Levi Alexander, who plays Young Pete in the prologue, and Gareth Reeves, who plays his father, are actually related. They are first cousins, once removed.
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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
Sleepers - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Sleepers - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
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