Sleeper

Sleeper is a 1973 futuristic science fiction comedy film, written by Woody Allen and Marshall Brickman, and directed by Allen. The plot involves the adventures of the owner (played by Woody Allen) of a health food store who is cryogenically frozen in 1973 and defrosted 200 years later in an inept totalitarian state. The film contains many elements which parody notable works of science fiction. Miles Monroe (Woody Allen), a jazz musician and owner... More
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Initial release date:

  • Dec 17, 1973

Directed by:

Rating:

PG (USA)

Runtime:

  • 1 h 28 min

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Screenplay by:

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Also known as:

  • Sleeper

Film

Directed by

Woody Allen

Woody Allen (born Allan Stewart Konigsberg, December 1, 1935) is an award-winning American screenwriter, director, actor, comedian, author, and playwright, whose career spans over half a century. He began as a comedy writer in the 1950s, penning jokes and scripts for television and also publishing...

Tagline:

  • Woody Allen takes a nostalgic look at the future.

Genres:

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Release date(s):

Film release region Release Date Film release distribution medium
  • Dec 17, 1973
  • Jul 5, 2000
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Production design by:

Runtime:

  • 1 h 28 min
  • 1 h 27 min
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Estimated budget:

Currency Amount
  • 2,000,000

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Awards

Awards Won:

Year Award Award Winner
  • 1974
  • 1974
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Appears in ranked lists:

List Rank Year Note
  • 80
  • 2000
  • 1,752
  • Apr 25, 2010
  • 6.5
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AFI's 100 Years... 100 Laughs of 2000

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Adapted From

The Sleeper Awakes

The Sleeper Awakes (1910) is a dystopian novel by H. G. Wells about a man who sleeps for two hundred and three years, waking up in a completely transformed London, where, because of compound interest on his bank accounts, he has become the richest man in the world. The main character awakes to see...

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