Thirty years later, Sleepers still feels like one of those films that refuses to sit quietly in the past. Directed by Barry Levinson and adapted from Lorenzo Carcaterra’s book, the 1996 drama blended coming-of-age storytelling, prison trauma, revenge, and courtroom tension into something that still feels unusually heavy even now. It’s the kind of movie that lands differently depending on when you watch it. As a teenager, you’re pulled into the younger half of the story. As an adult, it’s the aftermath that really gets you. When Collider spoke with Levinson for the film’s 30th anniversary, the director reflected on how he adapted such difficult material, how he found the balance between the film’s many moving parts, and why credibility mattered more than spectacle in every performance.
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