Dead Man Walking - Region 2 DVD
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A serious film on a serious subject, Dead Man Walking (1995) is enriched by two excellent performances: Sean Penn as a murderer and rapist facing execution on Death Row, and Susan Sarandon as a nun who visits and befriends him. Tim Robbins, the writer and director of the film (and Sarandon's husband), based the film on a true story, and there's not much narrative tension since it's obvious Penn will not escape his fate. But the film is a clear-eyed look at the realities of capital punishment and its grisly rituals, which at the same time never sentimentalises the people or the issues. There is no shying away fr
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Manufacturer: Twentieth Century Fox
Release date: 17 September 2001
Number of discs: 1
EAN: 5050070007152
Release date: 17 September 2001
Number of discs: 1
EAN: 5050070007152
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