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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 City...
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Sleepers is a film based on a true story of four friends who were abused by guards at a juvenile detention center in the 1960s. The film follows their lives as adults, as they seek revenge on the abusers and face the consequences of their actions.
Oct 18, 1996 · But after seeing the film the words I remembered were, “This is a true story.” I doubt it is anything of the kind, and Lorenzo Carcaterra’s novel, which inspired the movie, has been convincingly attacked on its claim to be based on fact.
Was Sleepers based on a true story? Yes, Sleepers was based on a novel written by Lorenzo Carcaterra, who claims the story is based on his own experiences growing up in Hell’s Kitchen, New York City.
Oct 23, 1996 · “Sleepers,” the No. 1 film at the box office over the weekend, begins with a narrator’s saying, “This is a true story about friendship that runs deeper than blood.”
Author Lorenzo Carcaterra has claimed that his book, on which the movie is based, is a true story of his childhood. When the New York legal community went on record stating that no cases resembling the events of his book could be found in any court records, Carcaterra refused to discuss it.
The movie is based on a true story, and the book by Lorenzo Carcaterra claims to be a memoir of his experiences in the detention center. However, it has been widely acknowledged that many details in the book were fictionalized.
