Is the movie sleepers a true story

Netflix has added the 1996 crime thriller Sleepers to its list of content.

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Netflix has added a host of new content recently, to the glee of film buffs across the UK.

One of the new, or should we say old, films that has been added is a classic – Sleepers from 1996.

The synopsis explains: “Four boys from Hell’s Kitchen enter a reformatory where a cruel guard abuses them.

Years later, two of them get revenge and must stand trial.”

Sleepers is a crime thriller directed by Barry Levinson, and features an all-star cast, including Robert Ne Niro, Dustin Hoffman and Brad Pitt. It is based on a book by Lorenzo Carcaterra from 1995, with the same name.

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