Dead Man Walking (film) Dead Man Walking (film) Dead Man Walking is a 1995 American crime drama film starring Susan Sarandon and Sean Penn, and co-produced and directed by Tim Robbins, who adapted the screenplay from the non-fiction book of the same name. Sister Helen Prejean (Sarandon) establishes a special relationship with Matthew Poncelet (Penn) – based on real-life murderers Elmo Patrick Sonnier and Robert Lee Willie – a prisoner on death row in Louisiana, acting as his spiritual adviser after carrying on correspondence with him. Matthew Poncelet has been in prison for six years, awaiting his execution after being sentenced to death for
Susan Sarandon ("Bart Has Two Mommies") and as a ballet teacher, "Homer vs. Patty and Selma". She appeared on "Friends", "Malcolm in the Middle", "Mad TV", "Saturday Night Live", "Chappelle's Show", "30 Rock", "Rescue Me," and "Mike & Molly". Sarandon has contributed the narration to two dozen documentary films, many of which dealt with social and political issues. In addition, she has served as the presenter on many installments of the PBS documentary series, "Independent Lens". In 1999 and 2000, she hosted and presented "Mythos", a series of lectures by the late American mythology professor Joseph Campbell. Sarandon also participates as a