Movie Details
- Status: Released
- Movie Tagline: Dreams. What are they? An escape from reality or reality itself?
- Genres: Animation, Drama, Fantasy
- Release Date: 2001-10-19
- Runtime: 99.0 min
- Budget: Not Available
- Revenue: $3.2 million
- Production Companies: Fox Searchlight Pictures, Thousand Words, Independent Film Channel, Detour Filmproduction, Line Research, Flat Black Films
Cast & Crew
Ethan Hawke, Julie Delpy, Wiley Wiggins, Bill Wise, Alex Jones, Steven Soderbergh, Ken Webster, Charles Gunning, Lorelei Linklater, Trevor Jack Brooks, Glover Gill, Lara Hicks, Ames Asbell, Leigh Mahoney, Sara Nelson, Jeanine Attaway, Erik Grostick, Robert C. Solomon, Kim Krizan, Eamonn Healy, J.C. Shakespeare, David Sosa, Otto Hofmann, Aklilu Gebrewold, Carol Dawson, Lisa Moore, Steve Fitch, Louis Mackey, Alex Nixon, Violet Nichols, Steven Prince, Mary McBay, Kregg A. Foote, Jason T. Hodge, Guy Forsyth, John Christensen, Caveh Zahedi, David Jewell, Adam Goldberg, Nicky Katt, Jason Liebrecht, Brent Green, RC Whittaker, Hymie Samuelson, David Martinez, Ryan Power, Tiana Hux, Timothy “Speed” Levitch, Steve Brudniak, Marta Banda, Charles Murdock, Mona Lee Fultz, Edith Mannix, Bess Cox, Louis Black, Richard Linklater
Synopsis – What to Expect from “Waking Life”
Waking Life is a 2001 American rotoscope animated film written and directed by Richard Linklater. The film follows a young man named Wiley Wiggins as he wanders through a series of dream-like scenarios, encountering a variety of people, each of whom offer him insight into life’s greater mysteries.
The film begins with Wiley waking up in a field, surrounded by a group of people who are talking about a dream they just had. He then embarks on a journey through a surreal landscape, encountering a variety of people who offer him philosophical musings on life. He meets a man who talks about the power of dreams and how they can shape our lives, a woman who talks about the importance of living in the present, a man who explains the concept of free will, and a woman who talks about the power of love.
Wiley’s journey takes him to a variety of places, including a bar, a university, a park, and a carnival. Along the way, he meets a variety of people who offer him advice and insight into life’s greater mysteries. He also meets a mysterious figure, who tells him that he is dreaming and encourages him to explore the world of his dreams.
At the end of his journey, Wiley wakes up in the same field, surrounded by the same people he encountered at the beginning of the film. He then embarks on a new journey, this time in the real world, and begins to explore life’s greater mysteries
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