Sleepers

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American film crime drama film film

Sleepers is a 1996 crime drama film directed by Barry Levinson, based on Lorenzo Carcaterra’s book about four childhood friends whose lives are forever changed by a tragic prank and subsequent abuse in a juvenile detention center.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Sleepers canonical 10
Sleepers (book) 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf American film ⓘ
crime drama film ⓘ
film ⓘ
authorOfSourceWork Lorenzo Carcaterra ⓘ
basedOn Sleepers self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Sleepers (book)
cinematographyBy Michael Ballhaus ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
director Barry Levinson ⓘ
distributor Warner Bros. Pictures ⓘ
surface form: Warner Bros.
editedBy Stu Linder ⓘ
genre crime drama ⓘ
legal drama ⓘ
mainCharacter John ⓘ
Michael ⓘ
Shakes ⓘ
Tommy ⓘ
mpaaRating R ⓘ
musicBy John Williams ⓘ
narrativeFocus abuse in juvenile detention ⓘ
courtroom trial ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
producer Barry Levinson ⓘ
David Brown ⓘ
Steve Golin ⓘ
productionCompany Baltimore Pictures ⓘ
Propaganda Films ⓘ
releaseDate 1996-10-18 ⓘ
releaseYear 1996 ⓘ
runningTime 147 minutes ⓘ
screenwriter Barry Levinson ⓘ
setInLocation Hell's Kitchen ⓘ
surface form: Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan

New York City ⓘ
setInPeriod 1960s ⓘ
1980s ⓘ
starring Billy Crudup ⓘ
Brad Pitt ⓘ
Bruno Kirby ⓘ
Dustin Hoffman ⓘ
Jason Patric ⓘ
Joe Perrino ⓘ
Jonathan Tucker ⓘ
Kevin Bacon ⓘ
Minnie Driver ⓘ
Robert De Niro ⓘ
Ron Eldard ⓘ
Vittorio Gassman ⓘ
theme childhood trauma ⓘ
friendship ⓘ
justice ⓘ
revenge ⓘ
sexual abuse ⓘ

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Barry Levinson → notableWork → Sleepers ⓘ
Barry Levinson → directed → Sleepers ⓘ
Kevin Bacon → notableWork → Sleepers ⓘ
Jonathan Tucker → notableWork → Sleepers ⓘ
Brad Renfro → notableWork → Sleepers ⓘ
Bruno Kirby → notableWork → Sleepers ⓘ
Warren Clarke → notableWork → Sleepers ⓘ
Peter McRobbie → notableWork → Sleepers ⓘ
Sleepers → basedOn → Sleepers self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sleepers (book)
Michael Ballhaus → notableWork → Sleepers ⓘ
Terry Kinney → notableWork → Sleepers ⓘ