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Sleepers

Two gangsters seek revenge on the state jail worker who during their stay at a youth prison sexually abused them. A sensational court hearing takes place to charge him for the crimes.

Director

Barry Levinson

Year

Genre

crime, drama, thriller

Box Office

$53,315,285

Production

Propaganda Films,Baltimore Pictures,Warner Bros. Pictures,PolyGram Filmed Entertainment

Awards

Nominated for 1 Oscar. 1 win & 5 nominations total

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Nokes

Tommy

Father Bobby

John

Carol

King Benny

Vittorio Gassman

Danny Snyder

Ferguson

Shakes' Father

Fat Mancho

Shakes

Young Shakes

Michael

Young Michael

Young John

Geoffrey Wigdor

Young Tommy

Jonathan Tucker

Boyfriend

Male Juror (as Joe Attanasio)

Joseph Attanasio

Forensics Expert

Young John's Mother

Casandra Brooks

Juanito (as William Butler)

William K. Butler

Rizzo

Juror

Superintendent

Pasquale Cajano

Priest

Robert W. Castle

Tony (as John DiBenedetto)

John Di Benedetto

Addison

Jeffrey Donovan

Business Man #1

Business Man #2 (as Reuben Larry Elliott)

Reuben Larry Elliot

Hot Dog Vendor

George Georgiadis

Waiter

Man #1

James Caldwell

Judge Weisman

Court Bailiff

Hanging Man

Frank Inzerillo

Styler

Dance Judge (as Chuck Lewis Low)

Priest #2 (as Father Peter Mahoney)

Woman at Subway Station

Davy

Nick Davenport (as Daniel Mastrogiorgio)

Danny Mastrogiorgio

Sister Carolyn (as Mary McCann)

Guard

Lawyer

Inmate #2

Conrad Meertins Jr.

Jury Forewoman

K.C.

Judge #1

Michael P. Moran

Salvatore

Rocco Musacchia

Man in Tub

King Benny's Boy

Marlboro

James Pickens Jr.

Little Caesar

Mimi

Salvatore Paul Piro

Young Carol

Shakes' Mother

Young King Benny

Sean Patrick Reilly

Frank Magcicco

Man #2

Confessional Woman

Confessional Man

Carlson

Prison Doctor

Warden

Nun

Davy's Sister

Jerry the Bartender

Mrs. Salinas

Carson (as Joseph Urla)

Burly Man

Court Officer

Michael J. Burg

Marine Widow

Market Diner Westie

Juvenile Lawyer

Customer

Kid in Cafeteria

Justin Halliwell

Fat Mancho's Buddy #1

Michael Harkins

Neighborhood Boy

Matthew Hoffman

Wiseguy

Neighborhood Man

Lawyer

Receiving Communion

Anthony Sinopoli

Juror

Barry Squitieri

Boy in Cafeteria

Kevin Richard Sullivan

Pallbearer

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I want to help you. - Sleepers

I want to help you.

Listen we can discuss the book on Friday in class if youthink the Count can hold their attentionHe's got a shotAny particular section I should read fromThat's easy the part where he escapes from prison - Sleepers

Listen we can discuss the book on Friday in class if...

Guards stay clear of me all rightThey stay back and let me do my timeIf I play that game and I put a hurt on one of themthey just might change my cushion - Sleepers

Guards stay clear of me all rightThey stay back and let me...

Why is Saturday special 'Cause on Saturday we can hit backThey don't fuck with you like they do us but they fuck with you another wayYou're just an animal to themI don't give a fuck Yeah you doAnd beating them on Saturday is not gonna change a thingThen - Sleepers

Why is Saturday special 'Cause on Saturday we can hit...

They don't fuck with you like they do us, but they fuck with you another way! - Sleepers

They don't fuck with you like they do us, but they fuck...

He called heads. - Sleepers

He called heads.

You're gonna die, mother fucker! - Sleepers

You're gonna die, mother fucker!

None of you motherfuckers can cover me! - Sleepers

None of you motherfuckers can cover me!

For 90 minutes, we took the game out of the prison......moved it miles beyond the locked gates......and the sloping hills of the surrounding countryside......and brought it back down to the streets of the neighborhoods we'd come from. - Sleepers

For 90 minutes, we took the game out of the...

Rizzo... Rizzo. Hey, Nokes. Good game. For once, we had a victory. But it didn't last. It couldn't l - Sleepers

Rizzo... Rizzo. Hey, Nokes. Good game. For once, we had a...

