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Does The Green Mile Subvert the Conventions of Narrative and Genre? A prison movie is a sub-genre of film that conveys a certain stereotypical overview. The qualities in most prison films are usually the same of similar. For example, common characters will include 'the hero', 'the best friend', 'the hard man', 'the sadistic guard' and of course 'the governor'. As reoccurring as these characters may be there tends to be another feature that does not really occur in prison movies, which is the heroin. However The Green Mile could be seen as an exception with the role of Paul Edgcombe's (Tom Hanks) wife. Other common features include the locations within the prison movie. These include a cell, a prison yard, a courtroom, a punishment cell, a dining room, a governor's office and a work place. The Green Mile though, only shows three of these common locations; the cell, the punishment cell...

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