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Content Warning: The article below discusses sexual assault and physical abuse.When a film has a big-name director and an A-list ensemble cast, sometimes the real message of the piece can get buried by all the glitz and glamour associated with its players. Sleepers is a 1996 film directed by Barry Levinson based on the novel by Lorenzo Carcaterra and stars Brad Pitt, Robert De Niro, Kevin Bacon, Jason Patric, Billy Crudup, and Minnie Driver.
Upon their arrival there, they are encountered by a sadistic guard named Sean Nokes , who, along with several other corrections guards, proceeds to sexually, physically, and emotionally abuse them for the entirety of their time as wards of the state at Wilkinson Home for Boys in upstate New York. Each boy is damaged for life in different ways, and the second half of the film addresses how childhood trauma affects their lives as they are full-grown men in their late 20s in 1981 in New York City.
Kevin Bacon Has Never Been Darker than Sean Nokes in 'Sleepers' Kevin Bacon has played a myriad of characters across many genres of film, but his portrayal of Sean Nokes is particularly dark and evil in Sleepers. As Sean Nokes, he is in a position of authority as a guard at the boys' detention center. This is an entirely different kind of character than he has played before, as his abuse of power and the damage he inflicts on these kids is a lifelong scar he is giving them.
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