Sleepers is a movie directed by Barry Levinson in 1996 and based on the book of the same name by Lorenzo Carcaterra, first published in 1995. The movie features Kevin Bacon, Robert De Niro, Dustin Hoffman, Jason Patric, Brad Pitt, Minnie Driver, and others.
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“The movie is neither better nor worse than the book”
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Storyline
Lorenzo Carcaterra, Tommy Marcano, Michael Sullivan, and John Reilly are childhood friends in Hell’s Kitchen in the mid-1960s. However, they start running small errands for a local gangster, King Benny. There, the boys are physically and sexually abused by guards Sean Nokes, Henry Addison, Ralph Ferguson, and Adam Styler.
Movie vs Book
Year
1996
Minutes
147
Movie Rate
7.60
Source: IMDb
Year
1995
Pages
399
Book Rate
8.44
S: Goodreads
Book
Sleepers
Subtitle: A True Story Where Friendship Runs Seeper Than Blood
Author: Lorenzo Carcaterra
Country: USA
First published in: 1995
Length: 399 pages
Genre: Fiction
User polls & recommendations
“I enjoy picturing the characters in the novel and then later, seeing them on the screen, comparing how they're different.”
CAMILLE PERRI (Writer)
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