I thought you'd never wake up. - Sleepers

I thought you'd never wake up.

Rizzo was dead because of us. - Sleepers

Rizzo was dead because of us.

I want to be able to sleep one nightand not have to worry who's coming in my room what's gonna happen to meIf I can get that then I'll be happy - Sleepers

I want to be able to sleep one nightand not have to worry...

If I can get that, then I'll be happy. - Sleepers

If I can get that, then I'll be happy.

I was in my last hours as an inmate at the Wilkinson Home for boys. - Sleepers

I was in my last hours as an inmate at the Wilkinson Home...

I told him. - Sleepers

Order those two men some drinks and put it on my tab. - Sleepers

Order those two men some drinks and put it on my tab.

The gentlemen there would like to buy you a drink on one condition. - Sleepers

The gentlemen there would like to buy you a drink on one...

Can I help you with something, chief? - Sleepers

Can I help you with something, chief?

That's him. - Sleepers

This is amazingHello it's been a long timeWho the fuck are you guysWho the fuck asked you to sit downI thought you'd be happy to see us I guess I was wrongYou know I thought you'd do a lot betterYou know with all that training all that time you put injust - Sleepers

This is amazingHello it's been a long timeWho the fuck...

Who the fuck asked you to sit down? - Sleepers

Who the fuck asked you to sit down?

I can see how he might forget us. - Sleepers

I can see how he might forget us.

You can't quite place us, can you, chief? - Sleepers

You can't quite place us, can you, chief?

So how you been? - Sleepers

So how you been?

What do you want - Sleepers

What do you want

You ordered the meat loaf. - Sleepers

You ordered the meat loaf.

Yeah, you were scared little pricks, both of you. - Sleepers

Yeah, you were scared little pricks, both of you.

Did that hurt Nokes - Sleepers

Did that hurt Nokes

Jerry, sorry, should've made those brisket sandwiches to go. - Sleepers

Jerry, sorry, should've made those brisket sandwiches...

John Reilly, how do you plead? - Sleepers

John Reilly, how do you plead?

One down, Shakes, one down. - Sleepers

One down, Shakes, one down.

At the time of Nokes' shooting, Michael was working as an Assistant New York District Attorney. - Sleepers

At the time of Nokes' shooting, Michael was working as...

- So, what did they say? - Sleepers

- So, what did they say?

I hear they hired Danny Snyder as the lawyer, is that right? - Sleepers

I hear they hired Danny Snyder as the lawyer, is that right?

Are you covering this story for your newspaper? - Sleepers

Are you covering this story for your newspaper?

It's payback time - Sleepers

It's payback time

You read The Count of Monte Cristo latelyI don't know ten years agoYou see I read a little bit of it every nightI read words like 'revenge' Sweet lasting revenge - Sleepers

You read The Count of Monte Cristo latelyI don't know...

I'm saying it's time for all of us to get a taste - Sleepers

I'm saying it's time for all of us to get a taste

So, I asked for the case. - Sleepers

So, I asked for the case.

We gotta go after the guards. - Sleepers

We gotta go after the guards.

Adam Styler plain clothes cop works narcotics in QueensKnown to shake down dealers for dope and cash He's got a cocaine problemOther personal information thereHenry Addison now works for the Mayor if you can fucking believe thatHe's a Community Outreach - Sleepers

Adam Styler plain clothes cop works narcotics in QueensKnown...

Are you sure you wanna go this way - Sleepers

Are you sure you wanna go this way

I mean, we buried this a long time ago. - Sleepers

I mean, we buried this a long time ago.

John and Tommy, do you want them to know anything about this? - Sleepers

John and Tommy, do you want them to know anything about...

The 'not guilty' verdict had to be a verdict that no one would dare question. - Sleepers

The 'not guilty' verdict had to be a verdict that...

For this plan to succeed......we needed total secrecy of the only people we completely trusted. - Sleepers

For this plan to succeed......we needed total secrecy of the...

I can handle two but you gotta get us one for our sideOne of what One witnessA witness who'll put John Tommy elsewhere on the night of the murderA witness they can't touchDon't they have a name for thatA judge would call it perjuryAnd what are we calling - Sleepers

I can handle two but you gotta get us one for our sideOne of...

- Tony! - Yeah, King? - Sleepers

- Tony! - Yeah, King?

