Yahoo Web Search

Search results

  1. 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 . Sister Helen Prejean (Sarandon) establishes a special relationship with Matthew Poncelet (Penn), a character based on convicted ...

  2. Feb 2, 1996 · Dead Man Walking: Directed by Tim Robbins. With Susan Sarandon, Sean Penn, Robert Prosky, Raymond J. Barry. A nun, while comforting a convicted killer on death row, empathizes with both the killer and his victim's families.

    • (102K)
    • Crime, Drama
    • Tim Robbins
    • 1996-02-02
  3. Sister Helen Prejean (Sarandon, in an Oscar-winning performance), a nun and teacher living in rural Louisiana, agrees to serve as spiritual counsellor for a prisoner (Penn) who is scheduled to be executed for the rape and murder of two teenagers. Sister Helen Prejean as she visits with the convicted murderer, Matthew Poncelet, during the final ...

  4. As death row inmate Matthew Poncelet (Sean Penn) nears his execution date, he calls upon Sister Helen Prejean (Susan Sarandon) to help him with one last appeal, maintaining that he is innocent of ...

    • (61)
    • Tim Robbins
    • R
    • Susan Sarandon
    • Dead Man Walking (film)1
    • Dead Man Walking (film)2
    • Dead Man Walking (film)3
    • Dead Man Walking (film)4
  5. After seeing "Dead Man Walking," I paused outside the screening to jot a final line on my notes: "This film ennobles filmmaking." That is exactly what it does. It demonstrates how a movie can confront a grave and controversial issue in our society and see it fairly, from all sides, not take any shortcuts, and move the audience to a great emotional experience without unfair manipulation. What ...

  6. Audience Member Dead Man Walking has most of the same cast as Gregory Dark's 1990 film Street Justice — Brion James, Wings Hauser, Sy Richardson — but throws in Jeffrey Combs. And for that, I ...

    • Sci-Fi
  7. Dec 29, 1995 · A 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. Tim Robbins. Director, Writer. Reviews.

  8. People also ask

  1. People also search for