Dead Man Walking | Actor's Showcase

When Dead Man Walking came out in late 1995, you couldn't go anywhere in the first half of 1996 without hearing the Eddie Veddar/Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan collaboration song "The Face of Love." Trust me. I lived it. It was almost as prevalent as hearing the Bruce Springsteen song, "Streets of Philadelphia," after the 1993 move Philadelphia came out. Almost.

This movie hinges on the performances of Sean Penn and Susan Sarandon, and they delivered ten-fold. Some may not be into drama played out over several conversations between two characters, but not Field. This movie was in the beginning of Field's self-education into filmmaking, and it helped embed the love of cinema that Field carries with him today.

Find out what both Butler and Field thought with the final episode of Season 24. It's Dead Man Walking!

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