Who Needs Sleep? (2006)

A documentary that highlights the deadly combination of sleep deprivation and long days of work.

Director:

Haskell Wexler

Stars:

David Agus, Netta Bank, Annette Bening

Cast

Credited cast:
David Agus	...	(as David Angus)
Netta Bank
Annette Bening
Gilbert Cates	...	(as Gil Cates)
Nick Counter
Billy Crystal
Tyne Daly
Andrew Davis
Antares Davis	...	Taittinger's Model SAG Awards
Roger Deakins
William C. Dement	...	(as Bill Dement)
Caleb Deschanel
Craig DiBona
Alan R. Disler	...	(as Alan Disler)
Bruce Doering

Storyline

Unsettled by the preventable death of a coworker, filmmaker Haskell Wexler learns that sleep deprivation and long work hours are a deadly combination. Interweaving medical findings with personal accounts, his camera reveals how a 24/7 work culture affects all Americans.

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Plot Keywords:

sleep deprivation

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Genres:

Documentary

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Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

January 2006 (USA)

Filming Locations:

France

Company Credits

Technical Specs

Runtime:

78 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

User Reviews

could be better

OK, so i didn't like the film all that much. haskell wexler makes several interesting and valuable points, i'll give him that. unfortunately he does so in a very tedious, lecturing manner. the presentation is all over the place and doesn't come to any particularly coherent conclusion. this feels like four or five mini-documentaries tacked together, with only one of them focused on the title subject.

i suppose that he wouldn't have gotten nearly as much attention if he'd called the film "working conditions in Hollywood suck", though that would have been a better title for it.

and i suppose the ultimate critique: the two people i saw the film with both fell asleep about halfway through!