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2020 · Animation · Family
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Film / 2001
Waking Life
Directed by
Richard Linklater
Waking Life is about a young man in a persistent lucid dream-like state. The film follows its protagonist as he initially observes and later participates in philosophical discussions that weave together issues like reality, free will, our relationships with others, and the meaning of life.
The story
Waking Life is about a young man in a persistent lucid dream-like state. The film follows its protagonist as he initially observes and later participates in philosophical discussions that weave together issues like reality, free will, our relationships with others, and the meaning of life.
Cast
Ethan HawkeJesse
Julie DelpyCeline
Wiley WigginsMain Character
Bill WiseBoat Car Guy
Alex E. JonesMan in Car with P.A.
Steven SoderberghInterviewed on Television
Ken WebsterBartender
Charles GunningAngry Man in Jail
Lorelei LinklaterYoung Girl Playing Paper Game
Trevor Jack BrooksYoung Boy Playing Paper Game
Glover GillAccordion Player
Lara HicksViolin Player
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Ames AsbellViola Player
Leigh MahoneyViola Player
Sara NelsonCello Player
Jeanine AttawayPiano Player
Erik GrostickBass Player
Robert C. SolomonPhilosophy Professor
Kim KrizanSelf
Eamonn HealyShape-Shifting Man
J.C. ShakespeareBurning Man
David SosaSelf
Otto HofmannSelf
Aklilu GebrewoldSelf
Carol DawsonCoffee Shop Chatter
Lisa MooreCoffee Shop Chatter
Steve FitchChimpanzee
Louis MackeySelf
Alex NixonMan Writing a Novel at the Bar
Kelly Rebecca NicholsWoman Talking to the Novel Writer (as Violet Nichols)
Steven PrinceMan Talking to the Bartender
Mary McBayWoman on TV
Kregg A. FooteMan on TV
Jason T. HodgeMan with the Long Hair
Guy ForsythSelf
John ChristensenGuy Talking about Turning the Light on in Dreams
Caveh ZahediSelf
David JewellMan Talking to Caveh
Adam GoldbergOne of Four Men
Nicky KattOne of Four Men
Jason LiebrechtOne of Four Men
Brent GreenOne of Four Men
RC WhittakerMan on the Lamppost
Hymie SamuelsonMr. Debord
David MartinezMan on the Train
Ryan PowerSelf / Young Disappearing Guy
Tiana HuxSoap Opera Woman
Timothy "Speed" LevitchSelf
Steve BrudniakGoatee Man
Marta BandaFriendly Girl
Charles MurdockOld Man
Mona Lee FultzQuiet Woman at Restaurant
Edith MannixOlder Artist in the Park
Bess CoxOld Woman Sitting for a Portrait
Louis BlackKierkegaard Disciple
Richard LinklaterPinball Playing Man / Man on Back of Boat
Kierstin CunningtonGoth Girl (uncredited)
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