paul Edgecomb: I think Mr. Jingles happened by [...] D
Paul Edgecomb: On the day of my judgment, when I s [...] D
Wild Bill Wharton: [Removing his belt] You can com [...] D
Wild Bill Wharton: You love your sister? You make [...] D
John Coffey: You know, I fell asleep this afternoo [...] D
Percy Wetmore: Hell raiser? He look more like a li [...] D
John Coffey: He kill them wi' their love. Wi' thei [...] D
Eduard Delacroix: [after Coffey shares his cornbre [...] D
Harry Terwilliger: Can you believe this? The son o [...] D
Melinda Moores: I dreamed of you. I dreamed you we [...] D
John Coffey: That's a smart mouse, Del, he's like [...] D
Paul Edgecomb: John, do you know where we're takin [...] D
Old Paul Edgecomb: I guess sometimes the past just [...] D
Paul Edgecomb: [Dean is in tears as he kneels to s [...] D
John Coffey: Take my hand, Boss. You see for yours [...] D
John Coffey: Do you leave a light on after bedtime [...] D
Paul Edgecomb: [whispers] Goddamn, the sponge is d [...] D
[repeated line] John Coffey: I tried to take it b [...] D
Toot-Toot: Gettin' to my knees. Prayin'. Lord in H [...] D
Percy Wetmore: [while tapping Arlen's burned face [...] D
Hal: [during Del's botched execution] [to Paul] [...] D
William 'Wild Bill' Wharton: [Eduard has just been [...] D
Paul Edgecomb: A big man is ripping your ears off [...] D
Brutus "Brutal" Howell: [Percy has stamped on his [...] D
Dean Stanton: [after John Coffey helps Mrs. Moores [...] D
John Coffey: [after being locked inside his prison [...] D
Paul Edgecomb: [about Coffey's upcoming execution] [...] D
Brutus "Brutal" Howell: He's chokin'. Whatever he [...] D
John Coffey: [Just before the guards are attacked [...] D
Paul Edgecomb: Your name is John Coffey? John Cof [...] D
Paul Edgecomb: [about toot-toot] Is his head prope [...] D
Klaus Detterick: [opening scene] [We see a large [...] D
John Coffey: People hurt the ones they love. That' [...] D
Paul Edgecomb: [to Percy] Seeing a man die isn't e [...] D
John Coffey: Please boss, don't put that thing ove [...] D
Paul Edgecomb: [to John Coffey] I let Harry take t [...] D
Old Paul Edgecomb: [Sitting on a table drinking co [...] D