The Green Mile: How long will Paul Edgecomb live for?

[@FilmHerald]

A quick note about method 4: While the method requires no speculation, it does make several assumptions, first being that the rate of life extension is constant to that of the expected lifespan: Paul ages 31.7% slower than normal, and that percentage never changes. It also assumes that Paul’s lifespan has been increased in its entirety, not just since the events of The Green Mile. These mean that, essentially, method 4 is as much of a shot in the dark as the other 3 methods. It’s impossible to consider whether the percentage would change over time when we only have two data points: Paul is 44 in 1935 (t=0), and 108 in 1999 (t=64). Given these two points, logically, we can only assume a constant rate. Despite this, I believe that method 4 remains the closest possible estimate given the limited amount of information available. But I would be happy to be proved wrong! Let me know if you think you have a better method.

[@SomersKnightSky]

I don't believe that there is a set time frame for Paul's increased lifespan mostly because of movie's religious themes. I believe that Paul must either atone for the "sins" that he received on that day from killing an innocent man of god or forgive himself for allowing his friend to be executed that day. Either that or he just happened to have a naturally longer life than people of his time and he just contributing it to Coffey Miracle though in a way, method 3 could work in that regard.Great Video

[@DominiqueVocat]

how about www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4804402/ ? :-)

[@seraphina985]

Another issue with the dose calculation is that you ignored the second factor in dosing namely the degree of the desired effect. The mouse does only weigh several grams but the mouse was also dead, that is significantly more severe trauma to heal than an infection.

[@hhssnshdnkssjsn1193]

Film Herald lol

[@dean2656]

How long would John have lived for?

[@Arkaelis]

Just imagine this: Paul Edgecomb has witnessed the Titanic, the World Wars, the Cold War, the moon landing, 9/11, the advent of the modern internet and everything inbetween. And yet still, the single most influential day in his life was probably the day he met John Coffey :(

[@blebhan8213]

He's seen more shit than Forrest Gump.

[@Sircreepington9th]

Don’t forget Vietnam.

[@TheTheThe_]

So fitting for that sad face. I can't watch Green Mile because it's too sad.

[@aliceherts3097]

+Bleb Han lmao

[@Quares02]

@Jazz Khan OMG

[@carlthellama3435]

You aren't human if you don't cry when John dies.

[@antonin2478]

i did like a pussy

[@AsraTF]

Wait so im not human?

[@bryanc7094]

im ApotatoChip91 no even worse you're a weeb

[@d00ks]

Peregrin Took I laughed my ass off

[@rakkstabber1536]

I cried every time he died.

[@zeokingsilver]

I feel Jingles was given long life so Paul would have someone with him.

[@williamjones6031]

Great point

[@sexydudeuk2172]

In the novel though mr jingles dies and Paul is still alive

[@DavesToyTube]

I like this theory...because John Coffey said "he's tired of not having a buddy to tell him where they're going or what they're going to do today".

[@valecrassus7835]

Nice thought, not sure what the film intended. In the book, it doesn't work that way. Mr. Jingles dissapears after John "electrocutes" him during Del's execution and does not reappear until Paul Edgecombe is at the old folks' home. Paul's wife dies in a bus accident in the 1950s, Brutus Howell in the early 60s. The last of his E Block pals, Harry Terwilliger, dies in the early 80s. I don't believe it states when Paul's son dies, but he is said to be dead by the time of Paul's writings (as is also mentioned in the movie). If Paul was in his mid 40s in the mid 30s with a son grown and gone, we can assume his son was somewhere around 25---there is mention of Paul and his wife marrying very young, certainly no later than 18. This would put his son in his late 80s by the time of the present day events in the story. Unless claimed early by illness, accident, or misadventure, he might not have been dead for very long at that point. However, it is implied it wasn't all that recent a death. All that said, Paul has spent a number of years on his own. Mr. Jinges' reappearance is what inspires him to write the story (in the book, Paul is the narrator and he is writing the story, a common trope in Stephen King's works). Moreover, Mr, Jingles dies just minutes after Paul introduces him to Elaine. Because of his aging, Paul was fair certain he was not immortal, but when Mr. Jingles' died, he knew for sure.

