- published: 29 Aug 2015
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Wide Awake is a 1998 comedy-drama film written and directed by M. Night Shyamalan and produced by Cathy Konrad and Cary Woods. The film stars Denis Leary, Dana Delany, Joseph Cross and Rosie O'Donnell. Wide Awake also features Julia Stiles in one of her earliest roles as the main character's teenage sister, Neena.
Although it was made in 1995, the film was not released until 1998. The script was written in 1991. It was nominated for "Best Family Feature — Drama" and "Best Performance in a Feature Film — Leading Young Actor" at the 1999 Young Artist Awards. Shyamalan has described Wide Awake as a comedy that he hoped would also make people cry.
During his year in the fifth grade, ten-year-old Joshua Beal (Joseph Cross) begins a personal search to find answers about life and death — a journey triggered by the passing of his beloved grandfather (Robert Loggia).
Josh attends Waldron Mercy Academy, a private Catholic boys' school. The adults in his world have not been able to convince him that his grandfather is in good hands, so he sets out on a personal mission to find God. In their varying ways he is guided on his metaphorical journey by his best friend Dave (Timothy Reifsnyder) and a baseball-loving nun (Rosie O'Donnell) who teaches at his school.
That time you woke up in the night, you felt cold and you started to tremble
Reborn in me oh merciful life
You deserve a better way
Don't let the universe stomp on you
Fuck!
No chance to run away from this guillotine
"Remember you'll always be unique"
Wasted words whispered in a rainy night,
When haze caressed your face, and your voice moved me to tears
Fight!
Fight for freedom
Fight for your life
Fight with the soul
Defend yourself
I am forsaken, I am impure
Purify my sins, give me a sense of existence,
Give me a future, show me the way to follow
That time you woke up in the night, you felt cold and you started to tremble
Reborn in me oh merciful life
Fight!
Fight for freedom
Fight for your life
Fight with the soul
Defend yourself
I am forsaken, I am impure
Purify my sins, give me a sense of existence,
Give me a future, show me the way to follow
When you think things are going badly be prepared for the worst,
So be prepared to live the worst time of your life