Film

Sleeper 1973

Directed by Woody Allen

  • Comedy, Science Fiction
  • 87 min
  • PG

Woody Allen takes a nostalgic look at the future.

Miles Monroe, a clarinet-playing health food store proprietor, is revived out of cryostasis 200 years into a future world in order to help rebels fight an oppressive government regime.

ComedyScience Fictionfuturegovernmentrevolutiondystopiasatirecontrolrobottyrannycyrogenicsanarchic comedy

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