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A story told in flashback and narrarted by Paul Edgecomb, now living in an old-age home six decades after working as the head guard on Death Row at a Southen Prison named Cold Mountain Penitentiary. Travelling back to 1935, during the Great Depression, the former prison guard, Edgecomb, reflects on how he developed a poignant, unusual relationship with this one inmate, sentenced to Death Row, who may be innocent. The inmate, John Coffey, is an African-American man--convicted of the rape and murder of a pair of 9-year-old sisters--who awaits his death in this harsh prison. Coffey has strange powers, both mysterious and miraculous; and the creepy characters in the prison have their own views of his gifts... and of God's.
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| Production Status: |
Released |
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| Genres: |
Drama, Science Fiction/Fantasy and Adaptation |
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| Running Time: |
3 hrs. 7 min. |
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| Release Date: |
December 10, 1999 Nationwide |
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| MPAA Rating: |
R for violence, language and some sex-related material. |
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| Distributors: |
Warner Bros. Pictures Distribution, FX Network
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| Production Co.: |
Castle Rock Entertainment, Polygram Filmed Entertainment, Darkwoods Productions
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| U.S. Box Office: |
$136,801,374 |
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| Filming Locations: |
Blowing Rock, North Carolina, USA
Nashville, Tennessee, USA
Los Angeles, California, USA
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| Produced in: |
United States |
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