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Sleepers (1996)

★ 7.6 · 3,834 ratings on TMDB

Four friends have made a mistake that will change their lives forever.

Sleepers poster★ 7.6

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.

DirectorBarry Levinson
CastBilly Crudup, Brad Pitt, Brad Renfro, Bruno Kirby, Dustin Hoffman, Jason Patric
GenresCrime, Drama, Thriller
The emergence reading

Sleepers keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8/E10/E11 of the E0–E14 reality ladder.

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Same subject, different rung

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Same people

Shared director or cast.

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