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Synopsis: Sleepers is a 1996 American legal crime drama film written, produced, and directed by Barry Levinson, and based on Lorenzo Carcaterra's 1995 novel of the same name. The film stars Kevin Bacon, Jason Patric, Brad Pitt, Robert De Niro, Dustin Hoffman, Minnie Driver and Vittorio Gassmann.
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Production: Warner Bros. Pictures
  Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 1 win & 4 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.6
Metacritic:
49
Rotten Tomatoes:
73%
R
Year:
1996
147 min
3,107 Views


She's so beautiful. My God, I could die now and I wouldn't be sad.

When my friends and I were young,

...Hell's Kitchen was run by a man named King Benny.

When he was young, King Benny was a hit man for Lucky Luciano.

Lucky Luciano did a lot of good for this country during World War ll.

But you ain't gonna read about that in any f***ing history book!

There was talk King Benny was the shooter of "Mad Dog Coll"...

...that prick on West rd Street. He ran bootleg with "Dutch" Schultz.

And he opened up a couple of clubs with "Tough Tony" Anastasia.

I was when I first heard about him. The story goes:

As a kid, he wasn't much of anything.

He was always getting the sh*t kicked out of him in street fights.

And then one day, and who the f*** knows why, some Irish guy...

...about years old, he takes King Benny...

...and he flings him down a flight of stairs.

King Benny breaks all his teeth in the front.

You know what King Benny does?

He waits. He waits years...

...to get even with that prick.

He walks into a public bath house.

The guy's soaking in the tub.

King Benny takes out his front teeth. He lays them down on the sink.

Then he looks over at the guy and says,

"When I look in the mirror, I see your face."

Then he pulls out a gun...

...and he shoots the guy twice in each leg.

Then he says to the guy:

"Now, when you take a bath, you see mine."

No one ever f***ed with King Benny after that.

Revenge!

Revenge!

Can I talk to you for a minute?

I'd like to work for you. Help you out, whatever you need.

You're the butcher's kid...am I right?

What kind of a job are you looking for?

Whatever, it doesn't matter.

It doesn't matter?

Everybody says this is the place to come for jobs.

Who is everybody?

People from the neighborhood.

Let me ask you, what the f*** do they know?

They know you got jobs.

Sorry I wasted your time.

Hold on a sec!

Come back tomorrow if you want to work.

-What time tomorrow? -Any time.

You'll be here?

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Barry Levinson

Barry Levinson (born April 6, 1942) is an American filmmaker, screenwriter, and actor. Levinson's best-known works are comedy-drama and drama films such as Diner (1982); The Natural (1984); Good Morning, Vietnam (1987); Bugsy (1991); and Wag the Dog (1997). He won the Academy Award for Best Director for Rain Man (1988) which also won the Academy Award for Best Picture. more…

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