Dead man walking [videorecording] / written and directed by Tim Robbins.
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FilmPublisher number: 15796DVD | MGM Home EntertainmentLanguage: English Summary language: French, Spanish, Dutch, Hungarian Publication details: [U.K.] : MGM Home Entertainment, 2004Description: 1 videodisc (118 min.) : sd, colDDC classification: 791.437 Cast: Susan Sarandon, Sean Penn, Robert Prosky, and others.Summary: Tim Robbins directs this true story of Sister Helen Prejean (Susan Sarandon), a nun who communicates with prisoners on Death Row. When she corresponds with Matthew Poncelet (Sean Penn), a man condemned for killing a young couple, helping him to mount an appeal of innocence, she encounters someone who challenges her most basic beliefs. Can she persuade Poncelet to confess his crime and repent before the fateful day of his execution arrives?
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Film made in 1995.
Based on the book by Sister Helen Prejean.
Special features: Original theatrical trailer; director's commentary; TV commercial.
Susan Sarandon, Sean Penn, Robert Prosky, and others.
Tim Robbins directs this true story of Sister Helen Prejean (Susan Sarandon), a nun who communicates with prisoners on Death Row. When she corresponds with Matthew Poncelet (Sean Penn), a man condemned for killing a young couple, helping him to mount an appeal of innocence, she encounters someone who challenges her most basic beliefs. Can she persuade Poncelet to confess his crime and repent before the fateful day of his execution arrives?
DVD.
Soundtrack in English, French and Spanish with subtitles in French, Spanish, Dutch, Hungarian and in English for the hard of hearing.
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