Sleepers (1996)

Director:

Barry Levinson

Writers (WGA):

Lorenzo Carcaterra (book)
Barry Levinson (screenplay)

Release Date:

18 October 1996 (USA)

Genre:

Crime | Drama | Thriller

Tagline:

When friendship runs deeper than blood

Plot:

After a prank goes disastrously wrong, a group of boys are sent to a detention center where they are brutalized; over 10 years later, they get their chance for revenge.

Plot Keywords:

Humiliation | Rape And Revenge | Ticket Stub | Cruelty | Prank

Awards:

Nominated for Oscar. Another 1 win & 4 nominations

Cast

Kevin Bacon	...	Sean Nokes
Billy Crudup	...	Tommy Marcano
Robert De Niro	...	Father Bobby
Vittorio Gassman	...	King Benny
Minnie Driver	...	Carol Martinez
Dustin Hoffman	...	Danny Snyder
Ron Eldard	...	John Reilly
Joseph Perrino	...	Young Lorenzo 'Shakes' Carcaterra (as Joe Perrino)
Jason Patric	...	Lorenzo 'Shakes' Carcaterra
Geoffrey Wigdor	...	Young John Reilly
Brad Pitt	...	Michael Sullivan
Terry Kinney	...	Ralph Ferguson
Brad Renfro	...	Young Michael Sullivan
Bruno Kirby	...	Shakes' Father
Frank Medrano	...	Fat Mancho
Jonathan Tucker	...	Young Tommy Marcano
Peter Appel	...	Boyfriend
Joseph Attanasio	...	Male Juror (as Joe Attanasio)
Gerry Becker	...	Forensics Expert
Casandra Brooks	...	Young John Reilly's Mother
William Kenneth Butler	...	Juanito (as William Butler)
Eugene Byrd	...	Rizzo
Rose Caiola	...	Juror
Pasquale Cajano	...	Superintendent
Robert W. Castle	...	Priest
John Di Benedetto	...	Tony
Jeffrey Donovan	...	Henry Addison
Drew Eliot	...	Business Man #1
Reuben Larry Elliot	...	Business Man #2
George Georgiadis	...	Hot Dog Vendor
Marco Greco	...	Waiter
Saverio Guerra	...	Man #1
Ben Hammer	...	Judge Weisman
Paul Herman	...	Court Bailiff
Don Hewitt	...	James Caldwell
Frank Inzerillo	...	Hanging Man
Lennie Loftin	...	Adam Styler
Chuck Low	...	Dance Judge
Father Peter Mahoney	...	Priest #2
Ruth Maleczech	...	Woman at Subway Station
Juan Maria Jr.	...	Davy
Daniel Mastrogiorgio	...	Nick Davenport
Mary B. McCann	...	Sister Carolyn
Pat McNamara	...	Guard
Peter McRobbie	...	Lawyer
Conrad Meertins Jr.	...	Inmate #2
Gina Menza	...	Jury Forewoman
Dash Mihok	...	K.C.
Michael P. Moran	...	Judge #1
Rocco Musacchia	...	Salvatore
Mick O'Rourke	...	Man in Tub
Carmine Parisi	...	King Benny's Boy
James Pickens Jr.	...	Marlboro
Wendell Pierce	...	Little Caesar
Salvatore Paul Piro	...	Mimi
Monica Polito	...	Young Carol
Angela Rago	...	Shakes' Mother
Peter Rini	...	Frank Magcicco
Larry Romano	...	Man #2
Gayle Scott	...	Confessional Woman
Tom Signorelli	...	Confessional Man
Henry Stram	...	Prison Doctor
Ralph Tabakin	...	Warden
Mary Testa	...	Nun
Jenique Torres	...	Davy's Sister
Patrick Tull	...	Jerry the Bartender
Aida Turturro	...	Mrs. Salinas
Joe Urla	...	Carson
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Sean Patrick Reilly	...	Young King Benny
Zachary Ansley	...	Burly Man (uncredited)
Michael J. Burg	...	Court Officer (uncredited)
Peter Gerety	...	Juvenile Lawyer (uncredited)
Justin Halliwell	...	Kid in Cafeteria (uncredited)
Michael Harkins	...	Fat Mancho's Buddy #1 (uncredited)
James Rosin	...	Neighborhood man (uncredited)
Todo Segalla	...	Lawyer (uncredited)
Anthony Sinopoli	...	Receiving Communion (uncredited)
John Slattery	...	Fred Carlson (uncredited)
George Vincent	...	Pallbearer (uncredited)

