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Light Sleeper

Light Sleeper is a 1992 American neo-noir crime drama film written and directed by Paul Schrader and starring Willem Dafoe, Susan Sarandon, and Dana Delany. Set in New York City during a sanitation strike, the story follows a high-class drug dealer battling a midlife crisis (Dafoe) before becoming embroiled in tragic events following the chance encounter…

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Box office
$1,055,987
Budget
$5 million
Cinematography
Edward Lachman
Country
United States
Directed by
Paul Schrader
Distributed by
Fine Line Features

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Background

Reception

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Light Sleeper

Nodes53
Edges52
Triples52
Avg. degree1.96
Density0.037736
Components1

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Light Sleeper

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related to background · 18
Light Sleeper → Adam Resurrected, Affliction, American Gigolo, Auto Focus, Christ, Dafoe, Dog Eat Dog, In, Martin Scorsese's Taxi Driver, Martin Scorsese's The Last, Paul Schrader, Robert Bresson's Pickpocket, Schrader, Temptation, The, The Card Counter, The Walker, Willem Dafoe
related to Reception · 11
Light Sleeper → And, Film, In, It, Metacritic, Paul Schrader, Roger Ebert, Rotten Tomatoes, Schrader, The, Willem Dafoe
Starring · 5
Light Sleeper → Dana Delany, David Clennon, Mary Beth Hurt, Susan Sarandon, Willem Dafoe
related to External links · 3
Light Sleeper → Box Office Mojo, IMDbLight Sleeper, Rotten TomatoesLight Sleeper
Box office · 1
Light Sleeper → $1,055,987
Budget · 1
Light Sleeper → $5 million
Cinematography · 1
Light Sleeper → Edward Lachman
Country · 1
Light Sleeper → United States
Directed by · 1
Light Sleeper → Paul Schrader
Distributed by · 1
Light Sleeper → Fine Line Features

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film schrader letour light sleeper dafoe willem ann delany one new paul box office marianne tis american story time susan

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Light SleeperBox office$1,055,9871.00infobox
Light SleeperBudget$5 million1.00infobox
Light SleeperCinematographyEdward Lachman1.00infobox
Light SleeperCountryUnited States1.00infobox
Light SleeperDirected byPaul Schrader1.00infobox
Light SleeperDistributed byFine Line Features1.00infobox
Light SleeperEdited byKristina Boden1.00infobox
Light SleeperLanguageEnglish1.00infobox
Light SleeperMusic byMichael Been1.00infobox
Light SleeperProduced byLinda Reisman1.00infobox
Light SleeperProduction companySeven Arts1.00infobox
Light SleeperRelease dateAugust 21, 1992 (1992-08-21)1.00infobox
Light SleeperRunning time103 minutes1.00infobox
Light SleeperStarringWillem Dafoe1.00infobox
Light SleeperStarringSusan Sarandon1.00infobox
Light SleeperStarringDana Delany1.00infobox
Light SleeperStarringDavid Clennon1.00infobox
Light SleeperStarringMary Beth Hurt1.00infobox
Light SleeperWritten byPaul Schrader1.00infobox
Light Sleeperis a1992 American neo-noir crime drama film written and directed by Paul Schrader and starring Willem Dafoe0.90text

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