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Genres:
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Crime /
Drama /
Thriller
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Release:
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Director:
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Barry Levinson
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Actors:
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Minnie Driver,
Bruno Kirby,
Vittorio Gassman,
Frank Medrano,
Joseph Perrino,
Geoffrey Wigdor,
Kevin Bacon,
Billy Crudup,
Robert De Niro,
Ron Eldard,
Dustin Hoffman,
Terry Kinney,
Jason Patric,
Brad Pitt,
Brad Renfro
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Duration:
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141 min.
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Rating:
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(7.3/10)134.5
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Plot Summary:
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Four boys growing up in Hell's Kitchen play a prank that leads to an well-established man getting injury. Sentenced to no less than one year in the Wilkenson Center in upstate New York, the four friends are changed near the beating, derogation and sensual revile by the guards sworn to protect them. Thirteen years later and a casual meeting lead to a fortune in search take revenge for against the Wilkenson Center and the guards.
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Sleepers
Hard-hitting drama from Barry Levinson. Based on the true story of four boys abused in reform school who later plot their revenge
The director of Diner assembles a heavyweight male cast for this hard-hitting morality drama. Adapted from Lorenzo Carcaterra's 1967 best-seller of the same name, the film is steeped in controversy. It's claims to be based on a true story have still not been conclusively proved or disproved.
Four Catholic 13-year-old tearaways from Manhattan's Hell's Kitchen district find themselves in a hellish reform school after an accidental killing (they steal a hotdog van, which rolls away and kills a man). When they get out, scarred and abused, 10 years later, revenge is uppermost in their minds. There is a startling outcome from the...
A must see
An amazing example of friendship from a group of friends who went to hell and back. They come back together to pay back the true source of their pain.
An amazing cast and well put together film. Very meaningfull and heavy film. A great watch
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