Directed by
Barry Levinson

Writing credits (WGA)
Lorenzo Carcaterra		(book)
Barry Levinson		(screenplay)

Produced by
Lorenzo Carcaterra	....	co-producer
Peter Giuliano	....	executive producer
Steve Golin	....	producer
Barry Levinson	....	producer
Gerrit van der Meer	....	associate producer

Original Music by
John Williams

Cinematography by
Michael Ballhaus

Film Editing by
Stu Linder

Casting by
Louis DiGiaimo

Production Design by
Kristi Zea

Art Direction by
Tim Galvin		(as Timothy Galvin)

Set Decoration by
Beth A. Rubino

Costume Design by
Gloria Gresham

Makeup Department
Jean Ann Black	....	makeup artist: Mr. Pitt (as Jean A. Black)
Verne Caruso	....	additional hair stylist
Scott W. Farley	....	key hair stylist
William A. Farley	....	hair department head
Carl Fullerton	....	makeup department head
Ilona Herman	....	hair stylist: Mr. De Niro
Ilona Herman	....	makeup artist: Mr. De Niro
Christine Leiter	....	key makeup artist
Henry Philip Leto	....	additional hair stylist (as Henry P. Leto)

Production Management
Tim Clawson	....	executive in charge of production
Blair Daily	....	post-production supervisor
Joel Hatch	....	production supervisor
Amy Herman	....	assistant unit production manager
Glenn Kiser	....	post-production supervisor: Propaganda Films
Linda Shamest	....	post-production supervisor
Lucille Smith	....	production supervisor (as Lucille Masone Smith)
Gerrit van der Meer	....	unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Sam Hoffman	....	second assistant director
Joseph P. Reidy	....	first assistant director (as Joe Reidy)
Danielle Rigby	....	second second assistant director
Neri Kyle Tannenbaum	....	second second assistant director
Kristi Zea	....	second unit director

Art Department
Mark Bachman	....	principal signwriter
Joseph Badalucco Jr.	....	on-set dresser (as Joseph Badallucco)
John Canterella	....	set dressing coordinator
Barbara Clark	....	construction office coordinator
William Durnin	....	set dresser
James C. Feng	....	assistant art director
John R. Ford	....	assistant props
Robert Griffon Jr.	....	property master (as Robert J. Griffon Jr.)
Brent Haywood	....	construction foreman
Kalina Ivanov	....	storyboard artist
John R. Johnston	....	construction foreman
Nicholas Lundy	....	assistant art director
Charles E. McCarry	....	assistant art director
John McDonnell	....	assistant property master (as John B. McDonnell)
Ken Nelson	....	construction coordinator
Addison Pettit	....	assistant art director
Chuck Potter	....	buyer (as Charles M. Potter)
Miriam Schapiro	....	art department coordinator
Karl Shefelman	....	storyboard artist
Robert Topol	....	master scenic artist
M. Tony Trotta	....	camera scenic artist (as Tony Trotta)
Dave Weinman	....	lead man (as David Weinman)
Eric M. Klein	....	construction (uncredited)
Timothy Main	....	carpenter (uncredited)
Richard Vilas Montesanto	....	scenic artist (uncredited)
Theodore Suchecki	....	set dresser (uncredited)

