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Interesting Questions, Facts and Information
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 Interesting Questions, Facts, and Information
 Sleepers
| What is Sean Nokes eating when Tommy and John confront him? | Sleepers
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Meatloaf. Tommy points out that Nokes is eating the meatloaf right before he and John shoot him to death.
| What name is written in the corner of the Metro section as a signal to Michael that they need to meet? | Sleepers
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Edmund. Michael and Shakes are very secretive about meeting, because if anyone knows what they are planning for the trial, it would result in Tommy and John's going to jail, as well as Michael being in bad danger.
| Which friend comes to visit Shakes while he is recovering from a bad beating after the football game? | Sleepers
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Michael Sullivan. During the grim visit, Michael tells Shakes that the guards beat Rizzo to death.
| Who can "nobody stop from visiting" the boys at Wilkinson's? | Sleepers
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Father Bobby. When Father Bobby, played by Robert DeNiro, visits the juvenile prison, he tells Shakes not to let this place kill him and make him not care anymore.
| Where does Tommy Marcanno's wife, who he never sees, live? | Sleepers
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Queens. This is when Tommy Marcanno and John Reilly are all grown up and each have a handful of problems, including drug abuse and violent tendencies.
| What two nationalities is Carol Martinez? | Sleepers
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Puerto Rican and Irish. This is why they affectionately call her the "Halfbreed of Hell's Kitchen".
Dustin Hoffman. Dustin Hoffman gives a great performance as a very inarticulate defense lawyer with an alcohol and drug problem.
| Which guard testifies as a character witness for Sean Nokes? | Sleepers
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Ferguson. This is when the defense lawyer, on Michael Sullivan's instructions, opens the door to the Wilkinson's Home for Boys, and shows the jury that Sean Nokes was not a good person.
| Which character is played by Billy Crudup? | Sleepers
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Tommy Marcano. Billy Crudup also played Russell Hammond in the movie "Almost Famous."
| Who plays the adult Carol Martinez? | Sleepers
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Minnie Driver. Minnie Driver's character is the female friend of all the four boys, and has been friends with them, and has dated three of them, since they were young teenagers.
| What is the name of the prison hero who leads everyone to victory in the football game? | Sleepers
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Rizzo. Rizzo was played by Eugene Byrd, who was later in "8 Mile" with Eminem.
| Which character's 'turn' was it to date Carol Martinez after Michael's? | Sleepers
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Tommy Marcano. Shakes is joking around with Carol about why he didn't ever ask her out.
| How many napkins does Shakes ask for from the hot dog family? | Sleepers
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Two. This is how he gets the hot dog vendor to look away as he runs off without paying.
| Which character is played by Brad Renfro (younger) and Brad Pitt (older)? | Sleepers
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Michael Sullivan. Michael Sullivan winds up as the lawyer that risks everything to save his friends Tommy and John when they are put on trial for murder.
| What does the woman in the confession booth tell John and Shakes she does? | Sleepers
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She sleeps with married men. Shakes is the narrator and one of the four main characters in the movie. As a child he is played by Joe Perrino and as an adult he is played by Jason Patric.
| During this first and last meeting with Shakes, what did Michael request Shakes to promise, concerning John and Tommy? | "Sleepers" - Part I
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That they have absolutely no knowledge of his plan... to lose this case.. Michael Sullivan became a lawyer, now worked for the District Attorneys office, but still slept with the light on. The abuse at Wilkenson never left him. He knew the records would be sealed and all this would normally be difficult to prove under regular circumstances, but this, this had fallen right into his hands, this was the time. His time to be the best kind of friend he could be.
| Who was the lawyer who prosecuted the murder? Even requested it stating the fact of his familiarity with Hell's Kitchen and its mentality? | "Sleepers" - Part I
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Michael Sullivan. When Shakes heard of this he and Michael arranged to meet. Michael explained that he had been keeping track of the four guards from Wilkenson, since they got out. Shakes was shocked at all the information he had accumulated. Without the DA's knowledge, Michael planned to inadvertently act as both prosecution and defense attorney for this case, and somehow, someway, he would bring into this murder case, the horrors they endured while in Wilkenson. He was taking this case, to lose.
| What is the name of the actress who played the woman in the booth behind when the murder took place? | "Sleepers" - Part I
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Aida Turturro. The true motive for this case was hidden as it had to stay. Their juvenile records were sealed therefore Wilkenson's connection to John and Tommy could not be made. When Shakes, who now was a journalist with the newspaper, went to see them in jail and they told him who it was that was murdered, he was stunned. "One down, Shakes" was what they said. Even though they did not set out to revenge the abuse they endured at Wilkenson. At this moment, nothing else mattered.
| What was the last name of the woman who was seated in the booth behind as the murder took place? She was later called to testify for the prosecution at John and Tommy's murder trial. | "Sleepers" - Part I
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Mrs. Salinas. After the killing, John and Tommy calmly walked out of the bar apologizing to Jerry for not ordering their dinners to go, as Mrs. Salinas watched.
