Jan 12, 1996 · The inmate, named Matthew Poncelet ( Sean Penn ), has been convicted, along with another man, of participating in the rape and murder of two young people on a lovers' lane. We see him first through the grating of a visitor's pen, so that his face breaks into jigsawlike pieces.
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...
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Summaries. A nun, while comforting a convicted killer on death row, empathizes with both the killer and his victim's families. A convicted murderer on Death Row and the nun who befriends him. Through the portrayal of finely drawn characters and their interactions as the days, hours, and minutes tick down to the condemned man's execution ...
Streaming charts last updated: 9:08:48 AM, 11/23/2023. Dead Man Walking is 17942 on the JustWatch Daily Streaming Charts today. The movie has moved down the charts by -844 places since yesterday. In the United States, it is currently more popular than Bholaa but less popular than Fist of Fury.
Woot! Deals and Shenanigans. In an Oscar-winning role, Susan Sarandon portrays Sister Helen Prejean, a spiritual woman who embarks on a dangerous quest with a convicted killer and the profound changes it makes in her life.
Dead Man Walking (film), a 1995 film based on the book. Dead Man Walking (soundtrack), 1986, and the title song "Dead Man Walkin ' " by Bruce Springsteen. Dead Man Walking (opera), 2000, by Jake Heggie, based on the book. Dead Man Walking (play), 2002, by Tim Robbins, based on the book.
"Dead man walking" is a phrase once used in American prisons when a man on death row was being led down the hallway to the execution room. It's believed that the term was used to warn others to get out of the way, because a person on their way to the death chamber has nothing else to lose.