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Dead Man Walking

  • 1995
  • R
  • 2h 2m
IMDb RATING
7.5/10
109K
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POPULARITY
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Susan Sarandon and Sean Penn in Dead Man Walking (1995)
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Legal DramaPsychological DramaSerial KillerTrue CrimeCrimeDrama

A nun, while comforting a convicted killer on death row, empathizes with both the killer and his victim's families.A nun, while comforting a convicted killer on death row, empathizes with both the killer and his victim's families.A nun, while comforting a convicted killer on death row, empathizes with both the killer and his victim's families.

  • Director
    • Tim Robbins
  • Writers
    • Helen Prejean
    • Tim Robbins
  • Stars
    • Susan Sarandon
    • Sean Penn
    • Robert Prosky
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • IMDb RATING
    7.5/10
    109K
    YOUR RATING
    POPULARITY
    3,258
    263
    • Director
      • Tim Robbins
    • Writers
      • Helen Prejean
      • Tim Robbins
    • Stars
      • Susan Sarandon
      • Sean Penn
      • Robert Prosky
    • 266User reviews
    • 69Critic reviews
    • 80Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Won 1 Oscar
      • 23 wins & 25 nominations total

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    Top Cast69

    Susan Sarandon
    Susan Sarandon
    • Sister Helen Prejean
    Sean Penn
    Sean Penn
    • Matthew Poncelet
    Robert Prosky
    Robert Prosky
    • Hilton Barber
    Raymond J. Barry
    Raymond J. Barry
    • Earl Delacroix
    R. Lee Ermey
    R. Lee Ermey
    • Clyde Percy
    Celia Weston
    Celia Weston
    • Mary Beth Percy
    Lois Smith
    Lois Smith
    • Helen's Mother
    Scott Wilson
    Scott Wilson
    • Chaplain Farley
    Roberta Maxwell
    Roberta Maxwell
    • Lucille Poncelet
    Margo Martindale
    Margo Martindale
    • Sister Colleen
    Barton Heyman
    Barton Heyman
    • Captain Beliveau
    Steve Boles
    • Sgt. Neal Trapp
    Nesbitt Blaisdell
    Nesbitt Blaisdell
    • Warden Hartman
    Ray Aranha
    Ray Aranha
    • Luis Montoya
    Larry Pine
    Larry Pine
    • Guy Gilardi
    Gil Robbins
    • Bishop Norwich
    Kevin Cooney
    Kevin Cooney
    • Governor Benedict
    Clancy Brown
    Clancy Brown
    • State Trooper
    • Director
      • Tim Robbins
    • Writers
      • Helen Prejean
      • Tim Robbins
    • All cast & crew
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

    User reviews266

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    Drama

    Storyline

    Did you know

    • Trivia
      Helen Prejean: The real Sister Helen Prejean appears outside the prison during a candlelight vigil scene.
    • Goofs
      The chemicals used in lethal injections in Louisiana are administered manually, not by a machine as in the movie.
    • Quotes
      • Prison Guard: Tell me something, Sister. What is a nun doing in a place like this? Shouldn't you be teaching children? Do you know what this man has done? How he killed them kids?
      • Sister Helen Prejean: What he was involved with was evil. I don't condone it. I just don't see the sense of killing people to say killing people's wrong.
      • Prison Guard: You know how the Bible says "an eye for an eye."
      • Sister Helen Prejean: You know what else the Bible asks for? Death as a punishment for adultery, prostitution, homosexuality, trespass upon sacred ground, profaning the Sabbath, and contempt of parents.
      • Prison Guard: I ain't gonna get into no Bible quoting with no nun, 'cause I'm gonna lose.
    • Connections
      Featured in At the Movies with Ebert & Roeper: Nixon/Jumanji/Heat/Mr. Holland's Opus/Sense and Sensibility/Othello (1995)
    • Soundtracks
      The Face of Love
      Performed by Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan with Eddie Vedder
      Written by David Robbins, Tim Robbins & Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
      Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan courtesy of Real World Records, Ltd.
      Eddie Vedder courtesy of Epic Records

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    Details

    • Release date
      • February 2, 1996 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • United Kingdom
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Pena de muerte
    • Filming locations
      • Angola, Louisiana, USA
    • Production companies
      • Polygram Filmed Entertainment
      • Working Title Films
      • Havoc
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    Box office

    • Budget
      • $11,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $39,363,635
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $118,266
      • Jan 1, 1996
    • Gross worldwide
      • $39,363,635
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Tech specs

    • Runtime
      • 2h 2m(122 min)
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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