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There is a casting & crew call for "Green Mile" in Tennessee.

Published at: Sept. 26, 2006, 6:01 p.m. CST

Well, loyal geeks where ever you may be, Father Geek will be up dating while The Head Geek is in LA on the set of "THE GREEN MILE". Here's a little related info on that Stephen King project from Gocatgo. No, it's not from Harry. I've read this script folks and it is terrific, so if you want to be connected to a great motion picture contact these people in the heart of bluegrass country .

The Green Mile will soon leave LA and film in Tennessee where production will conclude in late October. According to the TN Film & Video Commision, the production is now accepting crew and talent resumes. Mail (no faxes) all resumes and headshots to:

Tennessee Film, Entertainment & Music Commission

320 Sixth Avenue North

Rachel Jackson Building, Seventh Floor

Nashville, TN 37243-0790

Attention: The Green Mile

(615) 741-3456

I'm not clear on how much casting info is out, but I have a pretty detailed list here. As most folks know by now, Tom Hanks will play Paul Edgecomb and Michael Clarke Duncan (Armageddon) is to play John Coffey. David Morse plays Brutal Howell, Edgecomb’s chief assistant guard. James Cromwell costars as the prison’s sympathetic warden, Hal Moores. Michael Jeter plays Delecroix, the Cajun convict with the pet mouse. Sam Rockwell plays William "Wild Bill" Wharton. Graham Greene is the repentant Native American inmate, Bitterbuck (surprise!). Bonnie Hunt plays Edgecomb’s wife. and Patricia Clarkson (High Art) portrays Warden Moores' terminally ill wife, Melinda.

The cast also includes: Doug Hutchison (A Time to Kill) as Percy, Edgecomb’s sadistic subordinate; Jeffrey DeMunn (X-Files:Fight the Future) as death row guard Harry Terwilliger; Barry Pepper (Saving Private Ryan) as Dean Stanton, another guard; and Harry Dean Stanton as Toot Toot, "the prison’s wiry old trustee."

Darabont reunites with several folks from Shawshank, including production designer, Terence Marsh (Dr. Zhivago), editor Richard Francis-Bruce (Air Force One), and composer Thomas Newman (The Horse Whisperer). David Tattersall (some "prequel" movie) is the DP.

If you need anything else, I'll be wherever the beer is cold.

Yours, gocatgo ....

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  • Aug. 21, 1998, 11:30 a.m. CST

    Great Casting!

    by castor

    I don't know who the casting director is for the film, but they deserve a special Oscar, IMHO. As a big fan of the novel(s), I must say I cannot WAIT to see GREEN MILE!

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  • Aug. 21, 1998, 12:14 p.m. CST

    hmm............

    by scuddy

    i've always been a big fan of tom hanks but will be able to do justice to this role? i mean, tom hanks is mr.nice guy and isn't his character in the movie supposed to be a deathrow guard who escorts prisoners to the electric chair? will he be convincing enough??????

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  • Aug. 21, 1998, 12:23 p.m. CST

    hanks in the green mile

    by theDPR

    His character is a death row guard and he does escort men to the chair but the role is perfect for Hanks. The character isn't perfect but has many flaws. Underneath it all, it's obvious he has a lot of heart and compassion and a great sense of right and wrong. He should be great. Keeping my fingers crossed for this one.

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  • Aug. 21, 1998, 1:17 p.m. CST

    bluegrass country?

    by HWD

    tennessee isn't bluegrass country. kentucky is "the bluegrass state" there is very little bluegrass in tennessee. there is some, but not much. now, the thing about tennessee is: "tennesseein' is tennebelievin'"

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  • Aug. 21, 1998, 5:05 p.m. CST

    Armageddon Guy is Huge

    by Valmont

    I met him at a party on the Sony lot and he is massive! I'm 6'3" and change and I was looking into his nose. Don't know how tall that makes him, but I don't think Hanks is 6'8". Especially not playing opposite Meg Ryan! He's also incredibly personable and seems thrilled to be working on the project. In between Cajun BBQ wings, we chatted and I'm more convinced than ever that he's the only guy who can pull this off.

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  • Aug. 21, 1998, 8 p.m. CST

    Green Mile

    by DwDunphy

    The Green Mile was the best thing Stephen King has written in years and I'm glad that it's going forward in it's current direction. King's stuff has tended toward two distinct directions: Frank Darabont's more thoughtful way and George Romero's "let's do Creepshow again"... Not that I'm bashing Romero here, folks. It's just that The Green Mile deserves the big budget, prestige treatment, and Lordy be, it's getting it!

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  • Aug. 21, 1998, 8:57 p.m. CST

    hanks

    by cartman

    Who the hell cast tom hanks in this? Tom Hanks couldn't act his way out of a nutsack. j/k. Seriously, how about giving some other actor a chance. It seems like he's hogging all the good roles.

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  • Aug. 25, 1998, 4:51 p.m. CST

    this site

    by Clare

    I saw you on entertainment tonight and I love what you are doing. This site is great. I have a disability which leaves me stationary so movies and computers have been my life for the past two years. I critique all the movies that I see, mostly for the bad casting and editting, and i found a place that does it before me- I wish I had your connections, it would save me money on bad movies. Thank you, Clare

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