3: Actor/writer/director SEAN PENN. The "reluctant actor" starred in the film "Dead Man Walking" directed by Tim Robbins, co-starring Susan Sarandon. PENN has moved away from acting in favor of directing and writing: the 1991 film "TheIndian Runner" which he wrote based on a Bruce Springsteen song, and last year's "The Crossing Guard" starring Angelica huston and jack Nicholson. All three films are out in video. (Re-broadcast. originally aired 1/17/96).
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