Waking Life

Dreams. What are they? An escape from reality or reality itself?

Waking Life (2001)

Timing: 1:41 (101 min)

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Actors and characters

Release date

2001-10-19

Country

United States

Production

Fox Searchlight Pictures, Line Research, Thousand Words, Flat Black Films, Detour Filmproduction, Independent Film Channel

Genre

Animation, Drama, Fantasy

Budget

Revenue

$3 176 880

Website

Director

Richard Linklater

Actors

Ethan Hawke, Julie Delpy, Wiley Wiggins, Bill Wise, Alex Jones, Steven Soderbergh, Ken Webster, Charles Gunning, Lorelei Linklater, Trevor Jack Brooks
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Scenario

Producer

Anne Walker-McBay, Palmer West, Jonah Smith, Tommy Pallotta, John Sloss, Jonathan Sehring, Caroline Kaplan

Operator

Richard Linklater

Composer

Glover Gill

Artist

Audition

Lizzie Curry Martinez

Editing

Sandra Adair
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Waking Life is about a young man in a persistent lucid dream-like state. The film follows its protagonist as he initially observes and later participates in philosophical discussions that weave together issues like reality, free will, our relationships with others, and the meaning of life.

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