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Sleeper is a 1973 American science fiction comedy film directed by and starring Woody Allen, who co-wrote it with Marshall Brickman.Parodying a dystopic future of the United States in 2173, the film involves the misadventures of the owner of a health food store who is cryogenically frozen in 1973 and defrosted 200 years later in an ineptly led police state.
- $2 million
- Jack Grossberg
- Woody Allen
- Woody Allen, Diane Keaton
Dec 17, 1973 · Sleeper: Directed by Woody Allen. With Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, John Beck, Mary Gregory. A nerdish store owner is revived out of cryostasis into a future world to fight an oppressive government.
- Woody Allen
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- 2 min
Inevitably, Allen is mistaken as the chief surgeon. Whether the movie's Leader bears any relationship to the nation's current chief executive is a secret that only Woody Allen knows; he does not, however, go to many pains to keep it. Advertisement. There's also a funny satirical scene in which Allen, as a genuine relic of 1973, is asked to ...
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After health-store owner Miles Monroe (Woody Allen) dies during a routine surgery, his family has him cryogenically frozen. He awakens 200 years later, revived by a group of underground radicals ...
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- Woody Allen
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- Woody Allen
Health food store owner and wannabe jazz clarinetist Miles Monroe is involuntarily cryogenically frozen in 1973 after a mishap while in minor surgery. His still frozen body is found in 2173, and unfrozen by scientists Drs. Melik and Orva. In unfreezing Miles, the doctors have committed an illegal act in what is now a totalitarian police state ...
In many ways, this early film from Allen virtually craves to be silent with its slapstick disposition, and boisterous ragtime inspired musical score. While some of the play on words and general witticisms have now unavoidably become dated, this film manages to construct some hilarious and memorable sequences. Jonathan White 12.
