Waking Life
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Richard Linklater
Ethan Hawke
Julie Delpy
Steven Soderbergh
Richard Linklater
Timothy Levitch
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
A boy has a dream that he can float, but unless he holds on, he will drift away into the sky. Even when he is grown up, this idea recurs. After a strange accident, he walks through what may be a dream, flowing in and out of scenarios and encountering various characters. People he meets discuss science, philosophy and the life of dreaming and waking, and the protagonist gradually becomes alarmed that he cannot awake from this confusing dream.
Director
Richard Linklater
Cast
Ethan Hawke
Julie Delpy
Steven Soderbergh
Richard Linklater
Timothy Levitch
Trevor Jack Brooks
Lorelei Linklater
Wiley Wiggins
Lara Hicks
Ames Asbell
Leigh Mahoney
Sara Nelson
Jeanine Attaway
Eric Grostic
Bill Wise
Robert Solomon
Kim Krizan
Eamonn Healy
J.c. Shakespeare
Charles Gunning
David Sosa
Alex Jones
Otto Hofmann
Aklilu Gebrewald
Carol Dawson
Lisa Moore
Steve Fitch
Louis Mackey
Alex Nixon
Violet Nichols
Steven Prince
Ken Webster
Mary Mcbay
Kregg A Foote
Jason T Hodge
Guy Forsyth
John Christensen
Caveh Zahedi
David Jewell
Adam Goldberg
Nicky Katt
E Jason Liebrecht
Brent Green
R.c. Whittaker
Hymie Samuelson
David Martinez
Ryan Power
Tiana Hux
Steve Brudniak
Marta Banda
Charles Murdock
Mona Lee
Edith Mannix
Bess Cox
Louis Black
Glover Gill
Jason Liebrecht
David Martinez
Mona Lee Fultz
Crew
Sandra Adair
Ethan Andrus
Jason Archer
Peter Atherton
Gregg Barbanell
Laine Bateman
Paul Beck
Wayne Bell
Wayne Bell
David Bennett
Paul Beutel
Larry Blake
Arthur Blum
Michael Brennan
Paul Brennan
John Bruch
John Caffeine
Monica Caivans
Zoe Charlton
Frederic Chopin
John Christensen
Matt Coby
Randy Cole
Scott Conn
Matthew Cook
Cathy Crane
Cathy Crane
Lindsay Doleshal
Kate Dollenmayer
Jennifer Drummond
Monica Estrada
Rehab El Ewaly
Deborah Fabish
Pat Falconer
Vicki Faust
Erin Ferguson
Holly Louise Fisher
Courtney Fitzgerald
Matthew Fliehler
Jay Gallagher
Jennifer Gaylord
Glover Gill
Glover Gill
Dan Gillotte
Aliza Gold
Julia Halperin
Julia Halperin
Tom Hammond
Tom Hammond
Tom Hammond
Tom Hammond
Tom Hammond
Tom Hammond
Bruce Haufler
Jaymee Hewitt
Nancy Higgins
Chris Humphrey
Nathan Jensen
Sara Johnson
Ben Johnston
Caroline Kaplan
James Lambert
Matthew Langland
Eric Lanoix
Tracie Laymon
Michael Layne
Mike Lind
Patrick Lindenmaier
Travis C Lindquist
Richard Linklater
Richard Linklater
Richard Linklater
Richard Linklater
Amy Lowrey
Scott Marklnad
Lizzie Curry Martinez
Liz Martinez-nelson
Phillip Mcnutt
Morgan Miles
Chris Minley
Charles Nafus
Katy O'connor
Bob Ondarza
Tommy Pallotta
Tommy Pallotta
Tommy Pallotta
John Paul
John Paul
Shannon Pearson
Bryan Pennington
Jason Piatt
Julian Plaza
Eric Power
Jerome Poynton
Gary Price
Trina Quinn
Scott Rhodes
Bob Sabiston
Bob Sabiston
Bob Sabiston
Susan Sabiston
Ben Saffer
Katie Salen
Bobby Sargent
Luke Savisky
Jeffrey P. Schwan
Jonathan Sehring
Ferrell A. Shinnick
Edward L Shirley
Matt Slimmer
John Sloss
John Sloss
Jonah Smith
Kevin J Smith
Divya Srinivasan
Kyle Summerville
Mari Beth Tackett
Patrick Thornton
K Treadway
Andrea Tucker
Penny Van Horn
Mary Varn
Ychiya Amet Vela
Clark Lee Walker
Anne Walker-mcbay
Rosie Q Weaver
Palmer West
Wiley Wiggins
Charlotte Wood
Constance Wood
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Winner of the 2001 award for Best Animated Film from the New York Film Critics Circle.
Winner of the 2001 award for Best Experimental Film from the National Society of Film Critics.
Released in United States Fall October 17, 2001
Expanded Release in United States October 19, 2001
Released in United States 2001
Released in United States January 2001
Released in United States November 2001
Shown at New York Film Festival September 28 - October 14, 2001.
Shown at Venice International Film Festival (in competition) August 29 - September 8, 2001.
Shown at London Film Festival (Evening Standard Film on the Square) November 7-22, 2001.
Completed shooting June 2000.
Film is composed of live-action footage animated using a computer technique called interpolated rotoscoping -- a process whereby live-action footage is digitally painted over.
Released in United States Fall October 17, 2001
Expanded Release in United States October 19, 2001
Released in United States 2001 (Shown at New York Film Festival September 28 - October 14, 2001.)
Released in United States January 2001 (Shown at Sundance Film Festival (Premieres) in Park City, Utah January 18-28, 2001.)
Released in United States November 2001 (Shown at London Film Festival (Evening Standard Film on the Square) November 7-22, 2001.)
Released in United States 2001 (Shown at Venice International Film Festival (in competition) August 29 - September 8, 2001.)
Nominated for the award for Digital Artist of the Year (Bob Sabiston) at the 2001 American Film Institute (AFI) Awards.
