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Dead Man Walking
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7.3A death row inmate turns for spiritual guidance to a local nun in the days leading up to his scheduled execution for the murders of a young couple.
Cast
- Susan Sarandon as Sister Helen Prejean
- Sean Penn as Matthew Poncelet
- Robert Prosky as Hilton Barber
- Raymond J. Barry as Earl Delacroix
- R. Lee Ermey as Clyde Percy
- Celia Weston as Mary Beth Percy
Themes
- prison
- death penalty
- right and justice
- rape
- rage and hate
- unsociability
- court case
- court
- nun
- penalty
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Tim Robbins
- Screenplay by
- Tim Robbins
- Based on
- Dead Man Walking , 1993 book, by Helen Prejean
- Produced by
- Jon Kilik , Tim Robbins, Rudd Simmons
- Starring
- Susan Sarandon Sean Penn Robert Prosky Raymond J. Barry R. Lee Ermey Scott Wilson
- Cinematography
- Roger A. Deakins
- Edited by
- Lisa Zeno Churgin
- Music by
- David Robbins
- Production companies
- Working Title Films , Havoc
- Distributed by
- Gramercy Pictures (United States), PolyGram Filmed Entertainment (International)
- Release dates
- December 29, 1995 ( 1995-12-29 ) (United States) April 12, 1996 ( 1996-04-12 ) (United Kingdom)
- Running time
- 122 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $11 million
- Box office
- $83 million
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Wikidata facts
- Depicts
- lethal injection
- Duration
- 122
- FilmAffinity ID
- 197286
- Image
- AngolaLAPrison.jpg
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- review score
- 80/100
- publication date
- 1995-00-00
- title
- Dead Man Walking
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Encyclopedic overview
Dead Man Walking is a 1995 American crime drama film starring Susan Sarandon and Sean Penn, and co-produced and directed by Tim Robbins, who adapted the screenplay from the 1993 non-fiction book of the same name. It marked Peter Sarsgaard’s film debut.
In the film, Sister Helen Prejean (Sarandon) establishes a special relationship with Matthew Poncelet (Penn), a character based on convicted murderers Elmo Patrick Sonnier and Robert Lee Willie. He is a condemned prisoner on death row in Louisiana, and she visits him as his spiritual adviser after corresponding with him.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Dead Man Walking” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.