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Sleepers (1996) 7.4
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7.4/10 from 107,735 users
Metascore: 49/100
Reviews: 234 user | 59 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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Cast
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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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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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When friendship runs deeper than blood 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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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
18 October 1996 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Los hijos de la calle See more »Box Office
Budget:
$44,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
ITL 10,597,781,000 (Italy) (15 November 1996)Gross:
$53,300,852 (USA) (24 January 1997)Company Credits
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2.35 : 1
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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 Written byRobert Gaudio and Judy Parker
Courtesy of The Four Seasons Partnership
By Arrangement with Warner Special Products
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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
Near the end of the film, when DeNiro's character hands the basketball tickets to Pitt's character in court, Pitt reaches for the ticket twice. 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
"December, 1963 (Oh, What A Night)"Performed by Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons
Written by Written byRobert Gaudio and Judy Parker
Courtesy of The Four Seasons Partnership
By Arrangement with Warner Special Products
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This is one of the only films that I can watch time after time and still be highly entertained. The film has many layers and a great cast of fantastic actors. It also has a wealth of superbly drawn minor characters. Bruno Krby is excellent as always as Shakes' dad. A man apparently typical of the community in Hells Kitchen. Proud but ruling his wife in particular with a iron fist. He is portrayed far more favourably than in the book where it is clear he is a lousy father and husband. But it is the ever excellent Kevin Bacon who threatens to steal the show as the deeply disturbing Sean Nokes. He is pivotal to the 4 boys descent in to hell and his evil in the bar scene where he meets his demise sets the wheels in motion for the revenge in the 3rd part of the movie. De Niro is superb as always but has great support in Brad Pitt, Jason Patric, Minnie Driver and Dustin Hoffman. A Must see if you like films of this genre.