Sleeper (1973) USA
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Director:Woody Allen
Studio:MGM (Video & DVD)
Producer:Bruno Wagner, Jessica Hausner
Writer:Woody Allen, Marshall Brickman
Rating:4.5
Rated:PG
Date Added:2006-03-27
ASIN:0792846117
UPC:0027616850157
Price:$14.95
Awards:2 wins & 2 nominations
Genre:Satire
Release:2000-05-07
IMDb:0070707
Duration:87
Picture Format:Widescreen
Aspect Ratio:1.85:1
Sound:Mono
Languages:English, Yiddish
Subtitles:Spanish, French
Features:Anamorphic
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Woody Allen  ...  (Director)
Woody Allen, Marshall Brickman  ...  (Writer)
 
Diane Keaton  ...  Luna Schlosser
Woody Allen  ...  Miles Monroe
John Beck  ...  Erno Windt
Mary Gregory  ...  Dr. Melik
Don Keefer  ...  Dr. Tryon
John McLiam  ...  Dr. Aragon
Bartlett Robinson  ...  Dr. Orva
Chris Forbes  ...  Rainer Krebs
Mews Small  ...  Dr. Nero (as Marya Small)
Peter Hobbs  ...  Dr. Dean
Susan Miller  ...  Ellen Pogrebin
Lou Picetti  ...  M.C.
Jessica Rains  ...  Woman in the mirror
Brian Avery  ...  Herald Cohen
Spencer Milligan  ...  Jeb Hrmthmg
Howard Cosell  ...  
Comments: A love story about two people who hate each other. 200 years in the future.

Summary: If Interiors was Woody Allen's Bergman movie, and Stardust Memories was his Fellini movie, then you could say that Sleeper is his Buster Keaton movie. Relying more on visual/conceptual/slapstick gags than his trademark verbal wit, Sleeper is probably the funniest of what would become known as Allen's "early, funny films" and a milestone in his development as a director. Allen plays Miles Monroe, cryogenically frozen in 1973 (he went into the hospital for an ulcer operation) and unthawed 200 years later. Society has become a sterile, Big Brother-controlled dystopia, and Miles joins the underground resistance--joined by a pampered rich woman (Diane Keaton at her bubbliest). Among the most famous gags are Miles's attempt to impersonate a domestic-servant robot; the Orgasmatron, a futuristic home appliance that provides instant pleasure; a McDonald's sign boasting how-many-trillions served; and an inflatable suit that provides the means for a quick getaway. The kooky unthawing scenes were later blatantly (and admittedly) ripped off by Mike Myers in Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery. --Jim Emerson