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

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.

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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)

Trailer

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