Dead Man Walking (film) the same name, premiering in San Francisco. Yvonne Koslovsky-Golan, author of "The Death Penalty in American Cinema: Criminality and Retribution in Hollywood Film", stated that even though public debate on the death penalty increased for a period after the release of "Dead Man Walking", the film did not result in "real political or legal change" but that it did encourage additional academic study on the death penalty. 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
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