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Sleepers (1996)
7.4
Ratings: 7.4/10 from 82,884 users
Metascore:
49/100
Reviews: 224 user | 55 critic | 18 from Metacritic.com After a prank goes disastrously wrong, a group of boys are sent to a detention center where they are brutalized; over 10 years later, they get their chance for revenge. Director:Barry Levinson |
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| Kevin Bacon | ... | ||
| Billy Crudup | ... | ||
| Robert De Niro | ... | ||
| Ron Eldard | ... | ||
| Minnie Driver | ... | ||
| Vittorio Gassman | ... | ||
| Dustin Hoffman | ... | ||
| Terry Kinney | ... | ||
| Bruno Kirby | ... | ||
| Frank Medrano | ... | ||
| Jason Patric | ... | ||
| Joseph Perrino | ... |
Young Lorenzo 'Shakes' Carcaterra
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| Brad Pitt | ... | ||
| Brad Renfro | ... | ||
| Geoffrey Wigdor | ... | ||
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Storyline
Four boys growing up in Hell's Kitchen play a prank that leads to an old man getting hurt. Sentenced to no less than one year in the Wilkenson Center in upstate New York, the four friends are changed by the beating, humiliation and sexual abuse by the guards sworn to protect them. Thirteen years later and a chance meeting lead to a chance for revenge against the Wilkenson Center and the guards. Written by Albert@SaveKoalas.com
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Four friends made a mistake that changed their lives forever. See more »Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
Rated R for language, graphic violence and two scenes of strong sexual content See all certifications »Parents Guide:
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(USA) See more »Also Known As:
Los hijos de la calle See more »Box Office
Budget:
$44,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
$12,305,745 (USA) (20 October 1996) (1915 Screens)Gross:
$165,615,285 (Worldwide)Company Credits
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Lorenzo: This is a true story about friendship that runs deeper than blood. This is my story and that of the only three friends in my life that truely mattered. Two of them were killers who never made it past the age of 30. The other's a non-practicing attorney living with the pain of his past - too afraid to let it go, never confronting its horror. I'm the only one who can speak for them, and the children we were.
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Performed by Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons
Written by Bob Crewe and Robert Gaudio
Courtesy of The Four Seasons Partnership
By Arrangement with Warner Special Products See more »
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Kevin Bacon never actually met his co-stars Robert De Niro and Dustin Hoffman during the production because of the logistics of the shoot. See more »Goofs
Anachronisms: In the scenes where the adult Shakes and Mike meet in Queens, a train of "Redbird" subway cars is shown passing above them on the "7" line. In 1981, these cars were not yet painted red; they were still painted in their original "World's Fair" colors (turquoise and white) or else were painted all-white. See more »Quotes
[first lines]Lorenzo: This is a true story about friendship that runs deeper than blood. This is my story and that of the only three friends in my life that truely mattered. Two of them were killers who never made it past the age of 30. The other's a non-practicing attorney living with the pain of his past - too afraid to let it go, never confronting its horror. I'm the only one who can speak for them, and the children we were.
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Soundtracks
"Walk Like A Man"Performed by Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons
Written by Bob Crewe and Robert Gaudio
Courtesy of The Four Seasons Partnership
By Arrangement with Warner Special Products See more »
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