Also helping Bruno Ganz in preparing for the role was the unique, only known recording of Adolf Hitler when he held a private conversation with Field Marshal Gustaf Mannerheim of Finland; at that time, he was a World War II ally of Germany against the Soviet Union. Hitler unexpectedly showed up to congratulate Mannerheim on his 75th birthday on June 4, 1942. Finnish intelligence agents secretly made the recording in a train wagon, as Hitler did not allow recordings nor photographs to be taken in private. Some eleven minutes of the recording feature relaxed, normal-tone talk in which Hitler generally describe his views about the war. One of two copies of the tape was discovered in 1992 and has since been studied by scientists and historians.
Sleepers - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
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Robert De Niro previously played priests in True Confessions (1981), We're No Angels (1989) and in The Mission (1986) he was a mercenary turned into a Jesuit priest.
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Robert De Niro and Bruno Kirby appeared in The Godfather: Part II (1974).
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This is the second film Dustin Hoffman has starred in which features a character named Rizzo. In this film there is a Rizzo played by Eugene Byrd, and in Midnight Cowboy (1969) Hoffman himself played a Rizzo.
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Jonathan Tucker will go on to work with Kevin Bacon again in A City On A Hill, for Showtime in 2019.
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Robert De Niro and Billy Crudup would work together again 10 years later in The Good Shepherd (2006).
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Dustin Hoffman and Robert De Niro also appeared in Wag the Dog (1997), Meet the Fockers (2004), and Little Fockers (2010).
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In the book, after Father Bobby testifies and lies on the stand, he is given a standing ovation when he walks out of court.
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The film and the novel on which it was based returned to the news following the controversy regarding Carl Beech and Operation Midland.
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The movie was filmed at Fairfield Hills, a former psychiatric hospital in Newtown, Connecticut, right after the state took possession of the property.
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The film cast includes three Oscar winners: Robert De Niro, Dustin Hoffman and Brad Pitt; and one Oscar nominee: Minnie Driver.
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At the end of the movie, Carol (Minnie Driver) has a son in a photograph. The son is the same actor who played young John (Geoffrey Wigdor).
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Ralph Tabakin has appeared in every Levinson picture from Diner (1982) to Liberty Heights (1999).
Sleepers - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Sleepers - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Sleepers - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Sleepers - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Sleepers - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Sleepers - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Sleepers - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Sleepers - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Sleepers - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
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Sleepers - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
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