The Green Mile. PROBABLE spoilers.

[alphafemale]

Do you think John Coffey may have been hundreds of years old?

[Dash87]

1. I think so. I read the book too,

and if I remember correctly, it was as vague as the movie in that respect (but feel free to correct me - it's been years).

I think you can infer from the bit about the mouse's long life that John Coffey had also had an extremely long life.

Michael Clark Duncan ftw.

[alphafemale]

3. The Tom Hanks character also has a long life.

From getting "a little of what I am"

A general mouse life span is maybe 2 or 3 years so the implications are horrifying for the Hanks character.

[MiddleFingerMom]

2. I never thought of that, but it's a fascinating idea -- he may very well have been.

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He was such an enormous innocent child, despite all the horrors he lived with.
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[alphafemale]

7. Michael Clark Duncan played that part so well.

I've loved This story since King first published it. He published it in tiny little paperbacks a few chapters at a time that were released every month or so...

It was torture.

[MiddleFingerMom]

10. I HATED that marketing ploy... but LOVED the story.

[Incitatus]

4. Yes, there also seems to be an allusion to Jesus Christ

Initials JC, a wanderer who performed Miracles and unjustly executed.

[EastTennesseeDem]

5. Did you see his next-to-last scene, when watching the movie?

The projector cast a halo around his head.

[Incitatus]

6. Interesting. I missed that.

I'll look out for it next time I watch.

[alphafemale]

9. Do a Google image search for John Coffey. nt

[alphafemale]

8. Interesting. nt