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Sleepers is a 1996 legal drama film written, produced, and directed by Barry Levinson, and based on Lorenzo Carcaterra's 1995 novel of the same name.
Lorenzo "Shakes" Carcaterra, Thomas "Tommy" Marcano, Michael Sullivan, and John Reilly are four childhood friends who grew up in Hell's Kitchen, New York City in the mid-1960s. During this time, the local priest, Father Bobby Carillo, plays a very important part in their lives and keeps an eye on them. However, early on they start running small errands for a local gangster, King Benny.
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, Henry Addison, Adam Styler, and Ralph Ferguson. These traumatic events change the boys and their friendship forever.
Fourteen years later, John and Tommy, now gangsters, find Sean Nokes in a Hell's Kitchen pub. After reintroducing themselves to Nokes, they both shoot him dead in front of several witnesses. Mike, now an assistant District Attorney, arranges to be assigned to the case, secretly intending to botch the prosecution to use it as a means of getting revenge. Moreover, he and Shakes begin forging a plan to get their revenge on all the guards who abused them. Together with many of their lifelong friends, especially Carol, a social worker, and King Benny, they manage to carry out their revenge using information on all the Wilkinson guards compiled by Mike previously. They hire Danny Snyder, 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.
Actors: Brigette Davidovici (actress), Madeline Eberhard (editor), Kyle DeSpiegler (actor), Kyle DeSpiegler (actor), Ronald Johnson (actor), Ronald Johnson (writer), Ronald Johnson (composer), Ronald Johnson (director), Patrick Nissim (producer), Lucas Gerken (actor),
Plot: When people first began to dream, there were some who refused to wake up. These Sleepers live forever in dreams, stealing souls from the Earth. Now, Clara must fight for her waking life with some unlikely help from Lucas, her only hope of escape.
Genres: Adventure, Animation, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Short,[Rapper Big Pooh:]
Compared to whom, Pooh is the best this year
I been rockin muh'fuckers since freshman year
You can sit if you want, you can stand and cheer
You can bootleg the album, nigga I don't care!
Right now what we have is a world premier
New and exclusive shit, so sincere
Be prepared, I'm nice with this mic device
Other niggaz do joints and it don't suffice
My advice: quit while I'm way ahead
Meetin up with me twice is a day you dread
I'm sick, no antedote to prescript
You in the mix with a nigga who flip, go all out
And ain't no chance in the world that I'm a stall out
And 'til my God say enough and put the call out
To come now, take your sun away
Get your umbrellas out, rainy day
[Chorus: x2]
You say Pooh the weak link nigga - I don't care!
You can grit, you can stare nigga - I don't care!
You can pop a lot of shit, nigga - I don't care!
You could ask me to quit, nigga - I, don't, care!
It's the most magnifa-gift of a spitter
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I studied this rap shit, no need to mic test
Let me put some issues to rest
Got my label in the state of the rest
'cause I know sum'hin that they don't
That this nigga right HERE, the key to success
Gettin track by Khyrsis, I can put a dollar amount
On many things, but my nigga here is priceless
Yes, I did write this, this is so righteous
This is not hype diss, this is breathe and breath
In the body of the lifeless - damn, it's so necessary!
A cold nigga, born in the month of February
And Rapper Pooh is gettin so scary
I done stepped the game up, your position here is so hairy
I'm a be the one to +Straighten it Out+
C.L. and Pete know what I'm talkin about, and it's like that
[Chorus x2]
[DJ Flash cuts and scratches]
[Milk D:] "I DON'T CARE! "