Hello everyone and welcome to the Stephen King cast, one man's musings on the works of Stephen King.

Each week I'll review one entry in the bibliography of Stephen King in the chronological order of publication, and this week I'm examining the beloved adaptation of the well-received exploration of life and death, of martyrdom, of loss and healing, of the damned and the saved, a film brought to us from a filmmaker who is just as much a rabid king fan as you or me,

the man who brought us to Shawshank Redemption and the Mist,

a film starring everyone's favorite actor, Tom Hanks,

in the main role of Paul Edgecombe,

the prison guard who comes to realize that his latest death row inmate is not only innocent,

but is blessed with a supernatural gift of the power

of healing the movie directed by frank darabon serves as a spiritual successor to his previous

adaptation the shawshank redemption and functions as a perfect companion piece to that much beloved film

this week i'll be reviewing the green mile now before get any further, I just want to give a disclaimer, just as I have over the last couple weeks of reviews.

It's still nice outside.

It's still summer.

So I'm trying to get in as much summer experience as possible while doing this podcast at the same time.

So I am outside in my freshly cut backyard, and you might pick up some sounds that otherwise

would not be there if I was recording inside currently.

The wind is blowing.

I don't know what that's going to sound like when the microphone picks it up.

You might be able to hear my dogs rummaging around, yelling at squirrels, and some cars driving by. So if there's any background noise that's distracting, I apologize and just send me an email at

stevenkincast at yahoo.com or write to me at Twitter, tweet at me, and let me know if the background noise is annoying

and it's really taking you out of the experience.

So I know going forward to limit my activities in the backyard.

Anyway, when it comes to the Green Mile, I had only read the book once before

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