Dead Man Walking (film) "Chicago Sun-Times" gave the film four stars, his highest rating, and called it "absorbing, surprising, technically superb and worth talking about for a long time afterward." At the 68th Academy Awards, "Dead Man Walking" was nominated in four different categories: Susan Sarandon won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her role, Sean Penn was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor, Tim Robbins was nominated for Best Director and its main track "Dead Man Walkin'" by Bruce Springsteen was nominated for Best Original Song. At the Golden Globes, Sarandon and Penn received nominations for their acting while Robbins
Dead Man Walking (song) by BMG. Released 14 April 1997 in UK by RCA and BMG. Released 14 April 1997 in UK by RCA and BMG. Released 28 April 1997 in Australia by BMG. Released May 1997 in Japan. At least six additional promo singles were released. Dead Man Walking (song) "Dead Man Walking" is a song written by David Bowie and Reeves Gabrels and released as single from the 1997 album "Earthling". It was a number 32 hit in the UK. The guitar riff used in the intro dates back to the mid-1960s when Jimmy Page taught this to Bowie. Bowie later used