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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.

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown 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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