[@nerdytom6881]

Another option is to consider Paul Edgecomb and Mr Jingles to be linked, they live as long as each other. Paul is granted longevity, and Mr Jingles lives for as long as Paul does. Mr jingles is not aging at any notable rate, he got to 'old mouse' and stopped. Despite having a lifespan over sixty times that of a normal mouse. So because the mouse is still active we can assume to some extent the clock has stopped for Mr Jingles. Paul's clock has also stopped, he looks elderly but not anything like as frail as a centenarian ought to look. As he was only two years off being a super-centenarian attention would be paid to him by 2001 at the latest. Centenarians are relatively common due to modern medicine but there is a huge die off before the age of 110 and only a tiny fraction of centenarians lat that long, usually about a dozen or so worldwide. Paul's health will be noted and by 2008 he will be the oldest man alive, and by 2019 the oldest recorded human. If he is walking around then with a sprightly step he will reach global attention. Things are going to get very interesting to Paul very soon.

[@thomasfrye8996]

That was well thought out. Here's my question what about the warden's wife? Is she still alive?

[@heathcliffheritage4515]

No, she died a decade later in a car accident or something similar. She was not provided with his gift, it’s not being healed by him that grants longevity, but rather receiving his gift of vision and empathetic insight that “infects a person with life” as the film and book coin the phrase.

[@heathcliffheritage4515]

The oldest recorded person in history died at 122, Paul would exceed this age in 2014, at the latest. By 2019 he’d be so far in excess of being the oldest person in the world it would make the world start to wonder. Lol

[@TerrierMartello]

Didn't read that but ok

[@doubledgaming4032]

@@heathcliffheritage4515 If there was no record of his birth back then than people will assume he is just lying.

[@WobblesandBean]

I think he's gonna live a long, long time, since John himself mentioned that he was tired of living...implying that he himself has been around for quite a while.

[@beetlejuice6481]

Danny Chesney he’s talking about John Coffee the miracle, that he says he’s tired of living not Paul (AKA Tom Hanks)

[@clapreload8305]

@Dick Thick'em 108 is very rare my guy.

[@nolan9101]

Dick Thick'em I also used to think it was feasible to live past 100 years old when I was 5.

[@Buddhistsocialist]

Nolan maybe one day

[@starisesun7692]

Oh wow

[@peytondagenais479]

98 Films and 207 Shows. Not even saying that he sometimes plaued as many as 4 different characters in a show. Holy crap, Dabbs Greer deserves a standing ovation. RIP.

[@fanomanone]

Absolutely, and I would Love his guest appearances as Reverend Alden on LHOTP as well.. R.I.P.

[@bl5533]

Wow that’s a lot of stuff he did!

[@gulfofmexicotv]

This like a way better and less forced version of film theory

[@Valvex_]

the lesbian that is married and has a kid?

[@ninjaked1265]

Dlox aren’t lesbians female? Last I checked, MatPat is male

[@Wesley-rf2kt]

Guys it is pyrocinical the youtuber. It is a running joke in his.fan base.

[@Wesley-rf2kt]

Pyrocinical is Finn b's profile picture

[@justmyopinion7201]

Fuck you, the film theory is awesome

[@nightlock826]

Of course Stephen king wrote this.

[@Buskieboy]

Has Mr. King made any mention of his thoughts of the film and/or his book? Anything on KZbin?

[@SmoothCriminal12]

@@Buskieboy I think on a making of featurette, he said he thought the screenplay was one of the best adaptions of his work.

[@Buskieboy]

@@SmoothCriminal12 With Frank Darabont directing and screenplay writing it was. Frank Darabont seems to be in sync with Mr. King!

[@Curriay]

What if John added his lifespan to people?

[@ladiesman743]

My life is a lie.

[@bormass]

DUDE.

[@swashydashy2629]

well john died within 2 weeks of giving them an extended lifespan and his actor died in 2012 so also pretty unlikely. and even if he was expected to live for 100 years, he still would be able to give the mouse 64 years and paul another 28 or so.

[@minifridge8315]

@@swashydashy2629 what do you mean the actor died, what does that have to do with anything

[@swashydashy2629]

@@minifridge8315 You're right, it doesn't.

