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Sleepers (DVD) (*)

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Screened, competed or awarded at:
Oscar Academy Awards
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
Dutch ( Subtitles )
English ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )
English ( Subtitles )
German ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )
German ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Netherlands ( PAL/Region 2&4 )

Running Time:
141 min

Aspect Ratio:
Anamorphic Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Trailer(s)

Movie filmed in 1996 and produced in:
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Barry Levinson

Written By:
Lorenzo Carcaterra

Barry Levinson

Actors:
Kevin Bacon ..... Nokes
Billy Crudup ..... Tommy
Robert De Niro ..... Father Bobby
Ron Eldard ..... John
Minnie Driver ..... Carol
Vittorio Gassman ..... King Benny
Dustin Hoffman ..... Danny Snyder
Terry Kinney ..... Ferguson
Bruno Kirby ..... Shakes' Father
Frank Medrano ..... Fat Mancho
Jason Patric ..... Shakes
Joe Perrino ..... Young Shakes
Brad Pitt ..... Michael
Brad Renfro ..... Young Michael
Geoffrey Wigdor ..... Young John
Jonathan Tucker ..... Young Tommy
Peter Appel ..... Boyfriend
Joseph Attanasio ..... Male Juror
Gerry Becker ..... Forensics Expert
Casandra Brooks ..... Young John's Mother
William K. Butler ..... Juanito
Eugene Byrd ..... Rizzo
Rose Caiola ..... Juror
Pasquale Cajano ..... Superintendent
Robert W. Castle ..... Priest
John Di Benedetto ..... Tony
Jeffrey Donovan ..... Addison
Drew Eliot ..... Business Man #1
Reuben Larry Elliot ..... Business Man #2
George Georgiadis ..... Hot Dog Vendor
Marco Greco ..... Waiter
Saverio Guerra ..... Man #1
Don Hewitt ..... James Caldwell
Ben Hammer ..... Judge Weisman
Paul Herman ..... Court Bailiff
Frank Inzerillo ..... Hanging Man
Lennie Loftin ..... Styler
Chuck Low ..... Dance Judge
Peter Mahoney ..... Priest #2
Ruth Maleczech ..... Woman at Subway Station
Juan Maria Jr. ..... Davy

Synopsis:

As children, Lorenzo Carcaterra - Shakes to his friends - Michael Sullivan, Tommy Marcano, and John Reilly were inseparable. They grew up in Hell's Kitchen, a far from perfect neighborhood, one filled as Shakes says with scams and shake downs, but one where the rules were known by its residents. The one adult who they admired was Father Bobby Carelli, who understood them as kids more than most adults and more than he himself would like to admit. In 1967, their lives would change forever when a typical teenage prank went wrong which led to the four of them being sentenced to various terms at Wilkinson Home for Boys, a reformatory. There, they were physically, emotionally and sexually abused primarily by Sean Nokes, the head guard of their cell block, and fellow guards Ralph Ferguson, Henry Addison, and Adam Styler, although there were other caring figures of authority at the home including other guards. Their time at the home affected the four, not all who were able to emerge from the experience to regroup their lives. In their want to forget about the experience, they made a vow not to talk about it either between themselves or with others. Fast forward thirteen years, with Tommy and Johnny being career criminals, Michael an assistant district attorney and Shakes a newspaper writer, their friendship on the surface more loose than it was when they were children. When Tommy and John spot Nokes, it leads to Shakes and Michael banding together to exact revenge not only on Nokes but all four of the guards who abused them. Michael had long mapped out a plan even before Tommy and John saw Nokes, but that sighting and its aftermath alters the plan. Beyond the precarious position Tommy and John place themselves into, Michael has the most to lose even if the plan succeeds. Most of the plan implementation is left to Shakes who has to enlist the machine of Hell's Kitchen, including mob boss King Benny, and their childhood friend, social worker Carol Martinez, who currently is John's girlfriend. Beyond co-opting aging lawyer Danny Snyder, who admits he may not be the best choice as an alcoholic who is no longer near the top of his game, the plan is threatened by a key piece, the need for an unreproachable figure to perjure him or herself, that person who Michael and Shakes hopes will be Father Bobby. Father Bobby, even if he knew of the abuse, may not be able to do his friends this enormous favor of an illegal nature, he who has to balance the morality of the situation in his own mind in deciding what to do.

This product was added to our catalog on Sunday 13 October, 2019.