Sleepers

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Sleepers (18-Oct-1996)

Director: Barry Levinson

Writer: Barry Levinson

Based on a book: Sleepers by Lorenzo Carcaterra

Producers: Barry Levinson; Steve Golin

Keywords: True Crime, Prison, Revenge

Four boys growing up in Hell's Kitchen of the 1960s injure a hot-dog vendor and receive sentences to a juvenile facility. There, they undergo physical abuse and rape by guards, notably Sean Nokes played by Kevin Bacon. Years after release, two of the boys randomly encounter Nokes, and deal quick revenge. Complex story of moral ambiguity, at times over-reliant on narration. John Williams received an Oscar nomination for Dramatic Score.

Name Occupation Birth Death Known for

Kevin Bacon Actor 8-Jul-1958 Everybody cut Footloose

Billy Crudup Actor 8-Jul-1968 Almost Famous and Stage Beauty

Robert De Niro Actor 17-Aug-1943 The Godfather: Part II

Jeffrey Donovan Actor 11-May-1968 Michael Westen on Burn Notice

Minnie Driver Actor 31-Jan-1970 Good Will Hunting

Ron Eldard Actor 20-Feb-1965 Det. Jim Dunbar on Blind Justice

Vittorio Gassman Actor 1-Sep-1922 29-Jun-2000 The Great War

Dustin Hoffman Actor 8-Aug-1937 The Graduate

Terry Kinney Actor 29-Jan-1954 Tim McManus on Oz

Bruno Kirby Actor 28-Apr-1949 14-Aug-2006 When Harry Met Sally, City Slickers

Dash Mihok Actor 24-May-1974 Lynn McKennan on Felicity

Jason Patric Actor 17-Jun-1966 The Lost Boys

James Pickens, Jr. Actor 26-Oct-1954 Dr. Richard Webber on Grey's Anatomy

Wendell Pierce Actor 8-Dec-1962 Det. Moreland on The Wire

Brad Pitt Actor 18-Dec-1963 Ocean's Eleven

Brad Renfro Actor 25-Jul-1982 15-Jan-2008 The Client

Larry Romano Actor 31-Jul-1963 Richie on The King of Queens

John Slattery Actor 13-Aug-1962 Roger on Mad Men

Jonathan Tucker Actor 31-May-1982 The Black Donnellys

Aida Turturro Actor 25-Sep-1962 Janice Soprano

CAST

Kevin Bacon ... Nokes
Billy Crudup ... Tommy
Robert De Niro ... Fr. Bobby
Ron Eldard ... John
Minnie Driver ... Carol
Vittorio Gassman ... King Benny
Dustin Hoffman ... Danny Snyder
Terry Kinney ... Ferguson
Bruno Kirby ... Shakes' Father
Frank Medrano ... Fat Mancho
Jason Patric ... Shakes
Joe Perrino ... Young Shakes
Brad Pitt ... Michael
Brad Renfro ... Young Michael
Geoffrey Wigdor ... Young John
Jonathan Tucker ... Young Tommy
Peter Appel ... Boyfriend
Joe Attanasio ... Male Juror
Gerry Becker ... Forensics Expert
Casandra Brooks ... Young John's Mother
William Butler ... Juanito
Eugene Byrd ... Rizzo
Rose Caiola ... Juror
Pasquale Cajano ... Superintendent
Robert W. Castle ... Priest
John Di Benedetto ... Tony
Jeffrey Donovan ... Addison
Drew Eliot ... Business Man #1
Reuben Larry Elliott ... Business Man #2
George Georgiadis ... Hot Dog Vendor
Marco Greco ... Waiter
Saverio Guerra ... Man #1
Don Hewitt ... James Caldwell
Ben Hammer ... Judge Weisman
Paul Herman ... Court Bailiff
Frank Inzerillo ... Hanging Man
Lennie Loftin ... Styler
Chuck Lewis Low ... Dance Judge
Peter Mahoney ... Priest #2
Ruth Maleczech ... Woman at Subway Station
Juan Maria, Jr. ... Davy
Daniel Mastrogiorgio ... Nick Davenport
Mary McCann ... Sister Carolyn
Pat McNamara ... Guard
Peter McRobbie ... Lawyer
Conrad Meertins, Jr. ... Inmate #2
Gina Menza ... Jury Forewoman
Dash Mihok ... K. C.
Michael P. Moran ... Judge #1
Rocco Musacchia ... Salvatore
Mick O'Rourke ... Man in Tub
Carmine Parisi ... King Benny's Boy
James Pickens, Jr. ... Marlboro
Wendell Pierce ... Little Caesar
Salvatore Paul Piro ... Mimi
Monica Polito ... Young Carol
Angela Rago ... Shakes' Mother
Sean Patrick Reilly ... Young King Benny
Peter Rini ... Frank Magcicco
Larry Romano ... Man #2
Gayle Scott ... Confessional Woman
Tom Signorelli ... Confessional Man
Henry Stram ... Prison Doctor
Ralph Tabakin ... Warden
Mary Testa ... Nun
Jenique Torres ... Davy's Sister
Patrick Tull ... Jerry the Bartender
Aida Turturro ... Mrs. Salinas
Joseph Urla ... Carson

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