The Green Mile - crew, film crew
The entire team, the film crew of the film "The Green Mile"
The Green Mile (1999)
Timing:
3:9 (189 min)
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Film crew
Director
Producer
David Valdes
Producer
Casting
Editor
Supervising Art Director
William Cruse
Supervising Art Director
Costume Design
Karyn Wagner
Costume Design
Stunts
Danielle Burgio
Stunts
Production Design
Stunt Coordinator
Set Decoration
Michael Seirton
Set Decoration
Makeup Artist
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Michael Herbick
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Robert J. Litt
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Elliot Tyson
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Original Music Composer
Unit Production Manager
L. Dean Jones Jr.
Unit Production Manager
Second Assistant Director
David M. Bernstein
Second Assistant Director
Jonathan Watson
Second Assistant Director
Director of Photography
Camera Operator
David Emmerichs
Camera Operator
Steadicam Operator
David Emmerichs
Steadicam Operator
Key Costumer
Heather Pain
Key Costumer
Visual Effects Supervisor
Craig Barron
Visual Effects Supervisor
Charles Gibson
Visual Effects Supervisor
Supervising Sound Editor
Script Supervisor
Susan Malerstein
Script Supervisor
Set Costumer
Marsha Bozeman
Set Costumer
Hairstylist
Janis Clark
Hairstylist
Still Photographer
Ralph Nelson Jr.
Still Photographer
Sound Mixer
Willie D. Burton
Sound Mixer
First Assistant Director
Alan B. Curtiss
First Assistant Director
Animation
Rick O'Connor
Animation
David Latour
Animation
Thanks
Boom Operator
Marvin E. Lewis
Boom Operator
Screenplay
Novel
First Assistant Editor
Robert C. Lusted
First Assistant Editor
Construction Coordinator
Art Department Coordinator
Beatriz Kerti
Art Department Coordinator
Assistant Editor
Andrew Dickler
Assistant Editor
Grip
Willie Mann
Grip
Key Hair Stylist
Nina Paskowitz
Key Hair Stylist
Second Second Assistant Director
Basti Van Der Woude
Second Second Assistant Director
Casting Associate
Maureen Whalen
Casting Associate
Emily Schweber
Casting Associate
Gaffer
Bobby Burton
Gaffer
Assistant Director
Alan B. Curtiss
Assistant Director
Music Editor
Bill Bernstein
Music Editor
First Assistant Camera
Heather Page
First Assistant Camera
Stand In
Fred Fein
Stand In
Prosthetics
Production Coordinator
Carrie Durose
Production Coordinator
Rigging Gaffer
Jimmy Keys
Rigging Gaffer
Second Assistant Camera
Jon Yirak
Second Assistant Camera
Charles B. Katz
Second Assistant Camera
Dialect Coach
Jessica Drake
Dialect Coach
Color Timer
David Orr
Color Timer
What's left behind the scenes
- The film is based on Stephen King's novel «The Green Mile» (1996).
- The events of the film take place in 1935 (in the book – in 1932). This change was due to the desire to use footage from “The Cylinder” (1935) in the film.
- David Morse is only one inch shorter than Michael Clarke Duncan. During filming, several different methods were used to create the illusion that John Coffey was an incredible giant.
- The actor who played Eduard Delacroix, Michael Jeter, already had experience working with “talented” mice by the time of filming. That film was “Mousehunt” from 1997.
- Originally, Tom Hanks was supposed to play the role of the aged Paul Edgecomb as well. After a couple of makeup experiments, it was decided that Tom could not be adequately made up, and then Dabbs Greer was chosen for this small role.
- The electric chair model used during the filming was constructed based on the original blueprints of an antiquated electric chair known as “Old Sparky.” Stephen King tried to understand what those sentenced to death feel and asked to be tied to the chair. According to him, the sensations were not the most pleasant.
- One of the main challenges of casting was finding a candidate for the role of John Coffey. Bruce Willis then advised the producers to pay attention to Michael Clarke Duncan, with whom the famous actor starred in “Armageddon.”
- Actor Doug Hutchison, who played Percy, was given the squeakiest boots he had ever seen and heard. Doug considered this circumstance a pleasant gift from fate – such squeaky shoes perfectly complemented the repulsive nature of his character.
- The initials of John Coffey (J. C.), as King himself wrote, correspond to the initials of Jesus Christ.
- Filming took place in the USA, in the states of North Carolina and Tennessee.
- The film featured thirty mice playing Mr. Jingles. All the mice were named after actors and crew members.
- At the time of filming, actor Doug Hutchison was 18 years older than his character (Percy Wetmore), and Sam Rockwell (Wild Bill Wharton) was 12 years older.
- In one episode of the film, you can see the name of the state where the prison is located – Louisiana – written on the prison truck. In another, when Paul enters the warden's office, you can notice a map of the state hanging on the wall.
- While the mouse crawls along the Green Mile, Percy Wetmore whistles the tune of the American folk song "Gallows Pole" while combing his hair.
- The scene where Delacroix reads the magazine Weird Tales is a reference to H.P. Lovecraft, whose creative heir and great admirer is Stephen King. It was in the 1930s that Lovecraft's most significant works were published in this magazine.
- The role of Paul Edgecomb was originally offered to John Travolta, but he declined the offer.
- Stephen King couldn't decide how the story would end for John Coffey – whether he would live or not – until he finished writing the book.
- Duncan was very embarrassed about having to grab Hanks by the groin when Coffey 'heals' Edgecomb's infection. To overcome Duncan's embarrassment, Hanks put an empty bottle in his pants.
- The film that Coffey watches before his execution and which, many years later, prompts Paul to tell Elaine his story, is the classic musical comedy "Top Hat" (1935).
- To create the appropriate mood in the film, all prison guards were dressed in uniform, although such a rule did not yet exist in prisons in 1935.
- In reality, the electric chair did not become a method of execution in the state of Louisiana until 1941. In the year indicated as the time of the film's action – 1935 (in the book – 1932) – convicted criminals were executed by hanging.
- Filming took place from July to December 1998.
- The film is based on Stephen King's novel "The Green Mile" (The Green Mile, 1996).
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