Waking Life

Waking Life (2001)

R 99 min - Animation, Drama, Fantasy - 19 October 2001

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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.

Director: Richard Linklater

Writers: Richard Linklater

Stars: Ethan Hawke, Julie Delpy, Wiley Wiggins, Bill Wise, Alex Jones, Steven Soderbergh, Ken Webster, Charles Gunning, Lorelei Linklater, Trevor Jack Brooks, Glover Gill, Lara Hicks, Ames Asbell, Leigh Mahoney, Sara Nelson, Jeanine Attaway, Erik Grostick, Robert C. Solomon, Kim Krizan, Eamonn Healy, J.C. Shakespeare, David Sosa, Otto Hofmann, Aklilu Gebrewold, Carol Dawson, Lisa Moore, Steve Fitch, Louis Mackey, Alex Nixon, Violet Nichols, Steven Prince, Mary McBay, Kregg A. Foote, Jason T. Hodge, Guy Forsyth, John Christensen, Caveh Zahedi, David Jewell, Adam Goldberg, Nicky Katt, Jason Liebrecht, Brent Green, RC Whittaker, Hymie Samuelson, David Martinez, Ryan Power, Tiana Hux, Timothy "Speed" Levitch, Steve Brudniak, Marta Banda, Charles Murdock, Mona Lee Fultz, Edith Mannix, Bess Cox, Louis Black, Richard Linklater

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Storyline

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.

Collections: Richard Linklater

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

Genres: Animation, Drama, Fantasy

Details

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Country: United States of America

Language: English

Release Date: 19 October 2001

Box Office

Revenue: $3,176,880

Company Credits

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

Technical Specs

Runtime: 1 h 39 min