Top billed cast

1. 

   Kevin Bacon

   Nokes

2. 

   Robert De Niro

   Father Bobby

3. 

   Dustin Hoffman

   Danny Snyder

4. 

   Bruno Kirby

   Shakes' Father

5. 

   Jason Patric

   Shakes

6. 

   Brad Pitt

   Michael

7. 

   Minnie Driver

   Carol

8. 

   Brad Renfro

   Young Michael

9. 

   Ron Eldard

   John

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Reviews

A review by Wuchak

Written by Wuchak on 2018-12-17

***Justifiable execution and justifiable lying***

“Sleepers” (1991) starts out as a coming-of-age film about four boys in 1966-1967 from Hell’s Kitchen, Manhattan, and then morphs into a juvenile prison picture, which covers the first hour. The rest of the movie is a crime tragedy turned courtroom drama, taking place 13 years later in the early 80s. Jason Patric plays the adult version of Shakes, the main protagonist and narrator, while Brad Pitt plays his attorney friend, Michael. When their other two buds, John and Tommy, are taken into custody for murder they hatch a plan to get th...read the rest

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$44,000,000.00

Revenue
$165,600,000.00

Keywords

• child abuse
• sexual abuse
• based on novel or book
• court case
• court
• gangster
• repayment
• sadistic
• narration
• pastor
• irish-american
• juvenile prison
• revenge
• murder
• organized crime
• gang
• juvenile delinquent
• reform school
• manhattan, new york city
• prank gone wrong
• 1980s
• kids
• 1960s
• courtroom drama
• legal drama
• hell's kitchen
• catholic church