The Death Of Wild Bill | The Green Mile (1999) | Screen Bites 

sandalssuck Are you kidding? It was a phenomenal movie. It’s iconic and will go down in movie history as a classic.

Deeper look? It was obvious

@sandalssuck derp

boyeatsworld If you say so buddy.

sandalssuck derp

That's a very interesting view. Never thought of it that way. I think that would explain the tear down Percy's face before shooting Bill. To do one good act before he ended his career which he certainly knew was over at that point.

@@brandoncooper7432 2 tears in fact. One from each eye (his left eye first then his right) presumably for each girl. Though did he do a 'good deed' or was he possessed by evil and therefore did a bad deed?

Good thinking never thought of that

@@brandoncooper7432 .. Excellent point.. but they didn't show that Percy was aware of it. I assumed he was disoriented from the disease. He was so angry and afraid of Bill,that he reached a breaking point.

TheSpook313 if you seen the movie, then you would know it was a brain tumor that he put into Percy.

Unless John showed Percy that Bill killed the two girls than he may of thought screw it and killed him.

Percy is no saint neither. If you remember the cruel and evil death he happily put that inmate on the chair through. I can't remember the man's name though.

@@nothingleft3473 Eduard Delacroix is the criminals name, and Percy didnt want him to hurt that much i think. cause he couldnt handle it and turned.

Great comment, it's probably what happened here

Raped a killed a young girl then burned her body to cover it up. He was on death row.

He got what he deserved in the end

Although the movie doesn’t have a happy ending, at least both antagonists get what they deserve.

In the book, John shows percy what Bill did and that's why he shoots him

its a movie....

I thought he was going for an admin job?

Very rare to see now.

Thats because Tom Hanks is involved. He only works with the best. Because he is one of the best.

@@chiefoutdoors not that rare

@@donaldmiller4386 he works with who he can he’s average

Average acting

Percy didn’t die

@@fontexfm well his mentality got reduced to atome

@@fontexfm he's basically dead

Fed two birds with one seed

Bill deserved way way worse

Steven King stories are known to raise hairs here and there.

Felt a horror movie vibe lmao

I was just thinking that, that and the slight wheeze. I don’t know if that’s from wild bill, or from Percy but it’s the smallest sounds your subconscious picks up on that makes you uncomfortable

Yes - knowing who he is he (and really all the guards) still have enough decency to be concerned for him.

@@timothydavidcurp Yes...

He's the best by a green mile.

No. Because real men know him from this movie. Not that joke of a clown. Dumbass

@Steinhawk yeah and even worse, her parents gave consent for them to be married

@Steinhawk ok stop bringing about his marriage please? This movie is from 1999. Meaning he acted in this movie WAY BACK before he even met courtney. U should understand that he married in 2011. Before 2011,he REALLY WAS a brilliant actor. Its a shame he decided to marry her. If he didnt, he would hv still be acting by now

@@r.k.6680 What?.

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That's profound Bro ! 👍

Tiny touches like this just add to the emotion of such scenes I love those types of monents

Well the actor is also a bit............odd shall we say. He groomed and married a 16 year old when he was 51

@@Vyselinkyikes

And apparently he received death threats after this movie came out.

Doug Hutchison, also played Gus Morgan in the movie, The Salton Sea. He later committed theatrical suicide when he married a 16 year old girl at the age of 51.

@@gerausch whats theatrical suicide?

No its not

He needed to die worse

Nah bro, his death was so quick and painless

Kevin Dunn yup I agree. Kind of the death of 2 most hated characters. Percy didn’t die per say but his life was over and left speechless and non responsive in a crazy house.

Honestly though, kind of satisfying

Not to the brain tumor was also given to Percy

​@@Inquisitor-Beals The brain tumor left him after he shot Bill. The insanity stayed though.

Sam Rockwell, an amazing actor and dancer

Sam Rockwell was the best in this movie

Now he won't hear for whom the bell tolls

@@evenzeroescanbeheroes6875 nice metallica reference.

