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Waking Life

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Transcending the boundaries of technology and imagination, 'Waking Life' is a revolutionary breakthrough in film animation. It tells the story of a man who shuffles through a dream meeting various people and discussing the meanings and purposes of the universe.

Genre:

Drama, Animation, Fantasy

Actors:

Trevor Jack Brooks, Lorelei Linklater, Wiley Wiggins, Glover Gill, Lara Hicks, Ames Asbell, Leigh Mahoney, Sara Nelson, Jeanine Attaway, Erik Grostic, Bill Wise, ...»

Director:

Richard Linklater

Country:

United States

Release:

2001

IMDb:

7.6

Quality:

Duration:

99 min

KEYWORDS:

#Ethan Hawke #Lorelei Linklater #Richard Linklater #Trevor Jack Brooks #Waking Life

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ACTORS OF "Waking Life"

Trevor Jack Brooks

Lorelei Linklater

29 May 1994, San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, Mexico

Wiley Wiggins

6 November 1976, Austin, Texas, USA

14 September 1942, Detroit, Michigan, USA

Kim Krizan

1 November 1961, Hawthorne, California, USA

Eamonn Healy

J.C. Shakespeare

Ethan Hawke

6 November 1970, Austin, Texas, USA

Julie Delpy

21 December 1969, Paris, France

Charles Gunning

12 April 1951, Waxahachie, Texas, USA

David Sosa

Alex Jones

11 February 1974, Dallas, Texas, USA

Otto Hofmann

9 December 1918, Kyle, Texas, USA

Aklilu Gebrewold

Carol Dawson

12 October 1951, Corsicana, Texas, USA

Lisa Moore

Steve Fitch

Louis Mackey

24 September 1926, Sidney, Ohio, USA

29 July 1957, Port Arthur, Texas, USA

29 April 1960, Washington, District of Columbia, USA

David Jewell

Adam Goldberg

25 October 1970, Santa Monica, California, USA

Nicky Katt

11 May 1970, South Dakota, USA

Jason Liebrecht

11 July 1973, Austin, Texas, USA

Timothy 'Speed' Levitch

9 July 1970, New York City, New York, USA

Steve Brudniak

Marta Banda

Steven Soderbergh

14 January 1963, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

1950, New York City, New York, USA

Richard Linklater

30 July 1960, Houston, Texas, USA

DIRECTORS OF "Waking Life"

Richard Linklater

30 July 1960, Houston, Texas, USA

CREATORS OF "Waking Life"

Richard Linklater

30 July 1960, Houston, Texas, USA

HEROES OF "Waking Life"

Young Boy Playing Paper Game

Played by: Trevor Jack Brooks

Young Girl Playing Paper Game

Played by: Lorelei Linklater

Main Character

Played by: Wiley Wiggins

Accordion Player

Played by: Glover Gill

Violin Player

Played by: Lara Hicks

Viola Player

Played by: Ames Asbell

Cello Player

Played by: Sara Nelson

Piano Player

Played by: Jeanine Attaway

Bass Player

Played by: Erik Grostic

Jesse

Played by: Ethan Hawke

Played by: Julie Delpy

Coffee Shop Chatter

Played by: Carol Dawson

One of Four Men

Played by: Adam Goldberg

Mr. Debord

Played by: Hymie Samuelson

CRITICS OF "Waking Life"

Cinema Crazed

A brilliant film that provokes thought, idea, and conversations within the audience through its surreal animation and incredibly profound conversations.

April 29, 2009

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Time Out

The endless philosophising is a bit sophomoric and more jokes would help, but this is one of a kind that grows more absorbing the longer it runs.

January 26, 2006

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Old School Reviews

a commercial ripoff designed to confuse art-house patrons

February 13, 2011

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Miami Herald

An instant cult classic, one that's tailor-made for multiple viewings and bound to be popular among college students.

November 08, 2001

Suite101.com

A far-out-man poetry slam, art exhibit and imaginative philosophical discourse all at once drifts gently down a stream of consciousness until merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily, "Waking Life" is but a dream. Who says existential fiction must be dreary?

November 22, 2010

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Common Sense Media

Love-it-or-hate-it film best for older teens.

December 29, 2010

eFilmCritic.com

A true independent film that uses animation techniques to their utmost.

July 24, 2007

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Film4

Form and content fit perfectly: even if the highbrow babbling gets a bit much, the hypnotic animation means that there is always something to watch, like characters suddenly dissolving into smoke or spectacles expanding.

September 09, 2008

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Salon.com

Exhilarating, transporting, funny and haunting -- and at times maddeningly heady or narcotically logy -- Waking Life doesn't compare to any other movie experience I've ever had.

December 05, 2001

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Variety

This inventive animated film, which takes Linklater back to his roots in Austin and Slacker, represents a summation of all the philosophical concerns that have defined him as spokesperson for Gen-X.

October 31, 2006

Minneapolis Star Tribune

For a movie heralded as the cutting edge of visual innovation, Waking Life is disappointingly dull in every other respect.

November 06, 2002

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New York Magazine/Vulture

If there was ever a film that made ontological exploration fun, this is it.

January 22, 2002

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