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Light Sleeper
John LeTour is a recovering drug user who suffers insomnia and still deals to a high-end New York clientele, even though he’s trying to move on from the business. John’s professional midlife crisis becomes something more acute — and dangerous — when he re-encounters an old flame while a string of seemingly drug-related murders rocks the city.
1992 · Directed by Paul Schrader · 103 min · Drama · Crime · 15 frames
Tagline
He was a good man in a deadly business. She was his only way out.
Crew
- Written by: Paul Schrader
- Cinematography: Edward Lachman
- Edited by: Kristina Boden
- Music: Michael Been
- Production design: Richard Hornung
- Produced by: G. Mac Brown, Linda Reisman
Cast
- Willem Dafoe as John LeTour
- Susan Sarandon as Ann
- Dana Delany as Marianne Jost
- David Clennon as Robert
- Mary Beth Hurt as Teresa Aranow
- Victor Garber as Tis Brooke
- Jane Adams as Randi Jost
- Sam Rockwell as Jealous
- David Spade as Theological Cokehead
- Paul Jabara as Eddie
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: Hebrew, German, Italian, English, Spanish
- Studios: Carolco Pictures, Seven Arts Pictures, Grain of Sand Productions
- Budget: $5,000,000
- Box office: $1,055,987
- Themes: drug dealer, new york city, suicide, redemption, addict, existentialism
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