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MPAA Rating - R

Length:
    148 Minutes

Genre:
    Drama

Original Release Date:
    Apr 1, 1997

Director
    Barry Levinson

Cast
    Kevin Bacon, Robert De Niro, Billy Crudup, Dustin Hoffman, Bruno Kirby, Jason Patric, Vittorio Gassman, Brad Pitt

 
Movie Summary
Barry Levinson directed this crime drama based on a controversial bestseller. Jason Patrick stars as Lorenzo, a New York reporter more commonly called Shakes, a nickname courtesy of his three childhood pals from Hells Kitchen -- Michael (Brad Pitt), John (Ron Eldard), and Tommy (Billy Crudup). As kids, all four were sent to reform school after accidentally killing someone during a cruel prank. There, the boys were raped and beaten by several guards, including Sean Nokes (Kevin Bacon), a fact that theyve kept secret into adulthood. Michael is now a rising star in the district attorneys office, while John and Tommy are founders of the Irish gang the Westies. When Nokes walks into John and Tommys hangout, they kill him in cold blood and go on trial, defended by a drug-addicted lawyer (Dustin Hoffman). Michael and Shakes conspire with childhood friend Carol (Minnie Driver) and local priest Father Bobby (Robert DeNiro) to free their friends and get even with the surviving guards. Based on a true story chronicled by Lorenzo Carcaterra in his novel of the same name, Sleepers stirred controversy when the veracity of the book was challenged by reporters who could find no documentation of the events described. ~ Karl Williams, All Movie Guide


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