Sleeper (1973) 7.2
A nerdish store owner is revived out of cryostasis into a future world to fight an oppressive government. Director:Woody Allen |
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Sleeper (1973) 7.2
A nerdish store owner is revived out of cryostasis into a future world to fight an oppressive government. Director:Woody Allen |
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Erno Windt
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Mary Gregory | ... |
Dr. Melik
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John McLiam | ... |
Dr. Agon
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Bartlett Robinson | ... |
Dr. Orva
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Chris Forbes | ... |
Rainer Krebs
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| Mews Small | ... |
Dr. Nero
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Peter Hobbs | ... |
Dr. Dean
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Susan Miller | ... |
Ellen Pogrebin
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Lou Picetti | ... |
M.C.
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Jessica Rains | ... |
Woman in the Mirror
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Herald Cohen
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Spencer Milligan | ... |
Jeb Hrmthmg
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A clarinet player who also runs a health food store is frozen and brought back in the future by anti-government radicals in order to assist them in their attempts to overthrow an oppressive government. When he goes off on his own, he begins to explore this brave new world that has Orgasmatron booths to replace sex and confessional robots. Written by John Vogel <jlvogel@comcast.net>
A futuristic comedy from Woody Allen in 1973 has him waking up from an operation 200 years later (in 2173) to find society has gone berserk.
Clever, witty, and very funny. Allen is hysterically funny as the "sleeper" who gets to give history lessons on the 1970s, pose as a robot, and become a revolutionary to be near Diane Keaton.
Filled with sight gags galore and great one-liners. The giant vegetables and chicken are funny. And so is the "1984" political humor that fits the Bush era better than it did the Nixon era. Also very funny is Allen's extended Blanche du Bois speech.
Allen is excellent as is Keaton. John Beck plays a revolutionary. Mary Gregory is the doctor. George Furth is a party guest. Jackie Mason does the voice of the Jewish tailor.
A must see.