Sleepers

1996
16
2 Std. 27 Min.

IMDb-BEWERTUNG

7,5/10

242.179

IHRE BEWERTUNG

BELIEBTHEIT

853

646

Brad Pitt, Robert De Niro, Dustin Hoffman, and Jason Patric in Sleepers (1996)

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Prison Drama Teen Drama Crime Drama Thriller

Nachdem ein Streich katastrophal schief geht, wird eine Gruppe von Jungen in eine Haftanstalt geschickt, wo sie brutal behandelt werden. Dreizehn Jahre später erhalten sie ihre Chance auf Ra... Alles lesenNachdem ein Streich katastrophal schief geht, wird eine Gruppe von Jungen in eine Haftanstalt geschickt, wo sie brutal behandelt werden. Dreizehn Jahre später erhalten sie ihre Chance auf Rache.Nachdem ein Streich katastrophal schief geht, wird eine Gruppe von Jungen in eine Haftanstalt geschickt, wo sie brutal behandelt werden. Dreizehn Jahre später erhalten sie ihre Chance auf Rache.

Regie
- Barry Levinson
Drehbuch
- Lorenzo Carcaterra
- Barry Levinson
Hauptbesetzung

Siehe Produktionsinformationen bei IMDbPro

IMDb-BEWERTUNG

7,5/10

242.179

IHRE BEWERTUNG

BELIEBTHEIT

853

646

Regie
- Barry Levinson
Drehbuch
- Lorenzo Carcaterra
- Barry Levinson
Hauptbesetzung

Siehe Produktionsinformationen bei IMDbPro

Für 1 Oscar nominiert
- 1 Gewinn & 5 Nominierungen insgesamt

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Author Lorenzo Carcaterra has claimed that his book, on which the movie is based, is a true story of his childhood. When the New York legal community went on record stating that no cases resembling the events of his book could be found in any court records, Carcaterra refused to discuss it. Carcaterra's school attendance records show he couldn't have been in prison for as long as he said, and he couldn't have been in prison at the dates given for certain events in the book. David Stout, a New York Times reporter who did a story on the controversy, said in an interview that he could find nothing in the newspaper's extensive library, or anywhere else, that resembled the case. Carcaterra claims that names and locations were changed to avoid legal issues and stands behind his story. Many people from his youth came forward to say nothing like this happened to him.

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The narrator reports the summer of 1968 as "the Summer of Love." This was actually a hippie-reference nickname given to the summer of 1967.

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Lorenzo: Mike, are you sure you wanna go this way? I mean we buried this a long time ago.
Michael: You still sleep with the light on?

Verbindungen
Featured in Siskel & Ebert & the Movies: The Chamber/The Ghost and the Darkness/The Long Kiss Goodnight/Looking for Richard/Freeway (1996)

Soundtracks
Walk Like A Man
Performed by Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons
Written by Bob Crewe and Bob Gaudio (as Robert Gaudio)
Courtesy of The Four Seasons Partnership
By arrangement with Warner Special Products

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9/10

Excellent

I really liked this movie. Great acting, great direction, great plot!

As another reviewer pointed out, the movie indeed has 3 parts. before,at and after the correction center. All three parts are equaly gripping. Except that the part in the correction center is very dark and disturbing.

Brad Pitt shines in a small role he has. So does Jason Patrick. Hoffman has his ususal confused charisma. Rest of the supporting cast is excellent too. Especially the denizens of hell's kitchen. Kevin Bacon looks realy menacing. But the person who realy shows his caliber again is de niro. He has one of these rare "non-swearing" roles of his. There is a scene where Jason Patric tells the story of the abuses they faced, and the camera focusses on Robert De Niro's face. Only thing changes is his eyes, from sharp and focussed at the first, you see them widening and then you see some trace of tears. Great! This scence reminds me of Omar Shariff standing on a balcony while soldiers start mayhem on the streets, in Dr. Zhivago.

A good care has been taken in getting child stars and adult stars look pretty similar.

Only thing li'll bit out of the place is constant referance to Count of montecristo. The revenge in the book is "sweet lasting revenge" where in this movie its straight shot. But heck! this is real life!

the last night the friends spend together is also really touching.

my rating 9/10.