@@lordhumungus7980 why thank you,sir

He rode the lead horse instead.

Shoulda left his sponge dry.

It's a 6 shooter. And there are clicks after the 6 shots. He just emptied the gun

@@-BuddyGuyhe’s Theorizing on why they used said six shooter in the story it’s because bill killed six people it’s a theory on symbolism in the movie

@@decomposingdave2902 Yes I'm aware of that

@@-BuddyGuy then why did ya say it like it’s somehow disproving his theory

@@decomposingdave2902 You high?

Yes........ Although I cant help but imagine "what if" if wild bill had made it all the way to the chair if he had come clean about him being responsible for having raped and murdered the two little girls. Keeping in mind it would have been after they would have executed John if they hadn't discovered the whole truth. Id hate to imagine the kind of psycological "DESTRUCTION" that would inflict on the family espicially after having witnessed the execution of john whom they felt so certain was the guilty one and on top of that wild bill having worked for and been trusted by the father/family and having eaten dinner at their table sitting right next to their daughters. I wouldnt be suprised if it would have driven them suicide while they post pone will bills execution while they investigate and confirm his coming out with it and maybe mock John maybe say something N🤬s gotta be good for something. Him getting pinned for what bill did to those children. That would definetly be some dark sick evil vile stuff

Wild Bill would easily resist going to the chair, forcing them to painlessly shoot him

@@por22ito not to mention, John got the man who was going to die for his crimes if this is not a symbolism that John is this movie of Jesus Christ I don’t know what is

Everyone has a bit of good somewhere

@@salamander8736 not wild Bill

@@jordanbrierley1255 well, yeah

Amen. Great insight-

But everybody hates percy's guts anyway so it was punishment for him for what he did to Eduard

This guy deserved what happens to Eduard though

@@Dylan-lw1xc Eduard was a rapist and child killer, fuck him.

@@MrCheesyBaconBits I wasn't sure what Eduard was convicted of. Mabey you're thinking of Wild Bill.

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TurtleBurger he was and he paid for it plus Percy had no right ABSOLUTELY NO RIGHT to do that the judge said he Was supposed to die a certain way not be slowly cooked by some spoiled Psycho pos

Hes crying because he knows what bill did to those girls

finding out that the tall guy he always tormented was indeed innocent and having to watch someone die a painfully and horrible death that he alone caused to happen all came back at once , maybe he knew at this point that he isn't a good guy but still tried to live in his world ... until his eyes got opened forcefully . Seeing who was behind the act and maybe a bit of forgiveness might have been the reason

I think the disease John gave him made him react almost instantly towards fear. When he came across Wild Bill, a criminal who he feared a lot, he cried because of how scared he was of him right before shooting him.

@@ivantheriddler4873 wild bill killed those girls. Did horrible things to them. Percy finally saw the light to do right.

I probably would have cried too. I actually used to wonder if maybe William Wharton had a hard life growing up and wasn't given the help he needed and therefore went mad, but then I've read that in the book it is said that he just doesn't care, so he might have been this way all his life. He's one of those characters that makes me wanna get a deeper look into them. Percy on the other hand is what I call Draco Malfoy's American relative.

Oh I see you're a man of LA LI LU LE LO as well

The LA LI LU LE LO! How is that possible?!

SNAKE!!!

Kept you waiting, huh

I saw it too

He didn’t ask John about Percy because he knew what Percy did to deserve the punishment he gave him, he just didn’t understand what Wild Bill deserved to get the punishment John gave him.

I heard a theory that Jonh made Percy see and feel what Bill did to those girls.

And he did a fantastic job! Jumping all over the place. His facial expressions..that part was made for him. Underrated actor. He was brilliant.

When I first saw this film I thought the in real life good looking Sam was miscast...until his first appearance. He MADE Bill repulsive. Great acting from him.

