Sleepers (1996)
- Directed by
- Barry Levinson
- Genre
- drama film, crime film, prison film, buddy film, thriller film, rape and revenge film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 2h 30m
- Rated
- R
- Rating
- 7.6 of 10 from 3,941 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A group of childhood friends from Hell's Kitchen are sent to a juvenile detention center where they suffer abuse at the hands of a guard. Years later, two of them take revenge and face a trial that brings their shared past back into focus.
sombertensebleakgrittymelancholicslow-buildingemotionalsuspenseful
What happens
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 an ensemble cast including Kevin Bacon, Robert De Niro, Dustin Hoffman, Bruno Kirby, Jason Patric, Brad Pitt, Brad Renfro, Minnie Driver and Vittorio Gassman. The title is an American slang term for juvenile delinquents who serve sentences longer than nine months. Sleepers was theatrically released on October 18, 1996 by Warner Bros. in the United States, with PolyGram Filmed Entertainment releasing in other territories. The film received positive reviews from critics and was a box-office hit, grossing $165.6 million against a $44 million budget. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
More like this
The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
Hell's Kitchen (1998)
Primal Fear (1996)
Bullet (1996)
State of Grace (1990)
Seven (1995)
No Way Home (1996)
Scream (1996)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.