WSR Detailed LaserDisc Review

Sleepers
Genre:Drama

Reviewed In Issue 25 Of Widescreen Review® Stars:
Kevin Bacon, Robert De Niro, Dustin Hoffman, Bruno Kirby, Jason Patric, Brad Pitt, Brad Renfro, Minnie Driver

WSR Review Scores
Picture Rating: 4.5
Sound Rating: 5
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DVD General Information
(Studio/Distributor): Warner Home Video
(Catalog Number): 14482
(MPAA Rating): R
(Retail Price): $39.98
(Running Time In Minutes): 148
(Color Type): Color
(Chaptered/Scene Access): Yes
(Closed Captioned): Yes
(Theatrical Release): 1996
(LD Release Date):
(THX® Digitally Mastered):

Credits Information
(Director): Barry Levinson
(Screenplay/Written By): Barry Levinson
(Story): NA
(Music): John Williams
(Director Of Photography):
(Production Designer): Kristi Zea
(Visual Effects):
(Costume Designer):
(Editor): Stu Linder
(Supervising Sound Editors):
(Re-Recording Mixers):
(Executive Producers): Peter Giuliano
(Co-Producers): Lorenzo Carcaterra
(Producers): Barry Levinson & Steve Golin

DVD Picture Information
(Principal Photography):
(Theatrical Aspect Ratio): 2.35:1
(Measured LaserDisc Aspect Ratio): 2.42:1

DVD Sound Information
(DVD Soundtrack): Dolby Digital Surround
(Theatrical Sound): DTS, SDDS & Dolby Digital
(Theatrical Re-Issue Soundtrack):
(Remastered Dolby Digital): No
(Remastered DTS Digital Surround): No
(Additional Languages):

WSR Narrative Review
Story Synopsis:
Based on the controversial best selling novel by Lorenzo Carcaterra, this film is a gripping and dramatic suspense thriller that begins with a youthful prank gone bad in Hell’s Kitchen New York, 1966. The four young boys are sentenced to the Wilkinson School for Boys, where their dignity is stripped by its sadistic, sexually predatory guards. Fifteen years later, they encounter an unexpected opportunity to get revenge on the system that did not protect them.

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LaserDisc Soundtrack:
(Surround Bass Below 50Hz): Yes
(Aggressive System Surround): Yes
(Intense 25Hz Bass): No
(Deep Bass Challenging): No
(Aggressive 0.1 LFE):
(Holosonic Soundfield): Yes
(Aggressive Split Surround): Yes
(Center Back Surround Imaging): No
(Directionalized Dialogue): No
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Superb Color Fidelity:
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