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Jul 13, 2024 · 1) The Green Mile (1999) The Green Mile, released in 1999, stands as a compelling portrayal of life on death row. Directed by Frank Darabont and adapted from Stephen King's 1996 novel, the film blends elements of crime drama and fantasy. Tom Hanks stars as Paul Edgecomb, a death row prison guard during the Great Depression.
Jul 13, 2024 · 4) Monster's Ball (2001) "Monster's Ball" is a powerful drama that delves into the lives of characters affected by the harsh realities of death row. Directed by Marc Forster, the film centers on Hank Grotowski, a corrections officer, and his son Sonny, both working on death row in a Southern prison. Hank, portrayed by Billy Bob Thornton ...
Director Harold Becker Stars John Savage James Woods Franklyn Seales. 6. Capote. 2005 1h 54m R. 7.3 (143K) Rate. 88 Metascore. In 1959, Truman Capote learns of the murder of a Kansas family and decides to write a book about the case. While researching for his novel In Cold Blood, Capote forms a relationship with one of the killers, Perry Smith ...
- Walter Mcmillian
- Bryan Stevenson
- Eva Ansley
- Herbert Richardson
- Tom Chapman
- Sheriff Thomas Tate
- The Judges
Walter McMillian’s ordeal is more or less accurately portrayed in Just Mercy: He was arrested in 1987 and charged with the murder of Ronda Morrison, an 18-year-old white woman who was shot in broad daylight at the Monroeville, Alabama dry-cleaning shop where she worked. McMillian was convicted after a trial that lasted only a day and a half. An ove...
Just Mercy follows Stevenson’s self-portrait in his memoir very closely. The real Stevenson, circa 1992, is heavily featured in the 60 Minutessegment above. For an introduction to what he’s like today, here is his 2012 TED Talk. The differences between Stevenson in the film and Stevenson in his memoir are mostly matters of dramatic compression: ane...
Brie Larson plays Eva Ansley, who in real life co-founded the Equal Justice Initiative with Stevenson and currently serves as its operations director. Larson explained why she found Ansley inspirational at this year’s Variety Power of Women event, then brought her out on stage to talk about her work: In the 1980s, Ansley was running a project pairi...
Herbert Richardson, the Vietnam veteran whose execution Stevenson attends after failing to save him from the death penalty, was a real client, but the movie doesn’t dwell on how he got there. In real life, Richardson had psychological problems from his combat experiences—he was the only survivor of an ambush that killed his entire platoon—and ended...
Tom Chapman, the prosecutor who did the most to fight McMillian’s release, seems to have behaved even more badly in real life than he does in Just Mercy. The film traces his journey from indifference to McMillian’s case—he wasn’t the original prosecutor—to fanatical opposition to McMillian’s release, to grudging acceptance of McMillian’s innocence ...
In the movie’s scene in which Tate arrests McMillian, he taunts him by saying things like, “Those rims look like they cost you a pretty penny—who’ve you been working for?” That’s shitty, but in Walter McMillian’s version of the story, as reported in court filings, Tate said much worse: “He said he was going to stop us niggers from fucking these whi...
The judge at McMillian’s criminal trial—the one who decided that the death penalty was more appropriate than the life sentence the jury had decided on—really was named Robert E. Lee Key, Jr., and really did describe the crime as “the vicious and brutal killing of a young lady in the first full flower of adulthood.” Not too surprisingly, McMillian’s...
Oct 11, 2024 · This gripping film offers an intimate look at the emotional turmoil and societal pressures surrounding capital punishment during 1950s Britain. Over 100 filmgoers have voted on the 20+ films on Best Capital Punishment Movies. Current Top 3: The Green Mile, The Chamber, Dead Man Walking.
Just Mercy: Directed by Destin Daniel Cretton. With Jamie Foxx, Charlie Pye Jr., Michael Harding, Christopher Wolfe. World-renowned civil rights defense attorney Bryan Stevenson works to free a wrongly condemned death row prisoner.
Jul 14, 2024 · 1) Green Mile (1999) "The Green Mile" is a film directed by Frank Darabont, based on Stephen King's 1996 novel. The movie stars Tom Hanks as Paul, a death row prison guard. The plot revolves around the arrival of John, an enigmatic convict with supernatural powers, played by Michael Clarke Duncan.
