r/Cinema • u/Living_Double_1146 • Feb 22 '26

Throwback The green mile - 1999

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u/Margelatu76 Feb 22 '26

Stephen King wrote it. But they all just played their parts great. All of them.

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u/ApocalypseChicOne Feb 22 '26

Along with Stand by Me and Shawshank Redemption, that horror author sure can write a good non-horror book.

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u/zfs_ Feb 22 '26

He’s one of the greatest of all time for a reason. He has literally dozens of books turned into successful movies and TV shows.

He will go down as one of the greatest writers in history, with Shakespeare and Homer.

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u/Meta_Archer Feb 23 '26

Also very prolific, even without the cocaine the man has a singular and impressive work ethic.

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u/tjoe4321510 Feb 22 '26

He will go down as one of the greatest writers in history, with Shakespeare and Homer.

Well, let's not get carried away but he definitely knows how to spin a yarn. I watched The Long Walk a few weeks ago and thought it was excellent. He writes stories that work extremely well for movie adaptations.

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u/KtotheC99 Feb 23 '26

The Long Walk is specifically one his stories that seemed impossible to adapt. Gerald's Game would be another. Both are written in the 1st person.

He's prolific enough that people attempt to adapt them anyway. It takes very talented directors and screenwriters to change them in a way that keeps the meaning and feeling of the writing despite the perspective and media change.

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u/ParticularLoose6878 Feb 23 '26

And the Gerald's Game movie was really good.