Sleeper (1973) A clarinet player who also runs a health food store is frozen and brought back in the future by antigovernment radicals in order to assist them in their attempts to overthrow an oppressive government. When he goes off on his own, he begins to explore this brave new world that has Orgasmatron booths to replace sex and confessional robots. Director Woody Allen
Writers
Writer Woody Allen (written by) and
Marshall Brickman (written by)
Cast
Woody Allen... Miles Monroe
Diane Keaton... Luna Schlosser
John Beck... Erno Windt
Mary Gregory... Dr. Melik
Don Keefer... Dr. Tryon
John McLiam... Dr. Aragon
Bartlett Robinson... Dr. Orva
Chris Forbes... Rainer Krebs
Mews Small... Dr. Nero (as Marya Small)
Peter Hobbs... Dr. Dean
Susan Miller... Ellen Pogrebin
Lou Picetti... M.C.
Jessica Rains... Woman in the mirror
Brian Avery... Herald Cohen
Spencer Milligan... Jeb Hrmthmg
Trivia
- Woody Allen had originally hoped to shoot much of the film in Brasilia, Brazil's futuristic capital city complex designed by urban planner Lucio Costa and architect Oscar Niemeyer. Budget limitations however restricted him to using locations within the continental USA.
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