| Sleeper | |
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| Directed by | Woody Allen |
| Produced by | Jack Grossberg |
| Written by | Woody Allen Marshall Brickman |
| Starring | Woody Allen Diane Keaton Maria Small Susan Miller |
| Editing by | Ralph Rosenblum |
| Distributed by | United Artists |
| Release date(s) | 1973 |
| Running time | 88 minutes |
| Language | English |
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Sleeper (1973) is a futuristic science fiction comedy film, written by, directed by, and starring Woody Allen. Woody Allen (born Allan Stewart Konigsberg; December 1 1935 is an American Film director, Writer, Actor, Comedian, and Woody Allen (born Allan Stewart Konigsberg; December 1 1935 is an American Film director, Writer, Actor, Comedian, and Marshall Brickman (born August 25 1941 in Rio de Janeiro Brazil) is an Academy Award winning screenwriter best known for his collaborations Woody Allen (born Allan Stewart Konigsberg; December 1 1935 is an American Film director, Writer, Actor, Comedian, and Diane Keaton (born Diane Hall on January 5 1946 is an Oscar -winning American film Actress, director and producer Susan Miller (born March 22, 1947 in New York City) is an American model and actress. Ralph Rosenblum ( October 13, 1925 – September 6, 1995) was a renowned film editor who worked extensively with the directors Sidney Lumet This article is about the film studio Previously it was affiliated with a cinema chain bearing its name now owned by Regal Entertainment Group. The year 1973 in film involved some significant events Events The Marx Brothers ' Zeppo Marx divorces his second English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States The year 1973 in film involved some significant events Events The Marx Brothers ' Zeppo Marx divorces his second Comedy (from the Greek κωμωδίαkomodia has a popular meaning (any discourse generally intended to amuse especially in Television, Film, and Woody Allen (born Allan Stewart Konigsberg; December 1 1935 is an American Film director, Writer, Actor, Comedian, and It is loosely based on the H. G. Wells novel The Sleeper Awakes. Herbert George Wells (21 September 1866 &ndash 13 August 1946 He was an outspoken socialist and a pacifist, his later works becoming increasingly political 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
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Plot
In the movie, The Happy Carrot health food store owner Miles Monroe (Woody Allen) is hospitalized in Saint Vincent's Hospital in Manhattan for an ulcer operation (having gone into the hospital for a check of a peptic ulcer), but ends up in the liquid nitrogen tanks of an immortality institution. Ulcers are healing wounds that develop on the skin mucous membranes or eye A peptic ulcer, also known as PUD or peptic ulcer disease, is an Ulcer (defined as mucosal erosions equal to or greater than 0 Liquid nitrogen (liquid density at the Triple point is 0707 g/mL is the liquid produced industrially in large quantities by Fractional distillation of He is revived 200 years later in the year 2173 by a subversive organization, as he is the only member of this society without a known biometric identity. Biometrics ( ancient Greek: bios life metron measure refers to two very different fields of study and application The authorities question a power surge at the institute and although Monroe is arrested, he escapes and lives on the run. Monroe joins the rebels as an action commando with the idle Luna Schlosser (Diane Keaton, in a role similar to the one she played in Manhattan). Diane Keaton (born Diane Hall on January 5 1946 is an Oscar -winning American film Actress, director and producer Manhattan is a 1979 Romantic comedy film about Isaac Davis ( Woody Allen) a twice-divorced 42-year-old comedy writer dating a 17-year-old
The dictatorial leader of the society has been killed by a rebel bomb, but this has not been revealed publicly. A dictator is an Authoritarian ruler (eg Absolutist or autocratic) who assumes sole and absolute power without hereditary ascension such as an Absolute The only surviving body part is the leader's nose. Anatomically a nose is a protuberance in Vertebrates that houses the Nostrils or nares which admit and expel air for respiration in conjunction with the It is the intent of the administration to clone the leader from this single remaining part, an endeavor known as the Aires Project. Cloning in Biology is the process of producing populations of genetically-identical individuals that occurs in nature when organisms such as Bacteria, Insects A rebel group led by the charismatic Erno Windt (John Beck) intends to disrupt this attempt by stealing and "assassinating" the nose. John Beck (born 28 January 1943 in Chicago, Illinois, United States) is an American actor The unidentifiable Miles Monroe, the only man with no identity in this future age, is essential to accomplishing this task.
