Dead Man Walking
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.
Plot
Matthew Poncelet, a convict sentenced to death for the murder and rape of a teenage couple, has been on death row at the Louisiana State Penitentiary for six years. His accomplice, Carl Vitello, was sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole. As his scheduled execution date approaches, Poncelet asks Sister Helen Prejean, with whom he has corresponded, to help him with a final appeal.
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| author | Tim Robbins |
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| award | Academy Award for Best Actress |
| contentLocation | Louisiana |
| director | Tim Robbins |
| editor | Lisa Zeno Churgin |
| events | capital punishment |
| genre | crime drama |
| keywords | death row funeral ceremony kill lethal injection life imprisonment louisiana state penitentiary murder pro bono racism racist sentenced to death sexism sexist state penitentiary |
| musicBy | David Robbins |
| nomination | Academy Award for Best Actor Academy Award for Best Actress Academy Award for Best Director |
| producer | Jon Kilik |
| productionCompany | AFI Catalog of Feature Films PolyGram Filmed Entertainment Working Title Films |
| publisher | Gramercy Pictures |
| recordedAt | New Orleans |
| theme | legal legal drama prison serial killer |