Sound Department
Richard Beggs	....	sound designer
David Boulton	....	adr mixer
Lindakay Brown	....	assistant sound editor
Nicole Bugna	....	sound design coordinator
Dean Drabin	....	adr mixer
Tony Eckert	....	foley mixer
Ken Fischer	....	sound effects editor
Sue Fox	....	adr editor
Ben Gold	....	assistant sound editor
J.R. Grubbs	....	assistant sound editor
Lora Hirschberg	....	sound re-recording mixer
Joel Holland	....	sound recordist
Tim Holland	....	supervising sound editor
Richard Hymns	....	additional adr editor
Tod A. Maitland	....	sound mixer
Frank 'Pepe' Merel	....	foley recordist
Gary Rydstrom	....	sound re-recording mixer
Susan Sanford	....	assistant sound editor
Michael Silvers	....	dialogue editor
Ewa Sztompke	....	dialogue editor
Dennie Thorpe	....	foley artist
Jana Vance	....	foley artist
Jerome R. Vitucci	....	boom operator
Hugh Waddell	....	additional adr editor
Marian Wilde	....	foley editor

Special Effects by
Mark Bero	....	special effects assistant
Wilfred Caban	....	special effects foreman
Carmen M. Campolo Jr.	....	special effects assistant
Steven Kirshoff	....	special effects coordinator (as Steve Kirshoff)
Michael Wood	....	special effects assistant

Visual Effects by
Lori Arnold	....	coordinator: ILM
Scott Balcerek	....	visual effects editor
Noel Brevick	....	digital technician: ILM
Eric Chauvin	....	digital matte artist: ILM
Lisa Drostova	....	rotoscope artist: ILM
Amanda K. Montgomery	....	digital technician: ILM (as Amanda Montgomery)
Josh Pines	....	digital compositor: ILM (as Joshua Pines)
Thomas Rosseter	....	compositing supervisor: ILM (as Tom Rosseter)
Heidi Zabit	....	rotoscope artist: ILM

Stunts
Joseph Badalucco Jr.	....	utility stunts (as Joe Badalucco Jr.)
Bob Colletti	....	utility stunts
Danny Downey	....	utility stunts
Michael Finnerty	....	utility stunts (as Mike Finnerty)
Tim Gallin	....	utility stunts
Rusty Hanson	....	utility stunts
Don Hewitt	....	utility stunts
Jery Hewitt	....	stunt coordinator
Dave Martin	....	utility stunts
David Brian Martin	....	stunt double
Michael Russo	....	utility stunts (as Mike Russo)
Derrick Simmons	....	utility stunts
Donald John Hewitt	....	stunt double: Dash Mihok (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Florian Ballhaus	....	camera operator: "a" camera
James Bartolomeo	....	camera trainee
Jerry DeBlau	....	gaffer (as Jerry W. DeBlau)
Michael Finnerty	....	grip (as Mike Finnerty)
Brian Fitzsimons	....	best boy grip (as Brian J. Fitzsimons)
Dennis Gamiello	....	key grip
Peter Girolami	....	electrician
Brian Hamill	....	still photographer
Larry Huston	....	steadicam assistant
Edward W. Lowry	....	dolly grip (as Edward Lowry)
John Lowry	....	key rigging grip
Martin Lowry	....	dolly grip: "b" camera
Bobby Mancuso	....	first assistant camera: "b" camera
Larry McConkey	....	steadicam operator
Kevin McKenna	....	video assist operator
Peter Norman	....	camera operator: "b" camera
Tim Norman	....	second assistant camera: "b" camera
Heather Norton	....	second assistant camera: "a" camera (as Heather M. Norton)
Michael Papadapolous	....	electrician
John Petraglia	....	best boy electric
Noah Prince	....	rigging electrician
Lowell Schulman	....	electrician
Susan Starr	....	first assistant camera: "a" camera
Kevin P. Williams	....	second rigging grip
John Bonnin	....	crane operator: Akela crane (uncredited)
Gábor Kövér	....	camera operator: "b" camera (uncredited)
Eric Leigh	....	electrician (uncredited)
Anthony S. Lenzo	....	underwater camera operator (uncredited)
Dan Mahoney	....	rigging grip (uncredited)
Mark Melendez	....	electrician (uncredited)