| What was John's answer when, after introducing himself and Tommy to Nokes, Nokes demanded to know what they wanted? | "Sleepers" - Part I
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"What I always wanted; to watch you die.". They sat and watched this aging excuse for a man eat his food and have the nerve to ask how they had been. Without hesitation, John was the first to fire his gun under the table and then both of them stood up and pumped more than six shots into Sean Nokes, the last to his head, killing him.
| When Nokes looked up and asked "Can I help you with something, chief?" what was John's response? | "Sleepers" - Part I
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"Not right now. Enjoy your meal.". John proceeded to the lavatory and his thoughts were screaming. When he went back to the bar he told Tommy and turning, Tommy looked at that back table and was astonished. They both walked to the very back, loaded their guns, and proceeded to sit at Nokes' table. He looked up and was outraged. They introduced themselves by their names and Nokes at first did not recognize them but as they spoke, he suddenly did.
| Who did John Reilly see eating at a table in McHale's dining room, while on his way to the men's room? | "Sleepers" - Part I
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Sean Nokes. As John passed through the back dining room he could not believe his eyes. Sean Nokes, the guard from Wilkenson, the horror came rushing back; the lead rapist, there he was; so long ago, so far from here. The source of all John's sleepless nights, the cause of his having to sleep with the lights on, since he was a boy. The base cause of the rage that was so much a part of him and had controlled his life.
Two briskets on rye with fries and two orders of soda bread. John noticed two businessmen at the end of the bar, drinking and discussing politics. He told Jerry to buy them a drink and put it on his tab but to tell them to cease their conversation immediately. Republicans were not welcome in Hell's Kitchen. Jerry followed the orders to the letter and the gentlemen lifted their glasses to toast John and Tommy.
Jerry. Jerry knew these men well and had served them many times before. The West Side Boys were feared and respected throughout Hell's Kitchen.
| When John and Tommy were walking down the street, as adults, what was the name of the bar they entered? | "Sleepers" - Part I
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McHale's. Now it was fall 1981, John Reilly and Thomas Marcano now were a part of the "West Side Boys." The toughest group in Hell's Kitchen. John was suspected in four unsolved homicides and once killed a man for stepping ahead of him on a movie line. Tommy committed his first murder at the age of 17, he was married and had a wife and child he never saw.
| What were the last names of the four guards at Wilkenson who raped and tortured these boys? | "Sleepers" - Part I
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Styler, Nokes, Addison and Ferguson. Shakes was being released a short time before the others. He was given a slightly shorter sentence because he was not yet present when the wagon was first stolen, but caught up and was there at the end. On his last night at Wilkenson, as he read his "Respondent Discharge Form," Sean Nokes came to say goodbye. The guards walked the boys to the basement for a night of horror that Shakes would never forget...it was his 14th birthday.
| For ninety minutes, what activity took them outside of Wilkenson and brought them back to their own neighborhoods where they had a chance of being in control? | "Sleepers" - Part I
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A touch football game, between the inmates and the guards. Michael had the idea of bringing the toughest guy in the school into this game. Rizzo, a black kid with an Italian last name. He kept to himself and the guards stayed away. Michael struggled to and finally convinced him that if they participated in this game, for just one day they could fight back. Just for one day. Rizzo was reluctant because the guards had left him alone, so far. But the idea did attract his attention and he gave in. It was Rizzo's touchdown that won the game...between the inmates and the guards...and it was Rizzo who lost his life because of it. Rumor had it that the guards later beat him until there was nothing left to beat.
| What was the name of the English teacher at Wilkenson, and the title of the book he gave to Shakes? | "Sleepers" - Part I
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Mr. Carlson, "The Count of Monte Cristo". Shakes attended Mr. Carlson's classes, he adored this book, especially the part where the Count escapes. He thought Mr. Carlson a good teacher and he reminded him of Father Bobby. He missed him. Father Bobby was the only one who came up to visit and when he saw Shakes he was shocked at the loss of weight that was visible. Shakes had a problem hiding from him the horror that they had been forced to endure. Nokes warned him that if he revealed this to the priest, there would be severe consequences.
reckless endangerment. They could not hold the cart, it was too heavy and went crashing down the subway stairs, severely injuring a gentleman who was on his way up. He ended up in a coma and although he recovered the boys were held completely responsible. Along with their parent or parents they showed up in court and the judge passed sentence. Wilkenson Home for Boys.
Tipping the cart over the subway stairs. While the vendor chased Shakes, Michael decided that when the vendor returned, he shouldn't find his cart. His idea was that they would perch the cart on the first stair of the subway steps and tip it. When the vendor saw them, he would come and try to save his cart from falling and consequently, they would get away.
Rob lunch from the hot dog vendor. It was the 1960s, the Beach Boys songs were playing on their transistor radio. Taking the sun on the roof of a tenement, Michael suggested that they pull the usual prank and let one of them go down to the hot dog cart, ask to buy a hot dog and soda, then run and as the vendor gave chase, the rest of them would feast on the cart.
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