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 (opera) portions of it he felt necessary, and to discard the rest. Dead Man Walking (opera) Dead Man Walking is the first opera by Jake Heggie, with a libretto by Terrence McNally. Based on the book of the same name by Sister Helen Prejean, C.S.J., the work premiered on October 7, 2000, at the War Memorial Opera House, produced by the San Francisco Opera. The 2000 premiere production was commissioned by then-General Director Lotfi Mansouri and the stage director was Joe Mantello. Sets, costumes and lighting were designed by Michael Yeargen, Sam Fleming, and Jennifer Tipton, respectively. The Australian premiere and