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Where was Sleepers filmed?

1996 film, directed by Barry Levinson.

  • Connecticut

The story is set in New York City, about 92 miles (147 km) from where it was filmed.

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Where it’s set vs. where it was filmed

Set in
New York City
Filmed in
Connecticut
Distance
About 92 miles (147 km) between New York City and the nearest filming location.
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About Sleepers

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Released
1996
Director
Barry Levinson
Cast
Kevin BaconRobert De NiroVittorio GassmanJason PatricBrad PittBrad RenfroMinnie DriverBilly CrudupRon Eldard
Genre
CrimeNeo-noirBuddyRape And RevengeDrama

In Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan in the summer of 1967, childhood friends Lorenzo "Shakes" Carcaterra, Tommy Marcano, Michael Sullivan and John Reilly are running small errands for local gangster "King" Benny.

During their incarceration, the boys experience sexual abuse and torture from guards Sean Nokes, Henry Addison, Ralph Ferguson and Adam Styler.

In the spring of 1968, shortly before his release, Shakes suggests they publicly report the abuse but the others refuse, thinking no one would believe or care about such a report.

Famous lines from Sleepers

Could you name the film from one of these? Famous lines turn up in the daily game.

  • Joseph Addison, Cato, A Tragedy, Act V, scene 1.Sleepers
  • Sir Thomas Browne, Religio Medici, Part II, Section XII.Sleepers
  • Miguel de Cervantes, Don Quixote, Part II, Chapter LXVIII.Sleepers
  • Laugh and the world laughs with you, snore and you sleep alone.Sleepers
  • Since the Brother of Death daily haunts us with dying mementoes.Sleepers

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