Waking Life (2001)
Waking Life erzählt die Geschichte eines jungen Mannes und seiner Reise durch die Welt der Träume: Eine Welt der Weisheiten des 20. Jahrhunderts, in die Sphäre von Sein und Geist. In seinen surrealen Traum- und Wachsequenzen begegnet er Freunden, Fremden und berühmten Persönlichkeiten wie Julie Delpy, Ethan Hawke, Regisseur Steven Soderbergh und Richard Linklater höchst selbst. Sie philosophieren über den Sinn des Lebens, über menschliche Existenz, Reinkarnation, Wahrnehmung, über Realität. Geplagt wird unser Protagonist dabei von der wachsenden Erkenntnis, dass er in seinen Träumen gefangen ist – und es aus unerfindlichen Gründen nicht schafft, aufzuwachen …
Der Regisseur: Richard Linklater
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Ethan Hawke as Jesse |
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Julie Delpy as Celine |
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Wiley Wiggins as Main Character |
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Bill Wise as Boat Car Guy |
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Alex E. Jones as Man in Car with P.A. |
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Steven Soderbergh as Interviewed on Television |
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Ken Webster as Bartender |
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Charles Gunning as Angry Man in Jail |
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Lorelei Linklater as Young Girl Playing Paper Game |
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Trevor Jack Brooks as Young Boy Playing Paper Game |
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Glover Gill as Accordion Player |
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Lara Hicks as Violin Player |
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Ames Asbell as Viola Player |
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Leigh Mahoney as Viola Player |
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Sara Nelson as Cello Player |
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Jeanine Attaway as Piano Player |
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Erik Grostick as Bass Player |
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Robert C. Solomon as Philosophy Professor |
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Kim Krizan as Self |
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Eamonn Healy as Shape-Shifting Man |
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J.C. Shakespeare as Burning Man |
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David Sosa as Self |
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Otto Hofmann as Self |
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Aklilu Gebrewold as Self |
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Carol Dawson as Coffee Shop Chatter |
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Lisa Moore as Coffee Shop Chatter |
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Steve Fitch as Chimpanzee |
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Louis Mackey as Self |
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Alex Nixon as Man Writing a Novel at the Bar |
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Kelly Rebecca Nichols as Woman Talking to the Novel Writer (as Violet Nichols) |
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Steven Prince as Man Talking to the Bartender |
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Mary McBay as Woman on TV |
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Kregg A. Foote as Man on TV |
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Jason T. Hodge as Man with the Long Hair |
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Guy Forsyth as Self |
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John Christensen as Guy Talking about Turning the Light on in Dreams |
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Caveh Zahedi as Self |
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David Jewell as Man Talking to Caveh |
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Adam Goldberg as One of Four Men |
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Nicky Katt as One of Four Men |
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Jason Liebrecht as One of Four Men |
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Brent Green as One of Four Men |
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RC Whittaker as Man on the Lamppost |
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Hymie Samuelson as Mr. Debord |
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David Martinez as Man on the Train |
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Ryan Power as Self / Young Disappearing Guy |
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Tiana Hux as Soap Opera Woman |
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Timothy "Speed" Levitch as Self |
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Steve Brudniak as Goatee Man |
