What if you were guarding a prisoner on death row who was capable of performing miracles? This is the moral dilemma guard Paul Edgecomb faces in Frank Darabont's The Green Mile, the 1999 film based on the Stephen King serial novel of the same name. At the brink of its 15th anniversary, Warner Bros. Home Entertainment has announced a new Diamond Luxe Anniversary Edition of the film on Blu-ray.
One of five films getting the anniversary treatment from Warner Bros. (the other four are Natural Born Killers, Forrest Gump, Gremlins and Ben-Hur), The Green Mile will be re-released on Blu-ray on September 30th. It's unknown at this time whether the new release will include a fresh transfer, but it will come with new special features, including a longer version of the behind-the-scenes documentary. The 15th anniversary release of The Green Mile features new eye-grabbing packaging that prominently places the movie's characters. Here's what Warner Bros. had to say about the Diamond Luxe packaging, which we have a look at below courtesy of Blu-ray.com:
"The Green Mile: 15th Anniversary Edition
Synopsis: In 1935, Paul Edgecomb (Hanks) is the head of the block guards of the Cold Mountain Correctional Facility. Through his many years of watching men live and die, Paul's faith and sanity has deteriorated. He is assigned to watch over John Coffey (Duncan), a giant man convicted of murdering two little girls. But John acts more like a child than a cold-hearted murderer. But Edgecomb and his guards (among them Morse and Pepper) suddenly find themselves in a moral dilemma when John begins to perform healing miracles.
The 15th Anniversary release of The Green Mile includes an exclusive, newly extended first-person behind-the-scenes documentary shot on location in Tennessee, North Carolina and Los Angeles, as well as all previously released extras. The studio has yet to detail tech specs, though, so any information regarding the film's audio/video presentation is still forthcoming. Special features include:
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