This early Allen movie features some memorable concepts, such as Orgasmatron booths (and the related Intoxication orbs passed around at parties), confessional robots, bioengineered hydroponic vegetables (without any other part of the plant) such as hose-fed bananas as large as a canoe, and the cloning of vital organs and entire persons. The Orgasmatron is a fictional electromechanical device that appears in the 1973 movie Sleeper, which also shows the effects of a related device A confessional is a small enclosed booth used for the Sacrament of Penance, often called Confession, or Reconciliation A robot is a mechanical or Virtual Artificial agent In practice it is usually an electro-mechanical system which by its appearance or movements Bioengineering (also known as Biological Engineering is the application of Engineering principles to address challenges in the fields of Biology and Medicine Hydroponics (from the Greek words hydro (water and ponos (labour is a method of growing Plants using mineral Nutrient solutions without For the fruit see Banana. For other meanings see Banana (disambiguation. A canoe is a small narrow Boat, typically human-powered though it may also be powered by sails or small electric or gas motors Many things thought unhealthy in Monroe's time (including deep-fried fatty foods and smoking) are known by future scientists to be extremely good for you. Sometime between Monroe's time in the late 20th century and 2173 there was nuclear warfare, caused "when a man named Albert Shanker got hold of a nuclear device", and due to which much history is obscure or lost. The twentieth century of the Common Era began on Albert Shanker ( September 14, 1928 &ndash February 22, 1997) was President of the United Federation of Teachers from 1964 to 1984 2173 historians show Monroe some surviving 20th century artifacts (such as a set of novelty wind-up chattering teeth and a crumpled photograph of Joseph Stalin) and ask for explanations. Joseph Stalin ( ნამდვილი გვარი ჯუღაშვილი|Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili; March 5 1953 was General Secretary of the Communist Party The historians have developed mistaken theories about Howard Cosell and Richard Nixon, which Miles doesn't have the heart to refute. Howard William Cosell (born Howard William Cohen; March 25 1918 - April 23 1995 was an American sports journalist Holding a photo: "This is Bela Lugosi. Béla Lugosi (October 20 1882 &ndash August 16 1956 was an iconic Hungarian stage and film actor best known for his portrayal of Count Dracula in the American He was the mayor of New York". Regarding a photo of Nixon: "I'm not sure who he is, but every time he left the White House they counted the silverware".
Jokes include: Robots programmed to behave like Jewish tailors and gay butlers; PhDs in oral sex; a McDonald's restaurant with the sign "Over 795,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 Served" (a total of fifty-one 0's, or 795 sexdecillion); and an abandoned 200-year old Volkswagen Beetle that starts up instantly. PLEASE TAKE NOTE************ A tailor is a person whose occupation is to sew and scissor menswear style jackets and the skirts or trousers that go with them In the English language, gay is an Adjective that in modern usage refers to Homosexuality. Oral sex refers to sexual activities involving the use of the Mouth, and may include use of the Tongue, Teeth, and Throat, in order Names of numbers larger than a quadrillion are almost never used for reasons discussed further below
Different cuts of the movie
There are two known cuts of Sleeper. The first, seemingly original cut, contains a dinner scene shortly after Miles (Allen) and Luna (Keaton) return to the house where Miles was originally taken after revival. In the dialogue-less scene, Miles eats in time with a piano soundtrack while Luna watches him in amazement. In another cut distributed in the US, this scene is absent but another, in which Miles shaves using a high-tech mirror and accidentally tunes into the view from the mirror in another bathroom, is present in its place. The latter cut is on the MGM 2000 DVD, which has both a widescreen and full-screen version of the film, a trailer, Spanish dubbing, and French subtitles.
Production and trivia
- The movie was filmed in and around Denver, Colorado. The City and County of Denver (pronounced /ˈdɛnvɚ/ is the Capital and the most populous city of Colorado, in the United States The outdoor shots of the hospital were filmed at the Mesa Laboratory of the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colorado. The National Center for Atmospheric Research ( NCAR) is a non-governmental U Boulder is a Home Rule Municipality that is the County seat and most populous city of Boulder County, Colorado, in the United States The Sculptured House, designed by architect Charles Deaton, is a private home known locally as the "Sleeper House" or "Flying Saucer House" located on Genesee Mountain near Genesee Park, west of Denver. The Sculptured House, also known to locals as the Clamshell House Sleeper House or Flying Saucer House is a distinctive elliptical curved house built on Genesee Mountain Charles U Deaton (January 1 1921-December 18 1996 was an architect who designed the futuristic Sculptured House featured in Sleeper (movie and first came up with [1]
- The title alludes to the classic science fiction novel When the Sleeper Wakes by H. G. Wells which also deals with a man in suspended animation who awakens in a dictatorial future against which he rebels. A novel (from Italian novella, Spanish novela, French nouvelle for "new" "news" or "short story 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 Herbert George Wells (21 September 1866 &ndash 13 August 1946 He was an outspoken socialist and a pacifist, his later works becoming increasingly political Suspended animation is the slowing of life processes by external means without termination However, the plots of Allen's film and Wells' novel otherwise have few similarities. (In the Critical Text of When the Sleeper Wakes, Leon Stover states that Woody Allen actually took over the rights to Wells' book for United Artists and "wildly distorted it" in making the film Sleeper. )
- According to his book Woody Allen on Woody Allen, he originally wanted to do a 3 hour film, Part 1 of it being a New York comedy, the second half taking place in the future. The project was actually greenlit, however Allen decided to abandon the first half and just do the second.
