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
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