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The Resource Dead man walking, Polygram Filmed Entertainment presents a Working Title/Havoc production ; a film by Tim Robbins ; produced by Jon Kilik, Tim Robbins and Rudd Simmons ; written and directed by Tim Robbins

Dead man walking, Polygram Filmed Entertainment presents a Working Title/Havoc production ; a film by Tim Robbins ; produced by Jon Kilik, Tim Robbins and Rudd Simmons ; written and directed by Tim Robbins

Label
Dead man walking
Title
Dead man walking
Statement of responsibility
Polygram Filmed Entertainment presents a Working Title/Havoc production ; a film by Tim Robbins ; produced by Jon Kilik, Tim Robbins and Rudd Simmons ; written and directed by Tim Robbins
Creator
Contributor
Actor
Director of photography
Distributor
Film director
Film editor
Film producer
Production company
Publisher
Screenwriter
Subject
Genre
Language
  • eng
  • fre
  • spa
  • eng
  • eng
Summary
Matthew Poncelet is the convicted killer of two teenage lovers, preparing to end his life on death row. In response to a letter, Sister Helen Prejean visits Matthew and finds herself face-to-face with a killer who still pleads his innocence. When the date is set for his execution death by lethal injection, Poncelet asks Sister Helen to be his spiritual advisor and she agrees, little knowing the outrage that will follow her decision
Awards note
Winner of the 1995 Academy Award for Actress in a leading role Susan Sarandon
Cataloging source
VJA
Characteristic
videorecording
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Dead man walking (Motion picture)
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Credits note
Editor, Lisa Zeno Churgin ; music by David Robbins ; casting by Douglas Aibel ; director of photography, Roger A. Deakins
Intended audience
MPAA rating: R, for a depiction of a rape and murder ; Canadian Home Video rating: 14A
Language note
In English or French with optional subtitles in Spanish; closed-captioned
PerformerNote
  • Susan Sarandon, Sean Penn, Robert Prosky, Raymond J. Barry, R. Lee Ermey, Lois Smith, Scott Wilson, Roberta Maxwell, Margo Martindale, Celia Weston, Barton Heyman, Peter Sarsgaard, Missy Yager, Jenny Krochmal, Jack Black, Jon Abrahams
  • Vocal soloists: Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Eddie Vedder, Gale Limansky, Amina Annabi
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  • 1958-
  • 1946-
  • 1960-
  • 1930-2008,
  • 1939-
  • 1930-
  • 1942-
  • 1942-2018,
  • 1951-
  • 1951-
  • 1969-
  • 1977-
  • 1955-
  • 1949-
  • 1955-
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  • Robbins, Tim
  • Kilik, Jon,
  • Simmons, Rudd,
  • Sarandon, Susan
  • Penn, Sean
  • Prosky, Robert
  • Barry, Raymond J.
  • Ermey, Lee,
  • Smith, Lois
  • Maxwell, Roberta
  • Wilson, Scott
  • Martindale, Margo
  • Weston, Celia
  • Heyman, Barton,
  • Sarsgaard, Peter,
  • Yager, Missy,
  • Krochmal, Jenny,
  • Black, Jack
  • Abrahams, Jon
  • Churgin, Lisa Zeno
  • Deakins, Roger A.
  • Robbins, David
  • Prejean, Helen
  • PolyGram Filmed Entertainment (Firm),
  • Working Title Films,
  • HAVOC (Firm),
  • MGM Home Entertainment Inc.,
  • Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc.,
Runtime
122
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  • Prejean, Helen
  • Capital punishment
  • Capital punishment
  • Murderers
  • Nuns
  • Prejean, Helen
  • Capital punishment
  • Capital punishment
  • Murderers
  • Nuns
  • United States
Technique
live action
Label
Dead man walking, Polygram Filmed Entertainment presents a Working Title/Havoc production ; a film by Tim Robbins ; produced by Jon Kilik, Tim Robbins and Rudd Simmons ; written and directed by Tim Robbins
Instantiates
Publication
Distribution
Note
  • Originally released as a motion picture in 1995
  • Full screen (1.33:1) and widescreen (1.85:1) presentations
  • Based on the book "Dead man walking" by Sister Helen Prejean
  • Special features: feature-length commentary by Tim Robbins; theatrical trailer
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Configuration of playback channels
unknown
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Control code
820819314
Dimensions
4 3/4 in
Dimensions
  • 4 3/4 in
  • other
Extent
1 videodisc (122 min.)
Isbn
9780792842682
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Note
Bowdoin College: NO Public Performance Rights purchased; home, library or classroom use ONLY
Other control number
027616784926
Other physical details
sound, color
Publisher number
M126468
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
(OCoLC)820819314
System details
DVD, double sided, NTSC, region 1, full screen (1.33:1) and widescreen (1.85:1) presentations; Dolby digital
Video recording format
DVD
Label
Dead man walking, Polygram Filmed Entertainment presents a Working Title/Havoc production ; a film by Tim Robbins ; produced by Jon Kilik, Tim Robbins and Rudd Simmons ; written and directed by Tim Robbins
Publication
Distribution
Note
  • Originally released as a motion picture in 1995
  • Full screen (1.33:1) and widescreen (1.85:1) presentations
  • Based on the book "Dead man walking" by Sister Helen Prejean
  • Special features: feature-length commentary by Tim Robbins; theatrical trailer
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Configuration of playback channels
unknown
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Control code
820819314
Dimensions
4 3/4 in
Dimensions
  • 4 3/4 in
  • other
Extent
1 videodisc (122 min.)
Isbn
9780792842682
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Note
Bowdoin College: NO Public Performance Rights purchased; home, library or classroom use ONLY
Other control number
027616784926
Other physical details
sound, color
Publisher number
M126468
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
(OCoLC)820819314
System details
DVD, double sided, NTSC, region 1, full screen (1.33:1) and widescreen (1.85:1) presentations; Dolby digital
Video recording format
DVD

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