The man himself: Frank Darabont.
Best prison movie ever!
One of Tom Hanks’ best performances, hands down!
The author behind the masterpieces
Frank Darabont has had a good career, the highlights being The Shawshank Redemption and The Green Mile. Despite the movies being completely different, there are a few parallels. Both movies are successful adaptations of Stephen King novels. There is an animal: Jake the crow in Shawshank and Mr. Jingles the mouse in Green Mile. In both, the best performance comes from the African-American costar: Morgan Freeman as Ellis Boyd Redding, or Red, and Michael Clarke Duncan as John Coffey. There is always a tearjerker of a scene: Andy Dufresne (Tim Robbins) and Red’s reunion in Shawshank and the death of John in Green Mile. Always sad! The appearance of a new prisoner signals the possible exoneration of the main character: Tommy’s (Gil Bellows) story of another killer convinces Andy that he is innocent, and “Wild Bill” Wharton’s (Sam Rockwell) revelation, as told to John, clears the latter’s name. There is a mean guard who is always picking on the prisoners; it’s Byron Hadley (Clancy Brown) in Shawshank, and the diminutive, yet equally sadistic, Percy Whitmore (Doug Hutchison). There is a satisfying scene that pretty much settles everything; Hadley gets arrested, and the corrupt Warden Samuel Norton (Bob Gunton), his cooking the books exposed, shoots himself in the head, and a possessed Percy shoots Wharton, and is then admitted into a mental hospital. Both The Shawshank Redemption and The Green Mile are classics worth seeing over and over. Thanks, Frank!
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