[@joshuaperry4112]

I think that it makes more sense that Paul Edgecomb would die...at 108. To me, it makes more sense that both Edgecomb and Mr. Jingles were "preserved" by the lasting essence of John's healing powers - but as that magic has faded over time, so too will the legend of John as a man and in tandem, his legacy. John's life has faded from a truthful account to little more than an old man's fish-tale, and as one may wish to believe in Mr. Jingle's ripe-old age, both he and Edgecomb are bound to fade in time. The passing of Mr. Jingles is the sign that the magic of John has finally passed and that the unnatural life of Paul Edgecomb is soon to follow. This would also lend creedence to Paul Edgecomb willingly recounting the tale - he can personally feel that his end is near and "The winds of magic fading", so he chooses to preserve the legacy of John as a final piece of his own life.

[@gerrynowak9050]

John Coffey (JC)= Jesus Christ , Paul Edgecomb=The Wandering Jew, who was cursed to live until he witnessed the second coming of Christ. So Paul will live that long.

[@donmiller2908]

That's a horrible way to live. Eventually someone is going to notice that he hasn't died. Word will spread and powerful people will take an interest in him. He'll be transferred to some facility where he can be tested and examined for the secret to extreme longevity and will never be allowed to leave.

[@mohanicus]

even stephen king has stated in loads of interviews that john coffey IS NOT JESUS CHRIST.... he even said that the their initials are purely coincidental.... john coffey is an absolute supernatural being.

[@strawberrycupcake7161]

@@mohanicus hence just like jesus christ..supernatural being 😂

[@tarekmuftah4365]

It's way better than you think John Coffey for sure represents jesus method in healing all human beings think once

[@nicholasalexander4743]

I saw the Christ connection straight away, but I'd forgotten about the Wandering Jew. Thanks. That makes sense now.

[@oddmontsoddington8961]

I remember reading somewhere that we actually stop aging physically around 90, and after that it's basically a waiting game for cancer, a flu, or simply something wearing out. Horrifyingly for Paul, that could mean the 8000+ year life expectancy might be correct.

[@Ben6164]

Is that true? I know someone who's 94. She already looks quite a lot older than she did when she was 90.

[@Ohmygawdddde]

That’s a bs a 110 year old looks much older than a 90 year old and if someone can live up to the age of let’s say 150 they will be a living corpse!

[@johnsmith-de3tl]

@@Ben6164 the body stops repairing and healing at some point. cuts lasts for months and bruises are almost permanent, its why bedsores can kill you at that age.

[@bwiths]

R.I.P Michael Clarke Duncan 🙏🏿🙏🏿

[@colinsphoneemail]

He was a great man.. Heard he was a pleasure to be around and work with on set.

[@Hiceman9860]

Aman 🙏🏻

[@calebvalesko36]

Murdered by that harpy he was with!!!

[@elysium9643]

You don't have a feelings if you didn't cry when John Coffey died.

[@Thetazord]

It’s more than a feeling

[@baonkang5990]

I miss read it as Joffrey. And I was like waaaa?

[@Krawberry]

I cried even harder when I saw old Mr. Jingles

[@ГеоргиНайденов-э9р]

​@baonkang5990 you have to be a monster to genuinely cry out of sadness when Joffrey died.

[@AndreyVonVL]

The extended life could also have to do with the healing John casted on the two characters, the mouse was brought back to life, that is a lot more special than healing a decease, so the mouse might live percentually a lot longer than Paul.

[@JohnVC]

He didn't gain the ability to live a long life when John removed his bladder infection. He gained it when John showed him the past. He says I need to give you a part of myself to show you what happened, or something to that effect.

[@thomasfrye8996]

Yes the mouse was dead not diseased. I don't know if that changes things or not. This is a really good existential video. I want to know if the warden's wife is still alive

[@hsudishshusixj]

Thomas Frye, Paul said that the Warden and his wife died when he was revealing his age.

[@hsudishshusixj]

Only he and Mr. Jingles are still alive from those that were in the flash backs.

[@thomasfrye8996]

@@hsudishshusixj ok thank you

[@ShadowKoto]

What about the theory that John was a former slave and had lived all that time because he had those miracle powers?

[@killuhkween]

Good point but how did he didn’t aged unlike Paul?

