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Release Date
• USA: Oct 18, 1996
DVD Release Date
• R1: Sep 3, 1997
Budget $44,000,000
Official Website:
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MPAA Rating
Rated R for language, graphic violence and two scenes of strong sexual content.
Running Time
2 hours, 27 minutes
Country USA
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Other Titles
• Sleepers (1996)
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Genre: Crime, Thriller, Drama, Revenge, Murder, Disturbing, Law, Prison, Courtroom, Gangsters, Buddies, Cult Classic
Tagline: Four friends have made a mistake that will change their lives forever.
Plot: Tommy, John, Michael, and Shakes are four young teenage punks growing up in the streets of Manhattan’s Hell’s Kitchen in the mid-1960s. When these four friends pull a prank that that goes awry, they find themselves serving time at the Wilkinson School for Boys, where they are repeatedly and sadistically violated and tortured by four guards--the most menacing being Noles, portrayed by Kevin Bacon. Fifteen years later, the foursome is still dealing with the emotional repercussions of their abuse. Tommy (Billy Crudup) and John (Ron Eldard) have become common criminals, and when they spot Noles in a local watering hole they can’t pass up the chance for revenge. It’s up to Shakes (Jason Patric), a low-profile newspaper employee, and Michael (Brad Pitt), a lawyer with the district attorney’s office, to save their friends while keeping the details of their tortured childhoods secret. Dustin Hoffman appears as Danny Snyder, and Robert De Niro stars as Father Bobby, the local neighborhood priest who is as comfortable on the streets or in a bar as he is behind the pulpit. Based on the allegedly true story by Lorenzo Carcaterra, the film is directed by Barry Levinson (DINER, RAIN MAN).
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 | Billy Crudup
Almost Famous, Big Fish, Mission: Impossible III |
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 | Ron Eldard
Black Hawk Down, Deep Impact, Scent of a Woman |
 | Minnie Driver
Good Will Hunting, South Park: Bigger Longer & Uncut, GoldenEye |
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 | Terry Kinney
The Last of the Mohicans, The Firm, Save the Last Dance |
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John Williams
Saving Private Ryan, Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back, Schindler's List |
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