Netflix: last days to (re)watch one of the saddest films in cinema

The Green Line will leave Netflix soon

While not all Stephen King adaptations have been wildly successful, some clearly stand out from the crowd. The Green Line (2000) is one of them because Frank Darabont’s feature film managed to touch viewers. Upon its release, the film had grossed more than $286 million worldwide for a budget estimated at around 60 million dollars. He was then nominated four times for the Oscars and often earned a place in the top ranks of the best filmsboth for the public (hon IMDB OR Assigned) or part of the press (in the magazine’s list of the 500 best films of all time Empire in 2008).

Many even consider it one of the saddest films in cinema. So if you want to get a little excited, know that you still have more until April 30th (rediscover The Green Linewho will leave the platform Netflix after this date. And to convince you, here are some arguments.

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A moving drama on death row

As a reminder, The Green Line begins in the 1990s, when a former head guard at a penitentiary in Louisiana begins writing his memoirs. He will then return to the John Coffey case which marked him in the 1930s. A very imposing black man, sentenced to death for the rape and murder of two little girls, who on paper looks like a monster. However, after his arrival in the penitentiary and awaiting his execution, John comes across as extremely kind and thoughtful. An attitude that surprises Paul. And even more so when John shows up supernatural abilitiesallowing him to feel people’s suffering, even heal them…

The Green Line thus navigates between thriller, fantasy film and drama. But the film (and the book) is above all a reflection on the death penalty and racism. The revelations of the feature film make us understand the injustice of the treatment reserved for John, convicted without evidence. The film then owes a lot to the performances of Tom Hanks and Michael Clarke Duncan. The latter, despite his brutal appearance, makes the condemned man he plays empathetic and touching. A character who remained linked to Michael Clarke Duncan for a long time, until his death on 3 September 2012, at the age of 54.

In addition to these two actors, we find in the casting of The Green Line other well-known faces of American cinema, including David Morse, Bonnie Hunt, James Cromwell, Patricia Clarkson, Michael Jeter, Sam Rockwell, Graham Greene, Barry Pepper, Harry Dean Stanton and Gary Sinise. Without to forget Mr. Jungle, the mouse of one of the inmates. In fact, during the filming, which took place in the Tennessee State Prison, no fewer than fifteen rats were used.

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Source: Cine Serie

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