Sleeper (DVD)

Sleeper is a 1973 comedy by Woody Allen and one of the last of his free-wheeling 'early funny ones'. In the early seventies Allen came up with an idea for a three hour film. The first half would be a New York comedy set in the present day. After an intermission, Allen's character would be frozen and wake in the future. The idea was rejected by the Studio but they asked him instead to make the second half of his proposed project, a comedy with a futuristic setting and sci-fi element. The end result was Sleeper. Allen plays Miles Monroe. Monroe is a typical early Woody Allen character; nebbish, cowardly, neurotic and very funny. Cyrogenically frozen after a ...  Read the complete review

note: also appears in part on Flixster and The Student Room Woody Allen is most widely known for his observational romance comedies such as Annie Hall and Manhattan, but in the 1970s, he also forayed into some more adventurous fare, particularly the slapstick genre (which is incredibly difficult to pull off well, no matter who you are!), with his 1973 acclaimed comedy Sleeper. If there's anyone that can pull it off, it's Allen, and boy, does he... Jazz musician Miles Monroe is accidentally frozen against his will, and winds up 200 years in the future, where the US is a dystopic dictatorship, and being the only human being on Earth now without a ...  Read the complete review

This is a review of the dvd. 'Sleeper' is Woody Allen's 7th film as director, but is probably the first time his skills as writer/director/performer came together perfectly. Some of his previous films including 'Bananas' and 'Take The Money And Run' had some great moments, but appear slightly patchy compared with this. Miles Monroe [Woody Allen] is thawed out in 2173 after being cryogenically frozen in 1973 after a routine ulcer operation went wrong, and he slipped into a coma. He is thawed out by scientists who want Miles to infiltrate the 'underground' organisation and find out about something called the 'Aries' project, which has something to do ...  Read the complete review

Woody Allen plays the part of Miles Monroe, a down-trodden chemist from 1973, who has been involved in an accident which necessitated him being frozen for 200 years. He is now woken and has to come to terms with his new surroundings, the huge technological advances of the last 200 years and the changes in people. These are all too much for him and he struggles to cope. Additionally he becomes involved in a rebel plot to oust the ruling government. He is in deep - way above his head! During his adventure he wins over Luna, a female hostage he is forced to take, played very well by Diane Keaton. Initially very scared by her captor's strange ways she comes to ...  Read the complete review