Dead man walking [videorecording] /
After Midnight Sister Prejean Dead man Death watch
a Working Title/Havoc production ; directed and written by Tim Robbins ; produced by Jon Kilik, Tim Robbins and Rudd Simmons.
- United States : Metro-Goldwyn-Meyer, 1995.
- 1 videocassette (ca. 118 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
Music by David Robbins ; editor, Lisa Zeno Churgin ; director of photography, Roger A. Deakins ; executive producers, Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner ; consultant, Sister Helen Prejean, C.S.J. Music by David Robbins ; editor, Lisa Zeno Churgin ; director of photography, Roger A. Deakins ; executive producers, Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner ; consultant, Sister Helen Prejean, C.S.J.
Susan Sarandon (Sister Helen Prejean), Sean Penn (Matthew Poncelet), Robert Prosky (Hilton Barber), Raymond J. Barry (Earl Delacroix), R. Lee Emery (Clyde Percy).
Honoring the request of a lonely and desperate man, Sister Helen Prejean writes to Matthew Poncelet, the condemned killer of two teenage lovers, and is wholly unprepared for the relationship which follows. When the date is set for Matthew's execution, he asks Sister Helen to be his spiritual advisor and she complies. As she comes to see the terrified human beneath Matt's brash, unrepentant facade, she becomes increasingly disturbed, not only by his terrible anguish, but also by the rage of the victims' families. With the clock ticking away his final days, she struggles for the life, dignity and soul of a confused and angry man. It is her faith and courage that sustains her when she stands with Matthew and with the victims' families.
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