Casting Department
Lou DiGiaimo Jr.	....	casting associate (as Louis J. DiGiaimo Jr.)
Brett Goldstein	....	casting associate
Marco Greco	....	casting associate
Grant Wilfley	....	extras casting
Susanna Lo	....	casting associate (uncredited)
Jamie Mullins	....	casting assistant (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Daniel J. Adkins	....	extras set costumer
Cathie Filian	....	costumer (as Catherine Bush Cain)
Joan Kaufman	....	costume buyer
Wallace G. Lane Jr.	....	costume assistant
Marcia Patten	....	extras wardrobe supervisor
Lauren Press	....	costumer: women
Chuck Velasco	....	costume supervisor
Michael Anzalone	....	set wardrobe (uncredited)
Jan Finnell	....	costumer (uncredited)
Harvey Hubbell V	....	wardrobe assistant (uncredited)
Roseann Milano	....	wardrobe (uncredited)

Editorial Department
Blair Daily	....	associate editor
Mark Daily	....	first assistant editor
John F. Lyons	....	apprentice editor
David Orr	....	color timer
Amanda Pollack	....	assistant editor (uncredited)

Music Department
Sandy DeCrescent	....	orchestra contractor
Allan Mason	....	songs supervisor
Susan McLean	....	score recordist
Shawn Murphy	....	score mixer
John Neufeld	....	orchestrator
Frankie Pine	....	music clearance
Dawn Soler	....	executive in charge of music: PolyGram Filmed Entertainment
James Thatcher	....	musician
Kenneth Wannberg	....	music editor (as Ken Wannberg)
Mike Deasy	....	musician: guitar (uncredited)

Transportation Department
Henry S. Avelin	....	transportation co-captain (as Henry Avelin)
John Featherstone	....	driver
Kevin Flynn	....	transportation co-captain
William K. Gaskins	....	driver (as Willie Gaskins)
Kevin Keefe	....	transportation captain (as Kevin K. Keefe)
Steven Szucs	....	driver
Francis Volpe	....	driver
Bobby Marsh	....	driver (uncredited)

Other crew
Toni Baffo	....	assistant: Mr. Levinson, post-production
Jill Bianchini	....	assistant: Mr. Pitt
Brian Brown	....	craft service
Lashan Browning	....	assistant: Mr. Guilano
Cynthia Carriere	....	production assistant (as Cynthia Doyle Carriere)
Robin Chambers	....	assistant: Mr. DeNiro
Alex Cohn	....	locations department
Timothy Donohue	....	production assistant (as Timothy S. Donohue)
Kevin P. Faherty	....	set supervisor (as Kevin Paul Faherty)
Kate Fujimoto	....	production assistant
Marlus Harding	....	production office assistant (as Marlus C. Harding)
Stephen Hauser	....	assistant: Mr. Levinson
Ellen Hofstadter	....	accounting supervisor (as Ellen Hofstadter-Shapiro)
Barrett Hong	....	shop supervisor (as Barrett P. Hong)
Mark Kamine	....	locations department
Danielle Katz	....	production assistant
Nancy Kolomitz	....	production assistant
Adam Leichtman	....	production assistant
Joseph Lombardi	....	payroll accountant
Mary McCusker	....	acting coach
Charles Mcdonald	....	title designer
Kiersten Pilar Miller	....	production assistant
Tim Monich	....	dialect coach
John P. Murchison III	....	production secretary
Rocco Musacchia	....	community relations
Eric Myers	....	unit publicist
Christine M. Norton	....	assistant: Mr. Hoffman
Sargent Pillsbury	....	assistant: Mr. Coin
Julie Pitkanen	....	script supervisor
Michael Pitt	....	production assistant
Angela Quiles	....	production coordinator
Shea Rowan	....	key set production assistant
Robin F. Samson	....	locations department
Howard Samuelsohn	....	dialect coach
Bart Schoudel	....	production office assistant
Jonathan Schwartz	....	location assistant
Gary Scott	....	locations department
Jonathan H. Shaw	....	production assistant
Shawnna Thibodeau	....	production assistant
Joseph Zolfo	....	location assistant
Steve Altes	....	stand-in: Mr. Eldard (uncredited)
John D. Bair	....	stand-in: Kevin Bacon (uncredited)
Leonard John Bruno	....	clearance and product placement (uncredited)
Michael Kriaris	....	location scout (uncredited)
Charlie Puritano	....	researcher (uncredited)
Abdur Rahman	....	production assistant (uncredited)
Jodi Shapera	....	first assistant accountant (uncredited)
Marce Sterner	....	location scout (uncredited)
Melissa Unger	....	personal assistant: Robert De Niro (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Baltimore Pictures
• Polygram Filmed Entertainment
• Propaganda Films
• Warner Bros. Pictures

