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Dead Man Walking (1995)

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User Rating: 7.6/10 (25,478 votes)
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Overview

Director:
Tim Robbins
Writers (WGA):
Helen Prejean (book)
Tim Robbins (written by)
Release Date:
12 January 1996 (USA) more
Genre:
Crime | Drama more
Plot:
A nun, while comforting a convicted killer on death row, empathizes with both the killer and his victim's families. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
Won Oscar. Another 17 wins & 11 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(8 articles)
Sarandon Marks Birthday With Tattoos (From WENN. 1 May 2008, 5:19 AM, PDT)
Penn To Attend First Oscars (From WENN. 29 January 2004)
User Comments:
Incredible filmmaking more

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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated R for a depiction of a rape and murder.
Runtime:
122 min
Country:
UK | USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital
Filming Locations:
Angola, Louisiana, USA more
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Company:
Havoc more

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Trivia:
In reality, Elmo Patrick Sonnier and Robert Lee Willie, both inmates on whom Sean Penn's character Matthew Poncelet is based on, were executed by the electric chair in Louisiana in 1984; by 1993, Louisiana switched that penalty to lethal injection as the most humane way to execute. Both Tim Robbins and Helen Prejean opted to use lethal injection in the film instead of the electric chair because, according to Prejean's interview, "We don't want to give people the moral (of the most humane death) out whereby people could say 'Oh well, we used to do electrocution but that's too barbaric so now we are humane and inject them'." more
Goofs:
Continuity: In some scenes where Helen is talking to Matthew through the grate, her face is pressed up against the wires but in reverse angle shots it is not. more
Quotes:
Sister Helen Prejean: I want the last face you see in this world to be the face of love, so you look at me when they do this thing. I'll be the face of love for you. more
Movie Connections:
References The Usual Suspects (1995) more
Soundtrack:
The Long Road more

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29 out of 40 people found the following comment useful:-
Incredible filmmaking, 20 March 2000
9/10
Author: The_Core from Seattle, WA. USA

"Dead Man Walking" is a piece of incredible filmmaking. All the acting is top-notch and realistic, and the script examines the issue of the death penalty from both sides, paying equal homage to both. Above all, this is a deeply moving story of redemption, of death with dignity and loss of ego. Any film that deals this courageously and maturely with such incredibly difficult subject matter deserves a rating of 10/10. Thank you, Tim Robbins!

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