Take a pinch of
the film DEAD MAN WALKING, sprinkle in a little ERIN BROCKOVICH and you pretty much have an idea as to...
Then there's the book /
film Dead Man Walking — which describes many of us spiritually.
Not exact matches
Or consider Tim Robbins's comments in speaking to an interviewer at the Berlin
Film Festival about a
film he directed,
Dead Man Walking: «I believe in... er... that there are... er... that there are people who are on earth who live highly enlightened lives and who achieve a certain level of spirituality, in connection with a force of goodness.
Timing does no favors for The Chamber, the John Grisham death row drama that arrives on the heels of a better death row
film («
Dead Man Walking») and a better Grisham adaptation («A Time to Kill»).
instead of winning for any of his fine performances in his previous
films (
Dead Man Walking, Hurlyburly, etc.).
According to Deadline, The
Walking Dead creator Robert Kirkman, Iron
Man scribes Art Marcum and Matt Holloway, Pacific Rim writer Zak Penn and Lost «s Jeff Pinkner have been brought on board to pen the scripts for the upcoming
films.
Dead Man Walking (Tim Robbins, 1995) Any
film that addresses one of the big, divisive issues of our day (abortion, immigration, homosexuality, etc.) runs the risk of being preachy.
Fans of his work in such varied
films as «Sid and Nancy,» «
Dead Man Walking» and «The Big Lebowski» may call this an almost criminal oversight.
Its
films have won 12 Academy Awards (for Tom Hooper's Les Misérables and The Danish Girl; James Marsh's The Theory of Everything; Tim Robbins»
Dead Man Walking; Joel and Ethan Coen's Fargo; Shekhar Kapur's Elizabeth and Elizabeth: The Golden Age; and Joe Wright's Atonement and Anna Karenina), 39 British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) Awards, and prizes at the Cannes and Berlin International Film Festivals.
It shattered me like no other
film since
Dead Man Walking.
But while those are obvious comparisons, they aren't inaccurate; the
film, with it's super small cast and minute - by - minute struggle, really feels in line with the very first episode of The
Walking Dead, which featured primarily one
man coming to grips with his harrowing reality.
Its
films have won 12 Academy Awards ® (for James Marsh's The Theory of Everything, Tom Hooper's Les Misérables, Joe Wright's Anna Karenina, Tim Robbins»
Dead Man Walking; Joel and Ethan Coen's Fargo; Shekhar Kapur's Elizabeth and Elizabeth: The Golden Age; and Joe Wright's Atonement); 39 BAFTA Awards; and prizes at the Cannes and Berlin International Film Festivals.
Actor / Director Tim Robbins presents his second feature
film in this acutely humane and poignant character driven drama
Dead Man Walking.
Lois Smith is a veteran performer whose movie credits include «East of Eden,» «Five Easy Pieces,» «
Dead Man Walking» and «Minority Report,» as well as a couple of earlier Almereyda
films.