Waking Life
Dreams. What are they? An escape from reality or reality itself?
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.
Crew and Cast
Richard LinklaterDirector
Ethan HawkeJesse
Julie DelpyCeline
Wiley WigginsMain Character
Bill WiseBoat Car Guy
Alex E. JonesMan in Car with P.A.
Steven SoderberghInterviewed on Television
Ken WebsterBartender
Charles GunningAngry Man in Jail
Lorelei LinklaterYoung Girl Playing Paper GameTrevor Jack BrooksYoung Boy Playing Paper Game
Glover GillAccordion Player
Lara HicksViolin Player
Ames AsbellViola Player
Leigh MahoneyViola Player
Sara NelsonCello Player
Jeanine AttawayPiano Player
Erik GrostickBass Player
Robert C. SolomonPhilosophy Professor
Kim KrizanEamonn HealyShape-Shifting Man
J.C. ShakespeareBurning Man
David Sosa
Otto Hofmann
Aklilu Gebrewold
Carol DawsonCoffee Shop Chatter
Lisa MooreCoffee Shop Chatter
Steve FitchChimpanzee
Louis Mackey
Alex NixonMan Writing a Novel at the Bar
Kelly Rebecca NicholsWoman Talking to the Novel Writer (as Violet Nichols)
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Info
- Status
- Released
- Released
- 19 October 2001
- Runtime
- 1h 41m
- Rating
- R
- TMDB score
- 7.5 / 10 (991 votes)
Production
- Director
- Richard Linklater
- Writers
- Richard Linklater
- Studios
- IFC Productions, Thousand Words, Detour Filmproduction
- Countries
- United States of America
Box Office
- Budget
- $2.0M
- Revenue
- $3.2M
- Profit
- $1.2M
- Return
- 1.6×
Languages
- Original
- English
- Spoken
- English