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Sleeper (A)

STARS...
Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, John Beck, Mary Gregory, amd Don Keefer.

PLOT SUMMARY...
Woody Allen, frozen in 1973, is awakened in 2173!

QUICK SCAN...
This film could be compared to "Spaceballs," and "Late for Dinner". SLEEPER has humor, action, and romance. Woody Allen is at his best as a goofy guy from the present, adrift in the future. Diane Keaton's Marlon Brando imitation is a hoot. A highlight of the film is a cloning operation where Allen and Keaton try to pass themselves off as doctors.

DIRECTOR: Woody Allen
YEAR & RATING: 1973 (PG)

BEST BETS:

Forever Young

Demolition Man
SYNOPSIS...
A man frozen for 200 years is thawed out. Almost immediately, he gets in trouble. He is surprised by changes in society during his long sleep.

He poses as a robot, meets an arty, female "poet", and discovers the joys of machine sex. He is captured by the authorities, brainwashed, then recaptured by the rebels and reprogrammed.

Posing as doctors, the man from the past and the rebel poet steal the nose of the totalitarian leader, all that's left of him following a bombing. The nose is run over by a steam roller. The man from the past and the poet escape together.

Review:

Director/Co-Writer Woody Allen's, SLEEPER, is a fun, fast paced, Sci-Fi fable.

Woody Allen is fun to watch as the man, from the present, set adrift in the future. In some of his scenes, particularly when he's impersonating a household robot, his gift for physical comedy brings to mind Charlie Chaplin.

Diane Keaton is a great comic foil. Not only does she make an amusing transition from a phony, arty type, to a propaganda spouting revolutionary. She also gets do a scene from, "Street Car Named Desire", playing the Marlon Brando role, to Woody's Blanche DuBois!

John Beck, ("The Other Side of Midnight"), provides able support as the head of the revolutionary movement. With his rugged, good looks, he's a great contrast to Woody's mousy New York intellectual.

The jazz/ragtime Musical Score greatly contributes to the fun of this movie. Woody Allen, (on clarinet), with The Preservation Hall Jazz Band, as well as The New Orleans Funeral Ragtime Orchestra, are the responsible parties.

The Screenplay, by Allen, and frequent Co-Writer, Marshall Brickman, is filled with humorous one liners. When Woody learns that the futuristic totalitarian government may brainwash him, he quips, "My brain, that's my second favorite organ."

The film also offers plenty of sight gags. A bit involving Woody repeatedly slipping and falling on a giant banana peel is silly, yet funny.

My favorite scene is when Allen and Keaton, disguised as doctors, attempt to fake their way through a cloning experiment. Allen and Keaton's Marx Brother's style antics are a hoot.

Director of Photography, David M. Walsh, shoots Production Designer, Dale Hennesy's, futuristic environments to good effect. Walsh delivers clean and crisp images of the primarily white, black, and silver future world.

SLEEPER should be highly watchable for most Sci-Fi viewers. Those who don't dig the Woodman's brand of humor may not be amused. SLEEPER is worth staying awake for.

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Sleeper (A)
	STARS... Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, John Beck, Mary Gregory, amd Don Keefer. PLOT SUMMARY... Woody Allen, frozen in 1973, is awakened in 2173! QUICK SCAN... This film could be compared to "Spaceballs," and "Late for Dinner". SLEEPER has humor, action, and romance. Woody Allen is at his best as a goofy guy from the present, adrift in the future. Diane Keaton's Marlon Brando imitation is a hoot. A highlight of the film is a cloning operation where Allen and Keaton try to pass themselves off as doctors.
DIRECTOR: Woody Allen YEAR & RATING: 1973 (PG) BEST BETS: Forever Young Demolition Man	SYNOPSIS... A man frozen for 200 years is thawed out. Almost immediately, he gets in trouble. He is surprised by changes in society during his long sleep. He poses as a robot, meets an arty, female "poet", and discovers the joys of machine sex. He is captured by the authorities, brainwashed, then recaptured by the rebels and reprogrammed. Posing as doctors, the man from the past and the rebel poet steal the nose of the totalitarian leader, all that's left of him following a bombing. The nose is run over by a steam roller. The man from the past and the poet escape together.
Review: Director/Co-Writer Woody Allen's, SLEEPER, is a fun, fast paced, Sci-Fi fable. Woody Allen is fun to watch as the man, from the present, set adrift in the future. In some of his scenes, particularly when he's impersonating a household robot, his gift for physical comedy brings to mind Charlie Chaplin. Diane Keaton is a great comic foil. Not only does she make an amusing transition from a phony, arty type, to a propaganda spouting revolutionary. She also gets do a scene from, "Street Car Named Desire", playing the Marlon Brando role, to Woody's Blanche DuBois! John Beck, ("The Other Side of Midnight"), provides able support as the head of the revolutionary movement. With his rugged, good looks, he's a great contrast to Woody's mousy New York intellectual. The jazz/ragtime Musical Score greatly contributes to the fun of this movie. Woody Allen, (on clarinet), with The Preservation Hall Jazz Band, as well as The New Orleans Funeral Ragtime Orchestra, are the responsible parties. The Screenplay, by Allen, and frequent Co-Writer, Marshall Brickman, is filled with humorous one liners. When Woody learns that the futuristic totalitarian government may brainwash him, he quips, "My brain, that's my second favorite organ." The film also offers plenty of sight gags. A bit involving Woody repeatedly slipping and falling on a giant banana peel is silly, yet funny. My favorite scene is when Allen and Keaton, disguised as doctors, attempt to fake their way through a cloning experiment. Allen and Keaton's Marx Brother's style antics are a hoot. Director of Photography, David M. Walsh, shoots Production Designer, Dale Hennesy's, futuristic environments to good effect. Walsh delivers clean and crisp images of the primarily white, black, and silver future world. SLEEPER should be highly watchable for most Sci-Fi viewers. Those who don't dig the Woodman's brand of humor may not be amused. SLEEPER is worth staying awake for.