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- The film is based on the autobiographical novel by Lorenzo Carcaterra, i.e. Shakes, the boy who will become a reporter as an adult. Sleepers is presented at the beginning as a true story, complete with confirmation of what happened to the four boys afterward.
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Oct 22, 1996 · Sleepers, number one film at box office its first weekend, begins with narrator's saying it is true story, but questions still hover over Lorenzo Carcaterra's account of four New York...
Nov 22, 2022 · Is Sleepers a true story? The film is based on the autobiographical novel by Lorenzo Carcaterra, i.e. Shakes, the boy who will become a reporter as an adult. Sleepers is presented at the beginning as a true story, complete with confirmation of what happened to the four boys afterward.
Apr 9, 2021 · Sleepers is a crime thriller directed by Barry Levinson, and features an all-star cast, including Robert Ne Niro, Dustin Hoffman and Brad Pitt. It is based on a book by Lorenzo Carcaterra from 1995, with the same name. The film begins with a narrator saying: “This is a true story about friendship that runs deeper than blood.”
Lorenzo Carcaterra (born October 16, 1954) is an American writer of Italian descent. Hell’s Kitchen is the setting for his most famous book, Sleepers, which was adapted as a 1996 film of the same name. In April 2009, he joined True/Slant as a blogger. True/Slant ceased operations on July 31, 2010, after only being open for a little less than ...
Oct 23, 1996 · Carcaterra, a one-time New York Daily News reporter, said last year: “The story is true. Names and dates are changed.” But others have challenged virtually every detail in the book. Hollywood...
Jul 10, 1995 · SLEEPERS is the extraordinary true story of four men who take the law into their own hands. It is a searing portrait of a system gone awry and of the people -- some innocent, some not so innocent -- who must suffer the consequences.
The first words spoken in the film are: "This is a true story about friendship that runs deeper than blood". [7] [8] However, the truthfulness and factual accuracy of the film — and the book on which it is based — were challenged by the Sacred Heart of Jesus Church and School in Manhattan (the school attended by Carcaterra), and by the ...
