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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.

Production
Fox Searchlight Pictures; Independent Film Channel (IFC); Thousand Words; Flat Black Films; Detour Filmproduction; Line Research;

Cast Names
Trevor Jack Brooks; Lorelei Linklater; Wiley Wiggins; Glover Gill; Lara Hicks; Ames Asbell; Leigh Mahoney; Sara Nelson; Jeanine Attaway; Erik Grostic; Bill Wise; Robert C. Solomon; Kim Krizan; Eamonn Healy; J.C. Shakespeare; Ethan Hawke; Julie Delpy; Charles Gunning; David Sosa; Alex Jones; Otto Hofmann; Aklilu Gebrewold; 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; Jason Liebrecht;

Box Office
USD 2,892,011

Release Date
2001-01-23 (Sundance Film Festival) (premiere)
2001-10-11 (Austin Film Festival)
2001-10-12 (New York Film Festival)
2001-10-19 (limited)

Genres
Animation; Drama; Fantasy; Mystery;

MPAA Rating [?]
Rated R for language and some violent images.

Running Time
1 hr. 39 min.
1 hr. 40 min.
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1 hr. 40 min.
1 hr. 41 min.

Director
Richard Linklater

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Waking Life movie overview