It's been a long time - Sleepers

It's been a long time

I can't do this now you gotta know that It's been a long time for meYou need somebody younger you know Somebody like I used to beYounger is not betterDoesn't have experience doesn't know its way around a courthouseYeah I'm lucky I can find the courthouseI - Sleepers

I can't do this now you gotta know that It's been...

Within days of Michael taking the case......the West Side Boys got a visit from King Benny. - Sleepers

Within days of Michael taking the case......the West Side...

King Benny's sleepers were making their play. - Sleepers

King Benny's sleepers were making their play.

You gonna pay for that, you little prick? - Sleepers

You gonna pay for that, you little prick?

They are not good boys any more. - Sleepers

They are not good boys any more.

Mug me or marry me Shakes I'm too tired for anything else - Sleepers

Mug me or marry me Shakes I'm too tired for anything...

You look tired. - Sleepers

You look tired.

So, how much do you know? - Sleepers

So, how much do you know?

What are you telling me, Shakes? - Sleepers

What are you telling me, Shakes?

I'm hungry. - Sleepers

I thought it was me. - Sleepers

I thought it was me.

Do you still love himI don't think about it ShakesIf I did I'd say 'yes ' - Sleepers

Do you still love himI don't think about it ShakesIf I...

The man I know is not the boy you rememberNone of us are - Sleepers

The man I know is not the boy you rememberNone of us are

Why didn't you ever ask me out? - Sleepers

Why didn't you ever ask me out?

Because......l didn't think you'd say 'yes.' - Sleepers

Because......l didn't think you'd say...

Well, you were wrong, Shakes. - Sleepers

Well, you were wrong, Shakes.

What? Go ahead and say it. You work at Social Services, you got files. You got access to files. And - Sleepers

What? Go ahead and say it. You work at Social Services, you...

You want a Rolls Royce You don't come here - Sleepers

You want a Rolls Royce You don't come here

You want a Rolls Royce You don't come hereYou go to England or wherever the fuck they make itIf you want champagne you go see the FrenchIf you need money you find a JewBut if you want dirt or scum buried under a rock somewhere orsome secret nobody wants - Sleepers

You want a Rolls Royce You don't come hereYou go to...

When you were sent away, I was always sorry I couldn't do more for you. - Sleepers

When you were sent away, I was always sorry I couldn't...

I didn't know you liked pigeons so much. - Sleepers

I didn't know you liked pigeons so much.

It fell into my lap - Sleepers

It fell into my lap

John... John Reilly and Thomas Marcano......are two innocent pawns, quickly arrested and just......a - Sleepers

John... John Reilly and Thomas Marcano......are two innocent...

Hey, bring me another spoon. - Sleepers

Hey, bring me another spoon.

How's work? - Sleepers

You know, Pop, l......l went down to the courthouse. - Sleepers

You know, Pop, l......l went down to the courthouse.

So...? Nothing. I was just thinking. You're doing good, right? Yeah. Doing good. Good. - Sleepers

So...? Nothing. I was just thinking. You're doing good,...

What the hell do these things do? - Sleepers

What the hell do these things do?

Maybe he needs something to pray for. - Sleepers

Maybe he needs something to pray for.

We don't hear no praying. - Sleepers

We don't hear no praying.

Fucker, pray! - Sleepers

Sorry I'm late. - Sleepers

Sorry I'm late.

You're asking me... - Sleepers

You're asking me...

- Did they kill that guard? - Sleepers

- Did they kill that guard?

I think I need a drink. - Sleepers

I think I need a drink.

This is some favor you're asking me. - Sleepers

This is some favor you're asking me.

What about the life that was taken Shakes What's that worthTo me Nothing - Sleepers

What about the life that was taken Shakes What's that...

All right. - Sleepers

I told him about the torture, the beatings, and the rapes. - Sleepers

I told him about the torture, the beatings, and the rapes.

Then he pulls his pants down. - Sleepers

Then he pulls his pants down.

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Two gangsters seek revenge on the state jail worker who during their stay at a youth prison sexually abused them. A sensational court hearing takes place to charge him for the crimes.

User Rating: 0.0 (0 ratings)

Director: Barry Levinson

Writer: Lorenzo Carcaterra, Barry Levinson

Production: Propaganda Films,Baltimore Pictures,Warner Bros. Pictures,PolyGram Filmed Entertainment

Genre: crime, drama, thriller

Year: 1996

MetaScore: 49/100

ImdbRating: 7.5

BoxOffice: $53,315,285

Released: 18 Oct 1996

Awards: Nominated for 1 Oscar. 1 win & 5 nominations total

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