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Is The Green Mile Based On A True Story? The Answer Is Complicated
The Green Mile follows the imprisonment and execution of Michael Clarke Duncan's John Coffey, but when it comes to whether or not The Green Mile is based on a true story, the answer is complicated. The fantasy-infused drama introduces a group of prison guards - including Paul Edgecomb (Tom Hanks) — who work on death row in a Louisiana penitentiary, nicknamed «The Green Mile.» Edgecomb tells his story as an older man looking back on the movie's events. In his younger days, Paul was tough, as his job required, but he was also ethical. He didn't believe in pushing the psyches of men who were already stressed about their impending demises any more than necessary.