Dead Man Walking - Condannato a morte

Titolo originale: Dead Man Walking
Regia: Tim Robbins |
Anno: 1995
Origine: United States of America | United Kingdom |
Generi: Dramma
Tag: prison | death penalty | right and justice | rape | rage and hate | unsociability | court case | court | nun | penalty | therapist | sentence | forgiveness | self-discovery | despair | prison cell | socially deprived family | death row | doomed man | death sentence | lethal injection | charity | mercy petition | cowardliness | angry | dreary | incredulous | depressing | bitter | callous | horrified |
Cast: Susan Sarandon | Sean Penn | Robert Prosky | Raymond J. Barry | R. Lee Ermey | Celia Weston | Lois Smith | Scott Wilson | Roberta Maxwell | Margo Martindale | Barton Heyman | Steve Boles | Nesbitt Blaisdell | Ray Aranha | Larry Pine | Gil Robbins | Kevin Cooney | Clancy Brown | Adele Robbins | Michael Cullen | Peter Sarsgaard | Missy Yager | Jenny Krochmal | Jack Black | Jon Abrahams | Arthur Bridgers | Steve Carlisle | Helen Hester | Eva Amurri | Jack Henry Robbins | Gary "Buddy" Boe | Amy Long | Dennis Neal | Molly Bryant | Pamela Garmon | Adrián Colón | John D. Wilmot | Margaret Lane | Sally Ann Roberts | Alec Gifford | John Hurlbutt | Mike Longman | Pete Burris | Joan Glover | Florrie Hathorn | Lenore Banks | Idella Cassamier | Marlon Horton | Kenitra Singleton | Palmer Jackson | Johnathan Thomas | Walter Breaux Jr. | Scott Sowers | Cortez Nance Jr. | Adam Nelson | Dalvin Ford | Derek Steeley | Jeremy Knaster | Mary Robbins | Miles Robbins | Crystal Williams Brown | Marcus Lyle Brown | Joanna Doherty | Anthony Michael Frederick | Thomas McGowan | Rawleigh Moreland | Helen Prejean | Codie Scott |

Matthew Poncelet è nel braccio della morte in attesa dell'esecuzione. Insieme a un complice ha ucciso e violentato un ragazzo e una ragazza. Chiede di essere assistito da una suora, per avere un minimo di conforto, ma soprattutto per un aiuto nelle varie petizioni di grazia. Petizioni che, una dopo l'altra, cadono. Matthew si proclama innocente. La suora, sconvolta ma coraggiosa, aiuta il giovane, parla con la sua famiglia e con le famiglie dei ragazzi uccisi. Alla fine Matthew confessa di essere lui l'assassino. Così potrà morire con dignità, e libero. Anche la suora ha molto sofferto e imparato. La condanna viene eseguita e illustrata in tutti i dettagli, secondo dopo secondo, siringa dopo siringa.

Errori

During the last meal Matthew is told his execution will go ahead as scheduled by the warden. In real [...] D
While Louisiana's lethal injection gurney is capable of being put in an upright position, inmates ar [...] D
In the flashback scenes of the murder, the dead couple have their hands bound behind their backs as [...] D
At the end of Hilton Barber's conversation with Sister Helen (Susan Sarandon) outside the courthouse [...] D
When Sister Helen is being pulled over for speeding, the camera shows the view through the rear view [...] D
The chemicals used in lethal injections in Louisiana are administered manually, not by a machine as [...] D
When Hope Percy is about to be shot in the head you can clearly see Walter Delacroix still breathing [...] D
When Sister Helen and Sister Colleen are discussing Matthew's funeral, Sister Colleen, thinking abou [...] D
When Sister Helen and Mr. Delacroix are first speaking in his living room, a crew member wanders int [...] D
The real killer (Willie) was executed by the electric chair, not lethal injection. D
As a nun, Sister Helen has her ring on her right hand instead of her left, as it should be for a mar [...] D
Matthew says that they shaved his left leg in case they couldn't find a vein. In subsequent shots, i [...] D
The nurse who inserts the needle in Matthew's arm is shown putting on latex gloves that reach almost [...] D
When Matt and Carl confront the couple in their car, Hope is wearing a reddish color blouse. When th [...] D
Matthew spends his last few days alive in a 'death house'. However the prison in Louisianna he was h [...] D
The shoulder straps disappear after Matthew's death. D
Matthew does not wear an uniform or jumpsuit during his stay on death row and inmates wear one when [...] D
In some scenes where Helen is talking to Matthew through the grate, her face is pressed up against t [...] D
Matthew apparently spent only 6 years on death row. Most prisoners actually serve more than 10 years [...] D
Right after the flashback where the girl is shot in the head, a view of Poncelet on the gurney is sh [...] D