John Wayne named Capt. Nathan Brittles as one of his favorite roles.
Dead Man Walking - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
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Fan of Dead Man Walking or just want to share your movie knowledge? This topic is dedicated to all trivia and questions related to Dead Man Walking
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This is one of several movies where Susan Sarandon's character as a child is played by her daughter Eva Amurri Martino.
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Raymond J. Barry and Lois Smith were both in Falling Down (1993). In both Dead Man Walking and Falling Down, they have no scenes together.
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The rape and murders took place on June 15th, 1988. The bodies were found on June 21st.
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As of 2018, this and Leaving Las Vegas (1995) are the last films to be Oscar nominated for Best Director, Lead Actor, and Lead Actress, but not for Best Picture.
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The mission house that Sister Prejean walks into is called Hope House. This was also the name of the charity that Marmee worked for in Little Women (1994) also portrayed by Susan Sarandon.
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The execution took place on April 13th, 1994.
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Film debut of Missy Yager.
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The majority of Susan Sarandon's Oscar-winning performance is spent in silence, listening to others.
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One of the victims' surnames is Delacroix. Coincidentally, this name also turns up in another drama about the death penalty, The Green Mile (1999), but there it was the name of the death row inmate played by Michael Jeter.
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After being told that she would be played in the film by "a famous actress from Thelma & Louise (1991)", Sister Helen Prejean was introduced to Susan Sarandon and said "Thank God, she's Louise."
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Susan Sarandon and Margo Martindale appeared in Lorenzo's Oil (1992).
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DIRECTOR TRADEMARK (Tim Robbins (family): Cast includes the director's common law wife Susan Sarandon, common law step-daughter Eva Amurri Martino, father Gil Robbins (Bishop Norwich), mother Mary Robbins (aide to the governor), sister Adele Robbins (nurse), and son Jack Henry Robbins (opossum kid) and Miles Robbins (boy in church). His brother, David Robbins, composed the soundtrack.
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The title "Dead Man Walking" is a slang term used by prison guards when escorting death row prisoners from their cells to the execution chambers.
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Matthew Poncelet's execution which was on 13 April 1994 takes place approximately 2 years before the execution of Sam Cayhall in The Chamber, another film highlighting death row.
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Cameo: Clancy Brown played the traffic officer.
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One of Matthew Poncelet's tattoos (the one you can see when he gets the injection) is the cover of the Iron Maiden record "Piece of Mind".
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It marks as the first time Tim Robbins and Sean Penn received an Oscar nomination. Eight years later, they both won their first Oscars and also in collaboration, this time for Mystic River (2003).
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When writer and director Tim Robbins needed songs written for the film, he simply sent a cut of the film to several noted composers, among them Bruce Springsteen and Steve Earle and asked for a song.
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Helen Prejean: The real Sister Helen appears outside the prison during a candlelight vigil scene.
Dead Man Walking - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Dead Man Walking - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Dead Man Walking - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Dead Man Walking - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Dead Man Walking - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Dead Man Walking - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Dead Man Walking - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Dead Man Walking - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Dead Man Walking - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Dead Man Walking - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Dead Man Walking - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Dead Man Walking - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Dead Man Walking - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Dead Man Walking - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Dead Man Walking - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Dead Man Walking - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Dead Man Walking - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Dead Man Walking - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Dead Man Walking - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Dead Man Walking - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
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