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Marta Banda as Friendly Girl |
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Charles Murdock as Old Man |
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Mona Lee Fultz as Quiet Woman at Restaurant |
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Edith Mannix as Older Artist in the Park |
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Bess Cox as Old Woman Sitting for a Portrait |
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Louis Black as Kierkegaard Disciple |
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Richard Linklater as Pinball Playing Man / Man on Back of Boat |
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Kierstin Cunnington as Goth Girl (uncredited) |
| Production | Anne Walker-McBay | Producer |
| Camera | Richard Linklater | Director of Photography |
| Production | Tommy Pallotta | Producer |
| Directing | Richard Linklater | Director |
| Production | Palmer West | Producer |
| Production | Jonah Smith | Producer |
| Production | Jonathan Sehring | Executive Producer |
| Sound | Glover Gill | Original Music Composer |
| Editing | Sandra Adair | Editor |
| Camera | Tommy Pallotta | Director of Photography |
| Production | Caroline Kaplan | Executive Producer |
| Production | John Sloss | Executive Producer |
| Sound | Larry Blake | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Art | Bob Sabiston | Art Direction |
| Crew | Patrick Lindenmaier | Post Production Supervisor |
| Sound | Cathy Crane | Sound Assistant |
| Sound | Tom Hammond | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Crew | Jeff Schwan | Stunts |
| Production | Lizzie Curry Martinez | Casting |
| Sound | Tom Hammond | Sound Supervisor |
| Sound | Matt Coby | Sound Re-Recording Assistant |
| Sound | Ethan Andrus | Sound Mixer |
| Camera | Matt Fliehler | Grip |
| Sound | Jay Gallagher | Sound Re-Recording Assistant |
| Sound | Bryan Pennington | Dolby Consultant |
| Visual Effects | Zoe Charlton | Animation |
| Sound | Jason Piatt | Foley Recordist |
| Camera | Arthur Blum | Grip |
| Visual Effects | Jason Archer | Animation |
| Visual Effects | Paul Beck | Animation |
| Sound | Mike Brennan | Boom Operator |
| Sound | Wayne Bell | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Gregg Barbanell | Foley Artist |
| Visual Effects | Jean Caffeine | Animation |
| Sound | Wayne Bell | Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Tom Hammond | Sound Designer |
| Crew | Bobby Sargent | Stunts |
| Visual Effects | John Bruch | Animation |
| Visual Effects | Matthew Langland | Animation |
| Visual Effects | Mike Layne | Animation |
| Visual Effects | Penny Van Horn | Animation |
| Visual Effects | Rosie Weaver | Animation |
| Visual Effects | Constance Wood | Animation |
| Production | Lindsay Doleshal | Casting Assistant |
| Visual Effects | Shannon Pearson | Animation |
| Production | Charlotte Wood | Casting Assistant |
| Editing | Courtney Fitzgerald | Editorial Production Assistant |
| Visual Effects | Travis Lindquist | Animation |
| Visual Effects | Susan Sabiston | Animation |
| Sound | Sara Nelson | Musician |
| Crew | Paul Brennan | Legal Services |
| Production | Kelly Williams | Production Assistant |
| Sound | Guy Forsyth | Musician |
| Sound | Glover Gill | Musician |
| Visual Effects | Chris Minley | Animation |
| Visual Effects | Mary Varn | Animation |
| Crew | Scot Markland | Craft Service |
| Visual Effects | Randy Cole | Animation |
| Sound | Erik Grostick | Musician |
| Visual Effects | Kate Dollenmayer | Animation |
| Visual Effects | Katie Salen | Animation |
| Crew | Matthew Cook | Intern |
| Crew | Jennifer Gaylord | Legal Services |
| Visual Effects | Nathan Jensen | Animation |
| Visual Effects | Divya Srinivasan | Animation |
| Production | Peter Atherton | Location Manager |
| Production | Morgan Miles | Production Accountant |
| Visual Effects | Bob Sabiston | Animation |
| Production | Julia Halperin | Casting Assistant |
| Editing | Andrea Van Metter | Editorial Production Assistant |
| Production | Laine Bateman | Production Assistant |
| Production | Erin Ferguson | Production Coordinator |
| Visual Effects | Wiley Wiggins | Animation |
| Visual Effects | Rahab El Ewaly | Animation |
| Crew | Sara Johnson | Post Production Assistant |
| Visual Effects | Eric Power | Animation |
| Visual Effects | Patrick Thornton | Animation |
| Visual Effects | Holly Sabiston | Animation |
| Editing | Aliza Gold | Editorial Production Assistant |
| Editing | Nancy Higgins | Editorial Production Assistant |
| Sound | Ames Asbell | Musician |
| Crew | John Sloss | Legal Services |
| Visual Effects | Pat Falconer | Animation |
| Visual Effects | John Paul | Animation |
| Production | Dave Bennett | Production Accountant |
| Visual Effects | Jennifer Deutrom | Animation |
| Visual Effects | Dan Gillotte | Animation |
| Visual Effects | Katy O'Connor | Animation |
| Sound | Jeanine Attaway | Musician |
| Sound | Lara Hicks | Musician |
| Sound | Leigh Mahoney | Musician |
| Writing | Richard Linklater | Writer |