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Sleepers is a 1996 American legal crime drama film written, produced and directed by Barry Levinson, and based on Lorenzo Carcaterra's 1995 book of the same name. The film stars Kevin Bacon, Jason Patric, Brad Pitt, Robert De Niro, Dustin Hoffman, Minnie Driver, Vittorio Gassman, Brad Renfro, Ron Eldard, Jeffrey Donovan, Terry Kinney, Joe Perrino, Geoffrey Wigdor, Jonathan Tucker, Bruno Kirby ...
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 teen ...
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.”.
Nov 22, 2022 · Sleepers is presented at the beginning as a true story, complete with confirmation of what happened to the four boys afterward. And in the credits, the film confirms that the story told in the book by Carcaterra is accurate, although names, dates, and times have been changed. After the book’s release, the seriousness of the matter led to ...
Oct 18, 1996 · Sleepers: Directed by Barry Levinson. With Kevin Bacon, Billy Crudup, Robert De Niro, Ron Eldard. After a prank goes disastrously wrong, a group of boys are sent to a detention center where they are brutalized.
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- Crime, Drama, Thriller
- Barry Levinson
- 1996-10-18
The opening words of Barry Levinson's “Sleepers” are, “This is a true story about friendship that runs deeper than blood.” That's careless writing; how, exactly, does it run deeper than blood, and how deep is blood? 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 ...
Sleepers, a gripping crime drama released in 1996, tells the story of four young boys who are sent to a juvenile detention center after a prank goes wrong. While there, they suffer horrific abuse at the hands of the guards, leading to a deep desire for revenge as they grow older. Based on a novel by Lorenzo Carcaterra, the movie struck a chord ...
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