Sleeper (1973)

Directed by

Woody Allen

Genre

comedy film, science fiction film, science fiction comedy, dystopian film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 27m

Rated

PG

Rating

6.9 of 10 from 849 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Miles Monroe, a health food store owner, is frozen in 1973 and wakes up in the year 2173. He gets tangled up with a group of rebels in a bumbling police state.

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What happens

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. Contemporary politics and pop culture are satirized throughout the film, which includes tributes to the classic comedy of Buster Keaton, Harold Lloyd, and Charlie Chaplin. Many elements of notable works of science fiction are also paid tribute to, or parodied. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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