Overview:
Two gangsters seek revenge on the state jail worker who during their stay at a youth prison sexually abused them. A sensational court hearing takes place to charge him for the crimes.| Status: | Released (1996-10-18) |
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| Awards: | Nominated for 1 Oscar. 1 win & 5 nominations total |
| BoxOffice: | $53,315,285 |
| Screen: | Lorenzo Carcaterra, Barry Levinson |
| Productions: | Propaganda Films, Baltimore Pictures, Warner Bros. Pictures, PolyGram Filmed Entertainment |
| Production Countries: | United States of America |
| Spoken Languages: | English |
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- 4724: Kevin Bacon - Sean Nokes
- 380: Robert De Niro - Father Bobby
- 4483: Dustin Hoffman - Danny Snyder
- 12261: Jason Patric - Lorenzo 'Shakes' Carcaterra
- 287: Brad Pitt - Michael Sullivan
- 51214: Brad Renfro - Young Michael Sullivan
- 6613: Minnie Driver - Carol Martinez
Crews
- 949: Louis DiGiaimo - Casting - Production
- 322: Steve Golin - Producer - Production
- 3769: Michael Ballhaus - Director of Photography - Camera
- 9178: Kristi Zea - Production Design - Art
- 8246: Barry Levinson - Screenplay - Writing
- 5166: Stu Linder - Editor - Editing
- 8246: Barry Levinson - Director - Directing
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Reviews
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***Justifiable execution and justifiable lying*** “Sleepers” (1991) starts out as a coming-of-age film about four boys in 1966-1967 from Hell’s Kitchen, Manhattan, and then morphs into a juvenile prison picture, which covers the first hour. The rest of the movie is a crime tragedy ....
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‘Sleepers’ uses a disturbing and unnecessary narration to tell its controversial revenge story, but the rich characters and great actors easily make up for that. 8/10
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