Even in real life Michael Clarke Duncan was one of the kindest and gentlest of souls an exemplar of decency and integrity, and a brilliant actor, lost far, far too young. Michael's Oscar win in The Green Mile for Best Actor in a Supporting Role was deservedly won. I miss seeing Michael's acting and wonder about all the achievements he had yet to achieve, of which I'm certain there would have been untold. Rest easy virtuoso...

He was a Giant Teddy Bear and. Gentle Giant

I'm 60 years old and I've seen a ton of wonderful movies.. this arguably is the greatest movie ever

He said limp, with a hillbilly accent

He meant Limp noodle meaning Percy can't get a boner

In Italian he calls him "limp zucchini", haha!

@@malachiphilpot7381 If he can't get a boner Then what did Wild Bill mean when he said (Your Noodle Ain't Limp At All Lover Boy)??!! The moment he released him

@@mohammadeyad458 Because earlier in the movie he calls Percy a limp noodle. He also says it as a general insult but it was meant as a call-back. He called him a limp noodle but now he is implying that his noodle ain't limp, presumably because he is gay for ole wild Bill. It's a double insult...

Yes he was. In the novel it was strongly implied he'd avoid the electric chair. But John was determined he wouldn't.

Brilliant actor here, I agree!

he's a good actor

"Creepy weird guy"? What?

@@dandycrow2821 marrying a minor

So that Percy could also get his payback.

He took six rounds in the belly. He didn't get it easy and I doubt they were going to dry sponge the sack of dirt but I thought the same thing when I saw this. His days were numbered.

Because he is lucky boy

Because John knew bill was trying to get the insanity card and be spared so he used Percy to carry out his death sentence and Percy took bills place in fate bill was suspposed to spend the rest his life in an asylum and Percy could get away with what he did John seeing this when bill grabbed him he knew putting the brain disease into Percy would change that Percy would go to the asylum in bills place and bill would die on death row as he deserved

Hellbringer Demon ooohh okay. That makes a lot of sense! 👍🏼

I've always thought John showed Percy what Wild Bill did and he likely felt their pain as Paul did only he became so overwhelmed by it he killed Wild Bill before losing his mind

@@wickedwitchoftheeast88 But why the flies, then? When he showed Paul, he just touched him, he didn't spit the flies (the sickness) into his mouth

@@bernardsoul5186 he was passing the brain tumor (or the symptoms of it) on to Percy. Some brain tumors affect impulse control so knowing what Bill did and being uninhibited is probably why he started spraying with seemingly no hesitation.

@@quintonmoad4418 That's a good explanation

No, it was most CERTAINLY because of what he seen Wharton do to those girls

John does not want to live anymore bill did not get a fast death he still alive while suffering from the bullets and if john was shot then one of the guards will feel guilty

Rynxzz Good point, but the guards still felt guilty when he died

on the other hand,John get a death he knew is coming and at the time it did he was prepared for it,while wild bill got killed,just like that,no warning,just getting bullets into his system,havent saw it coming.

Wharton endured a much painful death than Coffey. Wharton suffered before he died with those precious bullets. And Coffey got the electricity directly to the brain, as they mentioned earlier with the wet sponge.

John Coffey was psychologically tortured by all of mans inhumanity and cruelty to one another and didn't want to have to live knowing that cruelty and violence by the wicked upon the innocent would never end.

Yes -- as if someone of Coffey's weight was actually in them.

That actually was a happy accident, according to an article I read. They gave the actor the squeakiest shoes by accident but the director liked it and thought it went well with how annoying his character is.

Hustler

Not to mention, in real life, getting shot in the stomach is a pretty horrible way to go. More than likely Bill's kidneys, stomach, and intestines burst and it looks like maybe a round or two hit his spine. He'd go into shock, and basically be paralyzed and bleeding out while his stomach acid cooks his remaining organs. Not exactly a spectacular finish to be remembered by, more of a sobering and awful way to die. Perfect for Wild Bill.

Amen

What are the other 2?