- The soundtrack music is in New Orleans traditional jazz style, by the Preservation Hall Jazz Band with Allen sitting in on clarinet. Music is an Art form in which the medium is Sound organized in Time. New Orleans (nʲuːˈɔrliənz nʲuːˈɔrlənz French: La Nouvelle-Orléans) is a major United States port city and the largest city in Louisiana Trad jazz short for "traditional jazz" is a Music genre popular in Britain and Australia from the 1940s onward through the 1950s and which still Preservation Hall is a noted Jazz performance hall located at 726 St The clarinet is a Musical instrument in the Woodwind family The name derives from adding the suffix -et meaning little to the Italian word
- In 2000, readers of Total Film magazine voted Sleeper the 30th greatest comedy film of all time. 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. Total Film, published by Future Publishing, is the United Kingdom 's second best-selling Film Magazine.
- Also in 2000, the American Film Institute listed Sleeper 80th among its 100 Years… 100 Laughs. The American Film Institute ( AFI) is an independent Non-profit organization created by the National Endowment for the Arts, which was established in 1967 Part of the AFI 100 Years series, AFI's 100 Years 100 Laughs is a list of the top 100 comedy movies in American cinema
- The Internet Movie Database lists Douglas Rain as, "Evil computer/Various robot butlers (voice)(uncredited)," which was Woody Allen's comedic homage to the movie 2001: A Space Odyssey. Douglas Rain is a Canadian Actor and narrator who was born in 1928 in Winnipeg, Manitoba. 2001 A Space Odyssey is a 1968 Science fiction film directed by Stanley Kubrick, written by Kubrick and Arthur C Rain provided the voice of the computer HAL 9000. HAL 9000 ( Heuristically programmed ALgorithmic Computer is a fictional Computer in Arthur C
- The Church of the Risen Christ in Denver, known as the "ski-jump" church due to its unusual high pitched roof angle, was featured in the opening scene of the movie, according to church construction contractor Johns Manville Worldwide.
Quotes
- Miles: "Don't you see? Political solutions never work! That's what I've been trying to tell you! In six months, we'll be stealing Erno's nose!"
- Historian (showing Miles a tape of Howard Cosell): "We have a theory, that whenever a citizen committed a crime against the state, they were forced to watch this. Howard William Cosell (born Howard William Cohen; March 25 1918 - April 23 1995 was an American sports journalist "
- Miles: "Yes, that's exactly what that was. "
- Miles: "I bought Polaroid stock at seven, it must be up millions by now!"
- (N. Polaroid Corporation was founded in 1937 by Edwin H Land. It is most famous for its Instant film Cameras which reached the market in 1948 and B. At the time of the film's release in 1973, Polaroid was a high-flier but the company eventually filed for bankruptcy in 2001. )
- Miles: "My brain. . . that's my second favorite organ!"
- Miles (when asked by Luna what the phrase "register commies, not guns" meant): "Oh, he was probably a member of the National Rifle Association. The National Rifle Association, or NRA, is a non-profit ( 501(c(4) group dedicated to the protection of the Second Amendment of the It was a group that helped criminals get guns so they could shoot citizens. It was a public service. "
- Miles "It's a 200-year-old Volkswagen!" (Car starts instantly. ) "Wow, they really built these things, didn't they?"
- In the back seat of the Volkswagen is a newspaper with the headline "Pope's Wife Has Twins".
- In the film's German dub, the above Volkswagen scene provided for a special in-joke particularly for German audiences as after the car starts, it is Miles's chance to satisfiedly utter Volkswagen's original German slogan for the bug that they used for decades and that remains one of the most popular commercial slogans in Germany of all: "Tja. . . 'Läuft und läuft und läuft!'!" (lit. "(It) runs and runs and runs. ") The irony lies in that Volkswagen's German slogan was actually meant to claim thereby that their cars were truly built "for all eternity".
- Dr. Melik: (listing items Miles had requested for breakfast) ". . . wheat germ, organic honey, and. . . Tiger's Milk. "
- Dr. Aragon: "Oh, yes. Those are the charmed substances that some years ago were thought to contain life-preserving properties. "
- Dr. Melik: "You mean there was no deep fat? No steak or cream pies or. . . hot fudge?"
- Dr. Aragon: "Those were thought to be unhealthy. . . precisely the opposite of what we now know to be true. "
- Dr. Melik: "Incredible!"
References
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