[@Salgaditos]

@@killuhkween because he had the powers, wasn't the person who recevied "the cure or more life"

[@JesusRodriguez-rs8jq]

@@killuhkween Its safe to assume the powers were his own, and not given to him. I'd say Paul aged because his powers were given to him when he was already older, maybe there'a a limit to how much you age before you essentially become immortal

[@keptinkaos6384]

the one unexplained thing is how long did the warden's wife live after she was cured oh by the way the portrayal of someone with a brain tumour was very accurate

[@coolbeans5911]

Apparently she died not long after her husband. She was healed by John, but i don't think she could live longer because of it. John passed over his power to Jingles and Paul, that's why they lived such long lives. Paul said in the movie that whatever gift John had, he gave a bit of it to him when he held his hand to witness Wild Bill's crimes. Mr Jingles was accidentally "infected" during the execution

[@sexydudeuk2172]

its explained in the book that she lived for another 10 years dying of a heart attack

[@Mahlercougar]

It could be theorized that John gave the wardens wife just enough power to take away the tumor, nothing more. So that would mean that she would live the rest of her life naturally (If she chose to take care of her health)

[@karlossipeli135]

I believe Paul would have died once all his loved ones die, like he says "my punishment is to live on and watch all my loved ones die while i stay on this earth."

[@JarethGarza]

But, he keeps gaining loved ones, as he's a loving-soul.

[@heydoeradio7298]

@@JarethGarza which means his real punishment is become broken. Maybe by the time his soul is crushed to bitterness and misery he's finally allowed to die?

[@maxnoerenberg6370]

@@heydoeradio7298 same as John Coffee....he was also a broken soul when he allowed others to end his life....... so maybe Paul will also end his life somehow

[@adillataheery9748]

@@heydoeradio7298 what if he commits suicide tho?

[@heydoeradio7298]

@@adillataheery9748 then he has been broken Hes gave up.

[@franciscoibarra8677]

The death scene of John it had me at tears

[@lindam4953]

My guess is that John Coffey added his life span to Paul Edgecomb. Since John chose to go on with the execution the remaining life span he had left was added to Edgecomb's life span. As for Mr. Jingles, because he was resurrected, he took the (reborn) lifespan of John Coffey (I speculate that John being as big and healthy looking as he was, probably would've lived up to 90 yrs.)

[@Catonzo]

While I do wish to agree with you on that one, given that John Coffey's actor died from a cardiac arrest at the age of barely in his 50's and he looked healthy and strong as an ox.. I'd say appearances can be deceiving. So that he *looked* healthy doesn't necessarily mean that he was healthy. Maybe even the things he did took a toll on him physically as well. Now I can't say that we can compare John Coffey's expected lifespan to that of Michael Clarke Duncan's lifespan, but that just mere visuals of a persons health isn't quite enough to gauge how many years they have left. With all that said, it's truly a shame to see such an amazing actor pass many, many years before his time.

[@fuq1nutube]

@Danny Chesney I saw something that said(i'm paraphrasing) you can be big and live less or small and live long. The body doesnt have the energy(so to speak) to both make you big and keep itself going for a long time. It was a longevity doctor being interviewed by Joe Rogan

[@sexydudeuk2172]

@@Catonzo well duncan was a big guy and all that extra size puts more pressure on the heart. a lot of big guys die of heart attacks

[@croptaze5608]

We will always remember you Jingles :(

[@williamhanlon9479]

I think that John is giving Paul his own renaming lifespan as he was going to die anyway and I think that the mouse lived so long because it scales up as the mouse is smaller

[@johnsonl82]

Luke Kelly crazy idea but maybe when he died he transfered his life on to some one else and when Paul dies the power will move on agai

[@williamhanlon9479]

kylie caperton whoa dude

[@Gumbocinno]

Ah yes. One of the few movies that will undoubtedly make me cry every single time. Even if I'm just watching the right clip, I tear up every time.

[@brandoncatone2857]

The movie mentions that he’ll live to see the ones he lives all die. So I’d imagine once all his family and friends are dead Paul Edgecomb will die. I’d theorize that he makes friends time after time he will continue to live and see those friends die off. The ultimate punishment for killing a gift from god. Risking never being able to move on due to making more friends that you grow to love and care for and watching them die off or remaining in isolation til the day he dies

[@BiscuitDelivery]

I think he's living all the years he took from John Coffee.

[@fnhwk]

The green mile is a very deep novel/film. If you don't understand the main idea of it all then you dont truly appreciate how amazing it is.

[@Ixions]

"I know I will look for death, long before death finds me" -Paul Edgecomb

[@RedRhys64]

I feel like it's more a curse given by God than a gift given by John. To me, it seems decently similar to the story of the wandering jew. One of the Pharisees responsible for the crucifixion of Jesus was cursed to live forever, wandering the earth until the second coming. I don't think he'll ever truly die. He may age and enfeeble, but he'll never lose cognitive function and will eventually exist as an eternal prisoner of his own mind.

