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Waking Life
2001
Dreams. What are they? An escape from reality or reality itself? Waking Life follows the dream(s) of one man and his attempt to find and discern the absolute difference between waking life and the dreamworld. While trying to figure out a way to wake up, he runs into many people on his way; some of which offer one sentence asides on life, others delving deeply into existential questions and life's mysteries. We become the main character. It becomes our dream and our questions being asked and answered. Can we control our dreams? What are they telling us about life? About death? About ourselves and where we come from and where we are going? The film does not answer all these for us. Instead, it inspires us to ask the questions and find the answers ourselves.
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JBscale
83
Excellent
Film Detail
Genre
Animation - Drama
Length
1 hr. 39 mins.
US Theatrical Release
January 23, 2001
US Box Office
$2,901,447
(#5319 of 7164)
Global Office
$3,176,880
(#3595 of 4034)
Rating
R
Restricted
Language, Some Violent Images
Collection Detail
Edition
Digital Only
Resolution | Digital Platform
iTunes
Aspect Ratio
WS 1.85:1
Audio
English:
DD+ 5.1
Studio
20th Century Fox
Released
May 7, 2002
Acquired Date
March 25, 2025
Times Seen
0 Times
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Actors
Lorelei Linklater
Wiley Wiggins
Bill Wise
Kim Krizan
Ethan Hawke
Julie Delpy
Charles Gunning
Caveh Zahedi
Adam Goldberg
Nicky Katt
Jason Liebrecht
Steven Soderbergh
Mona Lee Fultz
Richard Linklater
Directors
Richard Linklater
Producers
Tommy Pallotta
Jonah Smith
Anne Walker-McBay
Palmer West
Writers
Richard Linklater
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57
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79
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81%
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145 votes
87%
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4,569 votes
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85
32 votes
IMDb RATING
7.7/10
68,261 votes
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