Film
987: Dead Man Walking
Trivia: The
scene where Sister Helen was pulled over is based on an incident that happened
to Helen Prejean during
filming. She thought it was so funny that she asked to have it put into the
film.
After
being told that she would be played in the film by "a famous actress from Thelma & Louise",
Sister Helen Prejean was
introduced to Susan
Sarandon and said "Thank God, she's Louise."
The real
Sister Helen appears outside the prison during a candlelight vigil scene.
The film
was very much a family affair for Tim Robbins.
Aside from directing his long term companion Susan Sarandon to an
Oscar, he also cast his father, Gil Robbins
(Bishop Norwich), mother Mary Robbins
(aide to the governor), sister Adele Robbins
(nurse), and son Jack Henry
Robbins (opossum kid) and Miles Robbins (boy in
church). His brother, David Robbins,
composed the soundtrack.
First
cinema feature of Peter
Sarsgaard.
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