[@DarkAdonisVyers]

I'll never understand why longevity is a "curse". It's like how Cain was "cursed" to become a vampire in Vampire the Masquerade, but as the player, it's fucking awesome. It's like being sent to Australia when it was a penal colony and then ending up as Emperor of Australia.

[@gabrielkawa3477]

The wandering Jew? Is that in the bible?

[@RedRhys64]

@@gabrielkawa3477 I think it's more of a medieval myth than proper scripture but I'm not sure

[@cqtaylor]

Dude! Your research earned a subscription from me - good work!

[@samotnyjelen8804]

I think that when me jingles died and was revived his life expectancy became again 5 months

[@KingSimba2323]

man i love your analysis they always get deep

[@TopKing63]

Commenting to beckon for your return. Miss the vids.

[@derjenicheoffiziell]

I got spurs that Jingles Jangles Jingles

[@Wesley-rf2kt]

Jingle jangle!

[@liamraney295]

*Ten thousand years*

[@itsPlasma06]

This is no doubt one of my favourite movies of all time, to be honest. I gotta thank my parents for showing it to me, it was heartbreaking

[@Ave-2990]

This movie was one my favourite movies I have ever watched. Very powerful story and I almost cried watching.

[@w0bbl3r]

It would make a difference in how MUCH Coffey changed you. Jingles was dead, and so it took incredible power to bring him back. Paul had a water infection. That took just a little power to cure. You have to bear that in mind

[@marekmacik5910]

Imagine being bred just for a single role in a movie

[@michaeldickerson1470]

i chose to believe the theory that he lived for 10,000+ years. while life by then would be something of a tedium for him, i find comfort in the thought that Tom Hanks could be delighting us with his non offensive brand of entertainment for millennia to come.

[@cassidy2017]

From someone who has speculated this same thing just from watching the movie several times, I always assumed it depended on what he cured/how grand it would be to cure it. For instance, curing a UTI is a lot different than bringing something back to life. I assume Mr. Jingles would relatively live longer because the amount of "magic" or cure needed for him was greater. John needed more magic to cure death than a UTI. I would assume that a brain tumor would fall somewhere between those two things. This probably goes along with dosage, and while there isn't exactly a scientific way to calculate that, I do think it is fair to assume that death is greater than a UTI.

[@Emrys91]

But its implyed the wardens wife was also dead. Healing a brain tumor is a lot harder than fixing a uti

[@audreyhiller9445]

I LOVE THIS MOOOOOOOOOOVIE

[@watermellie]

I haven't watched this video yet, but I just want to share my feelings about something. This book came out in 1996 and was released in 6 parts over several months and it was TORTURE! When I read a book I don't even put it down to go to the bathroom, I take it with me, so waiting was the worst. It's been 22 years and I still carry a grudge against Stephen King for it.

[@scottmckague7526]

Michael Clark Duncan . amazing actor sadly missed r.i.p my friend.

[@Mr.Stevens-xh1zm]

118 Years old. You're Welcome.

[@levichavez5319]

appreciate the hard work my friend

[@andrewn3262]

Something not thought about is the wardens wife. Does she have long life too? John healed her. So something else other than just healing is giving the long life

[@1whospeaks]

Your first mistake. You rewatched The Green Mile. My tear ducts are sore.

[@Tanoro]

Another speculation: John was able to grant Mr. Jingles what remained of Dale's life -- many decades if he hadn't been executed. Whereas, John may have granted Paul what remained of his own life if he hadn't been executed as well. Another one or two decades, perhaps?

The more Mr. Jingles lives the longer Paul Edgeco lives.

[@guibox3]

Method 1 seems to be the most likely. 134 years based on the physical aging of Edgecomb as a 108 year old.

[@greg61377]

iam NOT to proud to say it, this movie did infact make me cry a bit

[@TheCoolProfessor]

I remember a scene from Grumpier Old Men when Burgess Merideth is sitting by his favorite fishing spot by the lake and he tells his son "Sometimes I think God forgot about me." Later they meet again and he realizes his dad has died and he says "Looks like God remembered you pop." One life ends but another always begins and it's a life beyond all that which is known.

[@mustangnawt1]

You do such thorough and interesting work :)

[@ГеоргиНайденов-э9р]

The truth is that he will live forever because we will always remember this amazing movie.

