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| Name | Sleepers |
|---|---|
| Caption | Theatrical release poster |
| Director | Barry Levinson |
| Producer | Barry LevinsonSteve Golin |
| Screenplay | Barry Levinson |
| Based on | |
| Starring | Kevin BaconRobert De NiroDustin HoffmanJason PatricBrad PittBrad Renfroand Minnie Driver |
| Music | John Williams |
| Editing | Stu Linder |
| Cinematography | Michael Ballhaus |
| Studio | Propaganda FilmsBaltimore Pictures |
| Distributor | Polygram Filmed EntertainmentWarner Bros. |
| Released | |
| Runtime | 147 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $44 million |
| Gross | $165,615,285 |
On a summer day in 1967, their lives take a sharp turn when they almost kill a man after pulling a prank on a hot dog vendor. As punishment, they are all sentenced to serve time at the Wilkinson Home for Boys in upstate New York. There, the boys are systematically beaten, abused, and raped by guards Sean Nokes (Kevin Bacon), Henry Addison (Jeffrey Donovan), Adam Styler (Lennie Loftin), and Ralph Ferguson (Terry Kinney). These traumatic events change the boys and their friendship forever.
Fourteen years later, John (Ron Eldard) and Tommy (Billy Crudup), now gangsters, find Nokes in a Hell's Kitchen pub. After reintroducing themselves to Nokes, they both shoot him dead in front of several witnesses. Mike (Brad Pitt), now an assistant District Attorney, arranges to be assigned to the case, secretly intending to use it as a means of getting revenge. Moreover, he and Shakes (Jason Patric) begin forging a plan to get their revenge on all the guards who abused them. Together with many of their lifelong friends, especially Carol (Minnie Driver), a social worker, and King Benny, they manage to collect information on all the Wilkinson guards. They hire Danny Snyder (Dustin Hoffman), a washed-up, alcoholic lawyer, to defend John and Tommy to make it seem as if the case is hopeless, allowing them to carry out their plan without being watched.
However, to clinch the case they need a key witness who can give John and Tommy an alibi. Shakes has a long talk with Father Bobby, and tells him about the abuse they suffered at Wilkinson. After a few days of soul-searching, Father Bobby agrees to lie on the stand about where John and Tommy were on the night of the shooting; the priest swears under oath that they were with him at Madison Square Garden at a New York Knicks basketball game. As a result, they are acquitted, and the remaining guards are finally punished for their crimes. After the case is over, Mike quits his job as an attorney and moves to the English countryside where he becomes a carpenter; John drinks himself to death and Tommy is eventually murdered, presumably by rival gangsters, both within a few years of the acquittal.
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