Distributors

• Warner Bros. Pictures (1996) (USA) (theatrical)
• American Broadcasting Company (ABC) (2000) (USA) (TV) (broadcast premiere)
• Abril Vídeo (Brazil) (VHS)
• Ascot Elite Entertainment Group (1996) (Switzerland) (theatrical)
• Astro Distribution (1998) (Germany) (video) (laserdisc)
• Columbia TriStar Home Video (Australia) (VHS)
• NTV-PROFIT
• Pinema (1996) (Turkey) (all media)
• PolyGram Film Distribution (1996) (France) (theatrical)
• PolyGram Filmed Entertainment (1997) (Germany) (theatrical)
• PolyGram Filmed Entertainment (1997) (UK) (theatrical)
• REP Distribution (1996) (Australia) (theatrical)
• Sogepaq Distribución (1996) (Spain) (theatrical)
• Vitória Filmes (1996) (Portugal) (theatrical)

Special Effects

• Industrial Light & Magic (ILM) (special visual effects)

Other Companies

• ARRI  ARRI 535 cameras
• Buena Vista Negative Cutting  negative matching (as Buena Vista Negative Cutters)
• Daily News, The  vintage newspapers
• Du Art Film Laboratories  color (as DuArt)
• Howard Anderson Company, The  titles and opticals
• Irish Guardian Service  security
• Jo Anne Kane Music Services  music preparation
• Mitchell, Silberberg & Knupp  legal services
• Movie Movers  star trailers
• Movie Movers  transportation
• NBC News Archives  archival footage
• Panavision  cameras and lenses
• Panavision  photographic equipment (as Panavision New York)
• Philips Records  soundtrack released by
• Skywalker Sound  post-production sound
• Sony Pictures Studios  music recorded at
• Technicolor  prints
• Todd-AO Scoring Stage  music score mixed at

MPAA:

Rated R for language, graphic violence and two scenes of strong sexual content.

Runtime:

147 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White | Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

SDDS | DTS | Dolby Digital

Certification:

Singapore:M18 | Iceland:16 | Philippines:PG-13 | Australia:MA | Canada:14 (Nova Scotia) | Canada:AA (Ontario) | Finland:K-16 | France:-12 | Germany:16 (bw) | Italy:T | Netherlands:16 | Norway:15 | Portugal:M/16 | South Korea:18 | Spain:18 | Sweden:15 | UK:15 (original rating) | UK:18 (video rating) (1997) | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Cafe Elysian - 1001 Washington Street, Hoboken, New Jersey, USA

Company:

Baltimore Pictures

Trivia:

Kevin Bacon never actually met his co-stars De Niro and Hoffman during the production because of the logistics of the shoot.

Goofs:

Crew or equipment visible: When the boys sit around a table and decide to keep quiet after Wilkinson, the camera's shadow can be seen on Tommy's face and John's back. It moves as the shot tracks around the table.

Quotes:

Lorenzo: The future lay sparkling ahead, and we thought we would know each other forever.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Saturday Night Live: Bill Pullman/New Edition (#22.3)" (1996)

Soundtrack:

Memories Are Made Of This