After a prank goes disastrously wrong, a group of boys are sent to a detention center where they are brutalized. Thirteen years later, an unexpected random encounter with a former guard gives them a chance for revenge.

SLEEPERS

1996

Sleepers is a 1996 drama written, produced, and directed by Barry Levinson, and starring Kevin Bacon, Jason Patric, Brad Pitt, Robert De Niro, and Dustin Hoffman. It’s based on the 1995 Lorenzo Carcaterra book of the same name.

Set in Hell's Kitchen, Sleepers follows four young boys whose lives are forever changed when a prank goes disastrously wrong and they are sent to Wilkinson Home for Boys. Thirteen years later, the four boys reunite again for a chance at revenge.

WARNER BROS.・1996・DRAMA・FILM・CRIME・LEGAL

  • Barry Levinson

  • Lorenzo Carcaterra (Book)

    Barry Levinson (Screenplay)

  • Lorenzo Carcaterra — Co-Producer

    Peter Giuliano — Executive Producer

    Steve Golin — Producer

    Barry Levinson — Producer

    Gerrit van der Meer — Associate Producer

  • Nokes: Kevin Bacon

    Tommy: Billy Crudup

    Father Bobby: Robert De Niro

    John: Ron Eldard

    Carol: Minnie Driver

    King Benny: Vittorio Gassman

    Danny Snyder: Dustin Hoffman

  • John Williams

  • Michael Ballhaus

  • Stu Linder

  • Louis DiGiaimo

  • Kristi Zea

  • Tim Galvin

  • Beth A. Rubino

  • Gloria Gresham

  • Astoria Films

    Baltimore Pictures

    Polygram Filmed Entertainment

    Propaganda Films

    Warner Bros.

  • Warner Bros.

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