- Actors: Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, John Beck, Mary Gregory, Don Keefer
- Directors: Woody Allen
- Writers: Woody Allen, Marshall Brickman
- Producers: Charles H. Joffe, Jack Grossberg, Jack Rollins, Marshall Brickman, Ralph Rosenblum
- Format: NTSC
- Language: English, Yiddish
- Number of tapes: 1
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- Studio: MGM (Warner)
- VHS Release Date: April 1 2003
- Run Time: 89 minutes
- Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (41 customer reviews)
- ASIN: 6304196806
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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
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Woody Allen Splapstick on So-So DVD
Sep 11 2003
Format:DVD
Fans of Woody Allen's slapstick comedy should pick it up on this MGM DVD presentation.
The transfer looks a bit soft and grainy throughout the film, but still better than VHS. The sound is presented in mono and that's okay for this Allen film.
As far as bonus materials...there's a trailer.
Kind of a clunker, but if you are in the market for the movie itself, pick it up.
Brilliant, well made, sci-fi satire of the present as well as the future
April 13 2011
Format:DVD
While all of Allen's early comedies are pretty wonderful, this film represents a big leap in technical proficiency. For the first time you sense him really thinking about how the camera is telling the story. And in finding Diane Keaton, Allen was finally paired with an actress who's comedic strengths were a great match for his.
This film relies less on verbal jokes (although there are brilliant lines) and more on visual gags. It almost feels like you're watching a great silent comedy at times.
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Better music too, with jazz taking over from traditional score the first time in Allen's films.
A funny, inventive, sophisticated if sometimes wonderfully silly comedy, with almost no dead moments. For me it represents the beginning of the shift from Allen as a brilliantly funny writer and comic who happened to make films, to becoming one of our very best filmmakers.
This film relies less on verbal jokes (although there are brilliant lines) and more on visual gags. It almost feels like you're watching a great silent comedy at times.
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Better music too, with jazz taking over from traditional score the first time in Allen's films.
A funny, inventive, sophisticated if sometimes wonderfully silly comedy, with almost no dead moments. For me it represents the beginning of the shift from Allen as a brilliantly funny writer and comic who happened to make films, to becoming one of our very best filmmakers.
An excellent movie
April 10 2009
Format:DVD
I love Woody Allen's 1970s movies. I think he is a genius or used to be. Not sure about him now though. But most of his 1970s movies are absolutely brilliant. I loved this movie and if you want a good laugh, watch this. It's a cool comic look at the 21st century and its advantages and disadvantages. I think the whole concept behind his movies is awesome. I always enjoy his works.
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A Spendid Farce.
This is the perfect blend of physical and intellectual comedy. This was back when Woody was great. Diane Keaton is so effervescent that you will not be able to keep your eyes off... Read more
Published on July 19 2004 by Bernard Chapin
An Allen Mix
Sleepers is an Allen movie with a little more. The one-liners are funny, the political jibes are funny, but the Mel Brooks humor and Benny Hill comedy is not part of an Allen... Read more
Published on July 18 2004 by chicoer2003
Funny!
It wears a bit with age, but it is still funny . . very funny. The premise of resuscitation is not yet here, but it is undoubtedly getting closer to a possibility and it will be... Read more
Published on Feb 23 2004 by C Brunner
Woody Allen's best
A man is put into cryogenic freeze & is awaken 1,000 years later to a world ruled by a dictator. He must join an underground rebel group & steal the dictator's nose. Zany!
Published on Jan 17 2004 by McHenry John
Rocks your face off
Sleeper is to rocks your face off good, as 2 Fast 2 Furious is to hungry badger in my pants bad.
Published on Jan 2 2004 by Buck McKay
ONE OF WOODY ALLEN'S FUNNIEST MOVIES.
Woody Allen is a genius. And perhaps his best decade was the 1970's. His early movies were more joke oriented than his later movies, but even tough they have a lot of Woody's... Read more
Published on Oct 27 2003 by Alejandro Cortes
BETTER THEN I REMEMBERED
This movie is better then I remembered. In fact, the only things I remembered about it were the robots and the Orgasmatron (what early teen could forget that mysterious... Read more
Published on Sep 20 2003 by M. R. ZOGLIO
His Funniest Film
By the time this film was released I was already a full fledged Woody fan, based on Bananas and Take the Money and Run. But unlike those two, this film wasn't a series of sketches. Read more
Published on Aug 27 2003 by D. Weisbord
Great Comedy!
I think that this is one of Woody Allen's finest comedies to date. Yes, "Annie Hall" and "Manhattan Murder Mystery" were very funny, this, in my opinion was a great triumph. Read more
Published on Aug 20 2003 by Lisa Verson
Incredibly Entertaining
I rented this movie mainly because I am a big Woody Allen and Diane Keaton fan. This movie did not fail to amaze me in what Woody Allen can do as far as directing, writing, and... Read more
Published on Aug 17 2003 by Lisa Verson
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