[@boogitywoogity248]

I always got the impression from the film that the reason the mouse lived so long alongside Tom hanks was that it was god’s mercy. That even in punishment he wasn’t cruel. I think it’s his mercy, just as he was merciful to John by not putting him in the dark alone, god was merciful by making sure Tom hanks wouldn’t be completely alone.

[@ClarinoI]

There's a variable you didn't take into account. Mr. Jingles was brought back from the dead. Paul was only healed of an infection. One presumes that the degree of John Coffey's power used, relative to the lifespan of the creature affected, would mean Mr. Jingles' life was extended by a much greater degree than that of Paul Edgecomb. Although I do prefer to think that Paul would live over ten thousand years, if only they hadn't aged him so much for the final scene. But my principle question is what happened to Melinda Moores? She was healed by Coffey too, and from a much more severe ailment than Paul. Shouldn't she have still been alive at the end of the film and expected to live thousands of years?

[@Sui_Swindle]

The mouse needs an award

[@குரு-த6ய]

My Grandmother is 110 years old. She has seen much. Still she is healthy, she cooks her food and she eats only twice a day. I watched this movie yesterday and sat with her for a long hour. I'll miss her after she is gone. She doesn't do much. She sit and watch the road half of the time.

[@fba90130]

For some reason this question really reminds me of the story "Flowers for Algernon".

[@jacksonellis5865]

Could we get a video on how to defeat the monster from Lights Out

[@Dennis_Reynolds_Golden_God]

Pretty cool that in the screenshot of your channel at the time of this video, you had 69k followers and you're almost at half a million now.

[@DanielGarcia-us7tf]

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[@Quares02]

Tom Hanks in the movie: you'll cry at end

[@IzInAZ]

If you are a reader you should read the book first. Not that you will have any trouble understanding film. You will just appreciate the great job they did with the subject matter. A+ movie

[@NieroDraegon]

I find the most interesting theory is that he was made immortal, forced to TELL the story of John Coffey for all time since he was the one who took him away That's the scariest possible truth though

[@dr.skulhamr3220]

Fascinating! Thank you for this video.

[@danielmiller9012]

I think one thing to remember is John healed Paul's UTI Whereas John completely revived a crushed/dead mouse He clearly uses more "healing power" the worse the physical condition is.

[@YoungCisto]

Bro u a g for these calculations 😂👌🔥

[@mc-xd6sg]

This guy must have dominated his math class

[@AZrakoon]

Last time I saw this movie I couldn't stop crying....its been 5 years since I last saw it....I cant see it anymore.

[@TheWatchers11]

Remember the line, “i will long for death (want to die) long before death finds me” He is being punished for the sin of “just following orders” for killing an angel or whatever heavenly being John is. I know Mr. Jangles has nothing to do with the punishment but maybe he’s living delicoux’s life force which got transferred during botched execution etc. but back to paul. He’s probably going to live closer to method 2 than 1. Couple thousand. And miserably.

[@robby7499]

It was Paul's theory that he was being punished by God. Is there any proof in the movie that he was?

[@MsBrynnElizabeth]

Absolutely love this film Hauntingly beautiful

[@TechnicFyre]

“It could even be Reagonomic” Ah, yes, the classic field of mathematics.

[@paytonlincooper8933]

I think 118 is much more believable and logical. Thank you for the numbers! I've been wondering about this for a little while after digging up memories of the movie

[@daneflynn4979]

118 is by far the happiest result. Either 8,000 or 10,000+, he’ll anything over 2 centuries would be horrific as the world changed so dramatically. Look at the 20th century for comparison. Paul would truly be a man out of his time. He’d be forced to isolate himself lest he be caught living so long. I expected more than 118, but I don’t know how much more. I suspect Paul is fearful about how long this will go on and is hoping for a sooner than later end.

[@williamjones6031]

I loved Dabbs Greer(RIP) as old Paul I remember him from Little House on the Prairie.

[@milomiller909]

Your answer is good for me.

[@0311Mushroom]

Correction, the book is 465 pages. The over 600 is if you use tje original 6 book format, with all copyright pages, intros, etc. Those were removed when it was changed into a single volume.

[@inory5460]

this movie.. i swear. The end always cracks me up.

[@kokujin5446]

I just watched it. I shed a thousand life times worth of tears over a damn movie holy shit. Just watched it again. Same thing happened.

[@FilmHerald]

Yeah it's rough

[@kokujin5446]

@@FilmHerald yeah

[@cpegg5840]

In the book, Mr. Jingles dies shortly after Elaine is taken to visit him (age 64 at least, the longest lived mouse ever by far) whereas Melinda Moores dies of a heart attack in 1942, only ten years after John cured her; in the book at least, everyone touched by John’s healing powers has their own fate. Paul is still alive in Georgia Pines nursing home in 1996, age 104 (in the book). He is not mentioned to be sick so he will likely live into the 21st century at the very least.

[@jk-76]

I got the origional books as a serial set. One a week. I couldn't wait for the next books!

[@Deathpony9000]

I think the 118 years is the most accurate based off how the actor looked playing older Paul. There was no way he was going to live much beyond that, let lone into the thousands. His aging would of had to of ground to a halt, so that he looked substantially younger at 108. Plus there is the whole living so absurdly long like that it would become extreme physical torture rather than being a mental penance he was going thru, or curse as he put it.

[@Emi-ee4gw]

I watched this with my boyfriend and we both cried, except he cried on the inside, I cried on the outside.

[@tylerseese2407]

I just found out that he was played by Dabs Greer who played Reverend Alden in Little House on the Prairie. I’m a huge fan of that show. I’m watching every episode. I’m halfway through Season 8

[@noahburger7804]

This is the one movie that has made me cry

[@bernardsummers9050]

Good reasoning. I enjoyed the video.

[@fluffyearl2572]

The better question is, How old was John Coffey in this movie. He said that he's tired of the sadness and hatred that he has to see everyday from other people. He's probably been walking off the Earth even since before that prison was built or even those people who handled that prison were born. and If ever he wasnt sentenced to death but rather life in prison, how many wardens would have died first before he does.

[@GeorgeSemel]

Micheal Clarke Duncan was such a fine actor and left us all to soon.

[@starvinafricanchild6189]

He liked his character so much he went out just like him Rip Michael C. Duncan

[@donovanscabbia6770]

Awesome thanks. From little house to the hereafter. R I P

[@richarddawdy8488]

The book was great. I had a hard time putting it down. Not good being a truck driver. Movie was one of my favorites

[@fredboat]

Enjoyed the video/story, Thanks. Enjoyed the movie years ago.

[@DIOSpeedDemon]

Then his great grandchildren gave him a Cell Phone with NO instructions and he just got down on his knees, and Prayed- God Take me please.....

[@vgspaerospace8333]

That's interesting, because in the Brazilian portuguese version he says that he has 180 years, i wonder how the much he would live in this version

[@jameskardys3452]

Here’s my method. Dabs Greer lived to be 90, and when he filmed his scenes was 81 (not 82, because movies typically film about a year before release). 90 - 44 = 46. 81 - 44= 37. Assume Method 4 applies only to Edgecomb’s post-1935 lifespan. That means, substitute Edgecomb’s 64 years for Greer’s 37. Multiply 64 by 46/37 to get 79.5. Add that to 44 and you get 123.5 years. Edgecomb dies in either 2014 or 2015.

[@marctelfer6159]

I know I'm late, and haven't read through the comments yet, but I took the "added life" to be sort like a "ripple". Mr Jingles was shocked by John, I think a few months before Paul, which I always saw as heralding that Paul only had a few months left to live. Less of a multiplication or addition, and more of a "until we forget John directly". Do we know when the other characters in the book or film died?

[@PILATUS1968]

there sno mention of the warden wife when did she die?

[@AlexanderTheScourge]

I like the notion he will outlive us all. If he doesn’t self-delete. Imagine a hermit in the future or maybe he is living til John Coffee returns.

[@BartAllen]

*What John gives to Paul isn't so dissimilar to that of Pennywise's promises the Losers in exchange for his life during The Ritual of Chud:* "I can't give you eternal life but I can touch you and you will live long lives - two hundred years, three hundred, perhaps five hundred - I can make you gods of the Earth - if you let me go if you let me go if you let me -" - Pennywise, It, The Ritual of Chud, Page 1072. *That might be a clue to John's abilities and that Paul may only live up to five hundred additional years, at the very least - when considering Pennywise, Maturin and the Other. Or perhaps even longer if the being is far more powerful than Pennywise such as Gan ~*